Morris tribune., 1880-06-03
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Amusing Side Of Che Miner,s Life..,


1t was nearly year ago when Lead
vile was first showing what there was IN
her. There were several newly-made
bonanza kings about Denver then, and
among them was q man who had prob
ably never had $50 In his pockets at one
time previous to his strike. To him the
possession of watch was the natural
evidence of the possession of compe-
tence, and, as he had made more than q
competence, he felt that the fact should
be indicated by the purchase Of several
watches. These he had deposited IN the
Grand Central Hotel safe. One night
he came into the Office very much the
worse for liquor, lurched up to the desk
and hiccoughed out to the clerk: ''Gim-
me watchl" A timepiece was passed
to his unsteady hands, but, in endeavor-
ing to thrust it into his trousers pockets,
he let it slip and fall upon the floor.
Without casting glance at the fallen
watch, he lurched to the counter again,
reached out his shaking hand, mustered
all his faculties to the task of speaking,
and then blurted out: ''Gimme nutherp
Can the Indifference Of afiuence go be-
yond this?
He was evidently o "tenderfoot, but,
as he stopped before an old miner and
held out piece of micaceous granite for
his inspection, he made strong effort
to look as if he had been born with
contempt for civilization, and that the
feeling had been steadily growing on
him ever since. "What do you make
this out to be ?" he asked, indicating the
specimen with nod. "Humph {" was
R1o GG(11l
carbonates ?" The "honest miner"
turned it over in his hand indiferently,
took out his knife and picked at it for
while, and then asked: SCOT much of
it?" Thousands of TONS" answered
the other eagerly. Chow much do you
suppose she'll run?" HCan't tell nuth-
in without an assay" "But you can
guess, can't you; you can guess?" "Oh,
yes" answered the barnacle, " anybody
kin guess; but guess is liable to be ex-
travagant. Now, I shall say-but mind
We, I may go over the mark-I should
s-a-a-a-y turning the specimen over
again and holding it up to the Light, I
should s-a-a-a-y that if you can save the
gold in this, and catch the silver, and
not waste the lead, that it might run
about-wel, about 50 to the county,"
SIS this my train?" asked traveller
at the Kansas Pacific depot of lounger.
81 don't know, but guess not" was
the doubtful reply. "I see it's got the
name of railroad company on the side,
and expect it belongs to them. Have
you lost train anywhere?"
"Do you like your champagne dry?"
asked A. of B., who didn't know how he
liked his champagne, because he had
only made his strike the day previous,
and had never before seen any cham
pagne to which he felt justified in apply
ing pronoun in the possessive case. "I
dunno" replied B., "but I guess you'd
better gimme some that's wet. TIM sort
O thirsty" -
1t was about Belford that the remark
was made: "Jim has some right good
points, it ran, "but the great trouble
with him b that he is always about six
lengths ahead of everybody's Judgment,
and gaining at every jump. Inter
Ocean.