Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1880-10-23
GOING. GOING!. GONE.
SCENES AT THE AUCTION sALE-THE CHINESE
AS CRITICAL BUYERS.

= loon, still attracts crowds Of ladies and not
few Of the sterner sex, vine are willing I
pay any price for things which are sold unde
the hammer. The auctioneer is handsou,
man with to- gue which ought to be mad
available in the State campaign. His flood c
eloquence poured over a dozen socks or
pair of kni. suspenders places his oratory il
the front rank.
CHR0MATIC ORATORY.
my dear" he remarked to his wife " pas
the Sierra mountains up this way"
The celebrated range having been tossed al
lows:
"Here is a magnificent painting from ma
lures e1haustless bounds. by Hill, whom
assure you is at the top of the heap. i'll thu
matter of mountain scenery. Will some
competent Judge of art cast his critical eye or
those snow capped peaks where The live light
ming leaps in Summer, and the storm clouds
play in Winter; and start that picture at a
dollar and a half One dollar and half
thank you, sir Over four hundred square
miles OF scenery located square in the heart of
the American Alps for one dollar and a half,
| do l hear the two And sold to Mr. Mar
| qua"
| Maroon, is the name" remarks the wife
at his elbow.
II can't remember tho names q SO many
ladies', my dear, but notice you recollect the
names of all the Judges that come in.
At this thrust at his partner, general gig
gle sweeps along the four rows OF ladies in
front which developes into a laugh, and for
some minutes the hilarity of the ladies' is of
such q boisterous nature that all business is
suspended.
A CHINAMANs PURCHASE.
A row of Cinnamon are constantly leaning
up against the counter examining the goods
1t requires a sharp eye to watch these light
fingered gentlemen. Yesterday the auction
eer detected one stealing, and called out:
John, those half dozen razors YOU are slip
ping up your sleeve will only cost you dol
lar piece" The assistant pounced on the
Chinaman and he was made to disgorge amid
the unrestrained hilari:y of his countrymen.
II can't see how anybody can be morally
degraded as to steal goods when they are 60
ing So cheap"
Here Chinaman gave grunt and motion |
ed towards some shoe brushes and blackiRg. |
The auctioneer initiated the grunt with so
much fidelity that it set the ladies ali laugh |
ing, and the Chinaman was allowed to inspect |
xho Good. H. ov;1anklv MT ono Of boao
reckless purchasers sometimes met at auction
sales. He looked carefully at the place where
the handle joined the brush to ascertain if it
was we'll glued. Then he pulled at the bris-
ties to ascertain if they were firmly set and of
the proper Stiffness. These investigations
over, he opened the backing box, smelt of
the compound knowingly and then Tapped his
broad tongue over the surface. He paused
to allow the taste to become fairly settled in
his mind, and CALCULATED,
"One bitee."
A general laugh followed his bid, and see
ng that something was wong he licked the
olacking again, and raised his bid to two bits.
He got his brush and backing at these figures
md shot out of the door, When a China
nan buys dozen socks, he counts them ever
vice and also refers the calculation to one of r
lis countrymen before he gets cut his coin.
1.-THE LAST ON EARTH. r
"Now here is set of table knives, the last
alf dozen knives l have OH earth.
lone dollar"
"One dollar for the six; and what fall
'as there my countrymen.
Zone dollar and quarter. j
"My friend do you know tina. one Of these C
hives has fly speck on the handle; pause be- }
Ore you squander your money on these solid 0
liver knives A dollar and a quarter is good t
cal of money. It brings up the knives to t
our cents piece. If my mathematics are a
Fl, I'm ready to receive proposals from any I
Ian anxious to start night school in my
Imily.
The knives 60 at a dollar and half, at
hch another half dozen flash in sight. h
':Great heavens" says the auctioneer sis e,
possible that lied so about those knives VI
ow if this ain t the last, let me know in time" nj
ad he goes On selling the last set for an hour
I'd closes by remarking: have a hundred
ozen left and guess I'll close the lot out to- ~
ght. Oh what liar / am. l struggle like !,
nuaer to get out of the habit but Tn afraid /