The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1918-06-26
NEVADA.
J. R. POST GUEST OF HONOR
At FAREWELL GATHERING
Friends Assemble in DIR. Gardner's
Home and Present Guest With
Diamond Pin

Last Saturday night there gath
cred at the home of DIR. G. NJ.
Gardner, thirty-eight mourners who
assembled to express in unison, their
grief at the passing of John r. Post.
The passing, however. is merely
one of geography as Post is still very
much in the flesh but his announce
ment recently made that subsequent
to June 25, the desert places that
knew him once shall know him no
more forever. and that henceforth
his versatility would find Its avenues
for enlargement in the city of San
Francisco, encouraged his official
associates and a number of other
friends to prove to him how wide a
gap his departure left in the service
and how poignant is their grief in
the loss of his daily companionship
Albeit that these sad sidelights of
the promptings of the gathering
could not be entirely effaced, ii was
in fact a genial comradery that as
sembled around the table on the eve
of the last Sabbath.
The menu was all that could be
desired but from the quality of
those assembled ii was apparent
that the occasion was to be feast
of reason and flow of soul"
There were card games. real hon
est to goodness card games with the
artistically colored discs in evidence.
but with the heart of each man
throbbing for his country and know
ing that money will win the war
War Savings Stamps we're substitute
ed for the customary monetary ex-
changes.
While a hush was upon the AS
semhlage Leslie Brigham arose from
the clouds of fog engendered by the
noxious weed, and with voice filled
with emotion delivered extempor=
aneously carefully prepared speech
following which he presented the
guest of the evening on behalf of his
former associates and friends a
handsome diamond stick pin
To the credit of Mr. Post In his
acceptance of the trophy. he avoid
ed the error of rejecting on the in
telligence of the donors by resort
ing to the conventional response
that IL was not the intrinsic value of
the souvenir that he priced, and
eourageously admitted that its two
fold value was inseparable. that of
the sentiment expressed and its val
ue as indicated in the marts of
trade.
The hour was late, or early, ac-
cording to which point on the clock
dial computations were made. when
Auld Lang Syne sounded curtains on
long to be remembered evening.
1t was discovered early in the
course of that part of the program
of the evening devoted to the menu
that the war effected the source of
exhiliration incident to such feasts
the other two per cent having been
extracted from the liquid for the
purpose of killing off the Kaiser.
And hereon hangs tale in which
one of our. staid young men promi-
nent in the financial life of our city,
hold tho laadfnp mart
The knowledge that the affair was
designated as stag party opened
up before him vistas of by-gone days
when he could be light hearted even
though his purse was light. and with
forewarning to his spouse that he
was going to be amongst the Rom
ans and he must be the noblest Ro-
man of them all, the hint was to the
lady all Illuminating, and with
parting almost tragic with wife and
little ones he left home with the
fearful possibilities before him.
To his deep chagrin and the utter
disappointment of the partner of his
tohhhtuceS Who hdu c@pci iohSSu
certain excitement in her anticipa-
tions of the evenings finality, he en-
tered his home unaided and with all
his faculties unimpaired.
With deep disgust in his tones he
declared that he tried with all his
might but the stuff failed to work as
II was wont to do In other days.
NOTICE