Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-07-01
PIONEER REM1NIsofNoEs.

A. L. Bancroft & Co., publishers,
San Francisco. CAL, have favored US
with a copy of a neat and acceptable
book entitled Men and Memories Of
San Francisco in the Spring Of So"
by I. A. Barry and B. A. Patten. 1t
Is a work Of nearly 800 pages, well
written and carefully prepared, bar
ring a few typographical errors, and
the subject matter Is treated upon in a
manner peculiarly interesting to an
old "forty-niner" like ourself. We
have read it through and could not fail
to be highly entertained and interested
In the many choice anecdotes and
"reminiscences Of the old golden days,
so richly insterspersed throughout the
familiar narrative. All old timers
knew Barry Is Patterns famous sa-
loon In San Francisco and experienced
the Inequalities Of the place, and all
of US knew Barry and Patten. None
had better opportunities for collecting
material for this work or were mor
competent to put it together In the
right shape. The work makes mention
of all the old places and localities now
obliterated by the advance ofimprove-
ment, aud dwells especially upon the
men Of those days, the pioneers Of 40
and so. We make 4 few specimen
extracts:
There Is a romance attached to the
carly days Of San Francisco's history,
a real interest clinging to the men
who lived here. and to the incidents Of
their lives during those strange event.
full days-sonething not so easily ex-
planned to those who were not here-a
kind of fresmasonry, binding frater-
nally all those who lived here In n
time when the very sense Of remote
ness and isolation from all the rest OF
the world brought men closer togeth-
err made men. who knew each other
merely by name, and who had never
spoken together, grasp each Others
hands and form liye-long friendships,
born Of sympathy In men so similar
ly circumstanced, drawn to n field
by eager, adventurous enterprise, such
n long, weary way from home and
loved ones. having something in COM
mon ; so different from any previous
experience known or read OF by men.
Although nearly q quarter Of \ centu-
~ has elapsed, the kindly sentiment
still burns In the hearts Of these men.
Even the scapegrace and vagabond Of
to-day, who happened to be here in
the early days, retains, somehow, a
place in the hearts Of his more fortu-
nate and respectable brethren, who
never forget that he IL a 49er, or, bet
ter still. more remotely dates his all
vent. A resident Of those days never
will-not il he lives for n century to
come-turn the cold shoulder upon
one Of the "Oid-tia'e boys"
Many personal sketches are given of
the most prominent men of the time,
from which we select the following:
There was a Mr.. William Sharon In
San Francisco in the Spring OF 80,
who was q broker and commission
merchant. He lived on the corner OF
Union and Mason streets. We do lot
know whether it was the gentlemen
who figures so prominently in the
financial affairs of San Francisco to-
day. We merely remember a gentle
man Of that name and that he lived in
the above mentioned place. We know
that he Is . man that has very little to
say ; but that he is heard from to con-
siderable purpose occasionally, which
induces US to believee that the Mr..
Sharon of '73 and the Mr.. Sharon Of
80 are Identical.
This book will be read with avldity
and Interest by all pioneers of the Pa
citic coast, many Of whom are leading
members Of this sagebrush community.
1t Is for sale by S. w. Chubbuck OF the
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