The weekly Butte record. [volume] (Oroville [Calif.]) 1866-1887, 1867-04-20
Podunk Correspondence.

Podunk Correspondence.
Ed REcoKD-Will you please TO tel Us what is
the penalty for him who kcketh against the pricks!
Does be run spike into his foot his head or both.
Does he have aches and pains. troubled with ind
gestion, nightmare, blue devils, and scolding
household; Get down your encyclopedias and any
other authorities you may have and tell Us all you
can. We are awfully exercised on the subject up
here. The question had its origin among Us about
three or four weeks age. The first starter came in
form Of a communication from somebody hailiBg
from place called Copperdae though cannot
find it on any of our maps However we suppose
there must be such place, as il appeared in the
columns of the Record, and dated Copperdale.
This followed by numerous reports from vari-
Gus persons coming over the road and boand to
your beloved gem Of, etc, all tending to one
conclusion viz: that the grand Chico, Susanville
and Idaho, Big Thunder and Ten Thousand Dol
lars year mail line had coiummuxed-gone in
settled-"gin eout' Extraordinarily subsided. Then
comes sundry, and divers persons on foot on horse
back and in sleighs. bound up and over to Indian
Valley, Honey Lake Valley, Idaho Humboldt and
intermediate localities. Some came from Red
Bluff via Chico, and some from Chico and the great
valley of the Rio Sacramento-all bound up and
over the mountains. They were all in such good
spirits that they just made the snow fly they
went along. The poor fellows had been prospect
ing all winter up about the Bluff and the Idaho ter
minus, vainlY trying to find some way to get over
the Dog and Snow mountains. Some of the Bluff
men happening to come along to Dog Town and
seeing stage and four horses, come in. They in
quired if that was a Washo stage. Being Informed
that it was Woods stage from Susanville and Tay
lorsville-" why, hell says one, '.thats the place
we have been trying 10 get to since the 4th of
January last; them dog ond cusses up thar at
Chico said we never could get over thar before Juy
the 18th, eft We come this ere way, and we have
just been slushing round watin' for the cussed
snow TO vamos." Whereapon they got themselves
back TO their friends with hat they had seen-so
the company packed up, girded their loins and
went forth bold as sheep. They left the terminus
on a Saturday morning, fully determined to do the
job They travelled all day the sun went down,
still they went By and by. about u or eight
o'clock, they come to light, halted and on inquiry
learned that they had arrived at InSkip and made
forty miles of their journey. Well, that was too
good, far better than expected and they concluded
to spend the night. They wished to be started off
very early the next morning You see they had
been wonderfully scared. What with the stories
which had been told them and their long Journey
ng> in and about the Chico and Blutf roads, they
had become sort o weak and nervous like and were
measurably desperate. Well, they got an early
start-ihey pushed on, and the last report we had
of them was that about four o'clock P. NJ on Sun
l,v ~ u
fork of the Feather river some Il or AZ miles dis
tant from InSkip. They doubtless have reachod
their destination long ere this.
But to 90 back apiece about the kicking against
the pricks.' The chap from CopperdaIe what
stopped his Record did he not rather snub his own
nose: How does he get his letters, his papers, and
magazines? How is he connected with the great
world below? Is it by the and ria Chico? We ra-
ther guess not. hut name it preciSely-you bet
your bottom ,lar. He don't order his correspon-
dence via Chico; he don't take the soft side of a
seat in the great Chico, Susanville and Idaho via
Copperiale. Thunder and Lightning, Copper and
Beans line Of [. s. mail coaches, through direct
time 25B hours, all in daylight too. No, stree, and
he must feel mean while he does it. But he feels
obliged to chew the cud of public convenience. and
accept the Orovile and Susanville mail line, troted
through by the enterprise and energy or A. J. W,
over the Dog Town road. through Humhus Valley.
and that's what's the matter. Now, say aud
cry aloud, question. question: Sure enough the
question is tcho "kicketh against the prickS!'' and
does he glTe his own foot, his head, or both? We
await your say.
Will you believe it, my friend? You may for it
is true. Yesterday, on the 9th day of April, went
up well mounted on a black horse. that agreeable
and pleasant gentleman, A. C. Bdwel of Green
vile, in Plumas county, and he assuredly went
over the Oroyille and Susanville road. Now. keep
dark, and Couranter may promenade this same
Mr.. II. c. B. over the great aforementioned Chico
road, through by daylight, and report the same
free of snow-uo difficulty of transit-loaded teams
span OF horses-i 800 pounds, etc.
Sir, Chico obStinaey--perhaps it was their candid
Judgment made road-expended of a certainty
over SIS COOS 600 would have connected them
with this road-no greater, it not less distant to
connection a Big Meadows. The combined inter
eSts of Oroville and Chico would have produced
and maintained bully road accommodation would
have been free and regular-eaeh place would,
it must stand On its own merits-and propose to
wager You the Court House and grounds against
the [. s Livery Stable and stock. that the Chico
men make a good road up the Dog Town Ridge.
Nimshew, etc, etc. connecting with this road
Hupps lumber mill. If you accept. call on How
ard Cary, Esq. who will draw up the papers Q.
Who is it that kicketh against the pricks:'
Yours, SQCILLS.