Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1878-07-12
LINKS AND DABS.

Sawdust ia evidently good for something
besides s"ftening the upper side OF circus
ring. We are convinced that it is most ex-
cellent material for the stufing of an ice
house; it makes good packing and i'll some
rare instances it is not altogether barbarism
when strewn upon a tap room floor. This
ess,.y upon that product of the sawmill is pro-
yoked by the appearance Oh the southside
sidewalk of Capitol Square various tumuh
of sawdust around about the handsome and
healthful row Of young elms growing there
An excellent fertilizer il this material, for it
loosens the soil ami, as it decays, makes a
thoroughly good manure. By the way, all
the elms in the Square are looking splendidly
What lovers walks those shady avenues will
make, one of these fine days
We note that that old familiar bit of a snow
field is still left to CLINT and melt and glisten
i'll the sun at the head of Roses canyon, yon-
der. If defective memory serves us, it dis
appeared last year, or became too small to be
seen of the naked eye. Some years however,
it has deded the heat of Summer and early
holdover. But its proportions already shrun-
ken do not promise perPetuity. The remain
der Of July, the heats of August, the hay
sunshine OF September and the hot airs of
early October, these arc like to prevail against
1t.
Yesterday some Workmen were engaged
laying long lengths of iron pipe from the
east side OF the Ormsby House With the
commendable zeal of true journalist our re-
porter asked bystanGer what was construct
ing. The bystander was Rail, the old gentle
man of the corner hardware store He stopped
down and whispered with an air of awful
mystery, telephone" "What for" queried
we "To connect with Benton's stable"
says he. Pretty soon along came Benton
himself, What's that pipe laying forl" We
asked. Going to take connection with
Pants bar, to let the horses take their morn
ing drains SAYS Benton. Of course we knew
he was telling a monstrous fiction, and we
did not hesitate to tell him so Going to
have branch bar over at the race track,
saws Rail: land they will send the liquors
down there through that pipe, he added. OF
course we knew that this was romance, and
said IA much only we did not call it romance.
We called it something a good deal closer
down in the dictionary than that. And so
these worthless banded their Internal fabrica.
tions back and forth, keeping as far away
from the truth as possible. OF course we are
stil in the dark Those tubes are sealed
book to us. If they are going to be speaking
trumpet (Which We suspect). they bidfair to be
the vehicle Of more lies than any pipes of their
caliber ever were before, a bystander ven |
tIred the honest opinion that they we're drain |
pipes for the Ormsby Barr But the truth thus
modestly told has no more chance against a |
combination Of liars, than tender geraniAm
has to make Roadway against the rigors of an
Arctic Winter
Mr. John Wagner is in the city. He reports
things promising at Bodie.
Hon. James Crawford, Superintendent of
the Carson Mint, has gone fishing in Walker
river. We have promise-well, perhaps we
had better not take IN too many partners But /
Walker River trout iss splendid thing for
breakfast