Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1878-06-07
ODDS AND ENDS

If the rising generation of sage-brushers dc
not prove themselves bright and intelligent
learners of the ways and works, peoples ant
manners of this wide world, it will not be be
cause of the narrow limits of their cosmopol
itan experience. Take the map and single
out the various countries, tribes and nations
there limited at, and then, referring to each
man his personal acquaintance, it will be dis
| covered that there is scarce civilized or bar
barous people who are not represented here.
is here in the person of native thereof; and
Africa, Asia and Australia have all sent del
egates to our small worlds convention. AS
| to the States of the United States, every man
persons from each of the thirty eight of them.
Canada and the British Provinces East and
West; Mexico, Central America and the
Sandwich Islands; Japan, China, India,
Guinea and the Gold Coast" all these are
known to us through their emigrating natives,
and now and again one stumbles over Pata-
gonian who has gone into partnership with
an Icelander, and scrapes acquaintance with
a Parsee who has taken an Irish woman for
mother-in-law Any petty specimen of citi-
fled life who comes among us expecting to
astOnish the natives and extort the admir-
alton of the rustical is like to find himself
fetched up against some urbane merchant
from Paris or London or some polished stu
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Even the least heSitating of writer's is taught
to be cautious in dealing with the Eastern
question i'll the presence of a numerous rep
resentation from the Slavic Provinces and
not few natives of the land of Peter the
Great. Personal contact and a close and
constant neighborship with this universal
human kinship make us, in no mean and
common degree, not only cosmopolitan i'll
and manners but in our tastes and preferences
as we'll In view of better this gives us
''liberal' education. The quick ear detects, |
in a very short walk along our principal |
streets, French, German, Spanish. Italian.
One Chinaman shouts his greetings to an
other across the way and Herzegovina finds |
profit in dealing with Jews and Yankees,
Britishers and Dutchmen, Greasers and |
Scandinavians We begin to believe in Babel,
Dut doubt the efficacy of the Confusion of
tongues as means of preventing human in
ercourSe. Even the drOnes i'll the hive the
bronze skinned natives of the soil, find no in
uperable difficulty in making known to any
If this motley throng thelr wants and wishes,
needs and intentions. $500. We note green
peaches and pears on oar fruit-stands. They
re sour grapes to all who are not
assessed of bonanza. Like
Wedding guest who arrives before the lamps
re lighted or the bride is dressed, they are
ONE too early for comfort But they are the
want couriers of the glorious season of lus-
ious frults-melting pears, rich and various
rapes, melons and figs and nectarines and
pricots without end. So We won't wholly
epudiate these first green guests who come
o represent that which Will be so welcome
nd 50 healthful when its turn-which is 80
lose at hand-shall have fully come, And
peaking of fruits--bnt the memorable fore ;
IAN SAYS halt and so we will defer any fur
her prosiugs until a larger and more inviting
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