The Nevada journal., 1860-03-23
LETTERS FROM EBENEzER.

Mn. EDrroR When the snow clouds
gather on the mountains and the "Storm
King" goes bowling through canon and for
est, do you not sometimes cast your eyes to-
ward the summit of our snow veiled noun
tain and with tears rolling down your
checks as big as-those usually mentioned)
exelaim-" they're catching it up yonder,
poor devils !" Well, we will take it for
granted that you do sometimes have a
thought for the "poor but honest" miner
who dwells amid the "howling terror of the
hills" Also, we will take it for granted
that you are pleased, occasionally, to hear
from us "ChiIdren of the MIST" if only to be
assured that we are not so unfortunate as
to have been buried beneath an avalanche
or had the bad taste to be making soup [be
careful types, not to get that last word
sodp1 of each other, for want of more suita-
BILE material. Let me hasten, my dear sir,
to entreat you and your highly intelligent
and respectable readers, not to allow your
vivid and and neutrality-suspicious. to pic
ture the good people of our village at being
reduced to any greater extremity than to be
obliged occasionally to devour stray Chi
.naman, or struggling Digger. As for eat
ing each other, that we only do in the sa-
looms, sitting round baize-covered table
in q social way As for amusements, we
get along very we'll /; we sometimes have
balls, regular balls, with all the usual ac-
Compartments, viz:-thrilling music and
women, flashing diamonds and eyes-eyes
that more unerringly pierce the heart than
the most deadly stiletto; rustic of silks and
satins over quick-beating hearts; blazing
lamps, floods of light of love and happiness.
Then, dances where are no ladies, '' hoe
downs" or sta dances to excel in which
one must wear No. ii doube-soled, double
nailed, cowhide boots, and be able to staye
q hole through three inch plank, or rasp
o hat-full of splinters off the floor at every
rake of his feet-indeed, when the heat and
excitement is at the highest, the dancers are
at times lost to the sight in perfect show
er of pine slivers. Besides dances and balls,
we have .'singings," whereat talent of vari-
Gus degrees of excellence is displayed; from
the hoarse, dolorous croakings of a heart
broken bull-frog, to the exquisite thrilling
order of harmony which the poet had in
mind while penning the following touching
couplet =
"Music hath charms to tame savage,
To melt q rock or bust a cabbage !"
When we can find no other amusement,
we enjoy ourselves very well by sitting and
making mouths at each other. Some of us
are practicing at dumb-bells and boxing
gloves; are getting along fine; make
good many big strikes and can raise the color
any time. We intend to keep practising
and as soon as the "Benecia Boy" returns
from England, ''Champion of the World
our best man will seek him out and pummel
that well instructed gentleman to jelly
We have great number of promising chess
players in our town, and what is worthy OF
note, the majority of them play equally as
well with their eyes open as with them BAN
daged-haven't heard that any of them con-
template going to Europe think the rumor
is without foundation.
We had a visit this week from the q Tay-
lor Family" This Family" consists of
"Mart Taylor, Mr.. NJ. Taylor and Mart Tay-
lor ESQ.," and the entertainment consists
principally of the song of Joe Bowers, Mr.. J.
Bowers, and Joe Bowers Esq. We have had
some faint spiritual manifestations in our
town during the present week. Not of the
common brandy and whisky order, though
III ey certainly are "rum customers these