Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1880-04-10
FROM THE BAY.
THE APPEAL MAN GETS LOST IN oAKLAND-Jo-
SEPH IN NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. MUSICAL
EFFECTx-THK SAND LoTs-HIs COM
NISSIoNs-ETC.

SAN FRANcIsco, April 9Th, 1880.
EDITOR APPEAL: You received no letter
from me yesterday. The fact is quite suscep-
tlble of explanation. Yesterday was a COM
plete hiatus, so to speak, in my existence. |
spent the day in Oakland.
crossed the ferry on the first boat to hunt
up an aunt whom l occasionally visit. ex-
pected to return at o'clock A. M. | returned
at midnight, and calculated that | had never
before travelled so far at such trifing expense.
Here is the schedule of nay movements:
Ferry boat 10 cents.
Three miles of piles and wharf 0 cents.
Horse car foar miles 10 cents.
Dummy car Eve miles 10 cents.
Journey on foot over Mt Tamakal snd re-
turn cents.
Nine glasses of beer at various points in
Oakland 40 cents.
Alameda county is probably the largest
county in the United States | think it is at
least twice as large as the State of Nebraska.
| tramped over it, rode over it and climbed
of it. l did not see nay aunt either; not her
loss by any means. In endeavoring to get
back through the impenetrable waste to the
Point, l visited Lathrop, Niles and Saucslito
in succession. If You once get on the cars in
Oakland you never see any more of the con-
ductor. They ride you anywhere and every
where, free of charge The company seem to
think they have hired you for the day. When
| got back to San Francisco at midnight ST.
ezra Nevada had touched S14
CHEAP MUSIC.
One no longer finds much music in San
Francisco outside the beer gardens. People
who used to pay almost any price for seat at
the Opera, now 60 to the cheap beer gardens
and hear operate music rendered by fall
orchestra, and vocal music by reputable ar.
fists. There is a beer garden ON Stockton
street Il have forgotten its name), where the
Vienna Orchestra, composed entirely of la
dies (and all quite homely), render a magnif-
icent programme. Last night they gave selec
tlons from Joseph in Egypt. The tearing of
clined the overtures of Potiphar's wife, was
represented to the life on the trombone and
secured an enthusiastic encore.
TEE SAND LOT.
Visited the sand lot this morning. The
lot furnishes the sand for all of San Francisco
and strong wind distributes it over the city
twice day. The product of the lot however
is more wind than sand In the center is a
diapdated speakers stand made of timber
which appears to have been taken from the
blackened debris of fire. 1t looks like an
old time gallows frame and capitalists shiver
from head to foot when they pass it. Iwalked
uncsuth thing which shakes with every wind
and is slowly sinking in the sand, should have
900, 900 to New York is mystery.
The idea of capital beating so covardly re-
ties Did you ever reflect, by the way, that
the principle exodus of capital took place when
the fare to New York was put down to $50!
COMMISSIONS.
l have attempted to attend to all the CON-
missions intrustsd to me Ia Carson Have pur-
chased monkeys, shot guns, terrier pups, |
parrots, dress patterns, liver pads, hats, bird |
cages and magnetic trssses for various people. |
THE REST
expected to take, have not yet found. This
IS hard town to rest in. have concluded |
to rest when get back. ID.