The weekly Butte record., 1867-02-09

san FRASclsco, February


san FRAScIsco, February 5, 1862.
EDITOR REcoKp:-As your old correspondents,
" Tins and Spots. do not seem to be filing the
space of ian occasional thought perhaps few
jottings from an outsider might not be miss
presume We denizens of the 'Gem of the Foot
hills are revealing in the delights Of the present
glorious weather. That we are is certain From
Early morn till dewy eve" and far into the
realms of night, streets thronged by crowds
of all ages and classes who are making up for the
past indoor seivitude- From my window sit and
watch the hurrying throng. and contrast the man
on business, bent rushing along with but time to
greet passing friend with How dye with some
fair exponent of the weaker sex (perhaps his wife
or danghter). sweeping along, her trail mile too
wide for her dear SELF her head thrown back in all
the conscious pride of = new bonnet and huge
waterfa-for, strange to say, although each arrival
from the seat of fashion proeaims the downfall of
this unsighty excrescence. they still hold sway
among our deyotees of fashion.
The present pleasant weather has given the ladies
chance to display the fneres that have accumu-
lated during the past two months of storms, and
they are taking advantage of it to the utmost,
few minutes on Montgomery street at any in the
afternoon, Is enough 10 convince any man Of only
moderate income, that he has no business with
any such luxury wife, cor anything of that
sort you know.
The Fools are not all dead vet This is fact
indubitable, for proof which one has but to read
the papers. hardly one of which but contains the
account of some one fleeced out of his money by
L. h,,,x IL, of
times. Hardly week elapses here without az.
counts Of some one who has been "gone through
with by the Lager Beer Jerkers; the papers
pose the whole affair but the xt batch of arrivals
brings the regular "greeny" who buys his knowl-
edge of "Jerkers at the price of all his cash. and
finally learns that he is dead beat. The latest
dodge in that line proves the saloon keepers cup to
snuff y small quantity of the latter article being
mixed with the drinkers beer, soon renders him in
sensible to those sweet C) syrens who deal
out their love and lager with equal readiness for
cash. But the country does not furnish all the
fools. During the past six months there has been
carried on enterprise almost sublime in its as
founding impotence. One Richards, alias Hobson,
had found the philosophers stone, and could pro-
duce gold and sill YER in unlimited quantities And
for no low, mercenary object would he use such
woundrous knowledge. Nothing less than some
great work that would hand his name and that of
his associates, down through the long vista Of the
future would suffice for him. At first he thought of
paying off the national debt, and thus become the
honor Of America embamed in Yankee verse; but
then there was needed some little coin to start the
glorious enterprise, and he could not make the
at the hone hf
that they should dare doubt his word, he struck
out nobler path; he would restore that nation the
founders of Jerusa em rebuild that holy city, and
around it build up nation that would soon over
whelm the world, And this time he had "struck
it rich on the lower level. Carried away by the
glorious picture that he drew three of our Israelt
sh deaears in "goots vat dey sell so cheap as new
er vas" brought forth their boards and made up
sum amounting to between IS ,OO0!and 81 900. This
sum was to be only the first instalment, from
which the great philosopher was to produce a pal
try 500 000 or so, just for starter. Everything
had worked lovely so far and the 2nd of February
was to their bright dreams realized. All great
men at times doomed to disappointment. even
professor Cummings and Andrew Johnson and so,
Also it proved with our sayant. The thing had
gone wrong. and little more time was needed; but
our /" ole clo'" began to smell long tailed nice
and concluded to call in the services of the police
who on Sunday last made descent the realms
wherein this woundrous spell was being worked,
and now alas, Jerusalem restorer has gone, not to
the Tomb of the Capulets, but to the county Jail
to await his trial for obtaining money on false pre-
tences
THEATRICAL.
At the Opera House, the regular company have
been playing very good Identification of Griffith
Gaunt," with Kate Denim and Mccullough in the
leading roles. On Monday and Tuesday night,
2sth and Goth of January, manager Mcguire was
the recipient of two fine complimentary testmoni-
ais, that must have gratified the Napoleon of the
Stage Atthe Metropolitan, the Martinettis have
produced the "Sheep's Foot with the Howson
family in the principal characters; but it is not got
up as fine as when the Buisly Family produced the
same piece about year ago. wAHsroEG.