Smyrna times., 1884-05-14
How a Mining Stampede Breaks
Out.

Dear reader, shall l give you a few
symptoms of the mining epidemic in
mountain towns? All right. l will
anyhow.
Symptom IA long-haired man is
seen pounding up a piece of quartz
about the size of mans hand.
Symptom 1.-Two men meander up
to him and ask him where he got it.
Symptom 3.-The long-haifed man
looks down into the mortar, and lies
gently to the inquiring minds who
inger near.
Symptom 4.-MOre men come around
The long-haired man gets a gold pan
and doubles himself up over the ditch
and begins to pan.
Symptom 5.-TwO hundred more
men come out of saloons and other
mercantile establishments, and ioin
the throng.
Symptom 6.-The long-haired man
gets down to black sand, and shows
several cOlOrs about the size of a blue
jays ear.
Symptom 7 times.-Several solitary
hOrsemen start out, with some pack
mules, and blank location notices, and
valley tan. The plot deepens. The
telegraph gets red-hOt. Men who
have been impecunious, for 10, these
many years, come around to pay some
old bills. Poor men buy spotted dogs
ana gold headed canes. Stiney men
get reckless, and buy the first box OF
strawberries without asking the price.
| have caught the epidemic myself
am getting reckless. Instead Of
turning my last Summer lavender
pants hind side before, and removing
the ham sandwich Autographs from
the front breadths, have purchased !
new pair.
never experienced such a wild
glad feeling of perfect abandon.
go to church and chip in for the
heather, perfectly regardless of ex
pense. If Zion languishes, l throw in
the small currency with lavish hand
Banks, offices, hotels, saloons, anC
private residences show specimens O
quartz carrying free gold and carbon
ates, hard, soft, and medium soft, will
iron protoxide of nitrogen, rhOmbOhe
dral glucose indications of ValedietOrN
and free milling oxide of anti-fat il
abundance.
Nellis, who lives near the Mill Creel
carbonate claims, came into town thl
other day to get an INDUCTION agains
the miners, so that he could iniunci
them from prospecting in his celia
and stalking his pie-plant bed
When he goes ont after dark to driv,
the cows out of his turnip patch. h
falls over stake every little while
with notice tackled on it, which set
forth that the undersigned, viz: JOhnnl
COmelately, Joe Newbegin, ShoO FL
Smith, and Union Forever DandeliOn
claim / 800 feet in length by 600 fee
IN width for mineral purposes on thi
claim, to be known as 1.-THE Gal wit
the Skim Milk Eye" together with al
dips, spurs, angles, or variations. gold
silver, or other precious metals therein
contained.
Mr.. Nellis says he is glad to see
"boOm," and at first he did all he cOul,
to make it pleasant for prOspeetOrs
but lately he thinks that their sociabili
ty has become too earnest and to-
simultaneous.
told him that the only way coulC
see to avoid losing his grip, and having
his string beans dug up prematurely
was to stake the entire ranch as
placer claim, buy him a Calling gul
that would shoot the large size of bucl
shot, and then trust to the mysteriou
movements of an Overruling PrOvi
dence.
l do not know whether he took M
advice or not, but | am loOkin
anxiously along the Mill Creek roar
every day for six-mule team loade
with disorganized remains, and driver
by man who looks as though he ha
g lutted his vengeance, and had two O
three gluts left over on his hands,
Bill Nye, IN GeUeldnd Leader.