Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-11-09
HANK MONK.
A STRING OF ANECDOTES ABOUT HIk-soMR OF
HIS AWFUL RoMANCRS

The Argonaaa contains the following stol
about Csrson's old reliable stage driver
| Hank Monk, who drives the stage iron
Carson City to Lake Biger is considered the
| eleverest off hand liar in Nevada. He made
| the yarn about Greeley out of whole cloth.
| One day when crawling up the steep era l.
| from Carson to Lake Biyler the stage stopped
| at a little station and man rushed out WITH
his face full of anxiety and asked
Say, Hank, did you see Bill 1T Carson
Saw -him-this morning." drawled saoak
" Did he say he was comin' up soon -
"Said he'd be up to- morrow"
Sure }"
"Sure !"
They went up the hill, when Hank said
Wonder what Bill that feiier meant }"
What Bill did goa mesn? asked q pas
senger.
"Way-bill," qnotn Monk.
AS A FAMILY DtsTURBBR
Hank ranks high. One day, seeing a lady
Gaming over trout gate, whose husband he
knew to be at the Lake, he walked over and
the following conversation took place
When did you git down from the Lake F.
Z" haven't been there this season."
why, l thought sure / saw you yesterday
afternoon, ridin' out with your husband
Guess twas some other woman"
In less than half an hour the wsrnsn was on
her way to the Lake in a private conveyance
to overhaul her lord. There was an awful
row, and she finally found that Hank had
given her one of his dreadful joshes." He
has played this little joke on half dozen
women in Carson and on two occasions there
came very near being divorce suits. Hank
talks with such an air of seriousness that the
most suspicious can not doubt him
HIS JOKE ON MRS. DAGGETr
One Summer, when Congressman Daggetts
wife was visiting the l. Ike, she had Saratoga
,runk along almost as big as a wood shed.
Daggett incidentally remarked that he despised
such mammoth trunks and Hauk OF course
Jok the cue. After the stage arrived Mrs.
0aggett asked Hank if he had brought the
runk
L" Brought half Of it, was the reply.
What on earth do you mean
1t was so cnssed big that We had to sawit
n two; sawed it with cross-cut saw. III
ring the other half Tomorrow !
D.ssett, who WAS enjoying the fun, clipped |
II with
:" If you have injured any of the contents |
hall make the stage Company pay"
* sawed it across the grain of the packin
ut guess the company's good for it,
Mrs d. said nothing, as no known language
as adequate.
HIS EVER READY BEAR STORY.
Hank is never at loss for some yarn to
nd additional interest t" the .canery.
" That is curious rock, remarked
ritish Tourist on day
:. You bet | can't ever forgit that rock. I
lied the biggest grizzly there in '62 You
'er saw, run agin HIM with the stage snd cu5
IN clean in two with the fOr'ard wheel,
pit in two ike mackercl from eud 20 cad. ,
He vows that he only relates these romances
the Brltishers who ride on top.
HANK AND GRAET d
Hank and Grant drove down the grade on
q occasion of his last visit here. Grant in
'ted ON taking hold of the ribbons. Ii tuk
Alded up the lines with some reluctance, r
1t in few minutes took them from the Z
,nerals hand with,
IS You may be a tolerable good fellow to
n Il government, but I'm id if yeu was
t out for a stage driver. You see the horses
ow the second greenhorn gifts hold, and n
eyre liable to jump clean over the tlume III a
holy minute. Don't tell any body let you
i've, Id git discharged the same day.
Grant promised secrecy, hardly realizing @;
Vt if Hank should leave the company an in
,r.ation meeting would result in Carson i'm
diately. s
REFUSED TO DRINK ibe
One day when asked to drink at the top OF bi
grade he replied with g fine show of sup
ssed indignation ca
don't drink, SIR WI
few minutes later he was in the saloon
good horn. re
Thought you didn't drink re
I'm drinkin to keep my mad down"
HE DRUMMER CAsE-T S. Merchant was
ID before Justice Cary yesterday on the