Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-07-03
BUSINESS CAPACITY.
Dividing the Assets - A story o.
jackson Diggings.

Jackson Diggings.
From the Denver News.l
One sunny afternoon when the tow
roosters," with the usual sprinkling o
pilgrims" had "corraled their frs
drink for the day at Uncle Dicks she
bang, and repairing to their usual sta
tions, we noticed a new characte
among them. He was a short, sharp
looking man of middle age, with pep
per and salt sprinkled hair and beard
and clad in the dirtiest Of miner $ shirt
and buckskins. He soon put on thl
airs of a " travelled man" among hi
greenhorn listeners, and it was eviden
that they had struck one mine at leas
that just suited them. os. tt.a-N
Where are you from?" asked one:
"Just down from the mines, Pard =
jackson diggins." llt,l y 4
when did you come in? IL
fright now; / Just arriv; | slep
down here by the river last night, unde
the cotton woods.
"You must be dry, then; let's tax
suthin."
"Thank-ee, neighbor; don't care if
do take nip, though seldom drink
my bedroom was might chilly this morn
in.
And they proceeded to pay their re
spects to Uncle Dick. Returning wiz
| ing their lips with respective butternu
and buckskin sleeves, and resumin
their perches, the conversation pre-
| ceeded: t-@
"Well, how's times up there, an
wayr Eu.aa ..AR ,,fttI
iSOh, they're just bully, old fel." y
Then what made you come awayY
That's on asgount Of my health, yo
see, and for change of climate.
"Just so, but it seems to me Id
STAYED there if times was so good. 81
"Well, now stranger, seems its you
don't care if tell you all about it, bu
you bet your sweet life jackson diggin
is a mighty lively place. You see In
an old Californian, and | amt much Of
the work. / soured on that long &c
But I've got wonderful capacity 70
business. You see, i struck this er
camp near about month ago when
was mighty full of pilgrims. If I'd ha
little money, / could have made m,
pile, but / hadn't nary id dollar
That's just my id luck always; but
begun to look round and soon found
fciler what had stock Of groceries
mostly whisky-and before long | 60
right we'll acquainted with him.
found that be hadn't id bit Of co
pacity for business but was heavy on tn
drink. Well, i told him about my ca
pacity for tradin' and specially for mer
camille pursuits, and he was so strucl
with my capacity that we struck a pard
nership to onc't. He was to furnisl
the money and / was to furnish tn
capacity, and we was to be equal pard
| ners. So we packed up the hard
ware and dry goods and sich, ant
pulled out for Jackson diggins. A
soon as we got there and set our ten
up and begin tradin, my pardner ht
took down drunk and he staid drunk fo
more n a week. By that time I'd solt
out the whole stock, Il tell you, stranger
I've a wonderful capacity for mercantile
business). The whisky bein' all gone, o
course my pard he got sober, an
started him off down here to RorJ
| (Auroria) for a new stock. In abou
four or FIVE days he came back pretty
well fixed, consideriR, and went 4
tradin' right and left, but my pardner b,
took down drunk agin. He was th'
d-dest fool ever saw. Well, in abou
week the goods were all gone, snC
somehow or mother there wasn't NJ
money on hand. The pardner hadn'
the least bit of capacity. When thu
goods was all cleaned out, he pretty sooI
began to sober up; but found out after
ward that he had jug full hid away
When he got sober enough proposed t
dissolve the cahootnership, and he finally
agreed to it, so we closedup the concerI
and divided the assets, and"
uBut what in the world had you to di
videY
"What did we divide? oh, yes; pard
he took drunk and | took the diarrhea
and | Just came down here to the vale,
on account Of my health, and to lool
for another pardner. | say, stranger
have you stock Of goods2 for if yo'
have, by jining, with my capacity TO
mercantile pursuits, you can jist max,
your internal fortune at Jackson's dig
gins, for it is a mighty lively place,
tell you" "fiA liuL NNtt aN 1l