Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1850-11-28

FROM THE GOLD DIGGINGS.
April 18th, 1850.
DEAR TEDDY.-Thcse luvin lines is
tn inform you that I'm alive and 'kickin,
barrin an ager cake that's settled on my
chist, and which has affected my voice
so much, that I'm afraid you cannot read
this letter, which I'm writing on the
top of my old hat, (bad luck to the
crown there's in it, for the want OF a
better table. When wrote you last,
spades was trumps-now it's diamonds,
and have made high, low, Jack and the
game. Sure, Teddy, this is the spendid-
est country on this side heaven for the
root of all avil. Goold is as plenty here
as turf in the Dogs of ould ireland, and
diamonds as plentiful as blackberries in
the fence corners. The goold is five
feet four inches thick in some places,
with lots Of small Jumps Of silver here
and thcre-mighty convanient for small
change. Diamonds, rubies, and liner
aids, may be had for the asking; but
there's mighty few would be troubled
with them when the precious metals are
found SO asy in galore. Rite fornenst
me, where | sit composin this lether,
there's forth TO be had for the mere
siften-the sands being all goold pow
ther, and the mountains, Teddy, has
veins--and every vein is full of the sar-
culatin madium. How would you like
to blade them, ould boy? And why
shouldn't you be doing that same,
when there's SO many Mexicans,
French, and other haythens, walking off
with the matther of hogs-heads of the
ralc dust livery day, to say nothing of the
most beautiiullest pearls and amazons,
which precious stones abound in great
plenty, Immediately after shower Of
rain. In the ould country it rains frogs
and fishes but here, Teddy, my darlin, it
rains precious stones and Jewels, some
Of them set in rings and breastpins, all
ready for the wearing. The Indians
here puts big rings of goold in their no
SEES, which must be mighty unconvanient
when they have bad coulds. There is
considerable rascality here, not with
standing the delicate manner in which
Mr.. Lynch Ga countrymcn Of ours, who
makes the laws for this country,) deals
with the such like. Sure they jerk a
fellow up, Teddy, on the Taste susp-
cious, and fax its my own head | shake
every morning, when ! get my peppers
open, to see that all's right above me-
for its trait of our judge to show no
Partially. But I've got my fingers in
his eye, boy. Every week or two,
there is big whiskered chap that comes
along (the Judges secretary and col
lects little dust for the support of his
honor, and | always gives him triae
more than the balance of my compan-
ions on the Sam Jokin. We're all rale
Dimocrats ont here, Teddy, and while |
set composin this letter, can see one
of the Captains of the New York Me-
lishy, washing the goold, with hardly a
rag on him, saving your presence. Ev-
EN- the missionaries dig like bog throtters
all the week, and deliver mighty discour-
ses to the haythens, on the unrighteous
ness OF mammon, on a Sunday. The In
iuns is incensed in this way with the
sinfulness OF riches, and sells it chape
to save their souls.
Forty-and- Elves is the great game
here; introduce il TO my acquaintance
for the small sum of an ounce rubber,
good luck TO you my darling, for taching
me the same. Many an honest penny
has it brought TO my pile of dust. But |
shall soon give up taching and working,
as | am now truly worth my weight in
goold, having more than ton in store
at San Francisco-and after this season,
if have luck | shall retire from bust
ness and build fine house on the Sal
crymento, the bed Of which stream is
pure goold. How would you like to
sleep in that bed, my Boy, isn't il ille-
giant. I'll live like Turk, my jewell,
and never, disown poor relation; come
out and see me, and you shall have dia-
monds and goold in galore; but fax you
must bring your own buds, for the devil
stitch you'll get here. Provisions is
scarce and little of it. Salt pork Isl
twelve dollars, and coffee, sugar and tea
in proportion; vegetables are not TO be
had, and pitaties are worth their weight
in goold. Bring some wild you, Teddy.
Only think how your luvin frind Cornal-
ius O'Flaherty has travelled. Sure Jul
hum Cesar, Napolium Bonaparte, nor
Gineral Washington, has ever been this
far, and here | am, having visited the
four quarters Of the globe, and il any
one will tell me where its hind quarters
are, I'll go there too. Literature is
scarce, there being none in market, bar
rim what is stuck up on the street cor
ners at San Francisco. Good luck TO
the chap that gave me knowledge of
the beautiful art of composin letther-it
kinder asses my conscience for the task
of christian instruction and the joys of
civilization.
lNLa.. 10. 90, Il, thc p.a-t o. A.