The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1861-03-09
FOUNTAIN DEMOCRAT.


s..S: be w.s stricken, two or ihtgG dsys ago,
.,h s,ryehniue-the meaheat b6i1oh In The
a,uR shops Unfortunate ''SOre-eye"-that
L.s his name, an incIegant one, but he dpder.
800 it-yVu are beyond the Aea's bite novt.
~. lament the death Of our dog we'll cherish
"a. memory. As = practical, every day dog
4. vas Of no value whatever, except to bark al
I.Aisus and CbiDamen, but We liked him, and
ia him, and tOOk him In out Of the rain and
ma, and be loved rs. He was founding, an
n-ch,u. perhaps, leit ct our door, and We raised
L;m vhiIe We nOurished the hope that he would
h. useful and good, but lacking In breed he
Is1 always more hungry than susceptible Of
Intellectual Development lie was not, however,
aevoid Of sOme 6ne good sense and refined
,.p,itivesess, end while be tOOk no part In the
H., Presidential canvass be appeared gloomy
until IL Vas OVer, when, evidently dreAding to
hear tho result, he ran Cd and stayed away
until the meeting Of the Legislature. But we
xiIl not aggravAte our feelings BY means Of
drawing out long farewell
.Aa adIeu should In RtteFanee die,
Or, u written, but family appear;
OnlV heard through the burst 81 SiRh,
OnIy seen through the blot Of tear"
LOVE- TALE ~ THs STREET.-Last evening .
ANAL company Of buys and girls were going
from school when We heard one Of The girls say
.A,he stopped and pointed at boy: an tell
Ion what it is any way, Harry, she's dead iu
lave with yOui' " How do you know SheisI"
iOouired Harry. "Cause { know she iS, for
,be's al the time IOOkin' nom her book at you
ind takin' your part amongst the girls!" We
h,uII not hesF the rest Of the conversation, but
We had sees that the girl hO was "plaguing"
Harry vas smiling roguisbly. and Harry, you
little rascal. your eyes we're twinkling as if you
liked il! What day we live In! Who but
the old people are the children now! II We
.h,lOsOphiEe in Our cH'l m0"da, We find that
love is not q natural sentiment but an artificial
impulSe How foolish for q little child can
overcome our phiIOSophy! Yes, and give us
such an example that VIC Aeem to feel the sweet
upuch Of soft lips which are musicully whis.
pering: "YOC ought to be loving somebody,
you sorry old Teller then somebody. may be,
would love you."
MAsoSIc.-At a regular assembly 0f Fl Dora
do Commsndery NO. 4, knights TemNlars, Gun.
vened at their Asylum ON Thursday, March eth,
the following Sir Knights we're duly elected
officers for the ensuing Masonic year: Sir Lewis
". Rumsey. +. Commander; Sir Theodore r.
Tracy, Generalissimo Sir Charles Meredith,
Captain. General SIR George W. Barlow. PreI.
ate; sir Michael BUrOwnky, Sen. Warden; Sir
Robert Chandler. Jun. Warden Sir Frederick
,. Barns, Treasurer; Sir Isaac 3. Titus, Re-
eorder; Sir Ellie Ellen, Standard ISearrr Sir
George II. Carter. Sword bearer; Sir Arid c.
ArvidssOn. Warden SiTs John W. Libby. John
ChaFthscbe and Louis Borneman, Guards, and
Sir JOrgan u. Rudstndt, Sentinel. The officers
we're regularly installed BY Sir James l.. Eng
Ii.I,, Most Eminent Grand Commander, and
sir Aaron d. Park, Grand GeneralisaimO II the
Grand Coumandrry X. T. VI California, the
same evening.
MAsOxIc.-At = regular assembly Of Sierra
Nevada CouBciI M. 4, Royal aud Select Mas
,rrs, held ct the NAstnc Hall, IN the jIh inst.
the EoIL'wing Companions were duly elected
officers f~ the ensuing Masonic year Comp.
Lewis W. Run'aey. Thrice IlIusiriOus Master
Arid C. Arvidsson. Deputy IllusiFiOus Master;
Mark Ievison. Principal Conductor IT Work
Hubert White, Treasurer; !. =. TiINa. ItecOFdeT;
and y. F. lIarsA Captain Of Guard.
THE ON Bo~roH BAR COuPAxT.-The first
mining company which Wss chartered in this
State Wss the ISos,OO lar Company" Of the
Americas river IN Fl D0radO county. The
charie~ ~as granted 10 lsSo and extended over
the WhO'e Of Boston bar; the ground has yield
ed great sums VI money aud until recently the
company haze been cOntented 10 working il.
4 few days az" il Was s"ld TO . company Of
Chinese Ecr the Sum Of $500.
GGGy EAGLG.-"D." has told us that bat little |
mining 10 being done on the river In Grey |
EsEIe, Dig I'ar Township; . few coNpauies on
the high bars are busy and successful. The
NsNCam Cut Company arc making large wages
In Q bar close to the river baWk. The Autmire |
Compaay have suspended operations.
Tax RATss.-The rates ~ TAXATION IN prop
ssty IN 81 Dorado county this year are as fol-
lowS: F@ State purposes, sixty cents county.
GOy; SchOOl. twenty-five; Road, live; Torn
pike road, fifteen Hospital, twenty. FIVE cents,
making an aggregate Of one dollar aud eighty
CeutS on each one hundred dollars assessed.
TaENsw CnURcu EDIvIcE. George A. Booth.
IT this city, has been awarded the contract for |
building the brick and stone meeting house Of |
the PIacerviiIe Methodist Society. lie bid was |
Er oI3;A50. The new building will Be large |
and elegant aud stand near the spot whens the |
frame Church noE etands.
AWAvm' IN TnG BCsH@.-We have noticed |
"a American dag WavinK a. the hill above |
Spring RaSine. 1t 0Oats GrOm q pOls little |
higher than the surrounding bushes and IL |
contiguous to . pine stump. We havs seeu |
human heAds dodying about there. aHA We i'm |
aRins tia. company Of boya feel tAe~selves |
inspired to "hist" that Gag aud to keep IL "a |
VSaviD' IOV fUA."
LARss neaOvsAExF.-Wilcox 4 Brown and |
c. W. brewster 4 Co.. are building large |
warehouse 10 Upper PlAcerville; the sire Is 80
by IS feet. and 20 feet In hight. The material
used 10 the construction Of this warehouse Is
cement, Obiained frop Spanish Hill. Il is
called cement, while II resembles loose, gray
sandstone, and is taken fFUM the quarry in
stony hooking pieces it is sOGl and light but IL
hardens In exposure to the changes Of the at
moSpheFe.
TaE CTTr AoAIysT ZEE DOos.-Those persons
who neglect Is procure license 10 keep dog
must expect that The city authorities will devise
schemes for the death Of the unprotected cure.
II 10 cruel 70 kill even the worthless dogs, bot
s,nhann;lv do0a and men Of that kind muItiDlv
too abundantly for the good Of society. i
BT . card In another part OF tO-day's DEAO-
,cRAY, Il will be seen that Mr.. r. H. Redd is
now sole proprietor Ot the Wisconsin Livery
Stable. He IL prepared TO accommodate bis
patrons with the finest teams and saddle horses.
LAxOE SuRPLUs IN TaE JAIL.-Our Jail pOPu-
latiOn haS lately been on the rapid increaSe.
The number reaches nearly up to half hum
IL A hat Nha Ram nd I,aPv and (o.nrt nf EaaaiOna