Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-04-16
SHARON And THE lNlNSTRELS.
THE TRUE INWAHDNESS OF THE NEW
ORLEANS WsSsTRELS AFFAIR
Senator Sharon Discarded Member of
the Troupe.

The advent of the New Orleans Minstre
Troupe in this State has, daring the pas
| week, caused an endless amount of discus
sion. When the troupe appeared in Vir
ginia City their performance was criticised
| by the Ent?plfse in terms so severe that il
set everybody wondering what the row could
be all about, as no show, however poor,
had ever drawn an adverse criticism from
the Enterprise.
THE INSIDE
The APPEAL understood from Il reijabie
scusce that the members hailed from the
Palace Hotel, and naturally concluded that
they had been turned loose on the comfy
by Senator Sharon. Exactly the reverse
appears to be true. For two years past the
members of the 'roupe have played at eve
ming i'll the Palace Hotel, and their sweet
music was one Of the attractive features #
that popular caray&nsery. 1t transpires.
however, that the musicians did 50 well hat
they d. termined to travel, and here is where
they had the row with Sharon. He vowed
that they were under engagement to him
while they stayed on the coast, and if they
attempted any BAL stornling expeditions
about the country he would annihia'e
them The E"tairi:e critic must have
turned his guns loose ''undet Instructions,
and the Chronicle man, determined not to
be outdone in iRvective, gave them even a
hotter broadside.
AW WANDERING NIINSTREL'S VERSION.
One cf the members of the troupe was
by an APpEAL reporter yester-
day.
"All this abuse from the press comes
from Bill Sharon, who got mad at US be-
cause we proposed to make Il lit e shllt for
ourselves and MAKE some money on our
own hook. Ne were hired in various
capacities about the hotel, and
studied music under Mr. Mehden. lie is |
very competent, and rs most of Us cou d |
perform OH some kind OF an instrument, 1t |
lid rot take us long t, learn. One night |
We gave a concert il theparlcr, and Sharon |
was very much pleased, The performance |
vas q success, and he asked us to play once
week. We did SO, without extra compen-
at on, and sometimes we played otteuer,
Then we gave a minstrel show to the guests
# the house, and Sharon said { Was the
,est minstrel show he had ever seen. He
lid, By Jove, he did! Finally we thought
We would start out and see what We could
10 Oh our own hook
THE SENATOR IN \ PASSION.
"The first time we had q row with Shar
n was when he came back alter the Sena-
orial campaign. We got ali ready to sere-
ade him when somebody asked, What
NJ Considering how he WAS beaten, we
bought he might H., take kindly TO a sere
ade, so we did rot give it. Then he got
OF because we treated him cool after his
efeat He's hard nan to please. Then
e tried to learn to play on the cornet, and
or couple of months he paralyzed the
cor ne rOomed on. Ne could play the
Gale up, but never could play it down.
me Gay the leader says, Why don't you
v the sackbut' OF course, he didn't
lean nythiug, but sharon thought it was
joke on the S OK campaign, and belted
i'm over the head with an E-liat cornet.
he We said we were going to take a trip,
e swore he'd ruin Us if he had to spend
We hundred dollars. He teIegraphed to
lie Enterprise to burn US up. OF course,
e are not as fine as the ilaveriy's. but we
,mpare favorably with Billy Emers 5
0dy's. They've be n we'll received Oh tie
age for over twenty years, and we can't
e why the public should begin 10 kick all i
a sudden. We are going to keep right {
oug in spite of Sharon and his news f
lpers. Je's simply hot because we
ouldn't take him ong."