Weekly Trinity journal., 1872-02-17
LETTER FROM NEVADA.
COIN Hull. Nev., Feb, Z, 1S7.

LETTER FhUm NEf dOh'
GOLD HILL, New, Feb, Z, 1872.
EDITOR JouRNAL.-Agreeable to re-
quest, l send you the first of a series OF
letters intended to give you an idea of
how we live, aud show the thing is
DONE" in this land of sage brush and sill
yer.
THE COUNTRY,
As many of your readers are aware, is
bleak and desolate beyond measure the
low lands are desert wastes of sand and
the ever-present sage brush-the emblem
of sterility. The bleak, brown hills are
further deformed by great repulsive ledges
that crop out on the peaks, the angles
and the slopes of the mountain. God
made the mountain and the desert plain,
the whirlwind and the storm, and He
undoubtedly ordained this land as the
abode of solitude but the intruding and
venturesome pioneer found the wonder Of
the world, the Comstock lode," and 10!
a city with its marts and spires, its din
aand hustle, arose in this wilderness;
loneliness has changed to wild confusion,
and solitude's echoes have learned to re-
peat the stirring sounds Of industry and
civilization.
VIRGINIA CITY
Has been so often described as to its To-
cation, etc., that will not again repeat
it, but will remark that it is the most
rushing, bustling, wide-awake town on
the face of the footstool. We have
Schools and churches, theaters, hotels and
trading houses. We have dens of infa-
my and abodes of happiness. We have
all the vices and some of the virtues
of larger and older cities. Our lack of
the latter article is balanced by our ener-
gy, for be a man good or bad he "spread
his tricks and goes it with a rush.
CoUNTERPOIsE
To n deal Of viciousness lies in the fact
that a number of our denizens are old
residents of Trinity, where they imbibed
principles of christianity which, like an
aroma, hangs about them and no doubt
saves this community from the wrath of
an avenging Deity.
GOLD HILL,
Which, in reality, is only continuation
of Virginia, is nice place, but it is set
up on edge too much, the town being
built in a steep gulch, and struggles up
the mountain on either side, every
house being set into the bank to keep it
from sliding down hill. Gold Hill is n
lively place, for here are located the rich
est mines Of the Comstock or the world
the Crown Point and Belcher. Humid
reds of men here find employment, but
Virginia reaps the benefit, owing TO her
superior location, her whisky shops, gam
bling hells, " hurdy houses" etc, for |
rise to explain that our miners are not as
class church-goers.
OUR CLIMATE
Is q wonderful one indeed liable to sud
den, fittul changes; in fact it don't appear
to know its own mind - it can blow
harder, and more OF it, than in any other
place in the world it will rain in the
dead Of Winter and snow in July; it will
be warm at midnight an cold at noon
day. Yet in its very contrarities and
contradictions, it has charms which only
old Washoeites can appreciate. There
is some fun in having your roof whisl<ed
off by a playful Zephyr--fun for the
zephyr. You receive the coincidence Of
your friends, lucky it didn't take the
whole house away" which is consoa-
ton.
l did not intend in this to dip into mat
ters Of interest. You see | first want to
get warmed up, and then you'll see how
I'll make the fur fly" There are lots
OF little items which | have in pickle for
your readers, and as they will keep for a
future letter, will just remark in French,
az TeOOtr. w. B. G.