Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1892-07-10
A Horrible Grafton.

Following is the Grafton delivered
On the Fourth Of July, 10y General
Strong-Lung, to his motely group Of
horriUles:
MI. CHAIRMAN " FELLOW CvTI-
zENs:-ln the CAUSE OF free schools,
FREQ silver and FREQ whiskey. Tho chap
who was to address you, on this SOL
emn occasion, is laid up with a sore
toe, and your committee, finding that
every fellow they mentioned the mat
ter 10 as "a substitute, was suddenly
taken sick at the stomach, concluded
that as Carliu had gall enough for
most anything, she would Till the VA
cancy. But il ! don't make you sick
before | get through, and catch the
small pox myself, you can consIder. it
a dispensation Of Providence wrong
fully applied.
wonder how many OF You fellows
know what you are here Cor. it. is
not fer a celebration, for you have
got nothing to celebrate, rs l will
soon show you. You are simply hero
to eat the grub prepared by the COM
mittee and bum your whiskey. You
think you are celebrating Indopend.
ence Day. Let us zee. a good many
years ago, a lot o, old roosters, simply
because they could not have three
square meals a day, and ba allowed to
guzzle all the tea they wanted free OF
duty, kicked n chap by the Lamo of
George, and We are here to celebrate
the kicking. Why? 4 lot OF the old
fellows kept kicking after they froze
their toes, and never did let up until
they had kicked every chap that wore
u red coat out OF the country and
then set up shop for themselves.
And they have left us to attend the
shops. Let us see how we arc doing
il. All nations ucross tho pond arc
going ahead. England is making gi-
gantic strides in tho art OF learning
how to annihilaie tho Irishman. Ger
many is making pop guns. RUSSIA is
teaching her millions 10 1.-Two on wind
pudding. Franco in the art Of dane
ing, II lighting sham duols, while
America is doing nothing but build
ing rod school houses, teaching her
boys TO whistle Yankee Doodle, swear
Mt the monopolIsts, and vote as they
damn please. Tho result is we have
got neither army nor navy. The land
the old boys fought for, has been ped
died out to the offspring Of those
tue old boys won it from, and n lot Of
Dagoos, warming all ovor the land,
that haven't the intelligence OF u side
OF solo leather or the patriotism OF q
Nevada ground hog.
Some OF tho towns that mado n
good start Mt first, are being depopu-
lated by oil except Chinese, Italians
aud Crooks, and are immigrating TO
Carlin, which is tho only city left OF
importance in tho country aud which
contains n population OF 150,0O0,Oo0,
moro or lcos, mostly less. Now York,
which was quito II town has been dc.
vourcd 10y tigers; Chicago has been
washed into a luke; Now Orleans
covered by ton feot Of water, aud
Boston blown out OF existonce. Some
TOW white mon are loft in Now York.
Chicago, Minneapolis and San Frun-
cisco. But they arc all crazy oyor an
old I'M called Poly Ticks. and aro
running around day and night, yell
ing like hycnus creased with turpen.
tino. Ono follow yclls Blaine, Blaine,
and another Do-Pee, Do.Pcc, and IL
has become a quoStion OF National
Importance whether the whole lot,
men,, women ind children, arc not
affected with cholera morbus. Con.
gross has juet appropriated thirty
seven aud Il bali cents TO dcfray OK.
ponsts, and n commission has been
appointed, consisting OF DR.. Mary
Walker, Grover Cleveland aud Ike
Ostrcicher, to investigate tho whole
subject and make n rcportimmodiate.
ly attcr tho railroad Is completed up
Maggie Creek 10 Idaho. Since the