The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1890-01-25
FROM CHERRY CREEK.

The Weather-Hard on Cattle anu
shesp-A Provision Famine - Ben
Miller the Anxiously LOOked-for
Messiah.
CHERRY CREEK, Jan. 10, 1890.
EDITOR NEWS: The Weatherl-that
ubiquitous, ancient, medieval, and
modern and convenient Introductory
theme of conversation weather.
which freezes at the utmost loquacity
into monosyla bic taciturnity, or thaws
the coolest reserve into bubbling vol
utility, and gives to the oldest in
habitant an indispulable rghtto bore
the youngest or most modest the
weather-w hich was, which Is, and
which shall never cease TO be, still
continues variable here, but cold
witbal, through every chilling degree
of that frigld adjective's comparative
scale. And of snow--s,the beautiful
w"--sufIlcient unto the day is the
evil thereof, and more too. Owing
to It's preponderance the roads be-
tween here and Sprucemont and be-
tween that camp aud Wells are nigh
impassible--- in fact no roads are visi-
BILE. The "beautiful" hovers over
them 10 such an extent that they
cannot be seen.
There is no regular communication
with the railroad nor with any other
quarter, and the mail service for the
past fortnight has been a sort of come
or go as-you-can arrangement, pro-
voking In the extreme to the steady
gated, highly-moral, ultra progress
sive, damhardup, conscientious cit
liens of this camp, who want their
love and charming letters and other
intellectual fodder regularly on time
and dished up hot. The mail carriers
on all the routes centering here have
been exposed to severe hardships,
and in some instances have had mar
row escapes OF life and limb.
For three weeks reports from sheep
men have been fraught with fear for
the safety of their fiocks, but up to
this time no really serious losses have
been sustained. Still, the flock mas
tiers, like Mistress McGrew's pigs, are
uneasy in their minds. Protected
wool shivers, and even climbs cedar
trees for sustenance, while defense. ess
silver worries and fumes and damns
Window by hospita BILE fires, there
being but little doing underground in
the district.
Cattle are not faring as we'll as
sheep. Droves Of poor animals from
the valley and neigh boring hills seek
shelter from the fury of the storm aud
biting cold in the streets and open
outhouses of the town. Many fam
ished beasts have succumbed to the
rigors of this inclenent winter, and
cowboys hereabout are now debating
within themselves whether 1t is wiser
ITO suffer the slings and arrows OF
outrageous fortune and put on armor
against sea OF troublesp and snow
drifts, or turn sheepherders.
A threatened flour famine was in
measure averted by the arrival to. day
of five sacks of the staff of life from
Ely. Could there be some miracu
lous increase of these five sacks to
fifty or more, universal rejoicing
would follow, for there does exist a
breath OF flour.
Ben Miller is reported on the road
here with a load of merchandise on
bob sleds. Perhaps before this is print
ed there will be general joy and glad
cries Of praise in camp, for Ben may
reach here before you next issue, for
Ben Is looked for with longing eyes
and thirsty outlets. Otherwise whisky
is scarce, and what there is is growing
"powerful weak" II.