hysterical trading in feed had become less intense as sober speculators turned to more reliable investments and reckless plungers were cleaned out. the daily reports from SF about notices of diminishing assessments on mining stock was sobering for those who paid attention. MTIVC pg 139 they had tried to go to bed but Hurdy-Gurdy music […]
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Artemus Ward bonds with Sam
Artemus Ward, foppish, merry, tubercular, Lincoln’s favorite humorist, doomed… arrived in Virginia City to lecture at the Opera House. DeQuille and Sam meet the great Bohemian writer. They partied for 11 days straight. Artemus Ward gets Sam a writing gig with the New york Sunday Mercury. The advice is to get popular in the East. […]
Ward leaves for Austin NV heading toward Utah
he ran himself exhausted, caught a fever and after a horrible show in Austin NV he got laid up in Salt Lake City for a month, sick as a dog. ward got drunk and did a blackface routine with the minstrels and sam didn’t stop him. as soon as ward stepped off the stage he […]