Owyhee semi-weekly tidal wave. [volume] (Silver City, Owyhee County, Idaho Territory) 1868-1869, 1868-12-25
Letter from San Francisco,
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal. Dec. IL. g.

Aud comrade dear, and brither sinner,
How's a the folk about GlenkinnerY n
The advent of the TIDAL WAVE, this morn
ing, found our people sloshing roand like
porpoises in their element Great complaints
have been prevalent aside from The small
pox IA drouLh was feared, as no ram has oc-
CURED worthy Of note till to-day. And isn't
il just more than answering the iondest
hopess The next thing, you Will hear them
complain of too much OF good thing, and
specializing as to the cause Of it. But |
won't let on, you know, till after the fools
exhaust their argument, and then I'll just
explain it away with a single dash of the pen
this " flood in the affairs of men y round
this burg is nothing more than roll OF npAL
WAVES brought down the river last evening
by the Sacramento steamers The boat was
late in consequence, and didn't discover
the cause till after breakfast As rule,
people,are not preiu iced IN favor Of Tidal
Waves but the last one meets with uDqual-
flied approval Everybody quotes with free
dem, q Long may it wave, and express the
wish that the members ofthe craft embarked
on the same have struck the 'tide " that
"leads on to fortune There is variety of
"leads = to select from in old War Eagle,
| but would prefer stock in that standard
sheet y that will . forever float the proud
| bird of America, while owned or controlled
by the present proprietors and there is spct
| left above the waters under the earth of
the . free hearts, hope and home, by angel
bands to valor given"
| BY the way, 'dear Tom, ''it's my determine
ton 10 wander through the village" where
pealed the :" bark y of many bull-terrier,
mastff and "eur of low degree when
made puppy love :" to the 'pretty girls"
"some twenty years ago" make no secret
of future operations I'm going home to
die no more" - dye, YOU know. You
see there is no use for me, poor sinner, to
| try TO play myself of for a rich California
! youth known TO fame, and the like
| But if you can't get rich there,
Sail clear around the Horn,
| And there's the place that you'll get rich
As sure as You are born.
| learned that snatch in a side show, when
the '49 fever was taking them off twenty
| years ago Pm in that boat myself-the
| Horn refers to the Big Bend of the Hum
boldt, ''those urgent fields alone, D." Winnie
mucca Well, we'll well - this is jolly,
isn't itY viii the old man leone down
with the stamps | g don't knowYn In
language of the popular song, ] am afraid
he'u turn on his heel, and say
"Not for Joseph, not for Joseph,
Oh, no, not for-Joe
But if he does, why then will say thanks
to our rather in the Buckeye State, bring me
out a young white squaw to pull my grease
wood and fan away the mosquitoes and flle:
while the devil is asleep over my manu-
script. You see how it is, " dear Tom,
poor devil like you or can't afford spare ri
Inquiries either way; the girl of the Pacili'
is too exacting-sets her price too high IL
| coin. and the green back girl of the Missis
sippi would want to run back and see he
mar once year, and that would send felle
to the poor house or prison. " Then what
, hungry negro going to do?" That's pre-
cisely why made love to +" Lizzie. the re
F., tired hurdy, at Winnemucca and why
stad there hall as long as ! did AS sal
before. have no secrets. Pm in just sucl
i a dileIna as " Bill. y who was $ in thar hug
gin the Niger gal''-because 1t was IN
hest he could do | am truly out OF concel
of the type-s,icking business, and thin
: much of trading il of for tin-shop
"Tompkins with f,n like brother 30
Weeks Of Jordan Street Silver City, !. 7
next door east Of the China house. bal
Maize is plumb crazy over thinking aoot
his. ill-spent life, and is inclined to run
fires while in the city. gave him roll
gingerbread and started him up the sacr'
mento lately Hill Beachey is progressif
satisfactorily, from quartz view oil tie 81
nation and had it not been for White Pin
al his interests would have gone OIL, like h
cakes. What with White Pine, earthquake
and small pox, chemicals and drugs are u
chieftopics- earthquake s the principal issu
with s.the bedrock pitching" None
that issue in mine, however But there
:. fun enough floating round loose here TO
the WAVE, and have more scribblihg to
than anybody | will try and give you
'ie short b,llet.doux oftener thereby-sceht
with carbolc acid and gum camphori thou