The Republican journal., 1922-04-20

with Clipped balls and cues without tips.
as he would have been playing golf with
the President.
have manged to live fairly well so far
as eats 60; in fact, am inclined to agree
with the old Christian lady who, when
she was about ready to quit living, was
asked by her minister what one thing in
her life had given her the greatest COM
fort, she replied, "Victuals Without
victuas our lives would be rather short
and not very comfortable.
If wisdom comes with age why is it
that we old chaps are called "old fogies" "
We all know that children eat and talk
without thinking, and | have observed
that most of us ordinary mortals do the
same thing until we become too old to
learn the most important art of listeDin .
The best way to acquire wisdom is to lis
ten until you are sure the other fellow
will listen to you. That gives you time to
think of something worth while to saw.
Among the rather startling incidents
on the Comstock in the early sixties was
the sinking of the Wood and Coe store.
1t stood at the junction of and b streets
on the Divide between Gold Hill and
Virginia City. The Chollar Mining Com
pany had stopped the ground so near the
surface that it was noticed the surface
was cracking and settling One night a
number of us boys went from Gold Hill
to Piper's Opera House at Virginia City
to the theatre. On our way home we
picked up young man who said he was
a clerk in Wood and Goes store, and
slept there. You may imagine his feel
ings when we got up where the store
ought to have been to find a cave there
fully 70 feet across and 30 feet deep. The
surface had caved around the rim, COM
pletely coving the store. Not a sign of
it could be seen. That young fellows
nerves were pretty well shattered. Will
Coe was brother of Mrs. Chauncey
Noteware of Carson City.
| have had very little experience in
travelling by automobile, but was some
thing of pedestrian in my younger days.
In 1859. when | was twenty years old,
went on foot from Sonora, Tuolmue
County, Cal over the mountains by the
old emigrant trail to Mono Lake and
back. This trip was about 275 miles. In
March, 1868, | went on foot from Mo-
queumne Hill in Calaveras County, to
Washoe City, Galena and Carson City
(where stayed week. Thence to Vir-
ginia City and on to Aurora and Twin
Lakes, about 300 miles and was not walk
ing for pleasure either. At that time
stage fare was high and cash was low, at
least with our outfit.
A few years of manual labor after
school age is the best training for boys,
rich or poor. They should take up some
mechanical trade and master it if possi-
Bile. My work was hard, but interesting,
until | was twentyseven when became
master workman. After that, in taking
charge of a large crew of men, the work
was light, but the respons bility was
much greater. How it is possible for any
man to be content without work is
mystery to me. though am strong ad-
vocate of a reasonable amount of play
for both young and old whenever and
wherever it can be incuged in without
neglectlng work.
Ny life has been commonplace, and
doubt if could improve it if had it to
do over again. The best investment | ever
made was in giving Bishop Whitaker of
Virginia City $25 for m marrying me at Just
the right age (29) and to Just the right
girl.