Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-06-07

Cosby Letter From Our
Lady Correspondent.

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My last letter to the SENTINEL seems
to have created unusual interest among
the denizens of this quiet burg, and
the illusions to some of our most
prominent citizens must have hit the
mark, Judging from the self-satisfied
smiles that wreathed their respective
faces while perusing the letter. And
still l failed to do justice TO their mer-
its. There is much guessing as to the
identity of your correspondent, and
the community have finally settled
down on an innocent telegraph ope-
rator, who, up to the present time, had
never been suspected of any literary
ambition, or sought noteriety outside
OF a passion for playing chess with q u.s.
tant operators. You are very vide OF
the mark, fellow citizens, and VIII
have to seek my identity among the
opposite SEX. How would the pride of
the village our masher- affect me
were | not a female woman and sus-
ceptible to the manly beauty daily dis
played on the platform.
THE DEPOT PLATFORM.
Talking about the platform reminds
me that it stands in the same relation
to Palisade as Main street does to Eu-
reka. Like the Rialto in Venice, there
do we most congregate. The whistle
of the coming train is a signal fer a
general outpouring of the population.
Those connected with the railroad are
on hand to attend to their respective
duties. Our sole Federal official-ye
Po>tmaster-is On hand with the mail
sacks. The High Sheriff %suspends his
perusal of al elaborate editorial on
Hayes Southern policy and adds his
overpowering dignity to the gathering.
The rival hotel keepers are on hand
and on the alert for a stray customer
whose fate compels him to lay over
until the departure of the next train
for Eureka. Half a dozen ladies grace
the occasion in the freshest of rural
toilets, and all the mudsillS and
loungers swell the motley crowd. l
know we never tail TO create an i'm
preston, for the passengers throng the
platforms and peer out of the win.
dows, vainly e~ndeavoring to stare US
out of countenaDce, a feat never yet
successfully accomplished. They evi-
IDENTIFY underrate our abilities in that
line, and depart with a better under
standing of Western modesty. Our
genial friend Lawler is always on
hand to shake hands with somebody,
but he never gets a chance at the same
individual the second time; he throws
too much vigor into his greetings. We
hear the conductors call aboard"
with regret, for that means the dis
persion of the crowd and six hours
more of dullness and ~stagnation. The
same scene repeats itself in the after
noon and in the two events you have
a resume of all the excitement tn at
ever happens in Palisade.
EXCURSION.
The Masonic frater nifty are agitating
the project of an excursion to Eureka
shortly. If they conclude to take the
trip most of our citizens will take ad
vantage of the occasion to visit the
Base Range metropolis. We hardly
fiatter ourselves that our visit will be
hailed with the same enthusiasm that
greeted the late excursion of Eurekans
in our midst, but we promise ourselves
an enjoyable time.
U n ROD
Have you any devotees Of the gun
and fishing rod in Eureka? If so, per-
haps / can impart some useful infor-
nation. The Humboldt abounds in
trout, but is rather too high for success
full sport at present; a month later and
it will bethe fishernan's PARADISE; but
there is a beautiful stream meandering
down through Pine valley, its banks
lined with willows and Astounding in
deep pools where the speckled beauties
hide, and rifles that afford an excel
lent place 10 cast a line. Doves are
plenty III the valley and the sports
man gets an occasional shot at a flock
OF sage hens or stray rabbit. The
place is we'll worthy of a visit and will
afford recreation to some Of your
mighty hunters.
although there is plenty of scandal
afloat, it only consists of hints and in
STATIONS and will not bear repetition,
so | have no rare or racy item to add
zest to my letter. Let us hope that
some one will soon o'erleap the
bounds of decorum, and then y GU will
hear again from L A,