Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1880-04-02

the first of April is a privileged day to all anG
the APPEAL, turning aside from the regular
highway of facts, took occasion to give Its
numerous readers little touch of the festiv-
tiles of the season.
DOC BENTON S HOAX.
OF course the sell was not intentional on
D our part, we were led into it by designing
} parties. Doc. Benton Game In the night be-
fore and gave the reporter minute descrlp-
ton of the big stallion. known as The Iron
Duke, that was on exhibition at his stable
Unwilling to doubt for an instant the varacty
of so honest looking man as Mr.. Benton,
the reporter published the item, and the re-
suit was that over five hundred lovers Of horse
flesh called at the stable before noon. As fast
as they put IN an appearance they were in
formed that the owner of the animal had got
mad about the way the horse was fed ana
had him removed to Zeke's. The current of
morbid curiosity was detected and Zeke's
stables were deluged with people all day. OF
course as fast as men get sold they rushed out
on the streets and dilated on the beauties of
"The Iron Duke, until the fame of the ami
NAL caused general excitement all over town
At Zekes the Information was gratultously ex-
tended to all corners that the horse was out
taking an airing, but would be back in half
an hour. Naturally Doc. Benton will deny
that he was the author of this hoax, and will
endeavor to lay it the APPEAL. 1t is
easy enough to see, however, that a man ca
pable of originating such sell would have
| quite gall enough to deny it,
THE RED PoCKETBoOK
The farce of The Rsd Pocketbook was played
| all day on the sidewalk in front of the Capitol
square The pocketbook was bran new and
seemed to be bulged with money The under
flap was deity nailed to the sidewalk and on |
the other side of the street was a crowd of |
about two dozen men who were ready when |
ever a thoughtless person attempted to pick |
mp the book to burst forth into series OF
hilarious yels. Tnis crowd increased every
hour and by noon the street for two blocks
each way was sprinkled with men whe en-
loyed yelling whenever an attempt was made
to pich up the pocketbook. The scheme,
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ators anticipated and not more than 694 peo-
pie were trapped.
THE MAGIC BOTTLE.
Some ingenius wag, whose whereabouts
cannot be traced, amused himself all day by
sending boys to saloons with bottles having a
hole in the bottom. These bottles were
showed over the bar, coupled with request
to the barkeeper to fill them with beer. By the
time a man had poured a gallon of beer
through the bottle onto his clothes, he usually
dropped on the sell and flied the air with the
breezy vernacular of his craft
THE SEDUCTIVE TILE.
A plug hat filled with bricks and placed on
the pavement with the crown skyward was
are. her source of amusement to the BOYS 1t ,
!: human nature to kick anything that is down y
mark there are few men able to withstand the =.
temptation to "give it one for luck" To haul ,
IF and kick hat thus loaded is in no way !
conducive to good morals, and a man who in.
lulges in such pastime regrets the act forever. =
The peculiar sensations which play fast and L
Dose in his toes coupled with the jeers of the
leartless mob, often make him wish that he
lad meyer lived.
TOM COLLINS At LARGR. 81
The old, time honorsd Tom Collins joke was So
lso revived. Men were rushing all about tt
own anxious to build extensions on the head ct
f one Collins. who had spread detamatory Il
tories regarding themselves or their families al
he seekers after row were passed along I'll
rom place to place and some men are doubt al
sss looking for him yet. One man who was til
old that Tom Collins had DETAINED the char.
cter of his wife emily replied,'I expected to N
ear Of this long ago." ar
JOB Oh THE GOVERNOR p.
There were men who did not hesitate to On
ven attempt to hoax the Chief Executive of b,
10 State. They sent him bogus telegram to
, the effect that the Mechanics Union were III
itching trains at Virginia City and that troops At
ere needed at once. When the Governor
ad the dispatch he jumped out of his chair
I'd WAS about to issue an order for Jewett
dams to take the field with his trusty sword OIL
hen a smile stole over his countenance and o"
, pitched the document in the stove. Pete 8"
of the Governors staff, hearing of
e dispatch rushed of and ordered his uni ."'
70 fho }oilor's tn ho prossa0 haforo sAs