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Lola Montez in Grass Valley (PH 17-1)(Undated) (40 pages)
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lst. Round: Countess pitching in, strikes blow with
whip; Ship catches it — both close; Countess’ second
takes her off. Ship falls back with whip in his possession.
2nd. Round: Countess returns to attack — withher .
tongue. Ship, provokingly cool, smokes his pipe and
laughs at her.
3rd. Round: Countess urged to desperation strikes
at Ship and spits in his face. Ship magnanimously
advises her not to go too far.
4th. Round: Countess tries one of her old tactics —
appeals to the crowd, as ‘Miners,’ etc. Crowd
sensibly laughs at her.
4-1/2 Round: A ‘green’ chap in the crowd said
something, when the Countess informed him it was
not his ‘put in.’
5th. Round: Crowd greatly amused.
6th. Round: Cries of ‘Speech from Shipley’. Ship
offers the stump to ‘Lola.’ Countess informed Ship
her name is ‘mad Lola.’
7th. Round: Countess reads extracts from Grass
Valley Telegraph, counts number of words and informs Ship there are twenty words to be atoned for.
8th. Round: Ship remarks that the crowd has been
sufficiently amused, and concludes to retire in
disgust.
9th. Round: Countess springs forward and demands
the whip — ‘her father’s whip.’ Article of dispute
placed in the hands of a disinterested party.
10th. Round. Countess asks all hands to drink —
’ Crowd laughs and refuses.”
The many fictional works written on Lola Montez
offer a variety of conclusions as to the fate of Henry
Shipley. Some will say he left Grass Valley in disgrace after the fight only to filla suicide’s grave.
(The suicide occurred much later.) Others will infer
that the humiliation of that public whipping proved to
be so unbearable that he left California forever. The
following item from the Nevada Journal for June 8,
1855, enlightens us somewhat as to his future;
“Henry Shipley has ascended in the tripod of 6&
neighbor Democrat.” (Nevada City paper.) x
THE ABOVE NOTE was written by Lola Montez
the day after the Shipley episode. Her state of
agitation may be noted by the hastiy blurred
lettering. It reads: ‘My dear Hotalling: Johnny
(Johnny Southwick) told me that if . needed it
that . was to apply to you as my banker. . do not
expect him home till Friday next and having the
most perplexing need of sixty dollars . beg you
to qive it to the bearer of this.
Very truly yours,
Lola Montez
Grass Valley, 22 Nov. 1849”
The date was corrected on the back of the note
by Capt. Hotalling; ‘Order Lola Montez $60.Nov. 22, 1854”
The value of $60.00 in today’s currency makes
an interesting topic for conversation.
becoming a citizen of the neighboring town
Howinet often aligned, he focused his attention ae
occasional venom on Grass Valley. Brot ee ve
paper, the Nevada Journal, August Sil, tl STE
following: “A disgrace to the State: In Grass Bee
a few evenings since, a know-nothing mob sieze aD
or three foreigners, charged them with Pern a
oi Dene ve sales ee oe a ee of prisoners were sa ely lo F, Peat
the ‘decency party’ gave three cheer ag
can people and three groans for the fore gr res a
ticism so rife? The above state
er erin the Democratis an unblushing, aumnitigate*
falsehood. — JOHN MARSHALL, (Constable)
Valley.”
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