Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1878-09-22

How n NevRdan was Received and
How he was Ordered ONT.

How n Nevadan was Received and
How he was Ordered ONT.
A young man, named Thompson, wbe
has lived for several years on Deep Creek
in the eastern part Of Nevada, sold out hi,
interests there four months ago and con.
cluded to go back to his place Of nativity,
Lewiston, Maine. The sale Of cattle and
ranch melted him a few thousand and he
concluded he conld live quite comfortably
with some one Of the many Yankee girls he
knew about the intellectually inclined
neighborhcod Of Lewiston, with no more
OF . start. financially. than he was able to
show q color OF. He sojourned very pleas
antly with the natives of Lewiston for a
few weeks, when one day the train brought
an a case containing a young rattlesnake,
all alive and fresh from the Great West, a
donation TO the museum Of an institute
there. The reptile hadn't been doped with
frogs, rabbits and such fodder for some
time, and he managed to slip out of a
small aperture, and then there followed
commofIon-such as possesses the inhab-
itants OF Eureka in the times of foods /;
such as rouses the people Of the South
America States in the earthquake periods /;
such as rules the Southern inhabitants in
seasons OF yellow fever ravages. The news
spread like a prairie fire in q gale Of wind:
women and children flew to their homes.
barricaded their doors and climbed upon
the house tops ~dry-goods clerks climbed
fiag-staffs, and telegraph operators were
roosting upon the cross bars Of telegraph
poles in less than five minutes after the news
reached 'em. Some OF the most courageous
Of the citizens were darting about the
streets, while others were parading the
middle Of the thoroughfares mounted on
stills from six to ten feet high. Thompson,
in the meantime, got wind Of the terrific
news-was told the warmth was up-
wards Of sixty feet long, etc., but
he was satisfied, in his own mind,
in regard to his snakeship's proportions,
and kept OF down to the depot. Sure
enough, as soon as the snake had got clear
Of the box, and had struck the sand Of the
street, he curled up nicely in the sun, and
was apparently quite contentcd. Tbomp-
son procured = little forked stick, placed it
over his head, and in two minutes had Mr..
Snake back in his quarters.
A feeling OF tolerable sec~urity-after re-
peated assurances from those who had
seen. from the buildings adjoining the
depot, Mr.. Thompson secure the reptile
gained control Of Lewiston's inhabitants,
and they ventured forth to resume their
daily avocafions. But Thompson was
treated strangely. Not a soul would shake
hands with him the lady who was to have
been, very shortly, '.Mrs. Thompson"
shuddered at his approach, and repealed
him at every opportunity. He couldn'tgc got
an explanations; no one would stop to con-
verse with him, and this action Of Lewis
ton society was about to draw out a card
from Thompson. when one evening he was
waited upon by the clergy and wise men Of
the college, and they informed him that
public opinion had settled it that he
(Thompson) must be in league with the
devil, else he could not have handled such
u poisonous monster with impunity; it
would relieve the community considerably
il he would retire to the Great American
Desert; they would feel as though a leper
had been taken from among them, and
they advised him to go-So quickly.
Thompson says that then, and not till
then. did he .'tumble to the racket" and
he lost 40 time in getting away from the
civilized, brain producing portion Of these
United States. He ooh a little trip down
to the Bay for a lady who now calls him
her Little eharmcr,' and will very shortly
in the stock business once more on
the banks of Deep creek.