The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1885-02-28
A 75.MILE TRIP AND BACK, AND
BUSINESS DONE UP BROWN.

made several times, but owing TO post
ponements by the court they were
knocked in the head as fast as they were
completed, but this time we were to 60
sure. We started early in the morning
from Phoebe, and we landed in Bristol
% miles-in two hours and half, in
front of Hotel de Riepe. We were ex-
pected, and were served with the comforts
of rousing FIRE, a cocktail and then break
fast The doctor called for an egg break
fast The eggs were not tithing eggs,
but were laid in the barn, and they |
hadn't laid their long either. We were
hungry and had no time for picking the
shells from off young shanghais. There
was one man in the crowd whose stomach
had an affinity for pancakes. He said
he was fond of them. On former oc-
casion he averred to having walked from
Idaho, distance Of Clio ten miles, and
Navajoes aboard, just to see friend and
get square meal on pancakes. If they
would take jawbone for collateral he Of
fered to bet that he could eat sixteen
plates of the real old standard 49-er in
fifteen minutes, without any change in
the pulse, and when he came forward
with the suggestive remark that he had
gone as high as nine days without
mouthful a fellow, whose cheek was
about stand off for the other fellows
stomach, looked around the stove and
said he thought that that couldn't have
been very long ago-probably since the
war. As fast as the waiter would bring
on the pancakes this fellow would reach
the plate and turn it upside down, plac
} ing the stack upon his own plate, and
J then return the nod for new supply.
, The waiter was a man of nerve, but he
weakened after while. His excuse was
the batter was all gone, besides break
fast had only been ordered for four.
> The cook, who was mutton.slops and
, slossage man, peeked into the dining
$ room to see the man who he said, "Heap
eatee pancakee alice samee tlamp." The
systematic manner in which this gentle.
man would take a indicated wafer, as
$ he called it, up with his knife and fork,
e blow once to cool. place it upon hi'
q tongue from where it would turn a som
ersault backwards out of sight, without
:. particle of excitement, and every move
ment made with the utmost precision
reminded me of a money-frog eatinl
. four.bit pieces-always ready for another
y would suggest that Mr.. Innocence
= who growled because he didn't get an
= pancakes, bear in mind that in this coun
" try the beef is cut up into pieces of
d pound or so, and not into mouthfuls
II Having changed teams, from here W
II went whizzing out to Mackinish ranch
appraise the Clay estate. A wagon W;
n. all of the estate that could be foun'
:. We then headed for Parker's station
- where we arrived early in the evening
1e Quite number of people from War
ct Bristol, White River and other plac
L. were there when we arrived. We four
W the station in the management of lad
Ii The table was splendidly spread an
70 every effort made to make everybody
1e comfortable as possible.
il. The appraisers were up at six ne,
ne morning and out viewing the propert.
e. while DR.. Reece was working like
e. beaver to the end of obtaining an adva
e. tagious disposition of the propert
i'd All being ready he announced that
en- would sell to the highest bidder. T
talked till he was tired out, and did we
>, Meantime Mr.. Culverwell was tuning
L. his bazoo His musical voice was fiji
re, heard on the chickens, then he tri
es. the pigs and potatoes, and succeeded
:. well that he waltzed into the haysta
w ao1l %nr fopo ofr for Az IN
~ of native timothy. His voice was hea
NJ NJ all over the ranch, among
Nv. ~ milkpans in the kitchen, in
. 'ar bedroom, upstairs and down cellar.
ie' screamed like a panther. He allowed
time to figure, and under spell OF 81
NE tied opposition, waged by T. G. Poui'
in of Ward, he obtained elegant pric
-. Poujade was benefit Of at least $500
~ the estate. His first purchase was b'
' NV of mustangs, and the boys guffed him
-" that he bought shotgun and rifle
either take his own part with, or sh
at the mustangs, l don't know viii
md Liberal credit belongs to the doctor
Mr.. Poujade. The rest of us don't W
ms ms any credit-it is the money we want.
ine Next morning, after completing
Jas work, we started for home, covering
ground between Bristol and Phoebe
and two hours and ten minutes.
BLowFLY
and AN EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCE
ing VICTORIA, B. c., Feb. ga met
passed over tho northern part of
oro city at 9 o'clock Sunday morning.
~ was of enormous size, and appeared
'oil. mass of molten iron. The noise cat
the by its passage was like the escapin
steam, and the smoke and flames
Ion. thrown off, and it was seen to desc
a.. into the sea of Haro and sink into
eA'' water, cloud of spray and steam rii
marking the spot where it struck.
nes- extraordinary circumstance was
messed by many persons.
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