Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1883-08-25
The Bad Man From Como.
Como, Aug. 22d, 1876

Ed. TIMEs:-A few nights ago,
while was buried in profound sleep
or, in other words, whiie was com
fortably and uncnnsciously wrapped
lii the arms Of Morpheus, as usual
wondered into dreamland, and the
experience / passed through was 80
far from the general line of anything
1 ever experienced under similar
{ circumstances, that l shall honce-
forth look upon this wonderful
dream as one of the most remarks
Die events that has transpired In the
whole course OF my eventful life.
1t was indeed iunny dream, and /
have concluded 70 lay it before your
readers, in the hope that 1t may be
of some Interest TO them. To make
q long story short l will state that
my dream eft me under the impress
sion thai l was II permanent resident
of the ~or,d beyond the grave, and
having proceeded this tar l take it
for granted that it is not at ell nee.
essary to enter into details In regard
to the piscs and position occupied.
l entered the kingdom OF heaven as
the right hand man of God, and
thought that the place where / was
so suddenly and unceremoniousiy
enthroned WAS without exception
the most beautiful ever beheid, for
the scenes that met my gaze on every
side were simply grand-the great
walls and the canopy OF heaven con-
sisted of solid gold, set with dis
monds that weighed thousand
pounds, OF course was extremely
happy amidst the grandure of the
place and III my ecstasy OF delight I
hardly knew what to do OF how to
conduct my self. l was not there
long when met with . good many
noted characters that / knew only
by reputation. also met with many
old triends and was introduced to
several new ones. Among the lat
ter WAS st. Peter, the principal Gus.
todian of the grand entrance of that
heavenly paradise OF which we have
heard and read so much. A warm
friendship sprang up between my
self and the latter and soon became
his principal adviser aud confident
lal friend. Previous to my advent
into heaven the mode Of procedure
in the case OF all persona applying
for seat IN paradise was to place
their names on q large book, called
the Great Register, they In their turn
to he tried before q commute Of in
vestigstion, and II their reputation
WAS found TO he all right they were
allowed to enter, if not they were
compel ed to accept n SITUATION The
duties Of which were generally cal
culated 10 be An adequate puhfsh-
ment for the crime comm tied while
living III this wicked word. This
was the manner Of conducting things
before my arrival IN heaven, but AT
ter that the programme was changed
AS the names Il all parties whose
general appearance did not suit me
we're placed on q separate portion OF
the Great Register, the reatter desig-
mated a. the black list; and all part,
les whose names appeared on this
list had to be tried before n special
court OF inquiry appointed by God,
as 1t was feared that the old commit.
tee, which was known to be Of lib
era disposition, would not be- equal
10 the emergency. Several of these
Kind of cases we're tried with graft
tying results, and it now looked a.
though might be promoted to .
higher rank in heaven at no far dis
tsnt day. One evening IS the sun
was disappearing from the western
horizon a suspicious looking individ-
ual was ssen lowering around In the
vicinity OF the place whore st. Peter
and myself were standing. At first
sight We took the fellow for an Ari-
IONA cowboy or horse thief from
Texas, but on taking a second look
at him recognized him IS q noted
claim jumper, and generally speak
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