The hydraulic press. (North San Juan, Nev. Co., Cal.) 1858-18??, 1858-11-13
SANWAN.-The Hudraulic Press

IL resldes-N orth San Juan-lS an
abominable name to- write. Adapt
the writingto the pronunciation, and
try it; observe, Northsanyhan. Quite
q pretty name might be made without
encountering the inconvenience of a
change or similarity-thus, SANwAN.
The Press can elaborate the suges-
tion without feeling restraint from any
impression derived in contemplating
our transcendent ingenuity.
a Sierra Citizen.
The editor of that paper is right ;
the suggestion is not bad one.
Very many people already adopt it
through ignorance, which always
spells words Theoretically, thus pro-
wing the superiority of common sense
without learning to learning without
common sense. Franklin tells on
anecdote about his wife, we think it
was, encountering these letters in an
epistle-"yf," and being unable to
understand their meaning until SER
want maid told her they spelt aOJe,
which much amused the bordering
philosopher, who said the girl was
correct.
But the citizens of NAUGTH SAHN
HwAN will never adopt any sugges~
ton looking to improvement in the
name of the town, whether it be ba>
sed on phonetic reasons or euphonious
ones. They are not of .'Henry ia
cob's'' opinion that ga town by any
other name would sound as well, and,
in many cases, a great deal better. !"
More than two years ago an attempt
was made to change the name of the
place altogether. A .public meeting
was called, and several euphonious
and appropriate names proposed; but
as the majority Of the crowd lacked
musical ears, and thought the old
name would forever stick in spite of
all efforts to wipe it out, the conclusion
was come to that the word IN orth'
should be added as distinctive pre-
fix. We have been en,jaw-ing our
mess of harsh consonants ever since.
NORTH SAN JUAN BY LAMP LIGHT.
"A correspondent sends US COM
munication under the above caption.
We decline publishing it for two rea-
sons-it is anonymous, and North
San Juan has an efficient protector
and conservator of the morals Of the
place in the Press. If friend Avery
does not complain of his neigh
bors we are not going to toot the
horn Of unknown person against them.
Nevada Journal.
Our cour .eous and considerable CO.
temporary has our thanks aud de-,
serves those of our readers. If any
person in this town is aware Of the
existence of matters requiring, and
proper for public exposure, be need
not send anonymous communications to
another place for publication. The
columns of the Press will always be
open for truthful, brief, and decent
comments on all matters Of public
concernment. III
MORE SLUIcE ROBIN G.-The
sluice boxes of James H. Peterson
4 Co., en- Moonshine, near Freeman's
Crossing, which were robbed some
time ago, were again robbed last
week Of perhaps $500 or $500. s..
Howe's sluices on yellow Jacket
were also visited By. thieves, and
about $40 obtained. s 4ss
If this mode Of stealing continues
the thieves may look for fearful
retribution ere long.
FoUNDRY.-We have been told
that foundry and machine shop is
about to be established in San ] uan.
The engine and lathes are already on
the way. Further particulars here
after. a@s
SOAP Of an excellent quality is
made in this town by Mr.. John Finn.
The piece we saw was small bar of