The daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1906-1907, 1907-05-25
WHEN SHERRY GOT SICK
Two Attacks or Heart Failure thai
Melted Him Over one Hundred
Thousand

Thousand
One of the smartest natural mining
experts that ever lived in Nevada was
Warren Sheridan. He began his
career in the mines and had very
keen eye for an ore streak. In the
old days when strike was made the
miners were kept below ground for
twenty four hours and their meals
served them, blankets and mattresses
were at their disposal and they were
paid double for the forced separation
from their families (and the stock
brckers) during that period
Sheridan or Sherry as he was
always called noticed signs of an ore
body not far away and fortified HIM
self with a drug that was emetic,
while he went to his work in the
Savage.
He carried this constantly and his
wife, who was an exceptionally
shrewd woman was in the play.
Well one night the ore body was
uncovered by blast and the word
was passed along the drift and was ali
over the mine like a flash of gun
powder in no time. Sherry took his
emetic, destroyed the bottle and was
soon writhing on the floor OF the drift
and throwing up in every direction,
Heart failure" said Sherry to the
foreman get me out of here quick.
can't die like a dog in a drift"
Sherry was hoisted on top and
taken home in an express wagon. His
wife net the gang sr the door and
with ringing hands and weeping eyes
proclaimed that it was another attack
of "heart failure"
He was put to bed and a doctor
sent for, but the moment the door
closed Sherry was climbing into his
clothes and shot out into the night
by way of the back door to get to his
brol1e:.
Well next morning the broker load
ed up with Savage and the two clean
ed up $4,000 apiece on the deal.
In few months Sherry was pack
ing his dinner bucket down into the
Con. Virginia where he had another
fearful spell of sickness, just aftel
the explosion that uncovered an ore
body and was taken home while ;
small boy hurried down to ge
Father Monogue to administer th'
last rites.
This time Sherry and his broke
hit the market for about fifty thous
and apiece and the champagne flowe
along C street for some time.
His quick recovery after being S
near the verg excited the suspicion
of old Fair and the next time Sherr
came down to the Con. Virginia to &c
job Fair admonished him thus:
Il wouldn't advise a man Of you
delicate constitution to work wher
there are so many giant powder fume
Every time you smell new ore
seems to make you sick. l think tc
much of ye good health me son ar
yer loving wife to put your life
such danger"
After that Sherry's champagne da.
we're over and he drifted down Il
hill. His last exploit was going
the Philippines with formidab
letter of introduction to Auginal'
from w. II. Levy and Bob Keatin
The fact that Levy had never m
Auguinaldo and that Keating W
dead, cut no special ice with Sherl
He took good care never to find I
great insurectionist but the lett
looked so good to some Wholesa
merchants in Manila that they
tanned Sherry at $3.50 month to he
their trade with the natives. VIII
Sherry died (from an over dose
champagne this time) he was inter-
with great honors as the nativ
about Manila naturally supposed
came to the islands on secret m
sion to the great chief bearing
letter from his old college chums.
Even now the natives throw f
flowers on Sherry's grave when tt
pass and breath a prayer for
SOul's repOse