The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1890-03-22
COMMUNICATION.

IAHkANAGAI ALLEY, Marcn 10, lSyO.
Mr. Editer: wish we could have had
a photograph man round the house the
last two or three nights to take flash
light pictures of our crowd. l tell you
they would have been not only amusing
but interesting, showing half dozen
people with joined hands and table
waltzing round the room together.
The fact is my gals aunt Tabitha from
Salt Lake 'sa spending week with us
and has introduced table turning which
seems to have turned everybody's head
on the ranch, even to the mich COWS and
milking stool for THEY'LL upset brother
Jim and leave him to play wallflower
whilst they sashay around to their hearts
content. Jim says there's one benefit
about the racket as the milk gets SO
well shaken up the butter is already
made by the next morning and is
stamped with the words "Smithers'
best" l suppose we have to thank the
spirits for doing it. Furthermore Mr..
Editer, you can believe I'm telling you
the honest truth, so help me Brigham,
and though we've broken few panes of
glass and table legs, we've had lots of
fun.
The first time we sat round the table,
the folks made bargain with the spir.
its that when question was asked, they
the spirits-should rap once for yes
and twice for no. Amongst a number of
questions given one was about the twins
getting married. After an hours work
the news came that Mormon elder was
going to corral the pair of EN-, and
they'd have full possession of the rem.
nants of his damaged heart to the sorrow
of four unfortunate women he I'd leave out
in the cold.
Dad said he'd be G. id if he believed
in any spirits, except them as is in black
bottles, and if man came after one of
his daughters, he'd know there'd be no
one turned out of house and home for
her, and as for the fellow getting the
second one, it would have to be pretty
dark night for him to do SO without loos-
ing the number of his mess.
Jim tried his luck and l guess he
wishes he hadn't, for he got given away
about mormon girl he was making up
to tother side of the line. But never
fear I'm agoing to attend to his biz from
this time out, as it would be pretty
how-do-ye.do if this family should get
contaminated after mothers been SO
keerful not to have any tow heads in it.
I'm in hopes this rapping epidemic
won't last long or it's going to be pretty
binding on some of us. Even Mary had
to tell me she hates to sleep alone as she
hears continual rapping under her bed
of nights, and is afraid to light candle
for fear some one might see her in her
curl papers, etc. May be that remark
OF hern was to convey gentle hint for
me to come and claim her, but had to
ignore the fmatter as I'm far from well
fixed with the collateral to hitch on to a
young woman like her, and keep her as
she ought to be kept, so she'll have to
wait quite while I'm thinking before
she gets bedfellow out of this house.
Sending them rock specimens of dad $
to Colorado got me into trouble, for a
Geowodetic tenderfoot is around wanting
to know all about rock in our district.
He kept the hull of us listening by the
hour about the different periods Of the
formation of the qualification of the
earth's crust, and why .thinga-
mics, masterdons and other such cattle
was bred, until some of us had our hair
standing on end. Finally dad wanted to
show them blamed specimens and finding
out what I'd done with 'em he said, I'd
always be foot to the end Of my exis-
lance, and how did / know but what
we'd lost another opportunity of making
raise, SO he made arrangements to take
the man around tomorrow to get some
more out of our hole. Holy mother of
Moaes, won't we have a nice time a
tramping over Irish mountain this kind
of weather. As my candle is going out,
must do the same and sign myself,
Yours truly,
BILL SMITHERs.