Weekly Trinity journal., 1866-04-21
Letter from +" "JacintO.v

Our old friend, who never intends to vote for
Democrat again, (unless he is one of Nasby's
kind, made unceremonious exit from bis win
ter quarters on Browns Greek when he heard
that the President vetoing everything which
his Southern friends told him to. He sends the
following under date
DOUGLAS Cry, April Is, 1866.
DEAR JOURNAL The modest little flowers that
are blushing at the threshold remind me that
Spring-time has come. All nature is dressed in
her grandest attire so my sweetheart when
saw her last) the warbling of the rich-plumed
songsters as they skip from branch to branch
above our stately cabin built in the shade,
this pop)-sweet harbingers of balmy sunshine
(melt the buttons off your coat month hence);
the shrill notes of the neighboring Shanghals
the dull hum of the green fly as he meanders
through your apartments in search of the meat
safe the nsidious tread of the nimble flea in
his onward course up your trowsers leg; the
passage Of the Civil Rights bill over the Presi-
dents veto the sudden g drap of four bits
sack -four, are forcble truths which go to SUBJ
stantate the fact that dull and dreary winter has
busted all to smithereens-that Brownlow lives,
and gentle Spring in all its loveliness is upon us
Here is the ponderous volume of nature with her
maps spread Listen to her teachings read
and reflect, and so doing, profit
peep from Douglas City hill at old I" Bally,"
with his snow-covered cabeza and sivery locks
that fringe the very foot hills induces me as
truthful chronicler to take back aporton of what
/ have said. 1t makes me shiyer to look that
way. When | view that huge mass of snow
which must soon commence its gradual process
of melting, being reservor'd and sold to us poor
devils at SIC a sluce head, and knowing the al
most incalcuabe amount of money it will put
in circulation, wonder who the lucky hombre
that's to make his pile" Surely not me-
Yet have an interest in this great storehouse-
and so have you, and all the rest. In magina-
tion can see there the merchants butchers and
blacksmiths' receipts in full, and a 'home
stake for many a lucky fellow.
The miners of this locality have only just COM
menced work. Scarcely anybody has . cleaned
up" yet. OF course they were all ready no.
thing to do but turn the water on when it came
Now, have been practical miner for fourteen
years, and never knew miners to be ready for
water yet. Perhaps it don't look well for me to
accuse my brethren of the pick and shovel of ly-
ing, but I'll wager something that when miner
reads this be will smile and admit the fact.
may give you some mining items POGO tempo
In the meantime, may the smiles of heaven rest
on the boys in gum boots, is my prayer. Now it
Is said that the prayers of certain class of in
dividuals don't avail much. Some things be-
lieve some do not. | believe. as it is written,
that the Witch of Endor disquietcd dead Samu
ell, but don't believe that Andrew Johnson can |
ever rcsurrec: dead Democracy. Lever power |
capable of doing that has never been discovered. I
Here comes the Hay Fork Express, and must
draw my letter TO a rather abrupt close. | get |
all my letters and papers, and sometimes my
grub, by that Express Bet all the ready money |
you have that it will rain before "a hours.
have watched that Express closely, and it has
rained every time John came since the first of
last December. If owned a water ditch about
Douglas, I'd try and compromise the thing with
John. somehow. may have to compromise my
self for saying what | have, but knowing my
fleetness of foot, will take the chances.
JAcINro.