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An Incident of California Life

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An incident Of California Life
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In the Summer of 1850, while ON
prospecting tour in the mining region
Of California, Il met with the followin,
little incident, which may be. wort
relating, and which, at least, has th
merit OF being true in every particular
| The country in those days ayas yer,
Ethinly populated, and the the miner
principally lived in tents, lumber bein!
exceedingly scarce and very. high IN
price. While Iiwas passing along in
lonely part of the country, saw a.teH
| In the distance, and wishing to, Obtain
some informati9n, in regard to the dig
gings that locality, approached it
I The owner e as engaged in sweeping
out the interior with a rude broom
made of twigs, and 'notnotite me anti
| was within a few feet of him. Every
thing, -about was scrupulouslY, .clear
and IN marked contrast with the ap
pearanee of miners habitatidls rener
all.s / shall never forget the pitifalap
pearance the, man presented. As; neal
as could Judge he was about. six feel
four or five inches in height, and a per.
feet living skei 5ton.F I remarked = y
my friend, you appear to be very
sick; to0 sicks to be engaged i'm such an
uninlpOrtant business as sweeping.n y
esrePlied that he only had a few more
daysto live, aud he liked to see things
look neat during that time. ,.,.-.-gI n
Inquired his ailment, and he told
me ne had chronic fliafrhna, and as
yet had nothing to afford him any re-
lief l recommended a preparation
that had long known to be very eff
eaciOus in disorders of that nature; but
he was out OF. money, and he sal he
was too weaklto get the ingredients,
even if he had the means, as the near
est camp of Importance was six miles
Distant ! told him he should not suf-
fer as long as il was in my power to as
sist him; that still had about me two
ounces of dust left, and that would
place it.at his service If necessary I
easily procured al the ingrelientsA Abnt
one, and that was the white of eggs,
which for a long time found inp5ssi-
BILE to obtain. Finally i sIeafnesi t51ib
there was an old woman, u, tiatira of
: California. who lived five miles awavif
a contrary direction from where 10
etlC d-ll aLIl4tr
had but one hen ciiieri apon her
and lIavfng sone little kno Yfefge of
Spanish, u .Pf1vaAe | upOi her To sell
me two eggs which she did very re!
luctaatly, chargia s;ne me III; tJotg t9;s
for the nj. 1T must be rainasn.,ered that
in these days Hour, sugar and many
.othef.a articles, brought from seyenty-hve
cents to one dollar per pound, while
eggs, asiarti"te of diet, was entirely out
of the question. .2n9i -sSsI9sei} .ins 9ioi'
Upon pfs RETURN I gave my patient
his medicine, and having chopped MIN
a considerable supply Of wood, and
baked him enough bread to last him Il
couple of weeks, remained for several
days, until I foun1 that his condition
had began to improve, when I ieftsh ~. 10,
receiving many warm EXPRESSIONS of
gratitude on my departure. ,49siI isSa
About eighteen months afterwards,
having hal luck in mining, L Went to-
Knights Ferry, and havingyhad some,
little experience in pOanding .iron,gI
opened a small blacksmith siiop, and
sharpening picks for a Iiy-l
ins.as One day while at wors<at the an
vii, a man of gigantic stature passed
the door, and, as he did SO our e es
met. He retraced his footsteps and
entered the shop, and iuauired If I
would sharpen his pick, Il replied In
the affirmative, bu noticed, that it,syas
in very good order, and needed but
very little improvement. After tine
job was completed, he -ilquired nv
charge l told him seventy-five cents
per point, or one deliars and fifty cents
fOr.two. Drawing forth d 1arge buck.
skin purse, hehanded.me- humber of
coarse pieces of gold--thirty, in aIl-the
smallest Of which would afn0 int to
many times the price of theswork. 1
asked him what, he meant. He re-
81. ssI want you TO put It IN. ;1one
Twas surprised, and besans toptiirak /,
my customer insane. I thl4 him I ,|aS
)nly entitled to one dollar and hall.
was about to object again. .when he
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"Why ! d0n'tyou rememberme?"
i told him no; that to my knowledge ,
[ never saw him before - ri t-t.4sIls i !
Why" said he, don't y0u remem-
ler OF curing man of the diarrhea, ii
near Yorktown, about eighteen months !
,go?" ,yo,--,11vr,
II said tn t I could not say / cured !,
any one, but th,it / had prescribed for ]
man SO attlicted;Sbu you are not the |
g5a o tsa,sans iisoh j
YES / ann he replied 'had:ait not /
1een FOR you I would now be in, my /
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was unable to recognize my former !
patient in the man before me and / |
!pl him that if such was the ease, that .
1 could Dot think of accepting such q
liberal reward, as my entire outlay at 7
that time was only about eighteen dol.
lars, and that my time / could not .
countatlr; that / was abunlantly CONT
pensated by the fact that had fGaen in !.
'trumental in aiding his recovery and1o
that'l would only accept an oriica iIr=
for actnal axnnnso, 49,