The Trinity journal., 1856-06-28
[From the Golden Era.l
I" Sniktaw."

SniktaW."
The following extract from Sniktaw's'
last letter we take from the Golden Era
1t is well worth reading
TO HER ROYAL MAJESTY, EMILY b.
Sweet vovager to the calm and holy shores
of Lethe beyond Jordan, to the land of com,
fort. The strains that whilom you evoked
from your living Tyre, fell upon my ear as soft
and dulcet as the sweetest breathings of an
Eolian harp, when stricken by the noon
breeze ; but there is no music that will sound
in fellows ears longer than six weeks at a
time, and if you wish to hold the Orphean
spell over me any longer, strike your lutte
once again, and | will be mute to listen.
would like to know what in blazes is the
matter with you. If you don't love me any
longer, say so 1t may be fun to you to
sock the harpoon of love into me up to the
handle, and then jerk on the line, in order
to see me cut up all sorts of antics, but it is
anything else to me- l have racked my
brain for the last two weeks to guess what
is the reason you don't write, and after think
ing over everything, have come to the con-
clusion that you are sick as bazes ; in my
humble opinion, nothing but long spell of
sickness would keep you from writing. If
you are, l would recommend you to keep
large supply of Railways Ready Relief
Webber's Invigorating Cordial, and Devine's
Lozenges on hand. A person ought never
to be without gallon Of each they are
first rate in all chronic cases, and will gen
orally effect cure in about three days nev-
er takes longer than a week | see notice
in the papers where a man was laying on his
back for five years, and could not rise one
single application of the Relief cured him,
and he straightway rose from the bed That
is what | call running pretty strong opposi-
ton to Christ raising the dead, But if you
have gone plumb in, and don't see any show
of living more than three weeks, would
advise you to send for DR.. --. l see
by his advertisement that he is about the
only man in the State that understands our
cases He will probably charge pretty hea-
Wy, but intend to pay the BILL What are
few sugs in this world Tell him to
charge it to Sniktaw. Talking about Snik-
taw, what do you think about that counter
felt Sniktaw, that halls from Folsom Hard
to fool you with their corn bread when there
is biscuit around, amt it EN-. Speaking
of Folsom, he says that the God of Nature
has done a heap for that place. Well, / ex-
pect He has, but he forgot to say that Hu-
man Nature was running stronger opposi-
ton than the Cal. Stage Company ever did
He says that there are men there, in every
sense Of the word. Nobody doubts that /;
| have never seen place yet but what there
was. Up this way, they range all the way
from loafers to nabobs-from parasites to
statesmen, and from statesmen down to for
ty degrees below zero. lie winds up by ex-
tending to the editors of this paper an invi-
tation to come to ball up that way
That was all right enough, but he ought to
have sent 'em change of shirts, and grub
enough to last 'em till they got there
Pretty hard for three editors to travel 800
miles on 81 25. If you see anything of that
Sniktaw around Grass Valley, l wish you
would make the following proposals to him
will sell out all the Sniktaw honor have
got to him for 5.O00-one-half cash, and
the balance in granite, at cash price or, il
he will agree to immortalize both of us,
will give him my slow note on parchment for
$4,000 or, if he will agree to lay low and
say nothing, l will immortalize both of us
land at the same time throw considerable
of halo around you) for $4,000, one-hali
in granite, and the balance when he takes ii
out, BY SO doing, one bust would do for