Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1889-06-23

Fools Who Write Thslr Names @ VIM
do~s. Furniture md Trees

NV Aou AEO06
What for does a man want TO write
his name everywhere he COOS. aud on
evsry thing which offers q blank space
largo enough for his autograph
Docs anybody caro- t. know that
john Smith. OF Hickory Greek. visited
Niagara Falls. August 81. 1888. that
he need to put himself to tho trouble
Of recording that fuct on every bench
ind blank wall and bridge-rail all
around the Falls?
No matter what locality we visit We
lind tho names Of previous visitors no
corded on every available spot Some
times a sentimental verso Is appended.
by way Of illustration; and texts Of
Scripture and theological warnings arc
quite common.
:. Hotel windows suffcr fcariuily from
this craze Every body who owns n
diamond seems possessed withra mania
TOR writing: with it on glass-we have
eve seen the abomination on plate
glass, Tho idea of scratching up and
defacing windows which do not belong
to you in that way! The man who
will DO guilty OF. such snobbcry ought
to be brought into court and fined.
like any other CRIMINAL.
Railway car windows are peculiarly
subject to this kind of Disagreement.
Not long since VIC shw written on the
window of q railway cor this interest
ng aud instructive legend:
ave oil must die and go AWAY -
To either heaven or hell TO stay.
This Is writ with a diamond ring.
And James l. May he owns tho thing"
And we hereby give notice thai, In
u opinion. tho said James l. May Is
"a jackass, and his mother must be
proud that no lived through the
whooping-cough. and measles, and
mumps-lived TO bless this world and
tho rest Of creation with his presence.
He is q credit to her aud TO all tho
family.
Now, what we want to know Is
what people indulge in this kind OF
thing fo'a What makes you want to
have your name cut in uneven letters
on n bench? Why do you want to see
your autograph on somebody's win
dow? Why do you want to scratch
your initials on every rock from Maine
( Florida?
What for?
We suppose It Is none of our busl.
ness. but We cat not help asking tho
question -
1t has always been done. and 1t nl-
ways will be. probably; but In the
nnme Of railway companies and hotel
keepers, we ask you to let tho windows
and the looking-glasscs alone. You
have NJ more right to thus disflgure
them than you have to paint your bust
ness cnrd. on tho froscoes, and thus On.
nounco that Tom Brown Soils En-,
piro Soap!"
II you want to leave your name In q
conspicuous. place, have some sign
boards painted, and pay n man to pm
troll the streets with them; or have
them displayed on tho telegraph
poles. and the travelling public will be
pleased and Interested TO rsad Thorn n.
they flash by.
No living man wants his windows o,
doors or setteos dcfaced by the effort.
OF his visitors TO secure O cheap no
toriety. You do not buy your land,
lords house and grounds when you on,
ter yorr nnmo on his hotel regi.&a-, .,
when you settle your weekly DILL. yor
have no more right to scratch up hi,
windows and walls than you havo u
do tho same thing in the house OF the
friond whore you aro visiting. II you
must try your diamonds On glass, why
not tako n small window plong will
you md experiment TO your heart.
content? 1t will afford you amuse
ment. and every body who scos you u
work will k.ow that you have din,
monds. and 30 your ond will DO NJ
tanned Kate Thorne. in NY Weekly,