The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1906-05-31
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buke them, l announced that the show
would be free to all, including cross
eyed men. This put some life into
them, and they tagged on behind. /
opened the show By exhibiting a pie
tllre of the beef trust raising the price
of liver 400 per cent. Wherever else
this picture has been exhibited 1t has
been greeted with dismal groans as
showing the feelings of the masses. but
in this instance n man stood up and
swung his hat and shouted;
"Hurrah for the beef trust! Long
may II wayel Let's have another 40
per cent raiser
He was cheered for five minutes. dur.
ing which time several products Of the
vegetable kingdom were thrown my
way. | then followed with n picture of
Washington crossing the Delaware
When this spirited picture vas exhib-
tied In the town of Come OF over 10C
free American citizens sprang 20 their
feet and chccred until five lengths Of
stoyepipe fell gathering To the floor.
During the excitement that followed
some one picked my pocket of 81. but
| did not lay II up against him. long
ago discovered that when an American
citizens patriotism IL appealed to hen
do most anything TO show his desire &c
die for his country.
In this Instance the picture did not
receive one single cheer. though l kept
IL In front of the audience for five min.
utes. When my looks expressed the ns
constituent | felt the mayor got up and
said:
Move him along. G. Wash. Is q
back number. Give Us something up 10
date"
| did. gave them the picture OF the
congressman found guilty OH two trials
of stealing government innd not u
hundred miles from their town and
was about to deliver n brief lecture on
the enormity of his offense when the
crowd rose w and began TO cheer and
hurrah. They said the congressman
WINS n bully boy with n glass eye and
That they would align n petition for his
pardon. l choked Off my remarks and
exhibited a picture Of an orphan girl
starving on the streets Of New York.
Not n sympathetic sigh did ! hear
from the audience. showed the same
girl dead on the sidewalk, and several
persons broke into laughter. I showed
her entering the gates of heaven after
her trials here on earth. and the mayo
ose up and said:
This ere show seems to be n good
deal of a fraud. and II II don't I'M
prove ! shall treat II as q fraud"
| then exhibited a picture of n trust
buying UP all the butter. eggs and
vegetables in the country and holding
them for q raise. while workingmen
and their wives and children were eat
ing burdocks TO keep life In them.
Wherever that picture has been ex-
hiblted II has been received with the
widest enthusiasm, md In two cases
men have gone out Of the halls with
shotguns to pepper members of tho
trust. and here II was n dead failure.
Nobody cheered and nobody groaned.
After Il painful period of silence a red
headed man arose and said he had n
duty to perform. 1t was a duty he
owed to himself, to his town and to the
country at large.
While l was wondering what he was
getting at he came over and hit me a
swat on the jaw that rendered me I'M
conscious. When I recovered I was be
Ing escorted out Of town by II band of
hilarious citizens, and before turning
back they made 1t plain that II l ever
entered the town of Away-Q Quick
again l might lose my valuable life.
Upon castlng up the damages l found
they had injured me to the extent Of
$50, to say nothing Of the humiliation
to my feelings ! was cast down for
an hour or two, but finally charged II
up to profit and loss, and the songs of
gladness came back to my soul again.
A pilgrim Is one of the fellers You can't
keep on the grass long. NJ. QUAD.