Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-11-27
CAPITAL CoRREspoSDESCE.
0ossipy sketch of Society Affairs
A Strange Phenomenon.

A strange Phenomenon.
CARSON New, Nov. rs, 1881.
Ed. SENTINEL: Thanksgiving has passed
very quietly here. Carson is never greatly
moved, you know, except for once in a
season OF two years. The business Of the
Owl runs along without any stir or com
motion. monotonously from one years end
TO another. 1t is only when the Legisla-
ture meets, and we are aroused from our
Rip Van Wrinkle slumbers to take in stran-
gers that are going around loose, and to
watch the Washoe Delegates, who would
not leave one stone of our State Institu-
tlons standing on another, but would fain
take every movable thing to Reno IL not
checkmated in their shrewd manipulations.
But we enjoy our serenity, no doubt, as
much as you do the hustle Of your now
famous Base Range. THANKSGIVING day
was with us almost like Sunday in q New
England village. Every family had its
turkey, Notwithstanding the hard times.
The fact is l don't .belieYe there has ever
been absolutely hard times anywhere on
the Pacific Coast. And / do not believe
that any person has suffered the extremity
OF hunger, unless pride restrained him
from asking aid. AT any rate no such
thing as the restitution and want that we
read OF abroad has ever been thought Of
in this neighborhood.
Our flush days, however, are no more;
and it looks as though their return, as they
sometimes say of q bill before the Legisla-
ture when it is forever killed, is indefinite
ly postponed. The people Of Carson have
a very wholesome appreciation Of the fact
that the times have changed, and they
show good sense by regulating their living
expenses accordingly. We all like to treat
ourselves well, and we think we know how
to enjoy the good things of life in a way
becoming genteel people; but we can per-
ceive nothing genteel or satisfactory in tho
assumption Of society airs accompanied by
extravagant dress and sumptuous fare.
True refinement is inseparable from con-
sistent living. The genuine lady is never
troubled with doubts as to her place in
society. She can afford to be plain in
name and dress. Not so with her whom
sudden fortune has brought unworthily to
the surface. She is never certain Of her
social position, and must be continuously
burying recognition for herself for high
prices at auction, as it were. The
same is, Of course, true of the pr~etentious
male person if his rapid rise and conspicu-
ots position have not dulled his sensibil-
ity and left him completely in love with
himself. His affectation Of the proprie-
ties is the unsubstantial instrument he
uses to establish himself on his lofty ped
estal. Awkward coxcomb! He glories in
his subjugation Of modest and unassuming
folks, who laugh in their sleeves at the
faur pas he continually perpetrates under
the blissful delusion that he is a gentle
man and a wit. Until this Winter we
have been accustomed to have the most
elegant and costly club entertainments.
For the present we are going to give these
up, as many Of the members think they
cannot afford to pay the necessary dues.
We are not going to get altogether serious
at once, however. We simply propose to
enjoy ourselves more quietly at home.
The Winter will not be much less enjoya.
BILE socially than usual with us in the way
Of dancing, for there are q good many
persons yet in Carson whose means are
ample and who will entertain. generously
at their private residences, where, of
course, dancing will be a prominent fes-
tive feature.
l must tell you Of an incident that
lately stirred up the sense of the marvel
Gus in the Carson folks to a very high de-
BItC. liz ulOOH SliDuo DIISHt JIG ulbHt.
The sky was clear and every star twinkled
its brightest CLEANS. A back room in the
house OF Judge e. W. Hillyer was illumi-
mated with this lish. Of night. A window
had been inadvertently left open. and the
light came in through that window; and
it must be stated, also, that a little way
from the room there grew q handsome
cork-bark elm. In the morning Mrs. Ora
ham. Mrs. Hillyer's mother, who is taking
care of the Hillyer children during Judge
Hillyer's unfortunate illness in San Fran
cisco. entered the room and was startled
to see a strange picture on a little wall
mirror upon which the moon had shone
during the earlier part OF the night. The
elm was clearly outlined in miniature on
glass. and above the tree there was the
moon shining on the mirror, paled but
beautiful The charming rustic scene thus
mirrored passed inspection from n end
OF town to the other, until the Capital was
in a daze and yet struggling to find q
solution to the strange phenomenon. The
spirits are to be consulted about it as q
last resort. Yours, B. s. W.
Dance Programmes.