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Weekly Calaveras chronicle. (Mokelumne Hill, Calaveras County, Cal.) 18??-1874, 1867-11-16
How Folks 60 to Bed.

Doubtless the following sketches will
afford qualification to some of our read
ers as hey do to us. We have been
told how \ young girl goes to bed; how
married woman dittoes, as also the
young "sport," together with all the
interesting details thereunto appertain-
ing. 1t remains to tell the world how
the same thing is done by an old maid.
Not that we have ever witnessed it, but
fun loving damsel has furnished us
with the particulars
She goes to her chamber at about II
o o'clock; that is, supposing there has
been any attractions to keep her up to
that hour-and after carefully locking
the door and pushing in two or three
extra bolts, she proceeds to look under
her bed and into every conceivable
corner to see that no hidden biped is
stored away with Laughty designs;
and, after satisfying herself on that
point, she sets down the lamp and
draws long breath. The next thing
is to unloose the dress, an operation
usually followed by several long breaths.
Then the little toot-a- tooties come in
for it. One Of them is thrown upon
the opposite knee and there undergoes
the unlacing operations without MUIR
muir; then the other shoe falls to the
floor with dull thug, followed by an
other breath of relief, Then the carriers
are unlaced and the plump calf that
moment before seemed worthy of being
slain for some returning prodigal, dis.
appears with the stocking, and the dear
creature assumes the upright and be-
gins The real business of disrobing. She
looks carefully to the blinds and then
manipulates her head-gear. First she
takes out about fifty hair pins; then
she looks at the door and blinds care
fully again, and off comes all but sick
ly crop of hair that very much resem-
bles field of run out pasturage. Then
she opens wide her mouth and carefully
removes a set of false teeth, and con-
signs them to a tumbler of water. Then
folcw pair of plumpers. She next
proceeds to loosen her skirts and un-
iasten her corsets. The change at this
operation is fully as great and fully as
bewildering as any heretofore made.
We saw her plump and partridge-likc
we saw her square and pancake-like.
The intricate machinery that works the
"palpitators'' is carefully wrapped up
and laid away in drawer; the many
strings and buttons are unloosened, and,
after the expiration of another five min
utes, she drops her outer-self upon the
floor in white circles, and steps forth in
all her native lovelincss. A delicately
frilled nigbtcap and snowy nightgown
soon hide much that should be hidden
she turns down the bedclothes, goes to
the mirror, and after taking good look
at herself, draws another long breath,
blows out the light, hops into bed, and
good night.
Weekly Calaveras chronicle. (Mokelumne Hill, Calaveras County, Cal.) 18??-1874, 1867-11-16
AFearful Adventure With Mad Dog.

A gentleman contributes the fol-
lowing bit of unpleasant experiences to
an English paper:
When l went to Hampstead l saw
my dog Prince covered with mud, and
running furiously, and biting every
thing l saw him bite at least a dozen
dogs, two boys and man Of course
[ was exceedingly alarmed, bsing per-
suaded that he was med. Itried every
effort to stop him, kill him, or drive
him into some clubhouse, but in vain
At last he sprang up at boy and
seized him by the breast; happily | was
near him, aud kr ocked him off with
my whip He set off toward London,
and | rode by his side, waiting for some
opportunity of stopping him. l con-
tinu4lly spoke to him, but he paid no
regard to coaxing or scolding. You
may suppose l was seriously alarmed,
dreading the immense mischief he might
do, having seen him Go SO much in a
few preceding minutes. | was terrified
at the idea of his getting into Camden
town and London and at length, con-
sidering if ever there was an occasion
that justified risk of life this was it,
[ determined to catch him myself.
Happily, he ran up to Pryor's gate, and
l threw myself from my horse upon
him and caught him by the neck he
bit at me and struggled, but without
effect, and l succeeded in securing him
without his biting me. When l seized
the dog his struggles were so desperate
that it seemed at first almost impossible
to hold him, till lifted him up in the
air, when he was more easily managed,
and [ contrived to ring the bell.
[ was afraid that the foam which was
pouring from his mouth, in furious
efforts to bite me, might get into some
scratch and do me injury. SO with great
difficulty, held him with one hand
while 1 put the other in my pocket and
forced on glove; then l did the same
with the other hand, and at last the
gardener opened the door, saying,
"What do you want !' "Tve brought
you mad dog" l replied, and telling
him to get strong chain, I walked in
to the yard, carrying the dog by the
neck. l was determined not to kill
him, as l thought, if he should prove
not to be mad, it would be such sat
isfaction to the three persons whom he
had bitten.
made the gardener (who was in a
terrible fright secure the collar around
his neck and fix the other end of the
chain to tree, and then, walking to
its furthest range, with all my force,
which was nearly exhausted by his
frantic struggles, I flung him away
from me and sprung back. He made
desperate bound after me, but finding
himself foiled, he uttered the most fear
full yell | ever heard. All that day he
did nothing but rush to and fro, champ
ing the foam which rushed from his
jaws; we threw him meat, and he
snatched it with fury, but instantly
dropped it again. The next day, when
Invent to see him, thought the chain
seemed worn, so I pinned him to the
ground between the prongs of pitch
fork, and then [ fixed much larger
chain around his neck ; when 1 pulled
up the fork he sprang up and made
dash at me, which snapped the old
chain in two. He died in forty eight
hours from the time he went mad.
Weekly Calaveras chronicle. (Mokelumne Hill, Calaveras County, Cal.) 18??-1874, 1867-11-16

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Weekly Calaveras chronicle. (Mokelumne Hill, Calaveras County, Cal.) 18??-1874, 1867-11-16

ward Kate heard the American picket

ward Kate heard the American picket
cry out
who goes there p
kate Heath y cried our heroine, as
she dashed through the line.
The soldier had raised his gun, but
when he heard the name it was lowered
and he answered.
'All rightv
The American camp was reached
Kate threw herself from the saddle, and
placed her faithful horse in charge of a
soldier
where is Green's tent?' she asked.
TO the right, there, where you see
that light replied the man: pointing to
the place.
She entered the generals tent, and
found him engaged in writing; he rails
ed his eyes, then arose to his feet and
you come here at late hour, Miss
Heath
4 do, general; you are in danger
How is that 2 exclaimed Green.
The brave girl told her story, and the
patriot grasped her hand, while the
tears trickled down his war worn
cheeks.
Thank God! you have saved my ar
my, Miss Heath. [ can never repay
YOU
Il want no payment. The thought
that | have done my duty, and the
thanks of Nathaniel Green, are worth
more than gold and diamonds was the
heroic reply.
Take my thanks, my brave girl, and
may the Great Jehovah watch over and
guide you through the changing scenes
of life,' responded Green.
And may he save my country, too,
added Kate.
you need rest. Here, sleep in my
tent to night, while l seek resting
place among my men, said the kind
hearted Green.
4 do not wish to rob you of your
couch, general.
you will not I shall be engaged
in forming my troops to meet the at
tack and General Green left the tent.
Kate enjoyed good rest that night,
and in the morning General Green came
to her, and joyfully exclaimed,-
Good news. Lord Rawdon is in full
retreat. We took a prisoner this mora
ing who says you frustrated their plans
and saved tie army. God bless you
for that good act But [ must leave
you, now, for [ am going to follow
Rawdon, and teach him that we can
fight. When are you going homer
in few minutes, general
Good bye; and may you have safe
Journey responded Green, shaking her
by the hand. Her horse was led forth,
and she was soon on her way to her
home, which was reached in safety.
Kate Heath lived to see the war close,
and peace and plenty spread their wings
over the land and not long afterwards
she was welded to Walter Gordon, who
had been a colonel in the American
army.
Weekly Calaveras chronicle. (Mokelumne Hill, Calaveras County, Cal.) 18??-1874, 1867-11-16

HARD TO PLEAsE.-Pitts is fast
man, sharp man, business man,
and when he goes into store to trade
he always gets the lowest cash price,
and he says:
swell, I'll look about, and if | dou t
find anything that suits me better I'll
take this"
Pitts, like all fast men, is partial to
women, and young ones in particular
Now, quite lately, Pitts said to himself
81 am getting rather long in years,
and guess III get married.
His business qualities wouldn't let him
wait, so off he travels, and calling upon
a lady friend. opened conversation by
raemarking that he would like to know
what she thought about his getting mar
ried
"Oh, Mr.. Pitts, that is an affair in
which | am not so very greatly inter
ested, and [ prefer to leave it with
yourself "
But says Pitts, "you are inter
ested; and, my dear girl, Will you
marry me
The young lady blushed very red,
hesitated, and finally, as Pitts was very
well to do in the world, and morally,
financially and politically of good stand
ing in society, she accepted him !;
whereupon the matter of fact Pitts re-
sponded
"Well, well, I'll look about, and if l
don't find anybody that suits me better
than you III come back"
Weekly Calaveras chronicle. (Mokelumne Hill, Calaveras County, Cal.) 18??-1874, 1867-11-16
THE DIAMOND RAIN.

Welcome welcome diamond rain !
Listen to its pearly hand
Lightly tapping 'gainst the pane,
As it dews the grateful land.
Out of heavens open doors,
Glanclng on the mountain-tops,
Dashing. splashing. down it pours
10 the earth in diamond drops.
Diamonds glitter on the caves,
Diamonds glitter on the flowers,
Diamonds glitter on the leaves,
Diamonds glitter on the towers.
Diamonds sparkle on the lea,
Diamonds sparkle in the air,
Diamonds sparkle on the sea.
Diamonds sparkle everywhere.
Beautiful these diamonds are.
Joyousl y we watch their fall
Rich and poor alike may share,
God bestows them free for all.
Welcome welcome diamond rain
Listen to its pearly hand
Lightly tapping 'gainst the pane,
As it dews the grateful land.
Weekly Calaveras chronicle. (Mokelumne Hill, Calaveras County, Cal.) 18??-1874, 1867-11-16
SONG,

That rosebud has faded you gave me last
night,
But its breath grew the richer the nearer
decay;
lis SO with affection with hope and delight
They gain on the heart as their glow melts
away.
While that bright little bud was yet blushing
in dew,
While it trembled and burnt in the pride of
its dye,
Twas the blossom of love, when its beauties
are new,
Its fragrance is fercest, and armest its
sigh.
Then its smile, it is true, was most lovely
and bright,
But it scorned to retain for moment those
tears
That hallowed its bloom. when by evening
pale light
You had breathed on its bosom your hopes
and your fears.
But when it had faded it treasured that dew,
And close to its bosom chung each fainting
leaf,
AS conscious it closed on relic of you,
For one who could prize it in joy and in
grief
Weekly Calaveras chronicle. (Mokelumne Hill, Calaveras County, Cal.) 18??-1874, 1867-11-16
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Weekly Calaveras chronicle. (Mokelumne Hill, Calaveras County, Cal.) 18??-1874, 1867-11-16
BRAVE KATE.

The year 1871 was a dark and gloomy
one Tor our forefathers, who were then
struggling for liberty. In South Car
olina, affairs were then in IA critical sit
uation. General Greene had made an
unsuccessful attack on the British post
of Ninety Six, and Withdrawn his men
behind the Tiger and Broad rivers
Lord Rawdon followed him, but could
not draw the patriot general into an
engagement.
At that period there stood in South
Carolina a plain and unassuming house,
a one story building, neatly white wash
ed and surrounded ty fence The
garden contained many choice flowers,
and the beautiful honey-suckle shaded
the doors aud windows. 1t Was the
home of Mrs. Heath, who lived with
her two daughters, while her son George
WIS in Washington's army fighting for
freedom.
Kate, the eldest Of the daughters,
was beautiful girlof sixteen summers !;
her auburn hair hung in graceful curls
down to Eer shoulders, and her face
beaned with kindness, while her eyes
shone ike stars that light up the azure
vault of heaven.
One evening as Kate was standing at
the cottage door, she beheld two noun
ted officers approaching. They were
richly dressed, and one of them she rec
ognized as Lord Rawdon, the comman-
der of the British forces in that section
of the country. They rode up to her,
and Rawdon leaned over in his saddle
and said, in a kind voice
"Well, miss, can you let me have the
use of room for few minutes 2"
eyes, sir, our house is open to YOU
"Come, colonel, let US hurry up bu.
siness," said Rawdon, dismounting,
while the colonel did tie sane, the lat
ter leading the horses 10 the stablel
Lord Rawdon advanced to where Kate
was standing, and said
"Whose house is this, miss ?"
"NIrs. Heath's, sir
ola her son Is in the rebel army
under Washington, is he not ~
Kate trembled at the insult, and she
looked at the Britou with a searching
glance.
"My brother is no rebel, Lord Raw
don; he is fighting for his country"
81 am sorry for that he is brave
boy, and would. no doubt, make a good
British soldier" returned Rawdon
'Lord Rawdon, you insult NE, SIR
[ would sooner see George die felon's
death than see him in the kings army
was the heroic answer.
4 see you are rebel, too, Miss Heath.
But here comes the colonel, said Raw
don, as he saw that worthy coming from
the stable
They entered the house and went in
to small room TO hold consultation
Kate thought they might have some
thing important to say, so she conclud-
ed to play the part of eavesdropper. Size
told her mother of her intention who
OF it, and Kate placed herself
in position to overthrow the Britons'
plans.
1t was dangerous risk, and she knew
that if detected she would be treated as
a spy, and perhaps executed, for Lord
Rawdon knew no mercy. She cautiously
approached the door and looked through
a crevice Rawdon and his colonel
were seated before small table on which
lay maps. They were examining them
Weekly Calaveras chronicle. (Mokelumne Hill, Calaveras County, Cal.) 18??-1874, 1867-11-16

A MEAsLEY JoKE.-A good lady,
who had two children sick with the
measles, wrote to friend for the best
remedy The friend had just received
note from another lady, inquiring the
way to make pickles. In the confusion
the lady who inquired about the pickles
received the remedy for the measels,
and the anxious mother of the sick
children read with horror the following:
"Scald them three or four times in very
hot vinegar, and in few days they will
be cured"
Weekly Calaveras chronicle. (Mokelumne Hill, Calaveras County, Cal.) 18??-1874, 1867-11-16
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1857.

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cents year, which must be paid at the sub
scri6er's post-office.
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Weekly Calaveras chronicle. (Mokelumne Hill, Calaveras County, Cal.) 18??-1874, 1867-11-16

LITTLE Alice found out an ingenious
way of getting 10 bed in a hurry. The
crib in which she slept W so low that,
by placing one foot on the inside, and
taking hold of the post, she could easily
spring in. Mamma" she said to her
mother, "do you know how l get to bed
quick - "No,' was the reply. "Well,"
said she, in great glee, 81 step one foot
over the crib, then say rats, and scare
myself right in"
Weekly Calaveras chronicle. (Mokelumne Hill, Calaveras County, Cal.) 18??-1874, 1867-11-16

FAIRs.-Josh Billings gives a most
ridiculous account of a visit to an Ag-
ricultural Fair, and closes with the fol-
lowing sly dig at the paucity of the
display:
4 forgot to say that there was tew
yoke Of oxen on the ground, beside
several yokes of sheep, and pile ov
carrots, and some worsted work, but
they didn't seem to attract emmy sym
pathy. The people banker for pure
agricultural hoss-trots.'
Weekly Calaveras chronicle. (Mokelumne Hill, Calaveras County, Cal.) 18??-1874, 1867-11-16
HIOKELUMNE HILE
Hydraulic Water Works

DERSONS WISHING TO HAVE THE
use of water for dwelling houses or 9th
er purposes, will please apply TO the Collec-
tor.
No person, having a permit for the use OF
water, will be allowed to supply water to
other families or persons.
Collections will be made on Monday OF
each week.
1t shall be an invariable rule to shut of
the water if non-payment extends longer
than one month.
S.FOORMAN, Proprietor.
H. C. HAMER, Collector.
Mok. Hill, March 9th, 1867.
Weekly Calaveras chronicle. (Mokelumne Hill, Calaveras County, Cal.) 18??-1874, 1867-11-16

THERE are those who know how to
Judge of merit by success, and who
therefore blame the leader of an enter
prise for a defeat, when the fault was
not in him, but in themselves, the In
he worked with.
Weekly Calaveras chronicle. (Mokelumne Hill, Calaveras County, Cal.) 18??-1874, 1867-11-16

REMARKABLY few donkeys are found
in the northern parts of Germany A
German lady, newly arrived in England
when sitting in room overlooking a
meadow in the suburbs of London,
where some donkeys were grazing, on
hearing some of them braying exclaim-
ed "Why don't they oil that pump
handle little ? 1t is quite shocking to
hear that horrible noise every time any
body comes to fetch water.'
Weekly Calaveras chronicle. (Mokelumne Hill, Calaveras County, Cal.) 18??-1874, 1867-11-16

A YOUNG wife, within few months
after her marriage, was Mortified one
night on going to the door to let her
husband in, to find him intoxicated-so
much that he could hardly stand. A
thunder stroke in clear winters sky
could not have more surprised her;
friends were in the drawing room, ex-
pecting him every moment; with a
woman's quickness and instinct, she
hurried him to his chamber, with
loving words put him to sleep, made
some excuse for the mutual ben
eft of friends and servants, watched
over him through the weary hours of
night, and the next morning when he
walked, she had no harsh reproof ready
for him, no whitening rebuke, but ten
dery alluded to the facts of the case
and kissed away his confusion there
it dropped; he never tasted another
drop; raised family of sons who are
respectable and successful merchants in
New York and Philadelphia, and dying,
left name for mercantile integrity
which any man might envy.
Weekly Calaveras chronicle. (Mokelumne Hill, Calaveras County, Cal.) 18??-1874, 1867-11-16

A LOVER wrote thus to his sweet
heart: 'Delectable darling, you are SO
dulcet that honey would blush in your
presence, and treacle stand appalled,
Weekly Calaveras chronicle. (Mokelumne Hill, Calaveras County, Cal.) 18??-1874, 1867-11-16
PHOENIX HOTEL,

Cmpo Seco, Calaveras County.
"HIS OLD AND WELL KNOWN ES-
lishment is now open for the reception
OF guests. The best of Wines and Cigars,
constantly on hand.
a Z VERY STABLE
Is connected with the House. where the best
of horses and carriages can always be found
Campo Seco, November 18th, 1852. no l5t
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Know Thy Destiny.
June II, 1857.

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