The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-07-15

the G2cR OF S1cn cir-l OOu Is u uOOT
having the sign "Club Room" and in
and out of this room crowd is passing
continu> usly. You e2ter with the
rest, work your way slowly through the
jam around the tables, where the deal
ers in monte md faro hold forth. AL
most every man that enters lays down
something, from dollar, the lowest
stake, to thousand, and not one in
ten carries anything away. They seem
TO like it. not from tn thirst or greed
of gain, but from sheer force Of habit.
Here is gathered together the motliest
crowd that ever was hired anywhere by
the force of whisky and circumstan-
ces. You notice men betting piles of
checks, each check representing So, as
high as they will stand, with only three
cards at once. Sometimes they win
hundreds Of dollars several times in
uccossion and the banker pays with
the utmost gravity, the expression Of
Lis face never changing he knows it
will all come back and bring moro with
it. ~ at once shot is fired in sa-
loon near by. tn IN another, then sew
cral In succession. In an instant all is
exc itement and confusion there is a
sudden stampede for the street; one Of
the combatants is shot, disarmed. and
carried away by his friends, while the
other beats a mastery retreat in the
opposite direction. This is every day
life in Corinne. The most exorbitant
prices are asked for everything. a
Corinne bill of fare might be summed
up as follows, and as | took it down
from q huge notice on the +" Hard
Times restaurant, "Meals 81" and
the following items were set down as
Extras:
Eggs, / bits "a bit is twelve and a
half cents);
Coffee, 4 bits;
Tea, 70 cents
Fresh meat, 6 bits;
Potatoes, > bits !;
Ham and eggs, 81.
! he natural inquiry was, that if
all these things were extra, what in
the name Of heaven they had for meals.
The most outrageous prices were also
asked for lodging,-$6 per night for a
bunk, SIS on the bare floor, So 80 with
blankets, ST for table and blanket. and
other modes of sleeping in proportion.
| understand the following scale was
established as lodging prices by the
hotel men and the city council, the
week before:
| Bunk, 50;
Rough Floor, without blankets, S3;
do with do $50;
l Table, rough, 81;
do smooth, $3.50;
Dry Goods Box, 90;
Crockefy Crate, with straw, $50;
Same: without straw. 6 bits;
l Hogfhead, rough, / bits;
Same, smooth, 6 bits;
Sleeping on the street corners with
one eye shut, bits;
Same, both eyes shut 3 bits;
Rough slab. 2 bits;
Same, smooth, 3 bits;
For walking up aud down the Bear
River road, if moonlight, 100;
Same, If cloudy, 4 bits;
Same, fair, moderate night, 6 bits;
Roasting in large Pine Tree, LOO;
Same, small tree, / bits;
And prices in the same proportion
for barns, coyote holes, pig styes and
calf pens.
OF course the reader can exercise
his judgment. as to what portion, il
any, of the above scale he shall be-
lieve.
Finally, by dint of perseverance, we
succeeded IN finding our railway con-
ductor, who kindly invited us to re-
turn and sleep in the cars; this we
some thirty in all-werc glad to do
On the way over we made the sage
plain resound with our shouts. AL
wore wet. Some danced, some sang
and still others swore. | felt like do
ing something desperate, but '.hcld my
peace" As we came over | thought
how different were our destinations
Some were going to the mines of Ida
ho, some to Montana, others to Hum
bolt, Washoe, California and Oregon
some to the arid deserts Of Arizons
and New Mexico, and many to the ia
nous White Pine country. Arriving
at the cars we entered, built huge fires
lighted the lamps, dried our clothing
turned over the seats and made clay