Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-05-11
SAN FRANCISCO LETTER.
r,nox our REGULAR cona.srosprNr.l


Hot Weather.
Hot-thermometer sixty-five-peo-
pie pleasantly congratulating them
selves on the nice weather, and our
glorious California climate. Cool
drinks in order, business not so urgent
as to prevent frequent visits to the bar
rooms, an additional waistcoat button
loosened, and a calm glow of heat and
satisfaction on each ones c~ountenance.
Hotter-the ambitious mercury soar
ing into the seventies, Ice 4 necessity,
Office work neglected, saloon keepers
in a state OF mild ecstacy, walstcoats a
superfluous offspring of a corrupt civil
lization, sherry cobblers the grandest
result o fman's connective faculties, and
beads Of sweat standing on every brow.
Notes.-The quicksilver over eighty
-oaths and profane language In order,
the oldest inhabitant COMPOUNDED, pio-
neers puzzled, earthquakes confidently
predicted, paper collars part at the
button hole. eating an a~bomination,
drinking the only satisfaction, "God
bless the q who first Invented
whisky The Gutter Snipe" dis
| cards his oilskin coat, Emperor Nor
ton brings out his bamboo umbrella,
| McCoppin clothes his "faultless phis-
iaue In y linen buster, Shrader and
the Ring begin to experience a fore
| taste Of their future existence, Prem
tice Milford Is half inclined to believe
in the reality Of He'll, while Scudder
and the SANITY bear their earthly friz-
| cling with composure, inwardly gloat-
ing over the fact that they have none
to fear hereafter.
The ladies float by cool and charm
ing in a sea of muslin. and gaze with
pity at the curbstone brokers noisily
talking Ophir and Oyerman, the CON
| fectioners are crowded with pretty
damsels discussing fashions and Ice
cream, the sunny side Of the street IS
completely deserted and given over to
| the occupancy Of flies, store clerks n
other idlers, while the poor car horses
pant into a foam of sweat and ask
| with pity pleading eyes how much
| longer 1t Is going to last.
It Is u beautiful feature Of human
nature that whenever we are discom-
| forted and miserable, we experience
some qualification by the knowledge
that Others are worse off than our
selves. So, for the last three days We
have gloateu over the weather items
from Sacramento and Marysville, re-
jolced in the roasting Of the unfortun-
ate inhabitants, and read the record OF
their woes with feelings Of contempt
that any amount of money could in
duce them to remain in such places.
There is a scientific superstition IN San
| Francisco that the heated term only
lasts three days at a time. To parody
Shakespeare slightly,
1.-THE fourth day comes a wind, a chilling wind"
blowing In from the ocean to ill up
the vacuum caused by the rising of
rarified air, and then we are once more
cool and happy. But such is not always
| the case, for this Is the fifth morning
that the sun has risen y glowing fur
mace, and there is every likelihood Of
to-day being hotter than any of the
previous ones. The only man who
appears to be unaffected by the heat Is
The Great Unknown,
the mysterious stranger, whose well
dressed form may be Q at any hour
Of the day perambulating Montgomery
street. Public attention was first di-
rected to this individual by the Ne~s
Letter, and he has since become the
puzzle Of the period. His clothes are
immaculate, in the latest fashion, and
changed regularly three times a day.
With a cane under his arm, glossy hat
firmly pulled over his eyes, irreproach-
able kid gloves, polished boots, and
the air Of 4 gentleman; he saunters
backwards and forwards from morning
to night, the observed Of all observ-
ers," speaking to no one, knowing
none, aud himself unknown. Where
he eats and sleeps is a carefully
guarded secret, his bsptismal nomen-
clature has never been heard, and in
uuisitive humanity has not yet deter
mined who Is his tailor. The ladies
call him q ''poor dear man." and are
certain there Is some romantic episode
connected with his history; the men
in the fullness of charity class him az
an embryo quack doctor, destined soon
to develop into 4 King Of Aches, or
Corn Salve Compounder, but whatever
his future intentions may be, he Is cer-
tainly at present a perpleXity, an UNI
solved walking enigma that none q
fathom. Mr.. Pope's Oft quoted lines,
Where ignorance Is bliss It's folly to be wis.,
will perhaps apply to this case and
save Us from another unpleasant dis
covexy. 1t appears that for many
YEAR past we have been devouring
measly pork, unborn calves, diseased
cattle and other similar ~delicacies, but
until last week We knew it not. On
Tuesday the new
Market Inspector
commenced operations by contiscating
a lot Of nastiness exposed for sale at
the butchers stalls, destroying several
tom of stale vegetables, ancient fish
and rotten game. destined to tickle the
palates of cheap restaurant patrons.
The market me- are disguised at this
interference with their rights, house
keepers sick at the stomach and anX-
iCus to have the names Of the dealers
in these things published. and the gen.
eral consumer somewhat diffident Of 4
meat diet, especially Saus-ages. Mr..
Bookstaver also discovered that hun
dreds of starved cattle are driven In
from the lower counties and killed
while they are yet too poor for decent
food; but lie Is unable to put a stop to
this practice. rs there is no ordinance
against it.
What Il wonderful little lady
Camilla Crso
is. She manages to make more BY
gratuitous tiddling for benevolent So
cieties than she possibly could ii all
the receipts went into her own pocket.
1t is almost a shame to write anything
against her. and | would not do so il 1t
were not that the press Is nudging the
public to tender a big complimentary
benefit. Why she is . perfect Midas;
everything she touches turns into gold,
and somehow or other half Of it always