The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-08-01
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aThat a new place like Bakersfield should
not have a church liz not surprising" sato !
70 the Judge; "but you Iavtlah peope
.o,,ch. to be ashamed that your town mas hei.
fher church nor Sunday school," we were
living about the fire, after supper. s.hos;as
our cigars with that lazy contentlhehe WHICH
follows a long day in the sadaie:
WVat sa;d the Judge, who Is one OIL tie
,o.a;nc citizens of that mining town, -
agree with you. and we did make an ehoit
IN oct IN n church, but somehow IL ana Hol
succeed NV wife and | talked it over; shc
nreferrcd nm Episcopal church. and calico
/, meetinr of the most respectable men OF tie
nlace to choose a vestry. They voted me h'io
fhe chair, and l nominated MIR. Johnson ,ol"
yestryman. Mr.. johnson declined 10 se!'e'
he n.odestly said he thought hi'Ilseh no. ~
for the office; he liked an OCCASIONAL sanle Vi
draw-poker, he said; he was gwen 10 so,he
other worldly amuscmei's, lke a.n1,n
when there was a fiddler III! "hele aiounu'
hh conduit resist Il horse-race, ana,
,~,nfo,tunafeIt all the horse-raclnS IN HaVi-
1ah took pJacc on Sunday, which was sure 10
;~n.orf,rc with his duties III Il yestryman. l
tnld him !" continued the Judge, "tllat men
orc NOT expected to be absolutely perfect in
tbese davs: that the chair itself was fond OF
nm occasional little game of poker, anu that
the office Of vcstryman was, III the ndSiheht
of the chair. purely ministerial, btit some
how he did not see it i'm that light; he Is Il
modest man and he wouldn't serve. When
he backed out, everybody else did too, and SO
this effort of ours to get up a chu:rh ie,i
tbroush.n "I've always been sorry LOT IT,,
added the Judge, frankly, "ior l consider Il
church nh excellent thing to have"
Now, though listeners may have sn'licd at
the Judges story, lie, / beg you to beil"Fe,
xyas perfcctly sincere in his regrets, and we
could do no less than admit that he had
q done bis level best" in II manner. 4" Inc
fact * - said the AriZoDian. "that fiaFllah
is. like mauy mining towns, a rude pace. J
was going down the main street there one
evening som years.ago when / got SefeonSa
crowd of rough fellows, and | happened TO
say TO Jack Thompson, whom | knew tlat It
seemed to be very quiet nowadays a; | "a
not seen II man killed for Il long tune
"IIayen't you? BY the powers! cone along
with me-" said he, reaching around to the
hack of his trowsers for his revolver, and
praspinc NV arm. "TIl show you how it's
done there's a whole bilIiard-loom full of
them UP there" and he waived his SIX
shooter over his head, and ! believe II i
hadn't guietcd him down he'd have gone up
and shot into the crowd. But that's some
Years ago, and they hung that scoundre! to
a tree afterward, and that scared most OF his
kind away. "'fhe same fellow told me
once" said the General, "of Il little disap-
pointment of his. He had Il difficulty with Il
man. and no arms at hand but a shotgun;
he went for him with the scatter-gun,'" lie
said. "and the contemplate weapon missed,
and he just glazcd him."
"Yourcourts did not execute ATtstlce very
vigorously in those days." l suggested.
"Well, no." replied the Judge, they were
too often like u judge they bad in early
DAYS IN in Tuolomno county. The Judge
fad n Quarrel witha lawyer, and the result
was that he used regularly to charge the
Jury against any party whom this lawyer
represented. At last Tom said one day, with
some vexation when he heard the Judge be-
gin to charge against lim again, that he dld
not expect to get justice ID that court. 10
which his Honor replied promptly and WITH
contempt, that he would take id good care
Tom should get III justice in that court
"That fellow ought to have been Il 1ainn''-
nv Judge in New York." said soIBe one, ana
turned the laugh handsomely against the
East. ats astonishing,' said the EhSIlSi :
man, chow rough and how ignorant mel
are who go about these mountains prospect
ing for gold. Some years ago, When the
Teutisral Tin Mine was opened. and toul d
to ~coittalrF some valuable ores, thcte Mas
great excitement around san Bernardllo
about tin. Dozens Of people who knew nn'
thing about ililirltions of tin went out To
prospect: and NY in Baiuhridgc district &
follow ACTUALLY SET Np IN ASSAY shop, allt
made money for Il n,ODth or w 10y pretend.
ed ASSAYS of the rock which credulous pros
ncctnrs brought him. or course nc found
9I, in every kind of rock 1t was discovered
afterward that the %scoundrcl had stolen Il
pewter fs.cet, and made bis assay buttons
out OF that. When that was used up he
melted the solder from old tin cans Tor the
same use"
uHe ought to haee been the man who
fold I'm English tours. near San Eerilaidlio
thut Up in tue mountain they had recently
discovered q brass mine--rery rich ore, too,
he added, wien he saw the EllSll>hmmn open
his ewes with establishment"
"You'ye got scnhe droli Fixes down
there.D said the Generaa !; "one of them met
ME once, and said he lEad travelled on the
(Iila with a certain person, a tFienc. OF mine
.You like that John Nugcnt::" ne remarked,
"but he's a nasty little beast" NOW, MI
gent is remarkable for bis scrupalotls neat
ness, and | said, ''f guess you misst be ms
taken; he always passed tor a very cscln
fnm.~ III know him." said the PIKE. with
nsneer of disgust; "didn't / travel with nm
for three weeks? and didn't l Used to see
him po down to the river every norlalhS
with n little tin cup and a dirty little bf1Sl
he used to carry in his pocket, and SCRUB.
and hawk. and spit, till it almost made nh
nuke 10 see him? / tell you he's Il nasty
little beast" 81 believe there's not a hard
story in the country that is not fathered OH
Arizona said the AriZonian, land the tales
thev tell about us and our Territory have
done us almost as much harm as the AWacheS."
"Do YOU know how they carry on agricul-
ture down there?" asked the Judge.
nTl,ere was u fellow who hired himself out
MS a farm hand in Arizona, md the llrst da.y
his master told him to cut some wood. so
he asked for an axe, but the farmer s0ld,
mo, we don't wood with an axe here and
gave lin u sledge-lamgpr to knock and
break of the iElesGuit which they burn down
there. The next Gay John v9sas ordered to
cut some hay, and was looking about for a
scythe. when his master said, w G don't .ent
bny with q scythe down here and gave hiEt
n hoe to chop down the woody stalks with
which they swindle the horses there for nay
The third .,rning the iarmer called his
man to come out I'D plant corn. JoLn iook.
ed for a hoe, but his nAN>tef Saio, we uoh
plant corn with n hoe ont here ana gave
him a crowbar with which ~ puhen hoios
in the ground. wherein to drot' co oI , and
John left the country in disgust ut 'ii"' A'''
of farm work." va
This country is quiet how." said ~
General; "but when I first came into It Il
contained some rough people. The head Of
the famous robber Joaquin Murleta, and