The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1890-04-12
COMMUNICATION.
PAHRANAGAr VALLEY, March 30, 1890

PAHRANAGAT VALLEY, March 30, 1890.
Mr.. Editer: 1t being customary to
write an ode to Spring and seeing I've
Just overcome my natural bashfulness as
to the merits of my composition I've sem
you my IDEAS on the subject of Spring.
You can bet your life there's no high
faluting nonsense about EN-, but JUS
common facts in all my propositions
Furthermore if you hear any one shoot
ing off his mouth that the lines dom
suit him refer him to me, and I'll try ant
settle any little unpleasantness that may
be between us so here goes for my poem
SPRING POEM.
When March winds blow no more,
And jackass toots his horn,
We know that spring is here,
And young things must be born.
The little birds are chirping,
And do their level best,
To settle every question,
To build their precious nest.
The crocodile is counting.
In bayou's near the pool,
And sure to find mate,
For he is no ones fool.
When cricket chirps his chirp,
And frog to frog doth call,
Our mammies physic folks,
To make EN- well till fall
Then trees begin to shoot,
Their verdant leaves uncurl,
And girls 80 to their rooms,
To don their tricks and curls.
And as I'm through with Spring,
The summer l must try,
That is to say l will,
If don't have to die.
AS to home matters, me and dad took
the Gewoodetic dude over to our hole or
Irish mountain, and HI of time
we had in finding it again. We mus
have been up and down and round il
circles twenty times or more till finally
we lost dad and discovered him trying tt
claw out through the snow.caps tha
covered our incline, and after some picl
and shovel work we got him and tn,
snow out
The Gewoodeticker made some care
full researches in the claim and stated a
far as gold and silver was concerned, h,
didn't believe we had much of either
but would congratulate us all the same
as his glass revealed there was NOR,
precious metal in the rock than either 0
'em. He called it i.ridee. home, but W,
had to walk all the same, and as he't
fooled himself the day before about thu
merits of several specimens out OF m,
collection, l took no stock in his las
statement, but kept my mouth shut al
the same, so that dad might feel goot
once more.
I'd showed him chunk of solid blacl
metal going up into the thousands, but h
said it was nothing but oxidized lead
Another rich piece, Of light pea greer
he wouldn't look at it and lump of rocl
salt, he proclaimed to be spar. Don
you know I had notion to spar off ant
give him div under the eye aud asl
him if the indication was satisfactory
but as he was head and shoulders talle
than myself, my usual modesty made M
think better of the matter and quit TO
keeps. He has now left us with tn,
understanding he is to rite us from New
York should he prove successful in get
ting up company with million dol
lars to work our mines, but for myself
guess I'll come over to Phoebe, and whel
there if | can't do any better, I'll tackl
the Pioche Company for a job to boss on
of their mines.
Them stamps, stamped by Uncle Sam
you sent, did me heap of good, 80 II
conclude with my everlasting regards
remaining yours truly, as usual,
Bill Smithers.