Lincoln County record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1900-1905, 1903-11-05
HoLLoWEEN NIGHT.

morning "d alter trying III vain TO
open his front door climbed out the
window into Topsy Turvey Town.
A strange sight met his eve.
Houses were upside down, at least
81 all ones, gates were in all con-
ct tvabl ada piaues, nj. sorts of
FL structiohs iill-d places TINT here
n tore wer.- kept scrunnlouSly clean
- il vehicles erc., that have stood
II tue streets and have been source
II annoyance were removed leaving
she streets as clean as if it were
Mtely visited by u eycloLo. The
good citizen wended his way through
these sta pge sights until he bumpt-
ed up against fellow tow smnn,
rubbed bis eyes, pinched himself to
make sure he was not dreaming
while each scanned the other closely
to see il the late change had put & .
others head where his feet should
be, laughed aud then poked each
other in the ribs with exclamation,
I.ast Night Must Have Been Hol-
loweenp Having obtained this cue
they started out to see the sights
and during their travel they saw the
following:
A cart that had become cold aud
feeling that it was being neglected
tried to get into the burn. The
lower doors being locked it tried to
climb into the loft and succeeded iii
getting half way where it got fast
and remained hanging until its in-
lignant owner returned from Panaca
aud took il down with a choice
Irish Blessing. The next thing
that took tne eye of the pilgrims was
two screen doors neatly hing in n
vacant lot, which had been
"borrowed" from II store near by, to
keep out the flies, where one would
have to build a narb wire fence to
keep out cows, to say nothing OF
flies. Directly behind the doors
was the Cellar Short Line r. II.
bottom sile upwards which has put
the owner to figuring as to whether
it would not be cheaper 10 lay new
rails on the skyward side OF the ties
| than to take up the entire track
When the Pilgrims arrived at the
Cecil Hotel they were realv frighten'
ed and we're thankful they each had
Ia home and did not have to depend
upon the mercy of the proprietor
for n bed. On the sidewalk was |
pond. rous roller mill aud a large
sleigh lay nearby. The only pur
pose they could attribute to the
plant was that when lodger wa
delinquent with his dues he wa
slid down the stairs in the sleigh
the coasting being free, and rolle'
through the rolls thereby squeezing
the room rent out of him. The
! continued their journey forgettin
to laugh as they pussed the hote
!. Arriving at the post office they ha
to climb over pile of timber br
= found no one at home. On lookin
around they noticed that the neigl
: boring law firm had been move
:, across the street into smaller mol
. appropriate quarters, possibly IL
the reason that business has n
been good enough TO justify the e
!, travagance of the larger building
- A visit to the livery stable reveale
h the startling fact that not sing
vehicle was in sight but that Il
- gaily colored barber pole aud ba
or sign stood in the first manger vi
horse clippers, curry combs and t
4 necessary tools hanging on the w
!, to conduct first class shop. Fina
= arriving at ih- court hou and G.
- ting map OF tho town as "it U
!. to was" they managed after seve
- attempts to find their way home
-. breakfast.
- - Sunday will go down in histt
-, as busy day. Everyone was
hunting and a stranger would TIN
from the way people inquired ab'
their gates, wagon burs, whe'
-. hen coops, etc, that the MISS
- articles must have really b.
anim4ted the night before aud wi
ell off iLto places that suited tn
ear best, not like the places that II
owners choose to place them.
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