The weekly Butte record. [volume] (Oroville [Calif.]) 1866-1887, 1866-07-07

LoNGvILLE, June -. 1855.

yards with friend ABoR. mine aosf of the Dog
TOM house, and with my wardrobe tied IN in a
flour sack mounted Shank's mare, and conclad
ing would see it all. took the old road-(when
went up before, travelled the new one-"an old
one re-Yamped BY order of the man behind spec.
tacles, and opened about one year aso,) When
arrived g. PovELLs Ranch, where the two roads
join. was much puzzled to decide athe matter
in my own mind, as to which one would travel
were to navigate a bull team and fight nv way
across the mountains, Ho - They say, What a
numerous family they Isl" Well, no matter
Some do say the new road is a leetie the longest:
bat the grades are easier TO pull over and larger
load can be hauled oyer it than over the old one
The residents of the old road claim theirs to be the
shorter by 2 miles-wel watered-wth houses
of entertainment for "man and beast st-wi,h lager
plenty by way of interlude-and that there's no
such thing creature comforts on the new road
Well some of this is true aud may be all of it, but
found water, say short mile from Dogtown-
again four miles further on, and again when nine
miles out-along the head OF Little Butte. There
are no places of entertainment for mans and beast
and but little sign of life, Hurrs mill. LYNCH
dwelling and slaughter yard, a few miners cabins
and ptch-coectors in the shape of Ching Chongs.
The man behind spectacles pretended to measure
this route from D. 7. to PowELL's Ranch He had
a machine on his buggy wheel. | think some mis-
chevous it back, while the spectacles
were being wiped, perhaps. That's the way the
great Gen. Terminus mans machine made the dis
from stern-,rheei halt to the General Disrib
itutng Post Office at the Great Meadows 81 miles.
Now understand 65 miles
Now it does seem 10 me the distance is consid-
erably greater on the new than ON the old road
The fact is, l am in-no Il anti in love but
got the best cooked dinner at Musquto Creek-the
cleanest spread table-fresh made butter-whi;e
and light bread--a regular love OF cup of tea-real
Japan nine bits pound, she said-the table spread
was white as snow. No wonder-such a stream of
pure wholesome water as debouches into a tank
right at the end of the stoop of that house, with
such tidy. busy landlady as found there, will
insure cleanliness and white linen l can't say
banker after many things in this world; but as
sure you, just naturally dofied what appeared
prudence, and put my head into that water. After
that ablution, and that dinner-"the whole for four
bits''-you may be assured that Shank's mare
refreshed. Mr.. RECORD. yoa may guess which road
l shall travel after this.
From D. Town to this place, is called IL miles;
going on one mile further, Lovelocks station is
reached. Some call it the Frenchman s-wherefore
l know not. did not see Frenchman-but did
Dutchman. There four Inhabited dwell
lings here, | think-running streams of water-a
Smiths shop and a store. Proceeding on another
mile, is public house and large barn, a fine new
er-faiiing spring of water, and lager beer that's
Ean in ly1a 7 for trie Whether
this ladies' eyes are black or not, will not say;
did get but a glimpse of her form as she whisk d
through the door, but The other one. where dned,
you will find to have gray eyes, "if you take the
trouble This place is called Maple Spring and
walked to PowELLs in one hour, I conclude it is
four miles-mor or ess-making total of . IL
miles from Dogtown. If remember correctly, the
gum timber ong the road is generally, ii not
wholly, boxed for the collection of pitch or gum,
and dipped from the boxes (Which are cuts made
in the trees two or three inches deep and six or
eight inches wide) with ladies' spoons into buck.
cts: thence into barrels placed about convenient
to the gaherers whence it is hauled to the dstil-
leries and converted into turpentne and resin, fur
nishing employment to many persons, doubtless to
their satisfaction. This business is quite too sticky
IOl Ue-l SOFA Out my ranch, tooA al oTueI ou d
store for SIS, two notes for $50 each, and received
Sc so in coin, mostly quarters and bits" and
a promise to pay IS 50 more sometime-a total of
sls5 for IL mile wide and four miles long-most too
low considering its size-but did not like the bus
mess.
This landlord POWELL has a fine stand for hotel
business extensive gardening grounds, and claims
ha Irrteu t, IL 81,
finds market at home for all the garden track he
can raise-a large and comfortable house, indeed,
the best one between the foot hills and Longvile
! do not quite understand his language-he says
"Halmighty, "hany think, ,n''hobserve," and that
bes haint Hingiishman :; "hand was born Massa-
chusetts'-that settles the question: believe ev-
cry word he says.-From this point to lnskp it IS
called seven miles-up and up all the time up-it
seems TO ME that this is the s'owest seven miles of
the entire road from Oroville to Longvile, in Hum
bug Valley, distance of 81 miles-thence to Su-
sanville is nothing more than a rolling road, moth
ing in the shape of mountains to pass.
There are no habitations between PowELLs
Ranch and Inskip. I came up the new grade on
the Inskip Hi-the worknlen under charge OF
Mr.. FOSTER, were hard at it. This Improvement
Will be great gain over the old road The rise up
this hill has been accomp ished on a l6-inch grade
to the rod, and it was contemplated to continue
the read on into 1nskip on level grade. If this
shall be done, it will lessen the time IL hours in
this miles of distance, as well as the wear and
tear of teams From Inskip to this place the road
zone side Of its upshness, is smooth and level
track far better than l expected to find it-until
/ Butte Creek is reached. From thence to Grizzly
! Valley, about miles, the least that is said about
it the better. One may say, however, that good
road with easy grade can be made. And when Mr..
FOSTER takes his pegs down, reckon it will be
improved. They expected to move up into this
sec ton in few days. and l understand they are
ROW on the spot repairing. SAGINAW.