The Shasta courier., 1855-03-17
Snu, Slick i'm Caiifornia.


'' Look at our theatres,' says the. San Fran
cisco Sam Slick To us over his last glass of peach
and honey the other night. See the women
that 60 10 them, and then turn back to the mid-
die page in your life book and turn down the
corner. Talk about human nature, why San
Franc SEQ is bigger place to find out the curi-
osities of nature in than all Europe, with the
Blue Noses of Nova Scotia and Canada to boot.
| went amongst the John Bulls once. and tar
nal proud set of fellows they are | tell you, but
they can't hold a candle to California, no more
than of their big dray horses could to my
old Clay in IA forty acre lot with a streak of
creased lightning alter him. Now walk
around this ere town, and hear one man say.
Californy's no good, people live too fast, times
is too hard, and moneys scarce We must
economise" Well, the. same night go to the
Metropolitan, and see that same man, with his
hair frizzed up, like niger, and one OF the
kinkest kind at that, and big opera glass in
his hand, what he calls lorg-net. and his wo-
man. Il perfect screamer, along with him. and
she dressed up, Hke-like what they call swell
mob fashion in England, with silk dress on
what costs ten dollars yard, and a pair of lace
sleeves worth hundred if they're worth cent,
and rather calculate I'm slight sprinkle on
dry goods myself. She's got her carriage TO
bring her to the play and to take her home
again. and hackmen don't work for nulhin in
this country, | tell you. Well, sit down, and
while the musicaners quit playing, takes my
book and pencil, and says 10 myselt-Samuel! !!
wei reckon what that piece of dimity with her
furbelows and flowers comes to, when she's
added up" First / make mark for what ii
cost him for dresses and bonnets, and them's
two big items, when IA man keeps tins kind ot
properly. Then put down few dollars for
The teaSin and plaguein she's done to make bim
bring her. After that there's number OF things
she seea.the other women have on, and he's goi
\, thi rtxr Il
for them. The theatre lets out and that ere gal
must &C TO Winns and have what she calls an
ice and there's FIVE dollars more. foot em all
up and that mans expenses amt less than hun
dred dollars outside expenses that nj ght. well
there's one thing, Samuel, you didn't count; the
husband goes out to take a sniiter tween acts,
and now walch that ere young fellow, comm
down from the lobby. first he's bowin and smihn
like q French organ-grinder, though he didn't
know her husband from side of sole-leather,
when he went out. Arter he gets into the seat
he sorter slips his arm over the back of the
bench and cause he thinks no one amt wachn
him. for they're all doin the same thing he
gives her a squeeze, and she rolls up her eyes
like she'd faint, only 1t wouldn't do. OF course
she makes an appointment with him for next
day. when her husband bound to be on change
'twixt twelve and one, and he leaves. Now,
Samuel" says 10 myself. there's another ex-
pense; first he's got TO pay out OF pocket some
grand cash TO get divorce. and then he'll pay
out of his heart all he's worth in the coDjugal
happiness line, and them he takes out OF his
stock of health and life about five years OF ex-
istence, in the liquor he drinks to forget her. :
There's book on human nature, neat and COM
pIete, title page, contents, errata, and ALL bound
up, in FIVE minutes watching In theater.-
That's the man what says times is so hard, that
he can't make nuthin, and Caiforny's gone TO
the devil. That's the way he goes to work to
economize, and. Lord bless you, he's only one
out OF the crowd there's ninety mine ont OF
every hundred like him. They're living in
houses three times too big for them, and they re
paying three per cent. for money borrowed on
property that amt worth halfihe mortgage, aud
they vote for legislators who run 'em into debt
and raise their taxes, and top of it all they go
into Dan Lockwood's and preach economy over
four bit champagne cocktail Now. look a
here Curnel. how soon is Caliiorny going to
have good times whilst these fellers act so!
tell YOU Ed rather take my wagon and old Clay
again. and pedde clocks To the blue noses =
and Mr. Slick finished his liquor and went
me.-Egeaiag Journal