Weekly Trinity journal., 1872-06-15

picked up about S25 in course gold the
week before was there, and as that kind
OF gold does not travel very fast, they
have right to expect something better
than ordinary. Chapman s. Co. are
cleaning bed They have Il long,
deep ditch which undoubtedly catches
most of the gold, but have saved little
spending money in their under current,
which was cleaned up about month ago
yielding $40. 1t is pretty we'll demon
strated now that to save gold well, an
under-current must be much wider than
the fume and have heavy fall TO prevent
it from clogging. did not learn what
success other miners have had, except
that all the companies on Oregon Gulch
have done well.
L reached Junction an hour by sun,
and between that time and dark succeeded
in placing moself outside of an amount of
hash that made Gustav open his Teu-
| tome eyes in amazement and fervently
thank heaven that the Sons of Temper
ance gave ball only once in a year or
50. The dance itself was decided sue.
cess-over fifty tickets were sold and :he
hall was filled with the company. The
Division has been kept up in Junction for
many years and | am told has done a
great deal of good there. Your Uncle
Snort run the institution most of the time.
though he received some very valuable
assistance from your whilom correspond
cnt ~" who does not belong to the
Division. One feature of the affair could
be successfully initiated in your own little
burg. Dwelling upon the "sacied soil "
Of Junction City precinct are certain ven
cradle youths, decided votares of Tenn
perance. Time has dealt leni4ntly with
them, except in the matter of locks;
wherein they are like unto Elisha of old
in all other respects the resemblance
ceases. BY appointment this gentry
formed at the hall for "bald head qua
drille." The light of the kerosene flashed
from their denuded cocoa-nuts as "they
went bobbing round, around" like the
rays of the MONDAY sun upon bank of
CLAIMS shells. Go it, ye cripples.
As l don't expect TO marry, preach or
run for office in this county, didn't dis
course much on love, religion or politics.
Saw only one Greeley Republican in my
rounds, though | struck several Demo
Gratis who expect to vote for Horace, in
Guiding "Mein Gott in Himmel" Louis
Raab, to whom | stand indebted for n
present Of Panama hat which is the
nearest to a white hat he could probably
do. | noticed that when | fonnd group
OF Democrats talking politics if one pro-
nounccd for Greeley, another Immediately
swore he would vote for Grant while Il
third "wouId be id if he voted Mt ALL"
That's about the way Democratic en-
dorsement Of the great North Ameican
Farmer would assist the party.
Have got one letter from "Jacinto,,"
who reached Iowa in five days from
Red Bluff. The old gentleman rejoices
in n stove pipe hat and dolly VaI den "
shirt, and thinks there is no country like
Iowa. He had been there one day when
the letter was written and | suppose ev-
ery-thing was cOieur du rose. Whit
awhile, my boy. j. G. Wallace has
shown me letter from Wheeler, who
went East to stay. The Old man is Mt S.
d. Knights place in Missouri. Wintered
in Massachusetts where the ground troze
five feet deep 6nd expects to be bnck in
Trinity by the 4th Of July. That's the
way with most Of them, and | expect it
will be the way with your
UNCLE SNORT.