Kenosha tribune and telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1855-1855, 1855-05-31
re- CyFor the Kenosha Tribune and Telegraph,
RENINISCENCE5.-No. /. ~
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spirit hasnore than once placed me in dan
gerous and unusual situations. ~ . =,
In recalling the past, find that almost
every important act of my life has been
characterized by this spirit. 1t was the
love Of adventure that impelied me to leave
Kenosha and many friends as ''warm and
true as brothers, - and embark in an under
taking SO perilous ana uncertain as that oil
a journey across the plains . insthe year
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Perhaps | may have had the same in
distinct vision Of a 'pile that those have
now, who set their faces towards Eldorado,
but all will recollect that. at that time, the
discovery of gold in California was not yet
established or credited by manv, on that
side Of the mountains, and any vision may
have had OF golden hills and auriferous
streams must have been indistinct indeed.
was strengthened in my determination
to nake this journey by circumstances over
which | had 10 control, and which had pro
Guced an unpleasant state of mind which l
hoped to dlspel by a regime of bacon and
hardbread, the open air. and camp life
ether causes combined, should compel me to
make the separation; nor will they wonder
that should voluntarily choose the hard
ships, the priyasions and fatigues of long,
a difficult and tedious journey, rather than
Erem2in where all these influences which once
would inspire and incte TO action, had be-
come powerless.
Wiat lar ,,,,, ,Aoa,Eor -; tLo X,roc
pect of accumm ulatng gold, or my innate
love OF adventure, was the cause of control
ling and fixing my purpose, or whether it
was all OF these combined is Of no impor-
lance to me, neither does it concern the
reader to know. But, there are Il few in
cidents connected with my departure; an
adventure or two on the plains, and sever
al extraordinary events | have witnessed
during the FIVE years have resided in Cal
ifornia, which may be interesting to the rea-
der, and which | will now proceed to re
late:--
About O'Clock P NJ, Of cold, wet and
disagreeable day. in the month Of March,
l849, might have been seen long, singu-
larry constructed vehicle, just issuing from
the City of Kcnosha, and moving slowly
and with some difficulty along the muddy
thorong lfare leading from Kenosha to Ge-
neva. This moving habitation seemed to
be an object of great curiosity to a large
number of observers, and its inmates the
subject Of anxious solictude on the part OF
the most phllanthropic and ailectionate in
dividuals with which tie City of Kenesha
happily abounds. 4"
1t is, however, matter of no surprise
that tliis establishment should excite cons
siderable curiosity, and that there should
be some among It's observers to manifest
feeling of much anxiety, 1t was a Califor-
MIA cit out one OF the first to leave the
city and the home OF a trio Of adventures
who were about to part, perhaps for The last
time. with wives, children, and friends. -
Well do remember the day and the scene
the trembling lip. the agonizlng tear; the
kind yet anxious loook of dear, dear friends.
| see them even now! My feeling on that
occasion---but, AN attempt to describe
them would be useless. .t.a.frr 81
was one Of that band Of adventures,
bound for California, overrvers, mountains.
and deserts; across barren plains, and thro'
the hunting grounds OF numerous tribes OF
savage Indians
The hardships to be endured the dan
gers of the journey, and the obstacles TO be
surmounted, now admit, were more ina,
ginary than real, and the pleasures even
greater than We anticipated.
The dav fixed for our departure had ar
rived. Accordin gly,7afIer IA vast amount
+ of signing and shaking of hands, of pathet-
ic adjurations on the part OF friends, asSis-
ted by brandy and water not over-weak
and divers other cordials also Of a stimula-
ting quality, and many verbal consultations
moral, religious and miscellaneous, had
been superadded thereto, we started. VIZ
| had not proceeded far before one of my
/ companions became SO exceedingly drowsy
that found it quite impossible to arouse
| him to true sense OF Ills situation; whiit
! the other, had by chance made the dl<cov
erv, and announced the fact, that the wa
ron had come. TO a a. stan? indeed, llaC
not moved an inch for some time. 1t was
not difficult matter for us TO understan'
our situation, as we were in the same dl
emms as the wagon, tdst IN a mud hole,
( out WneTC, we tOufu hOt SAdCtfy leii' hS
rain was pouring down upon US in torrents
/ and night had closed in around us, render
/ inc our situation extremely unlnyiting ant
unpleasant We made several attempts a
extricating ourselves. but without success
and finally came to the conclusion that We
i"in for it, and at last succeeded
| in securing our horses to the fence by the
road side and retired under cover of oul
wagon for the remainder Of the night. Al
may be supposed, we slept soundly; anc
when We awoke, late in the morning, pro
ceeded TO unload the wa op, raised 1t from
out the mud, replaced the load. and resu
med cur Journey, with the ides wildly I'M
pressed that We had taken drop too much
Sacramento, April, 1855.
INTERESTING To MILLERs AND MILL owS
ERs.-A machine for dressing mill stones
has been invented by Mr. Isaac Winter, o
this place, by means of which stones Cal
be dressed in one half the time usually con
sumed upon such operation, with ease ant
/ or..,+,oes lIith this machine any OrJl