The Shasta courier., 1859-09-24
SHASTA COURIER.
San Francisco Correspondence.

EDS. CoURIER:-Not being able to make the
rifle altogether in Mendocino county, I finally
pulled up stakes and came down to San Fran.
cisco. Mendocino is good locality for persons
having large surplus of bone and sinew to in
rest, but then, for literary gentlemen it is not
exactly the place.
One reason for adopting San Francisco as nv
present home, is the cheapnesa of living here
lou would scarcely believe me were TO assert
that good and hearty meal of yictuals can be
obtained here for l21 cents, and that too. with
out going to the free lunch houses vet such is
actually the case. would not believe it myself
when first informed of the fact, but have since
demonstrated 1t by experiment Should any one
doubt, let him go to the Miners Restaurant on
Commercial street, between MONTGOMERY and
Sansome, and he can there obtain cup of good
eonee or tea, some bread and butter. two pota
toes, some egetables-generally cucumbers or
radishes-and plate of beef-steak, roast, fish
or almost any kind of meat which he NAV call
for, all for one bit. Should he choose to dis
pense with the coffee at any meal, he can have
plate OF pudding in the place of it, all at the
same price-one Bit The house is furnished
with marble tables, and the meals are given in
good style-not slovenly, as many might sup
pose 1 should judge from appearances that
about 500 persons obtain their daily meals there
Should this be the case, and the proprietor make
one cent clear profit from each meal. he would
then be clearing SIS per day; if two cents per
meal, then $50, and so on So you see that
large sales and small profits are frequently pre-
ferable to the old fashioned way of doing busi-
ness.
majority of our citizens, however think it
beneath their dignity to go into a miners res
taurant, and many of them consequently patron
ize houses of little more pretentious order.
where they obtain meals similar to those above
described, which are perfectly satisfactory, for
two bits. OF course some persons are grossly
ignorant, or else wilu liars in regard to the cost
of living in San Francisco but then you per-
ceive that am better posted.
Another reason for my choosing San Francisco
for my present residence, is the fact that large
cities are the places where fine horses, smart
men and pretty women most do congregate
consequently the inference is very strong that
such are the places where there is the greatest
demand for them. Not that there has as vet
been any great demand for me but then YOU
know that strange things will occasionally hap
pen. | have also other reasons for locating
here which do not apply to the generality oi
bipeds will therefore not mention them at
present.
Yes, there is one more, which have almost
forgotten. This is very convenient place fol
= person to visit kind uncle in, who will pro.
vide for his necessities, should he get into trou
Bile, that is, if he has not been so foolish as tc
have disposed of his watch, jewelry, &C. This
Is especially applicable to persons who are put
ting in their crops; but as have come to the
conclusion that have already planted n suffi-
cient quantity, this reason, hope, will not
hereafter apply to me.