The record-union., 1891-10-13
WELCOME TO SISSoN.
Editor Loos to the California Pres
a AeGns,iofarr,

EdltOr IOoS 70 the California Press
Association.
r. Beers Loos, editor of the Sisson
Mascot, prepared an address of welcome
to be delivered on the arrival of the Cali
fornia Press Association excursion party
at that place, but as he did not get a
chance to speak he printed it in his pa
per. It is decidedly unique and reads as
follows:
Members Of the C. P. H.: 1t does me
honor TO welcome you beneath the shad-
ows of grand old Mount Shasta, where
chlvalry prevails and men die with their
dancing pumps on. Here is where the
droopy-eyed tourist comes in the sum-
mer to rejuvenate his other lung; where
the fortune huntreSs comes TO seek
rich catch. and departs in the fall with
an Italian woodchopper, and where the
railroad snowplow battles with the
"beautifuP' from Thanksgiving Day un-
til 1t is time to mail your valentines. AS
men and editors | am pleased to welcome
you. nope that none of you cherish
any ll-will because / have neglected to
place You on my exchange list. Daily
papers in towns of not less than $4,000
inhabitants will receive the Mascot in ex-
change by publishing our 22-inch double
column ad. for six months. We also
offer extra inducements to publishers
who wish to club with the Mascot. Do
not think that because l have been sue
cessfal as an editor and publisher that /
hold myself above you. l would will
lngly take by the hand such men as
Jones, Reid, Waterson, Mclean, Pulit-
ger, Childs, Bennett, De Young or Hearst.
which goes to show that / am not proud.
Right here at home 1 will speak to you
on the streets in the presence of my
| friends. / will see that YOU enjoy your
visit. / have leased the brewery until
your train pulls out / will take you
around personally, and will have the
! Sunday-School turn out if he is well
enough. / viii show you the exact spot
where Carmine Charley shot a kidney
! out Of Cold-Deck Richard. l will take
! you to DR.. Fleets Office and show you a
two-gallon jar full of picked eyeballs
that We're gouged out in the European
saloon the week we had the races. / have
had the lynching of By-Gone Williams,
! the best authority on horses in the State.
| postponed until this evening so you could
! enjoy 1t. | viii escort you to the city
langulsher, where nine as fine gentlemen
as you ever met are awaiting examina-
! ton for killing their man. They will
! be released after their hearing in the
morning, and if you will remain few
! hours longer | can promise you q dandy
| blowout. We Will also go over Gore
! Slough and see Crank Hattorly-most &C.
| centric man you ever saw-hasn't taken
| drink OF liquor since the Fourth of
July. AT my office / will show you
! Waterbury newspaper press, with long
stem on it, that runs with the aid of one
man, a boy and some profanity. / will
| present to your worthy President a skull
! that | use on my desk as a paper weight.
1t has sixty-tWo bullet holes in it. and
once adorned the shoulders of an Eastern
rnan who put up ait hotel here and asked
for a finger bowl
| Now, boys, give you the freedom of
| the city, in whose name welcome ybu.
Go forth and enjoy yourselves. Remem-
Der the lynching takes place at O'Clock
sharp, and that the squarest game of faro
in town is dealt in the rear OF the Mascot
/ DreSS-rOOmS ,,