Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-02-03
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and no one enjoys )Re DEUEL. siiHH ~ -
extraordinary good nature, natural humor
and social qualities make him the center al
most constantly of group OF jolly fellows,
all practical ioksrs, who do not lose an oppor-
tuuisy to parpstrate okes at his expense, and
which he enjoys quite as much as they, and
quits as frequently, TOO, the venerable
| sranqer pets even with them. The scenes of
| most Of the merriment to which MIR. Comstock
il party, are at the Capital Hotel. the
| Courthouse and like public places. One of
his habits is to cater to his sweet tooth, and
| hence his pockets are generally provisioned
with q goodly supply Of confections, choice
candies, etc. All the regiment of jolly fell
lows know this, and latterly the rank and
file have drawn heavily upon the Comstock
for supply Of candies, until the CONNECTION
bonanza has been threatened with collapse.
So bold have the skirmishers become Of late
that they have ceased to ask for their rations,
but make no ado about plunging their hands
into the capacious pockets Of the hospitable
farmer and helping themselves. Yesterday
Uncle Elijah concluded it was fully time TO
change the programme and read the army
some special orders. He came upon the
street at an early hour with well lsdened
pockets. At Seventh and K streets James
Bethel was the first TO hail him. Any
candy, 'Lij'h?" Certainly, plenty, and he
passed over handful of candied pellets, which
James popped into bis mouth and began
to chew vigorously. In about one minute
Bletheps eyes began to protrude, he gaspsd
for breath, and with the single exclamation,
fire" he broke for near hydrant and
turned the water down his throat, his eyes
meanwhile running food, and his cheeks
glowing like live Goals. The next TO greet the
granger was " Brad" Cave. who didn't wait to
ask but plunged his hand into the Comstock
vein and got out whole fistful Of nuggets,
which he began to MUNICH with extreme salts
faction. Comstock looked him straight In
the face and never cracked a smile, but in
less than twenty seconds Cave cayed, turned
pale, then red held his breath. clasped his
hands convulsively, called on the bystanders
to put him out, and yelled fire at the top of
his voice. An instant after ne had plunged his
face into water, was digging the pellets fro n his
mouth aud reciting the revised edition with
yehemence that fairly drowned the howls OF
agony emsnating from Bethel, who was en-
gagged in pushing bits of ics into his mouth
and shouting between the Jumps for some one
to turn in the fire alarm. Comstock. grave
as a deacon, retired out of earshot of the
anathemas that were being showered upon
him, when Secretary of State Burns hap
pened IN and Immediately hsiled Uncle
Elijah for little candy. well, I've got
little left, Dan'l can't givs you much" and
he passed over half dozsn sugared globules,
which the Secretary cast carefully between
his teeth. In about the time one can count
twenty deliberately his dignity had
flown and he was raving for water
and wishing Uncle Elijah's candy further
while he sought by vigorous expirations from
his lungs, and by copious hbations of water,
to cool his burning cheeks. The next place
l. L. a.,
corder's Office, and Deputy Recorder jackson,
beseeching him tor candy, got a dose that
made him cry for molten lead to coil his
parched tongue withal. and two hours after
wI7d he was sti searching for Master Me
chsnic Stevens to arrange for a connection
with the monster blower at the railroad shops
to be made with his mouth, and vowing that
he didn't expect to cool off till next election.
So it went. Everywhere Comstock got even,
and to such an extent that he declares he be-
Geves his bill for candies hereafter will be SO
small as to cause serious decline in the mar
ket quotations. The last man to suffer was
ex-ofticer BARLEY Cavanaugb. He called on
Jackson, who was still blowing lot, and
not knowing the cause. asked it. jack
son said he had bad cold and
high fever, and sore eyes, and a
running nose, and catarrh in the ears, etc.
Cavanaugh espied the remaining globules of
sugar that jackson hadn't disposed Of, lying
on his desk. "Got some candy, I see"
"Oh, yes; help yourself" and he did-as
joke his broad palm covered the whole lot,
swooped in every pellet and conveyed them
to his mouth. To keep up the joke of this
wholesale appropriation he soberlY cast his
eyes upward. 1.-The celin's bein' badly
dye see p jackson didn't reply. When
Cavanaugh dropped his eyes the Office
was empty-every man but he had re-
tired; then there came a yell, "Oh,
murtherin' imps, what's this, By all
the powers-whoop and the air grew
blue, for the ex.policemsn was mad clear
through, and as he yelled and raved his
heated breath seemed to hiss upon his red
hot teeth. The last seen of him he was
vainly striving to drown 1.-The fire in me
mouth" The secret Of it all was that Mr..
Comstock had laid in supply of the kind OF
seeds, inclosed in sugar, which ara hotter
than six fathon depths in the bottomless pit,
burn for sufficient time to fix the fact upon
the memory, and beside which cayenne pep
per is as ice, but do no harm to the eater
beyond causing him to forget the present cool
aud braeing weather. 1t may be added that
Elijah Comstock was the happiest man IN
Sacramento last night, if his own expressions
of satisfaction are to be taken in evidence.
INCORPORATED There has been filed with
the Secretary of State articles of ineorpora-
ton of The Home Protection Association of
California. It is temperance organization
to enforce the laws relative to the sale of
liquors, and particularly the Sunday law.
Dlrectors-S. G. Nye, J. /. Lyon, E. Wads-
worth, R. Thompson, George Babcock, A. K.
Stevens, George I. HswleY, Jos. A. Fair
banks, Otis Gibson, Will D. Gould, George
B. Kstzsnstein. Place of business. San
Francisco. Also of The Duarte Mutual Irri-
CATION and Canal Company of Ell Monte, Los
Angeles county. Directors-G. W. Wardall,
J. J. Banney, l.. Barnes, F. A. Caldwell, A.
Boldly. Capital stock, Sl2 500. in shares of
$40 each. Also of the Calico Net Manufact-
J. G. Downey, VIM. Ell. Winter, Thos. NJ.
Tapp, George Bealich. II. McLellan. Capt.
tai stock, 500 900, in shares Of $40 each.
Also, of the Union Electric Telegraph Com
pany, of San Francisco. Directors-Henry
Rseth, Paul Seller, Orrin Brooks, George
Rosth and Charles Rosth. Capital stock,
$50. 900, in shares of $40 each.
AUCTION SALE.-Ben & Co., auetioneers,
will sell on Saturday, February 4, 1882, at
the residence of Mrs. Allen, No. Ola n street
between Ninth and Tenth, at 1880 A. NJ, one
fms haircloth parlor set, one fine walnut
bedstead, one hsircloth Turkish rocker,
one haircloth arm rocker, one 6ns wal
nut center table, one fine marble-top bu-
reau, one card or center table, one marble-top
sideboard and bookcase, one whatnot, large
lot Of choice books, four Brussels carpets,
oilcloth in hall and dining room, three
pair fine feather pillows, spring and
top mattresses, two parlor stoves, chro-
mos and steel engravings, one hub range and
fixtures, one set of garden hose, large lot of
garden tools, one extension table, crockery,
glass and wooden ware, etc.
CANDLEMAs DAY.-Yesterday was observed
as Csndlemas Day in some of the churches of
this city. In the Catholic calendar Candle
mas is known as the anniversary of the Puri-
fcation OF the Blessed Virgin Mary, COM
monty called Caudlemss Day. 1t is the
closing day of the. Christmas season. and, in
accordance with orthodox, all church decora-
lions should be removed The festival de.
rives its name of Candlemas Day from the
fact that all candles and tapers for use in the
church throughout the year are consacrated
on that day. Il is of great antiquity, there
being records in existence of its observance as
far back as the time of the Emperor Justin
ian, in the sixth century.
YOSEMITE. Yosemite Commissioners