The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1920-08-24
FUNNY SIDE Of LIFE
APPEALS TO WRITER
Especial Correspondence

RENO, Nevada.-Riding from Reno
to Fallon the other day over fair
roads (as they are scheduled by the
Highway Association), a story told
by DR.. w. F. Boylan amused the
travellers. The doctor, who was for
ten years or more in McDermitt and
Denio, and is therefore used to rough
ing it, related that in the early days
Of the Tonopab boom he, with others.
took passage on the old stage which
carried passengers and other things
from Nina to the new camp.
1t may go without saying that ac-
comodations were limited in the
stage. and fares were high. The doc
tor had couple Of grips which hac
to go on top, and for this he was
charged $40 excess baggage. There
were other things on top the stag.
including large chunk Of ict
wrapped in many thicknesses of bur.
APPS. The traveller growled somewhat
1t the excess charge.
After the journey had proceeded
'or some time the vehicle encounterej
a particularly aggravating piece o.
air road, slid down a small embank
nent, and fell on its side. One pas
enger jumped on the down-hill sii.
md the chunk of ice fell on him
t'eaking his leg DR.. Boylan set tn
bone and splinted it up as best h.
could with facilities at hand.
The physician endeavored to con
'ole his patient because of unavoid
nle rough treatment; but the fellow
was game and merely grinned as Lf
remarked:
Here's where you get excess bas
gage back. doc!"
The injured man sued the stag
company for $4,000. settled out
court, and the doctor received a lib
eral fee.
A story recently told in hotel
lobby was of busted" miner comice
Gown through some ranch country
ooking for work. He was asked
he could dig spuds.
"Sure / can dig spuds," was the
reply. II can dig anything"
He was started to work on a potato
row. An hour or so later the rancher
looked to see what progress the new
hand was making. To his surprise he
saw much earth being thrown about
at the place where the man had begun
work. He walked over to investigate
and found the miner working in a
hole about six feet big, and shoveling
away at fine speed.
What are you doing?" inquired the
rancher.
Trying to relocate the vein," re-
piled the miner you started me in
on fine piece of pay dirt, but she's
pinched out on me, and I'm going
after it,
More than one Nevada newspaper
has sadly told during the past few
years how gladly it would welcome an
occasional tramp printer" The
species has all but disappeared-in
the the desert, at any rate. The inn
pecunious typographical tourist was
indeed useful person when shop
was behind in its work. Ordinarily the
itinerant artisan arrived in town
lower case" In order that the av-
eiage reader may be sure of what
that means it may be explained that
it is tht exact opposite of riding the
cushions" Travelling "lower case
in old days might mean riding in a
boxcar (the side-door Pullman), the
front end, blind baggage. the roof, or
! the rods. The great idea was TO
travel without complying the railroad
company's passenger traffic schedule
There must have been an old-timer
in the center of Reno picture house
the other night. A swell wedding was
being staged in an English castle. An