The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1878-06-22
SUNDAY PLEASURES.


SUNDAY PLEASURES.
Under the guardianship of the gentle
manly cashier of the State Bank We took
a trip to PanacN last Sunday. Several
teams had left Phoebe before us, the CO.
cupants intending to pass the day at the
same place. Among these vehicles WAS
a rockaway-four.in.hand- by
number of the "boys" from tho machine
shop, who desired one Sunday in the
wear in which to have little pleasure,
and they had tin a mud puddle along
side the road leading to the springs near
psnaca. No damage was done, with the
exception of the team running away, up
setting and breaking OF the vehicle, and
its occupants enjoying nice mud bath
with their Sunday clothes on. After a
few moments pleasure in the puddle they
crswed out. shed part of their clothes
and few tons Of mud, put them in a
passing buggy. and started for the
spring, where they found their team. the
rockaway being tnrned bottom side up
without care. After the vehicle was
righted and the damages repaired in the
best manner possible under the circum-
stances, these six individuals engaged in
q washing match" They took off their
clothes, then put their shirts on ''upside
down." that is. they put their legs
through the sleeve of their shirts, tied
the lower part Of the garment, which is
commonly known "a "shirt-tail,' up
around their bodies-for the purpose OF
preventing their legs from getting sun
burned-and all waded out into the
pond and washed their clothes and hung
them on the fence to dry. presenting the
appearance of Mormon wash.day. On
their return trip the vehicle gave jolt.
near the place where they had all been
dumped into the mud. dislodged the
driver. who, after turning double sum
mersault, again returned to the ditch
from which he had crawled but three
short hours before. but he managed to
hold on to the reins. This wound up
the disasters Of the day. and on their re-
turn to town they were greeted by q
number of friends, who had heard OF
their misfortune, but the boys could
only say what the parrot did, after the
monkey had pulled out all its feathers
1--WE have had hill of a time"
MAGNEsIA.--A resident OF Hike, not
long since, while on his way home from
Phoebe, was taken sick at Bennett
Springs. He dispatched an Indian to
Phoebe for medicine, and three bottles OF
citrite Of magnesia were sent to him.
The Indian imagined that it was liquor
of some kind and had no idea that it
was medicine. so he could not resist the
temptation to taste it. After uncorking
bottle and tasting it, and finding the
taste agreeable. Lo proceeded to swallow
the contents Of the bottle. The swallow
ing of the contents OF the bottle delayed
the arrival of the medicine and mes
senger to tho patient for several hours.
OscEoLA. -Jno. h. James and Jas. Day
returned from Osceola on Monday last
They report Osceola as looking we'll and
giving employment to nearly 200 men.
The five.stamp mill, in charge Of Doctor
Goodfellow. is running and doing good
work. Quite q number of rockers are
employed by the placer miners. who pay
three dollars per day for water for each
rocker in use. The entire placer mines
turn out about 5000 daily. John Flynn
employs number of miners and sayt
he averages $l1 per day to each minel
employed. Mr.. James brought back {
number of specimens of gold quartz
which show large quantities of gold.
ScHooL-TAx VoTE.-The voting as t,
whstber the citizens of Phoebe Township
would pay a $1,000 tax to enable th'
public schools to be kept open rea
sonable time every year came off las
Saturday. The friends OF the measur,
seeing that there was no determined op
position to it relaxed their efforts in it,
iavor and let it take its own course, 81
that the vote was very light. The mum
Dor OF votes cast was SO, their being 8!
10 favor of the tax and 4 aginst it. TIL,
County Commissioners will now orde
the Assessor to place it on the assess
ment roll.
CARRYING MA1Ls.-All the talk latel,
INDUCED in about. six.horse Concort
Coaches. Oregon horses, etc, to run be
tween Eureka and Phoebe, carrying th
United States mail, is all bosh. CLINE
4 Salisbury will carry them as they hav
heretofore done. They will also carr.
tbs mail from Phoebe to York, Utah.
CnADLEs.-So many babies have beef
arriving in and around Phoebe latel,
that it became necessary for one Of on
stores to bring in supply of cradles, tn
demand for them being in excess of tn
supply. The assortment is now com
plete.
Coon SoI.-The ore shipped from tn
Day mine in such quantities by Do,
soy lies at the 20.stamp mill in Bullion
vile untouched. the grass springing n
pretty lively around il. showing that IL