The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-11-02
Was Not a HumoriEt.

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gets hold Of the Western ''ruster" and
makes it very interesting for him even
at the latter's own gate.
Patrick Hcaly has just dropped on
quiet little snap which has been going
on for years, and which resulted beneli,
cially to New England, while the great,
broad, noble, long-haired, jury -defying
West has been gently left.
Mr. Hcaly has been for years a sheep
raiser and wool promoter of California
and the Pacific Coast, later, however,
going into the business Of purchasing
sheep on the coast for the Utah and
wyoming trade. These California sheep
| when at home feed over the old placer
| grounds OF the Golden State, eating the
rich grass that has sprung up all along
the broken and furrowed valleys, where
once in the flush times Of thirty odd
years ago, the miners Of the great Col
conda, or whatever they used to call it,
hunted for gold during the week and on
Sunday did their washing or lynched
some one by request.
During the past summer mammoth
dipping corral has been erected at Lar
annie City, w. r., where all home and
foreign sheep are dipped, to abolish and
discourage that eccentricity of genius
among sheep known as the scab. This
tank is virtually n trough, 300 feet long,
filed with solutions Of sulphur, arsenic,
soda and other political opponents Of
the scab At this great watering place
100, 900 sheep have this summer resort
ed with their families. A great many
Of them were from California, and some
were our own sheep,
At the lower end Of the trough,
where the sheep come out, Mr.. Healy
noticed when the trough was clear Of
dip that there was n sediment Of black
sand Black sand does not catch the
eye Of the novice, but when an old
forty -niner notices the metallic glitter Of
that material he naturally goes after a
gold pan and begins to investigate, Mr..
Healy did 80. He was surprised to find
that he got from twenty to eighty cents
to the pan in fine gold. He set an old
timer 10 panning at the foot of the dip,
and cleaned up sl2 per day in dust for
a week,
Then large, octagonal chunk OF
truth began to creep into Mr.. Healys
intellect The dipping Of sheep does
not necessarily get out any Of the dirt,
to speak Of, but the Boston people who
scour the wool must be the ones who
have open TO them 3 glorious, golden
fortune Mr.. lIealy came to this con-
clusion at once, and acting upon it, he
went to Boston Immediately, and as
fast as a hack could carry him, he went
to one Of the largest wool emporiums
| and securing resorts OF that great city.
1t was house that handled Pacific
coast wool exclusively.
Mr.. Healy said he wanted to speak
with the boss prevaricatUr Of the rancho
on an important matter. He was
shown into the conservatory where the
managing editor was beating down a
big Colorado sheep man on his prices
for his wool Mr., Healy waited pa
tiently till he could Get the eye of the
speaker When he got the proper OPP
portnnity he said:
Sir. have made n discovery that
| desire 10 act upon ri once. 1t will
bring you millions Of dollars easily and
surely and | only ask that you will use
me white in payment for the discovery.
If give this to you want 800, 600, 1t
will make millions for you and you
needn't 90 out Of your establishment
except TO go to Europe when you feel
like il, to buy Venus de NEEDLES and
Venus de MiloS and other fne-haircd
bric-a-brac, Wealth will come flowing
in to your Golfers in golden stream.
"Let Us make a few mathematical
calculations You scour 25,000,0O0
pounds Of wool per annum, Fifty per
cent. Of that OF l2,500,0OO pounds is
black, gold bearing sand running say
fifty cents to the pan, or il you will be
iudicous in buying of men whose
ranges are in the old hydraulic gulches
of the coast, YOU can bring it up to 81 to
the pan. Wen say that pan averages
two pounds of sand, and YOU have from
| S3,000,000 TO S6,000,000 per year. Do
you tumble, You old grizzly moss agate
Of Massachusetts? Do YOU get on TO
my little scheme, noble Duke Of the
Kingdom of Codfsh?'
do -" murmured the sage, "Do
|? Come with me-"
He took Mr.. Healy out to the rear of
the great securing rink and showed him
whore two Cinnamon were at work
with gold pans.
You think, Mr.. Healy,n said he,
that | am a putty man from away up
the creek, no doubt, You do not know
me. You are in error. am an old
'49er myself, ] came home by way of
the isthmus many years ago, and |
know black sand with little, fine rubies
and flour gold in it as we'll as you do. |
have been on this little racket now fol-
some years, and am doing moderately
well. | early learned that the growing
coat of California sheep was in many in
stances bonanza. People thought |
was monkeying with stocks or dabbling
in oil when they saw how was getting
ahead, but | Just told them that ] was
temperate and shaved myself, and used
an oil stove and went without hired
girl, and wore celluloid cuffs and col
lars and economical, but they wouldn't
believe that made my money that
way, They concluded | was writing
humorous articles for the New York pa.
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