Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1879-01-04
LETTER FROM THE NORTH END
yUlSEULL'S USUAL BUDGET
OF GOSSIP AND NEWS.

triofie Carsonites-How They
.Go For" Strangers = Some
Leeches Upon Seciety.
VIRGINIA, January !.
DEAR TnEs has her
Gretn. Green, Nevada her Dayton
but perhaps I had better give the
story as il wss repeated to me by n
young limb Of the LAW, - follows:
@Tbe other dsr I had some business
1t Dayton, and being supplied with
horses and a buggy concluded il
would be an excellent time TO give
nv old woman Tide 81, taking
her with me, I drove down. / al
ways drive rapidly into 4 fowD-1o
matter bow I leave it-so, driving
rapidly down the main street. | rode
up to the Union hotel, and helped
the young lady to slight. What re-
variable result Of drive to Dayton
the sold vomah" became 8 young
lsdy-ED.l ] asked the proprietor
Of the house to allow me The use Of
bis psrior or 3 room with store In
il and asked him where the Court
house was- After seeing my wife
comfortably fixed told her If she
became lonesome she might come
over to the Courthouse, as / expected
TO be engaged for several hours !
then started. and IS ! passed along
the street / noticed everybody stared
1t me and then winked and smiled.
While some hailed my appearance
with broad grin. The nearer l sp-
preached the Courthouse the more
people met and the greater seemed
the excitement As I approached
The county building I noticed large
crowd assembled on the steps; bui
it vas aii explained rben 1 saw tie
hotelkeeper in their midst. Seeing
the rapid gait at which drove into
town with q young lady by my side,
and hearing my inquiry about the
Courthouse, be concluded ne were 3
runaway couple who we're about to
Be married, and accordingly aroused
the town. passed through the
crowd without any explanation, and
going into the County Recorders
ONCE, where ny business took me,
remained some time. Ny wife,
getting tired, started from the hotel
to join me, and Was followed by
quits . mob, whose curiosity was
now raised to the highest pitch of
excitement. Fearing for the safety
OF the town, I addressed the excited
populsce and explained that no wed
ding was to take place; that the
young lady and l were 'spliced'
number Of years ago, and We did
not propose to commit bigsmy."
Let this he q warning TO all young
men who visit Dayton with a lady.
Let them remember that it 10 q slow
town, that they must therefore not
drive into il fast.
THE PATRIOTISM OF THE cARsoNITKs-
Were you ever in Carson at the be-
ginning Of legislative session I If
not don't 60 there. You have, of
course, experienced the grea; annoy
ance Of shack drivers at steamboat
landings in our large cities; well,
that's an elysium compared to the
raid made upon q stranger at our
Capital about this time of the year.
From the moment be leaves the cars
1t the depot until be is safely en-
sconced 10 his private apartments At
the hotel, every youngster will greet
him with, "Say, Mister, are you .
member of the Legislature n or,
sSsy, won't you please vote for me
for page of the Senate I" or Assem-
bly, as the case may be; and be
vii! End myrisds Of boys Of larger
growth, all of whom are willing to
serve the State as Legislative attaches.
There is something about the atmo-
sphere OF our State Capital that
makes every dweiler therein feel that
be is in duty bound to serve the State
and handle her money.
LKEcHKs Ur0y SOCIETY.
Passing along c street / have
often noticed quite 3 number Of our
respected citizens who, being pos
sessed Of little money which they
have invested in real estate, live on
the proceeds Of its rental. wonder
if it has ever occurred to these men
that they are leeches upon society
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