The union Democrat. [volume] (Sonora, Calif.) 1854-1946, 1870-11-19

San FsAscisco. Noy. li;h,. 1870.


MINER.
In jamestown, We called him "Yank. !"
When be was sent to the States Prison, thew
dropped the .Yankr aud called him ..D-. /.
lie did not go as convict He was one Of
the guards, which If anything is worse. lis
name is Miner, S. B. Miner. He keers a
saloon now in this city, tine Arbor," 10
Post ST., just opposite Dashaway Hall, where
be administers temperance bitters to that as
scciation. SNYDER is with him. Pete SNYDER.
Snyder was with him in San Quentin too.
Snyder, you know when in jamestown,
was one of the band Of musical guerillas, who
one night. serenaded cottage well up the
Sonora road. There were girls in the cottage.
The old man came ont and told them to take
themselves and their id tinkling things
OF. They retreated with their tinkling
things in good order across Woods Greek and
toward jamestown. There were dogs at the
cottage.
THE PUMBLECH0oK.
In the winter of SOL" Miner, Old Nielsen,
DR.. Dodge and myself embarked in heavy
speculation. We loaded steamer in San
Francisco with smoke. 1t was put up in
pound packages. She was sent ~ to James
town ria the San joaquin, the Tuolumne ard
Woods Greek. She ran aground about two
miles below jamestown. Her name was
1.-The Pumblechook." We had much trou-
BILE 10 saving the cargo. But half Of it was
recovered. 1t was necessary for the Doctor,
Miner, Nielsen and myself to inset frequent
ly and talk the matter over. Jim Stewart
was in jamestown then, Jim was little
deaf and withal little slow in recognizing
Josh. As we talked "busness" in Nielsen's
saloon, Jim's good ear would ind;stinctIy
catch the words Fifty thousand dollars, ;"
''my share. got her off, F" 1000 tens ruin
ed, "Underwriters," ETC.. ard momenterily
he, indeed thought that something was going
on of great consequence in business point of
view, and then it would flash upon him that
it was all frivolous josh. lie was taken in
so often in this way as to lose all patience.
and one day he called the Pumbechook
Smoke COMPANY 'the biggest quadrilateral
of fools in all Tuolumne."
ats very strange" said Dr. Dodge, that
gentlemen can't talk over their business af-
fairs without being insulted /! Especially
If this speculation had turned out as we had
reason to suppose it would. / intended to have
built splendid church for Jamestown.
Miner was treasurer of the Company. Now
he keeps the Arbor on Post street.
DAGrERRcTYPING.
Miner was one of our Daguerrotype Compa-
pany too. There was Horace Jones, Tom
Mcdonald, Miner and myself That was
when / kept school in jamestown. We had
a dry goods box mounted on a wheelbarrow;
through it was thrust eight feet of stove pipe.
That was the camera. We took the whole
town with it one evening, stores, saloons, cit
liens. and oil. Alex. Stair came riding up
from Chinese about eight O'Clock on white
horse. We wouldn't allow him to pass
through until be too was "taken." James
town you know is located in commanding
position for cutting off communication with
Sonora. All the pictures we took. were done
on a shingle with charcoal. Everybody treat
ed in remuneration. Stair treated, then we
let him pass on his way to Sonora. Every
body treated save one dry goods merchant
lie didn't see it, Miner went into his shop
to expostnlate with him. Under his arm, he
carried the most valuable portion of our cam
era, the eight feet of stove pipe. That brought
the man to terms. for as Miner stood reason
ing with him at his counter. four feet of that
stove pipe projected inconveniently in one d.
rection and four feet in another and whenev-
er Miner turned, four feet of pipe turned one
way and four feet the other and it swept that
shop of hat-boxes end calico piles and Miner
did mt seem at all sensible of the nuisance,
but he kept turning all the time. jamestown
was nice place to live in then. The "boys"
had the town by the jugular vein. We are
sadly scattered now. Miner. however is still
alive and can be seen at The Arbor.
EDUCATIONAL.
Miner taught school once in Michigan ard
took his pay in corn. He saw one day the
trustees, coming in drove for his Academy
He knew that he had dismissed his school
once too often to go deer hunting. He met the
trustees in the door and says he ''I'll be dern-
ed if | teach such school as this another
day y He in this way got the bulge on them
and discharged himslf Now he keeps the
Arbnr. ll2 Post street, passing over whisky
in exchange for bits. Thisis tae only news
know. Eggs are IS cents dozen.
PRENTICE MILFORD.
The CONGRESSIONAL FIGHT IN NEVADA
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