Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1878-12-13
AUSTIN CORRESPONDENCE.
AUSTIN, December 9, 1878.


weaver, who never Washed never shaved, and
who was always stained with the blue dye
from his loom as badge of independence of;
| all the rules which distinguish aristocracy.
| from labor. He never Wore q shirt collar, of
course, and, like Richey Hughes, who never.
wore shoot was generally supposed he
was born barefooted-our friend never wore,
stockings, the layers of years serving instead.
He fourished in the days of Frances Wright
d'Arusmont, and was one OF her admirers
and disciples-a blatant intidel aud socialist ::
a disorganizer Of the most offensive type, who
in his native country would have been
| squelched without mercy. Among other
pieces of impudence, heard him once at
the Democratic party because Mr.. Dallas
would not espouse the cause of working
mems party, then just sprung into life; a
sort of Kearney-I beg pardon for introduc-.
ing the dirty name-movement, of which he
was one of the pillars. In order to show his
utter contempt for religion, he was wont to
take his little boy to infdel meetings and ex-
| hibit him on the stand to convince his audi
ence of his sincerity in the utter condemna-
| ton of whatsoever things are holy; what
soever things are pure, etc" and that he
meant to train that boy in his own footsteps.
That movement sent few scrubs to the State
Legislature, and fed a few more at the public
crib for several years, not one of whom ever
made his mark, except the predecessor of our
present ambitious Speaker Randall. He
| served his country in Washington for several
| terms, and became editor of the Democratic
Rerteeo; and believe is living in Washington
| to-day. can recall his sign as it hung over
his shop door forty years ago: 'FThornas B.
Florence, Practical Halter and can recall
a good MANY other things of Handsome
Tom not worth setting down here. He was
known as the ''boat builders son, and rode
that hobby till the old boat sunk and Sam
Randall reigned in his stead Il lost sight of
my check weaving friend for many years, and
had quite fogotten him, till about year ago,
in conversation with a friend, discovered
that he ia living in Plumas County, Califor-
mia, and has caused more woes among the
miners in the way of strikes than Achilles,
the son of PeIeus, ever caused the Greeks
In the old day of which speak his name was
John Farrell, but for the sake of euphouy, or
something else, he has changed it to Ferral
only transportation Of Two letters, you
o6ser ye-anci the little boy no used to point
moral at intidei meetings is now Judge Bob
Ferral of San Francisco, a worthy son of
worthy sire. lido not know just what called
up this "reminiscences, but as it fioated to the
surface, Why you are welcome to it. Why is
it that all attempts at reform must be smother
ed under the 5ohon upas of infdelity, and
why are all infdels reformers} for they all
want to reform something. It's I" a mud |
die with them, as Dickens makes one of his |
characters say; but somehow they can't get |
quite out of the muddIe, and start after SO |
many VIII O the wisps which they mover
overtake, that their best laid schemes come to |
neught. I'm not a political economist, SO
I'll stop, just here, as have reached period. |
We are dreadfully quiet over hero, and |
payday passed off as mildly az one of our |
oeduttiul autuIhu sunsCCS ne Ooys got |
paid one month, and they left it at the saloon
tables and counters in few short hours We |
were afflicted sweek ago with female walk
list for two days and nights "a disgusting
exhibition of drunken rag of feminty, who
disgraced her sex by her filthy language and
habits. Gray haired sires forbade their sons
to go to the hall and sneaked in themselves.
was there, teo-and enjoyed the sport I'M
Intensely. She is now enlightening the Eu-
rekas, but how such pious community can
tolerate her 81 own is past my comprehen-
sion, for il there is a pious town on the range
it is Eureka, with its four churches aud as
many saints as would have saved Sodom five
l think was the number.
You observe that my namesake has depart
ed for Carson He is going to interview you
and find out who uses his name. think you
wore 'tScotch bottomed" shoes when [ saw |
ybu. If you have those same shoes now you
will eblige me by half soling his pants He
says lie has claim to your favor because he
rang the bell for you here. 1t is about the
same as a fellow who once accosted Macready
in London tavern 81 can't recall YOU"
said the tragedian "Where did we meet.
prayY "Why we used to play together i'll
Hamlet" vas the response. and pray, sir,
what character did you represent" ''Why,
sir. played the cock and crowed behind the
scenes" And so Butcher is going ID 1iIq in