The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1889-11-23
COMMUNICATION.
PAHRANAGAr VALLEY, Nov. is, 1889.

"So apouV ouf peihS prOuu iannliy,
which he was pleased to see thought
something about. He said we had reas-
ON to be so, as our great, great ancesto-
was great man, and the chances was
the ones before was greater still.
So he started to tell me that we come
down from certain Carl William Bar
on Won Schmidt, who lived in the if
teenth century and owned large estate
on the borders of the Rhine in Germany,
including deadfall of castle in which
he had cellar full of pincers, chains and |
racks that he used to amuse himself with |
on enemies and strangers at certain
times.
The only trouble with Carl William,
dad said, was that he had to 90 the hull
hog or none, and spent his money on
wine, women, good living and gambling
faster than his rents came in. SO that
after few years he had to find someway
of replenishing his Golfers. This he did
for a time by foraging round the country
with his retrainers for stray travellers,
whom he compelled to put up their mon
ey, or get shut up in his dungeon.
Finally there was no more people to
gobble up, for they found out they'd
better give that part of the country the
shake, so Carl William got involved with
the jews to that extent he saw no way to
get out of the mess than by taking the
last cent they'd loan him and skip to
foreign parts. This he did one fine day
leaving everything behind but a grip
sack; containing some clean socks, col
lars, two decks of marked cards and a
set of loaded dice. Getting TO the coast
he hired sailing boat to take him to
England, where he finally landed in good
health and spirits. Making his way to
London, he soon got his work in on the
young lordlets, filling his purse to such
an extent that he could put on style with
the best of elm. After while he struck
a Saxhorn heiress, marrying her before
you could say Jack Robinson, and being
on his legs again he sat down like a
decent man to have his new property
cultivated, and raise children.
Imust tell you that by this time the
English, who couldn't spell his name the
way he did, called him plain Smith, so
that he was the author of the great
Smith family you've heard so much
about. OF course the hull of the Smiths
didn't become rich, and dads grand
father took Ito blacksmithing, and own
ing Smithy, the folks got thing
mixed and called him Smithers; not car
ing what they called him, the name
stuck to the family ever afterwards.
Dad says he got all the papers TO
these statements by being on the direc
line, including the family coat of arms
which he says was blue shield will
three little bulls on it, and there was on
big one on the top with gold collar
The motto below being in French, Gee
qui est tot, in a partiens," in othe
words "What's thine, is mine" Tha
, was pretty cheeky, Mr.. Editer, warn
it, so you see if get of onct in while
it's owing to my great decent.
To change the subject, dad and me
been working faithfully on our prcspec
!, and we've run an incline and got i
about foot day, but you must remem
Der we've had to foot it there and bac
also. In the course of year or tw
we'll have an incline, if we don't find
mine, which l have my doubts abou
and l think dad begins to feel sorry h
r acted so mean to that neighbor VIII
spoke about country rock and iro
stains; but he haint discouraged yet, fc
4 he says he knows it's true fishire vel
by the clay selvidge we're on. Darn tn
selvidge, say I, give me foot or two {
n solid lead as II 90 fifty ounces in silve
and then we're fixed. Them drills yo
sent us was kind of short, and the han
mer handle all split up, so that we coul
never get more than a six-inch hol
down. If we don't strike lie, we ca
put good door up and stow away OF
. vegetables for the winter anyway.
The last home news is the two youn
uns came near burning the house dow
II yesterday. They'd stolen some butte
:, and sugar to make candy with, but or
e of 'em up set the frying pan, spilling til
n contents over the stove and the cat
back, which made the cat bolt through
x pane of glass, causing draft that dro,
IT the flames to the wall paper. Moth