Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1878-11-23
LETTER FROM THE NORTH END
"NUMSKULLn DISCUSSES THE
ALL-ABSORBiNG TOPIC,

Dvcc AVN OOACvC MAN
Should Cry Because lie Has
Hurt Himself-He Also Attacks
the Ridiculous Display at Fun.
erals.
VIRGINIA, November 81.
DEAR T1MEs:-The crosscut In the
Sierra Nevada has been opened, the
mine has been found richer than
ever, - everyone expected, and
stocks have gone to the devil; the
consequences everybody with q
long face-everybody looking as
though they had just come from or
were going to funeral. Many who
were wealthy last week are paupsrs
to-day, and loud are the iamenta-
tions throughout the land. Nor Is
everybody taking the break quietly,
Is OF old. Yesterday evening quite
q crowd collected ia the neighbour
hood Of the banks, and threats Of
vengeance were heard on all sides.
Had Johnny Skas or Mackay sp.
pssrsd about that time all their
wealth would have been insufficient
to purchase q longer lease of life.
Tho mob threatened to march on the
hosting works and give them to the
flames, but the presence Of the
Sheriff and Chief Of Police with q
large number Of deputies and spe-
cials deferred the turbulent multi.
tuds. Had Denis Kearney been here
last night he would have had an op-
portunity to use "hemp." Oh!
Denis! Denis! what q chance you
have missed! How singular 1t Is
that men cannot take their reverses
Is we'll as their gains! Most of those
who have met with losses during the
break could, at various times, have
sold their stocks at profits varying
from three to five hundred per cent.
but, no, they were not contented;
they must all of . sudden amass an
immense fortune-in fact, SO large .
one that the majority Of them would
have been unable to manage them
had they succeeded in their aspira-
tons. How singular 1t II that people
who have been always poor, when
they chance to have stock by
means OF which they could make
themselves comfortable for the bal
ance Of their days, hold on till they
lose all; and then in their mad rage
they are ready to sacrifice human
life and destroy valuable property,
forgetting that the very persons and
things toward which they would
vent their mad fury had, but a few
days before, rendered them a fine
fortune, which was lost by their own
folly and greed!
MAGNIFICENT FUNERALS.
The casual visitor to the Comstock,
II OF an inquiring turn of mind,
would. upon witnessing funeral,
ask what celebrity had died; for in
other communities none but those
who have distinguished themselves
by an unusually glorious career
would be accorded such display as
our humblest citizen receives.
have often asked myself how many
Of those who are paying Ave dollars
for conveyance to attend funeral
would have paid that amount to re-
lieve the distress Of the deceased
previous to his demisef These facts
were recalled to my mind bya pro-
cession viewed by me q few days
since. At its head marched a band
playing q solemn dirge, then followed
an organization to which the de.
ceased belonged, then the hearse
with it, unfortunate and unconscious
hero, attended by some half.dozen
pail bearers, and the procession
closed with long train Of carriages
containing mourning friends. Who
would believe, on witnessing this
display, that the unfortunate man
was called to an untimely grave be-
cause he lacked the necessary
amount Of "filthy lucre" to hire
physician, nurse, apartments and the
thousand. and.one things needful to
. long spell Of illnessf Yet such
was the fact. The man was. taken
down with an attack Of typhoid
fever; the disease dragged itself
along (as 1t very often does) in a
very tedious manner, but finally he
began to mend, and at the same
time the patience Of his friends gave
out and he was removed to the hos
pital. The removal proved fatal.
What mockery that funeral pro.
cession was! Surely,