The Shasta courier., 1872-09-07
CORRESPONDENCE.

me to the w estern States. with hrm de
termination to remain there but to day
IDS me back once more in Old California
1 am unable to say why it is the case with
al Califnrnians, sucn is the fact however,
that man, after having resided here fifteen
o. twenty years cannot content himself in
any other country. | have often hearl of
'Gud's country" and it is settled in my
mind that California is the identical place
Take Iowa. Illinois and Indiana, and would
be ashamed To be found dead within hund-
red miles of either. Yet thnse States |
should think, though horrible TO live in
would be good place to 60 to die. for the
reason that man could leave this world
from there with less regret than from anv
plnee this side of kingdom come. The first
fhi' that tOak me wn Was that confound
ed =" ">hinplaster" currency. then the elm
ate; was frnze all Though June aud July.
Then the people! | could not possibly feel
myself at home in any company. They
seemed So strange TO me, and those that
were fortunate ennngh to have u few dollars
ahead felt their Importance, you bet, and
never lost an opportunity to sneer at and
snub those circumstanced differently. You
cannot live any cheaper in the Nes,ern
country than in this, in feet | think 3 man
Can live cheaner and bsirer to day i'm San
Francisco, than in anv other town 1r citv in
tue United States. The only square meal"
That ae Mt IA hotel on my entire Journey,
was at colfax. The reader may think lam
biased in favor of this State somewhat, and
Will own l am; nevertheless, what | have
said is the truth. and my word is pretty good
III this place as far as know with evervhody
excep' DR.. ST; and its good with him
III all matters except New River roads and
"lnllns on those two subjects the Doctor
insists that il is a little thin The journey
from Shasta to Omaha by express train can
be made inside Of days. that's just the time
II took me to make it and very pleasant
Trip 1t Was. too, made in the latter part of
May which, ta my notion, is the mnnih to
travel overland, AT this season the heat and
alkali dust is terrific, especially along the
| Humboldt River.
Alter remaining two months and getting
thoroughly disgusted with the country. took
| Ola White top'- advice and started West on
the l9th of August taking rail from Green's
burg, to lndit.nnpnis This was on Monday
and | never saw cars jammed and squeezed
so tuli of humanity in all my ridirg here
fore. 1t did seem that everybody had been
to caapmeeting and had taken each If them
band of usrc,-and that being MOnday,
were all returning hume. | had to stand up
ali the way through to Indianapolis. |
would stand Oh one fnt until NV toes were
stnve int" n jeiy-then put down the other
To be crushed got my California landruff
up little aud AS the conductor passed me,
suggested {" him the necessity of building a
bigger house. or having less Company. lie
mutered -someth ng about my smartness
but then. that's old to me. knew was
smart. but how the d. he found me out.
compelled as he was to select me from so
many passengers was where the puzzle
came in.
AT Indianapolis bought my ticket for
Mnrysvllie, had quite pleasant journey to
! Onaha-had TO ,ay over twenty hours at the
latter place. and here lei me say that in a
distance of six thousand miles | bever made
one connection. Out of luck, | suppose, AS
usual, nr perhaps it was want of sense, for
on my arriva! here found half Il dozen men
re.dy to tell me how it could he lone. From
Omaha to Ogden the journey seemed tediuus
however, the monotonu was relieved by the
train taking fire aud consuming one car and
injuring bridge. We passed safely owe,
the bridge whist it was On fire but thought
1t rather risky. This was IA second class car.
repI eSented. fIom "a hog up, and a worse
scared lot L never saw in my life.
From Ogden into California we got along
much better | will here say that of all the
railroad trave ing have ever done in NV
life prefer going on the much abused Cen
trail Pacific to any other. The coaches are
gon +, the road Is splendid aud all the attaches
that came IN contact with are perfect gen
| llemen.
l neglected saying something about the
poi ii al tuati"n where | havebeen soiouru-
ing, not because | had forgotten it, but be
cause | did not know, nor can tell scarcely
ANYTHING about Western politics. | found
quite II number of Republicans who saw thew
will support Greeley. and an equal number
"f Democrats who say they are going for
Grant and quite number vino dislike both
81 much AS not to vote at all This is nil 7
know about it. for you must take mems
words in poitics-li differs from busine.
somewhat. tor there you can take their notes
and hold them to their bargain.
| The "Coyute Liberal Republicans as thew
are called-those that CLAIM to have been
Republicans all their lives, are the ones tbat
are doing all the bowling; the solid men of
the country don't seem tn 'enihase" worth
cent. l made up my mind on the cars after
seeing the vote taken in Indiana, Iowa and
Neeaia. that Grant would be the next Pre-i
dent without doubt, and the vote of Indiana
illinois and Iowa would fall short 10 UOu at
least III each State; Grant each vote having
about two to one but many refused to vote
at all.
To those who propose going homo 'to
stay" | would ad, ise--dont you bulge an
nch W w.tht ut money enough to bring YOU
back to this State. You may tough it out,
bat you never cat play it on me that yon are
satisfied. Two Of my friends leave to-day
for the Atlantic States and the editor of the
COURIER left yesterday. Where the devil an
editor gers his money to Iravel IN is more
than can tell. | never saw one yet over
burdened with grand cash. Most of then, do
their travelling at the expense OF the Stare in
which they live. No insinnations "Uncle
over the way" you might die vet outside of
San Quentin or Stockton. Curious world,
this. may have to psss my head in for
repairs for blackguarding the editor; but |
was all through the '.fhce yesterday, and all
the weapons / Saw was an old butcher kniie.
Who's afraid of butcher knife with the
point broke # and loose On the handle /?
am back in old California. and feel hap
py. shall perhaps end my days here. At
present | am anchored in Shasta engaged in
the dispensatinn OF square meals and un
adultera.ed fatigue" OF the kind thev have
in Hunsierdom. About two thousand gal
Ions of that kind in store was struck by light