Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1880-01-01
THE PEREGRINATlNG PANT 1"
coRREsPoNDaNCs WITH sTaox3 FLAVOR
OF MILK pgNOA-Hs kXALrS HIS HORN
AND PoURS CONTEMPT en- ALL
HIS PRIpR.
SAN FRAscIsco, December 81, 1879

Hannah; caught cold; head swelled like q
prize fighter l am in my room and
forbidden to leave it for three days, by old
saw bones, an antiauated pill driver, whose
medicine is only equsled in bitterness by his
looks, and the quantity per dose only dis
tanced by the size of his bill. He hummed
twice, looked wise three times, felt of my pulse
d minute, wrote four yards of Latin, added in
the time of day, the date and the year, then
with Hamlet flourish, handed nae the bill
1t knocked the wind out of my pocket book
the first pass, and the drug 6end around the
corner took the balance, leaving nae blindy
CROPPING in the darkness of short bit poverty.
Yet, feel tolersbly frisky for an old man, as
d portion of the doctors instructions were,
give him plenty of hot milk punches. and
the distracted bell boy privately informed the
clerk that No. 13 had better engage milk
ranch and Bay View distillery if he kept up
his lick. Fact is l am about four sheets in
the wind new, and feel like writing and tell
ing my adventures since leaving Carson. First
and foremost / wish to state right here. an
with uncovered head, with milk punch for
| emphasis, that Carson and Carson people are
| the boss. ] left the snug .Ste city with it's
great hearted inhabitants, with regret, and
blue, blueness indgoed. | liked the town,
liked the people. l speak collectively of Car
sonians, for form my opiuon of place and
its dwellers by generalities unbiased by per-
sonal pre- judice There some there Tho do
not like me, and it may console them to know
that / heartily detest. and Injun like, love to
hate them. Some disliksd me on general
principles, and were jealous of nay presumed
| popularity; SIMPLY because they were not so
| gifted, or had not the " cheek" which is the
popular aeeeptasion of tae term " Q,ien sabe
modesty," to ride and swell anaa act the idiotic
fool, as the Admiral of Lake Tahoe said did
Where Ignorance ia bliss, etc, etc" Any
how. | tried to do ray duty, and to keep in Car
| son good hotel for Mr. Lloyd Tevis, for it
is to that gentleman and not to me that the
praise should he given if there is any due
Furthermore, l behaved myself; did not
drink or gamble or back bite nav neighbors. /
paid my debts, kept nay nose clean, head up, |
aud was a rustler from cid baskerville; never !
talked about the ladies, and respected them, |
their feelings, their virtues and their charms. |
and never by act look, word or manner, ap- |
preached lady in any way but as gentle- |
man, notwithstanding the reports of those who |
knowingly lied, to the contrary. Self praise |
is never believed, 80 | will flip over to my
faults, which are many. The most laring is
love Of display, notorety and vain pride. l
Immoral prodigate spendthrift. love
old people, children, horses, dogs, grass wild
ows and myself like racing, theatres, the
atrical people, niSger shows, q good circus,
champagne and front pew in swell church.
will end this by saying that Mr.. Greenwood
once called ,ae an egregious ass. acknowl-
edged that was all that, and more too, bat
did not then, and d , not now know the mean
ing of the term, though like Topsy, was so
wicked that would acknowledge anything. |
Yet am going straight to heaven when die, |
for the Lord is not going back on man who |
war, was four years private soldier and car
ries the marks to prove he was not far behind
when duty called.
As | said before, left Carson with regret.
Also with sooner wagon. {sooner fall to ,
pieces than stand np) / bought it from
nde blacksmith, all newly tired, and in that
espeeG resembed the horse that pulled it. 4
He was tired all the time Hank Monk in
lis drawing way said the horse was his favo-
tie, aud ere he could finish the sentence, I
ought the animal, at long range; but when
found that the horse would actually bslk 60 g
ng down hill, | sorrovfully reproached Henry n
WAC, tradition says, once remarked, keep 81
our seat etc, etc.) about il, well yer didn't "
1t hnish my talk, | vas going ter say Sc
hat the horse WAS my fsvorite safety break.
'er see when | get Their rheumatic in ny >.
& leg | can't handle the brake; 80 Doc be a..
ats that there boss on the wheel and he
So blank -blankety blank lazy that he hangs A,
ack all tae way down nil and holds the
,sah better nor can. was ali hrt3 sorry
hen / herd that Doc had sold him" At
liz we both moved toward the bar by COM
on impulse, drawn together in bonds OF sym
sshy oy oar common laughter ana our celil- I
on toars" ] heard = sigh, AID Ham antic-
ating my closing remark vinked s!y,y as lie
aimed Ae asss and wsn,ed To know If 100 T.
IS Not sorry the horse had been sold.
PANT.