1883
"And now, kind friends, what I have wrote
I hope you will pass o'er,
And not criticise as some has done,
Hitherto, herebefore."
Sweet Singer of Michigan.
CONTENTS
[ OSTROPHE TO AN ORPHAN MULE. ]
[ A MINERS' MEETING—MY MINE—A MIRAGE ON E PLAINS. ]
[ THE TRUE STORY OF DAMON AND PYTHIAS. ]
[ SAD MEMORIES OF THE DEAD YEAR. ]
[ SUGGESTION'S FOR A SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM. ]
[ RECOLLECTIONS OF THE OPERA. ]
[ SIC SEMPER GLORIA HOUSEPLANT. ]
[ DIARY OF A SAUCY YOUNG THING. ]
[ KILLING OFF THE JAMES' BOYS. ]
[ SOME REASONS WHY I CAN'T BE AN INDIAN AGENT. ]
[ THE PICNIC SNOOZER'S LAMENT. ]
[ BILLIOUS NYE AND BOOMERANG IN THE GOLD MINES. ]
[ THE TEMPERATURE OF THE BUMBLE-BEE. ]
[ THE GLAD, FREE LIFE OF THE MINER. ]
[ SOME THOUGHTS OF CHILDHOOD. ]
[ THE NEW ADJUSTABLE CAMPAIGN SONG. ]
[ SITTING ON ON A VENERABLE JOKE. ]
[ MYSELF, DR. TALMAGE, AND OTHER DIVINES. ]
[ FINE-CUT AS A MEANS OF GRACE. ]
[ THE WEATHER AND SOME OTHER THINGS. ]
[ THE PARABLE OF THE UNJUST STEWARD. ]
[ THE PARABLE OF THE PRODIGAL SON. ]
[ THE INDIAN AND THE EVERLASTING GOSPEL. ]
[ PUMPKIN JIM; OR THE TALE OF A BUSTED JACKASS RABBIT. ]
[ CHAPTER II.—GERALDINE CARBOLINE O'TOOLE. ]
[ CHAPTER III.—STARTLING REVELATIONS. ]
[ CHAPTER IV.—all's well that ends well. ]
[ WILLIAM NYE AND THE HEATHEN CHINEE. ]
[ HONG LEE'S GRAND BENEFIT AT LEADVILLE. ]
[ THE LOP-EARED LOVERS OF THE LITTLE LARAMIE. ]
[ CHAPTER I.—A TALE OF LOVE AND PARENTAL CUSSEDNESS. ]
[ HE WENT OUT WEST FOR HIS HEALTH. ]
[ A QUIET LITTLE WEDDING WITHOUT ANY FRILLS ]
[ THE VETERAN WHO DIED WHILE GETTING HIS PENSION. ]
[ GINGERBREAD POEMS AND COLD PICKLED FACTS. ]
[ HOW A MINING STAMPEDE BREAKS OUT. ]
[ THE GREAT ROCKY MOUNTAIN REUNION OF YALLER DOGS. ]
[ WHAT WOMAN'S SUFFRAGE HAS DONE FOR WYOMING. ]
[ PORTUGUESE WITHOUT A MASTER. ]
[ THE BUCKNESS WHEREWITH THE BUCK BEER BUCKETH. ]
[ BILLIOUS NYE AND THE AMATEUR STAGE. ]
[ A JOURNALISTIC CORRECTION. ]
[ A UTE PRESIDENTIAL CONVENTION. ]
[ THE CLUB-FOOTED LOVER OF PIUTE PASS. ]
[ AGRICULTURE AT AN ALTITUDE OF 7500 FEET. ]
[ THE GENTLE YOUTH FROM LEADVILLE. ]
[ THOUGHTS OF THE MELLOW PREVIOUSLY. ]
[ BANKRUPT SALE OF A CIRCUS. ]
[ GREELEY VERSUS VALLEY TAN. ]
[ THE ETERNAL FITNESS OF THINGS. ]
[ THEY UNANIMOUSLY AROSE AND HUNG HIM. ]
[ CATCHING MOUNTAIN TROUT AT AN ELEVATION OF 8000 FEET. ]
[ SOME ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. ]
[ THE CROW INDIAN AND HIS CAWS. ]
[ THE NUPTIALS OP DANGEROUS DAVIS. ]
[ THE GENTLE POWER OF A WOMAN'S INFLUENCE. ]
[ THE NATIVE INBORN SHIFTLESSNESS OF THE PRAIRIE DOGS. ]
[ ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. ]
[ THE SECRET OF GARFIELD'S ELECTION. ]
[ PERILS OF THE BUTTERNUT PICKER. ]
[ A WORD OR TWO ABOUT THE SWALLOW. ]
[ THE CALAMITY JANE CONSOLIDATED. ]
[ THE RELENTLESS GARDEN HOSE. ]
[ THE GREAT, HORRID MAN RECEIVETH NEW YEAR CALLS. ]
[ EXAMINING THE BRAND ON A FROZEN STEER. ]