Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-11-07

had a good supper, bed, breakfas,
and dinner. Then started by stag,
for Ukiah, Mendecino county. Htv.
ing, III the meantime, strolled to a
mineral spring and drank thereof.
and viewed the scenery, etc. Clio.
verdale Valley is so called from the
amount of mountain clover that
grows there. 1t is the the terminus
of the railroad now, and lies at the
loot OF the mountain range over
which we pass to the next county.
From here, also, great many visit
the Geysers, or hot springs, which
are great curiosity, and are said
to be sure cure for almost every
thing that flesh is heir to, especially
rheumatism. IT'S said that Forrest
was cured there, and was so bad
that he had to be carried around
There is hot spring at Elko, New,
that they say tastes like chicken
broth. All who have tasted it say
| so.
OF our trip to Ukiah we will say
nothing, only that we felt nervous
on some OF those steep mountains,
to look uown 500 feet or over and
see such excellent stepping places,
III case we tipped over. Briggs
amused us by telling Of the number
Of men who had gone down with
teams, etc, and cheerfully telling
us that our driver had turned over
the stage at u certain spot, but no
one was killed-all would eventually
recover, although one or two might
be crippled. He soon succeeded in
getting us all in very cheerful
frame Of mind. We had no acct
dent passing over the trough and
rugged road" as Briggs called it.
Briggs is'a nephew Of Kit Carson,
OF Rocky Mountain fame, and gave
rs Il sketch of their boyhood home
in Missouri. He said that he had
left the east and travelled to the
west when quite young man, and
didn't want TO go back to Missouri.
He lives ut Ukiah. 1t may be as
well to remark here that most peo-
pie who have been in the "gol,len
land" long enough to get used to
the ways, manners, habits, etc., OF
that country cannot be pursuaded
to return to the states. a good ma
ny call this the frozen region.
There were nine Of us in the coach,
and were anything but comfortable.
We are ashamed to say that we our
self were inclined to feel peevish,
for it was very hot and dusty, but
the balance appeared to enjoy them
selves, and we soon recovered our
equanimlty, and "pi'ched in' with
the rest, determined not to he out
done. Among our passengers was
Col. Henley, an old Democratic
war-horse, and formerly NJ. c. from
Indiana, but now too old to take
part in anything but the strategic
portion; which. judging from the
recent elections, is the principal
part in the political arena. Our
coach arrived at Ukilh IN hour
after dark. We ate supper and
Went to bed, RECALLED by the music
Of billiard and card playing. One
young man would persist in singing
"The good Old Days Of 49," in 4
regular sing song style, emphasizing
for-te-n-i-n-e. And the most pro
voking part was that it was rs reg
ular as a eaparty, about once ev
cry minute. After while he Al
dcd another line, which Fvc forgot
ten. John remarked that tiat tel
low had 4 splendid memory (?) ana
wished that he had forgotten what
little he knew. The last remem
Der was that he was wishing some
one would take cue and run 40 SC
far down his boots that it would
never come up again, when "Tht
good Old Days of '49'' rang out
clear on the midnight air, and
gave it up. Next morning John
asked me if had heard the crow
last night? Said /, "What row?'
ooh, they had 4 fight down below
about 2, 4. m.," and that ended the
doings of the night. "Sich is lite
Ukiah is a pretty town, and has
a handsome court house. The pine
trees among the houses on the back
streets made me think of the man
from Maine, who going west did
not see pine tree across the great
west, or in fact | presume, scarcely
since he LETT Maine, until he struck
the Sirras, when he rubbed lis
hands in great glen he had been
entirely silent heiore,) and exclaim.
ed, "Thank God, ! smell pitch once
more" 1t is 4 fine valley, but the
hills are abrupt, and covered at the
top with "chemese brush," some
thing similar to "chapperal," only
smaller and has 10 berries on it.
But the valleys, in northern Cali
tornia are hot in summer and cold
in winter, and | would not consider
it desirable county to live in, as
it is principally mountains and tim
Der, the valleys being small, and
the county mostly claimed by stock
men, who are combined. Woe t,
the stranger who thinks Of coming
in without buying them out. Til,
fact is, those old mounta;ncers have
Il charmi g way of carrying them
"tooth picks" strapped to their bel
on the opposite side from their re
volver. They are very polite (ir
their way), and if a man intrudes
ten or Il dozen men in buckran
wait upon him, and tender him TIL,
use OF a tooth-pick, (an Arkansas
toolh-pick twenty inches long), or i
he is very persistent, after his tcetl
are picked clean and he is still fur
ther DESTROYS of prolonsing hi:
stay, they will lend him q navy re
volver, Colts pattern, which | wa:
told had n very decisive effect, and
if we may judge by the number o.
men who die here with t.eir boot>
on, it must be lully as healthy Il.
Nevada. The pcopl. are very hos
pitable, Gf your pocket is full, an'
the hotel keepers in particular tool
much pains with us.
1t took us two days to Round Val
ley, where they have Fort Wrigh