Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1884-09-20
An Alleged Crank.

the, to them, strange actions of .
visiting evangelist. The gentleman in
question is fine looking Scotchman
of pleasing address, who has taken
upon himself the ardu,us task Of
spreading the doctrines of religion and
prohibition ia our sinful State. He
began his devotional exercises by sing.
ing in one of our prominent saloons.
The scoffers were 100 many for him,
and he was Obliged to beat hasty
retreat. He thea started out with the
intention of taking in every saloon in
town, and, Notwithstanding that his
reception was very cool wherever he
went, it was not sufficiently so to
reduce the temperature of his ardor
and Christian zeal. After having been
elected from every place where he
essayed TO hold forth, he hied him to
Maiden Lane, and, upon warning his
erring sisters to flee from the wrath to
come, he at last met with a reception
warm enough TO meet the wishes of
the most exacting. 1t was so warm, in
fact, that the bullets passed aear
enough to almost blister his ears. He
next met q prominent county official
lwhom he numbers among the savcd)
and unsuccessfully solicited loans run.
ming all the way from 500 to four bits.
Just about the time some Of the boys
were beginning to realize that they
had treated him altogether too cooly,
and were thinking of thawing little
toward him, he was packed of and
put to bed He was up and around
Thursday morning, as Jealous as ever,
only to be met by scornful revilings at
every saloon he visited, and. like a
singed moth. he bctook himself again
to Maiden Lane. After skirmisLing
around for awhile, he stuck his head
through AN open window and began
one of his eloquent sermons, when he
WAS suddenly confronted by an AK,
which, as a retort, was little too
sharp for him, and the humiliating
spectacle of big revivalist running
away from little woman, an ax and
II lively shower of crockery was wit.
messed by crowd of laul hing sinners.
He escaped and. made bold by repeated
successes in evading the enemy, re-
turned again to the attack with per
sistency worthy Of his cause. This
time the erring sister was mad--rcal
mad, and she pulled her gun and
chssed the unfortunate fellow around
two or three houses, trying to get =
shot at him, but the pistol not having
been loaded after his visit of the night
before he again got away unframed.
Again he returned and was met by =
stalwart unbelever who swept the
ground up with him and marched him
down town, where charge of lunacy
was preferred against him by some of
the unregenerated. He was tried
before Judge Murphy and, after
careful investigation, was discharged
as being competent to take care of
himself. Hearing of the recent blood.
less ducls in Coryville, he yesterday
took his departure and is now prob.
ably wrestling with the benighted
inhabitants of that mountain town. 1t
has been suggested by certain hard.
hearted peace officer that a good,
wholesome application of halfinch
solc.lcalber would be of more benefit
in curing him of his little peculiarities
and pleasantries than all the statutes
and courts in the country. However
that may be, it is hoped that he will
not be hardly dealt with, as our town
is so very quiet that a little excite.
ment of this kind is absolutely neces-
sary to keep us awake.