The weekly Butte record., 1867-02-02

CHEROKEE FLAT, JANIS, 1867.
EDIroR Butte RgcoEp:- Instead of your neigh
bors below (who are stuck and mired down in the
mud, nlgdding their heads and making everything
else into a muddle,) cuarreIing which Is down the
deepest, let them struggle out and come up here,
where the roads are Is dry and firm as the ever
lasting hills; where all our paths paths of
pleasantness and paths of peace; where loaded
wagons roll beds Of pay dirt and garden walks
are strewn with pebhly quartz. II is conceded
point and proverbial the world over, the inventive
genius and go ahead itiveness of the real Yankee
character, but is there no enterprsng Californian
that can for once /" lay over the New Highlander.
by inventing pontoon boots and shoes for naviga-
ting the streets in the cities of the plains, Here
is chance for some one TO inmortalize himself
and make fortune at tie same time. l shall
waive the patent right to any one who will bring
it to perfection trusting TO their iberality and gen
crosby for the suggestion thrown out. ATTACH
them to balloons and let their gas assist them ont
of the mud.l
As far as the weather is concerned. we acknowl-
edge that il has been somewhat moist this winter,
and in spite of rubber clothes a would now
of base was made in weather tactics, and about
three inches of fell, putting crystal coat on
Sugar Loaf mountain and enabling both old and
young to indulge in the pastime and exercise of
snowballing. Although much rain has fallen,
the winter has been mild and favorable only few
frosty nights which were disagreeable. Vegeta-
ton has started with great vigor; Table mountain
and the side hills all "a wearing of the green;
the manzanitas are out in full bloom in delicate
pink and white colors, where the busy bee gath
er::honey all the day, if Improvement on Watts)
she feels so inclined.
AS to mining, everything is improving favorably.
Providence has bountifully showered upon US the
former and the latter rain, and the different com
panies are putting in full time with every prospect
of being well remunerated. Powers and Vinton
opening extensive by draulic claims on the
side of Sugar Loaf. buying water of Mr. Harris
The claims not only look WE'LL but, which is far
better, pay well. If old Sugar Loaf is composed
of such paydirt as that she IS destined in the fu-
ture to be washed away and become relict of the
past. The WEIGH Company and T. Jones & Co.,
have both cleaned up the proceeds being most sat
isfactory. Last week the Cherokee Company had
partial clean up for the first time this winter,
and took ont one hundred and fifty pounds of ANAL
| gam. Now who says the mines of old Butte have
given out. tell you, Sir, that there is solid
wealth and precious metals buried within circle
of twelve miles of Oroville, than in any circle of
the same extent in California. But you had better
say nothing bout it for fear Maynard brothers
| will be making rush from the semarctic regions
of Montana, on snow shoes endangerng their lives
and running the risk OF both feet and hands being
amputated.
| 1t would he premature to say anything in regard
/ to the ditch company for the present. The first
| payment on their contract, which was due on the
I'D of this month, has not been made, or anything
heard of them. 1t is to be hoped they will not be
backward in coming forward andthat the ditch will
be brought in. The capital required would be far
better invested in bringing in ditch than in buy-
ing wild cat feet boring hundreds Of feet to tap
/ ina ginary III flows that would not supply COM
mon table lamp for ten minutes. But here like
! the compositor who setting type in Charleston
when Sherman was thundeling at the gates, shall
drop my stick, and remain fer the present
| MuDsILL.
ANOTHER BATCH OF REcREANTS.-Before we
are half done "cussing' Field and cRuer for their
unheard of treaehery here comes another batch Of
"unprincped recreants to principle" Among the
Republicans who voted to refer Stevens recon-
>tructon bill, and of Kill it, were Ashley of
| Nevada, McRuer, Banks, Bingham, Blaine, Conk-
! lin, Dawson, Dodge. Farnswoith, Garfield, Inger-
soil, jerks, Moorhead. Patterson, Pomeroy,
| Schenck, Spaulding. 'Whither are we drifting q
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