The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1872-04-25


sat on the bank, and talked TO the mur-
derer at work in his claim 1t was even
said that Fortv-nine was on fair terms
with the dog at the door, but as this was
doubted by the man who kept the only
saloon now remaining in Mexican camp.
and onseqnently an authority. the report
was not believed
Let it be here observed that when a
mining camp sinks to the chronic state OF
decay that this now presented. the men
remaining in il. rs rule. are idlers, and
by no means representative miners. Their
relation to the real, living, wide-awake
energetic miner, is about that OF the mis-.
cradle Indians that consent to settle on a
reservation. as compared to the wild sons
OF the woods, who retire before their toes
to the mountains
This solitary man Of the savage dog
was known rs The Gopher" That was
not the name given him by his parents.
but it was the name Mexican Camp had
given him for generation, and it was
now the only name bv which he was
known The amount of gold which he
mad boarded and hidden away in that dis
NAL Old cabin. through Years and wears OF
incessant toll, was computed to be enor-
nous.
Year after wear the grass stole farther
down from the hill-topS. to where il had
been driven, rs it We're, in the early set
tlement Of the camp. until at last 1t cnvi-
roned the few remaining cabins As it they
were hesicEed and it stood up tall and
nGdiSturbed in the only remaining street
Still. regularly three times 4 dav the
smoke cHred up from "The Gopher's"
cabin, and the bulldog Kept unbroken
watch at the door.
A quartz lode had been struck a little
way further up the gulch ana a rival
town established The proprietors named
the new camp "Orodelphi" ]" hut the man
of the saloon OF Mexican camp. who al
ways insisted he was born poet. called
it 'Eiogem.' Il stuck like WAX, and
"Hogcm" is the only name hv which the
little town is known to this dav.
Onc evening there was CONSERVATION
among the idlers Of Mexican Camp It
was announced that the last saloon was
10 be removed to Hogpm \ remon-
Strance was talked of; but when a man.
known a. the Judge" from his calm de-
meanor IN the face Of the gravest trouble.
urged that the calamity wa not 80 great
after all, since each man could transport
ki. I,l.,,t..t.- ,,....
III '''"N !, an" ''N NJ pan 70 the vacant
Tl,' III. =, -'''Isii',u W ',rp'e ~ y r If'u.
I.,c' ', "rN' y n'''' he '1"PhTr was
"',' 'l''''r' WI" ~ '"f 'f0"tlS
1p'liS ,''a' '''l'N CO.. '''e sra'' an Clover
~" 919u- al' thhA from 'h'
,'liI,' NJ ''lu Npled, Y PFHl'F rtrPrlS acr"9S
w u'''''N''Ied streets "f tno once pop
ut"o' A'' prosperous Mexican Camp.
L''l'e Sr'N-nofnet ioad> summed Them
i''~ 'u w @r'" h"' roHkS Iha' had
N.'''" w '''r1n>'''eN' tlo tnf WIG hop-
'ii''9 ''I'l hF'ea up ana across the top
pun A,'' ~haPe'9~N ch'mneNN-
.to,'u ms 'ihi" = eIoNelN contested Hlec-
ll"h XII" Nr7. \ "as : h"If ana orlg-
l3i 'h"'9I' - rahdlda'e 10 approach
ne ""Phet' And Snhch MS Vote, His
i'''h'l9 'h"'N 'h'n heads out ms case
desperate, ana ne venlnred down up
nH tht "Id cray caoln, hiding, as i We're.
ni me grass ana chaparraI ne dog
protested, and the the oiflre-Seeker was
proceeding I" knock his ngly teeth down
ms throat, with 2 pick-handle when n"
door opened, and ne tonnd the mnlzle n
d"n"le-ntrreIled shot gun in W. face.
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