Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1886-07-31

sod @sery or the Coed Yeung Man
Whe DaeA or Tee Mach Rustisity. !

@nA @sery or the Coed Yezng Man
Whs DieA ef Tee Mueh Rastasity.
"Git up'n ride." he said, as he brought
tie essn to halt and moved aleng on the
ssst. "Come furf Coin to the village ?
tAhoa there, Buck, what ye 'fraid Off That
,ess OF OK allus feels a. frisky as . calf, and
|is sAeeds old Bright to balance him. An't q
pe&sat.nght man, are yer Thought not,
MeAbe re are iookin' fur summer boasd 2"
He rattied along In a. hOaest, confidential
b~sy As~-lsw mzaufn ioager. and then sud.
&enly changed the subject by sAying
'sStrangef, I've had experience With sum.
mes boarders. and souldn't take one into
my house fur t4o week. moved up here
shout 'tes pears ago. I'd jnst got married
to laundering amart widow, and we got
settled In. cus house airly in the spring. One
dsy when come in from work Lucinda says
to me s.-
.Samuei--shat's ny name, you know
I've got the hsiiliAntest idea you ever heard
! Of. Let's take few summer boarders this
year.
settles and lasses, but who be they
saysI. PIX
"sI don't know yet. Well fix up our
two spare rooms and advertise In the city
papers to accommodate few summer board
ers. We can make enough in three months
to buy that ten acre lot Of old Johnstone.'
"'i3nt We hain't got nuthin' to feed 'em
o.
".Injeed, we have. Them city folks who
stuff their stomachs on the richness Of the
| land will come out here for g change. All
they'll want will be fried eggs, oatmeal,
rhubard pie and old. fashioned sweet cake.
They'll 60 into fts over our table cloths,
cracked dishes and plain furniture. They'll
swallow everything down as rustic and old.
fashioned. and well charge 'em S6 week
apiece
eel hung of fur while, but Lucinda is q
great prevailer, and che hnally prevailed on
me to give my consent. Whenever got
spare hour helped her toggle up the iurni.
| ture. | had to nail up bedsteads, put extra
legs on the cheers, stop up ratholes, stain
oyef the bureau With walnut juice and do
variout other things to make ready. give
Lucinda two purity good hoss-blankets to
make rustic rugs for the floors, and we cut
up some old sheefs for winder curtains, and
by the use OF thirty cents worth OF red,
white and blue shelf paper we made them
rooms look what you might call Jim Dandy.
Hang il. stranger. when cum to look 'em
over felt as proud as peacock, and the hug
give Lucindia brought tears to her eyes,.
"Well, the last thing to be made was
rustic cheer. and just 60, up and bumped
myself on il. II was Lucinda's idea, you
know. She said the city folks had got SO
tired Of sittin' around on the stuffed cheers
that they'd sink into q rustic cheer with a
Rrunt Of satisfaction which could be heard q
mile away. drswed up Q wagon load Of
limbs and branches. bought ive pounds Of
nails and pound Of glue, and in about a
week's time had the allfredest, incest rus
tic cheer you ever sot eyes on. We put II in
what Lucinda called the Queen Anna room,
and then everything was ready for boarders.
We advertised 10 the city papers to the
amount Of eS, and one afternoon young
solem.faced chap, who looked as il he hadn't
two days to live, came padding up the
dusty road in search Of summer board, and
Lucinda took him in. He looked At the
rooms, and we thought he grew more
solemn. He had some pork an johnnycake
and New Orleans nolasses and two.shillin'
tea icf supper. and there was no doubt Of his
being more solemn.
''l fergi. what Lucinda was to charge that
chap week, with the privilege Of walking
in the bsrnysrd, waddin' in the swamp and
climbin' the dead apple trees. but 1t wasn't
fur from %. He sot around fur . spell in
the evepin' to 'hear the lowin' OF the kine.'
whateyer that is, and to commune with
tired natur'' whatever that may be, and then
he retired to the Queen Anna ROOM
Stranger, we never saw that man alive
no more, He didn't come down when the
pork and Eaters was ready in the mornin',
and after while went up to arouse him,
thinkin' that the lowin' Of the kline and the
bellerin' OF the oxen had charmed him. He
vas dead--deader than q door nail. Wust
Of all, he had so, down in that rustic cheer
and died afore he could get up. The Coro-
nes ssid the cause Of his death was too much
Fasticity and Qasen Anna" NIX
"Wss that the end Of It ?" Iasked.
"Yes. He hadn't penny in his pockets,
and buried him ct my own expense. When
We got back from the burial ! says to Lu.
cindia:
"'Lucy, let the city folks eontiner to sot
on their stuffed cheers and gorge their stom.
aehs with sweet cakes and preserves. Wen
Queen Anna these duds outer the house and
make our money on pumkins = Whoa
there, you old sinner Can't you see a
streaked snake without jumping outer yer
hide 7" .,..
The Indians that it is proposed to remove
from the San Carlos Reservation are the
Warm Springs and the Chiricahuas; the