The Placer herald., 1873-05-03

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Red Dog and Whisky Slide.
"Then after leaving thar we went
Down by the Tail-Holt Mill,
'Crost Greenhorn Mountain to Snow Tent,
And up to Gouge Eye Hill.
"From Gouge Eye down to Esperance,
Slap-Jack and Orc Fin;
Through Deadwood over to Last Chance,
Root-Hog and Lost Ravine.
"From Petticoat to Shirt-Tail Flat,
And on by Murderer's Bar,
'Crost Bloody Run and thro' Wild Cat
To Poker and Lone Star.
"From Angels Camp down by Rawhide
We took run one night,
Through Chinese Roost and Satin's Pride
Acrost to Hell's Delight.
"Then came along to Poverty,
Dead Broke and Bottle Ridge,
By Hangtown, Poor Man and Lone Tree,
Garrote and Smash-up Bridge.
Through Nip and Tuck and Old Bear Trap,
Coon Hollow and Fair Play,
Along to Scorpion and Fur Cap,
Kanaka and Ell Rey.
''We stopped one day at Never Sweat,
Another up at Ophir,
Then moved our boots on to You Bet,
And struck across by Gopher;
"To Sucker, near Grass Widow Bend,
Whar, as twas getting late,
We brought our journey to an end
Down by the Devils Gate"
oval Jim, you must Nv seen heap;
I'd like to make the rounds,
AS you have done, and take peep
Through the old stamping grounds"
"Y-a-s, but tell you what it is,
The times they amt no more
In Californy as they was
Way back in Fifty-Four."
''But bout the girls and Schnieder's frow,
And Kate and Sal Magee?
1 'spose they've all got married now
Leastwise they ought to be-.
married! You can buck high on that;
Some of them several times;
First fellers they jest had to get
They didn't have the dimes"
''Well! Well du tell, is that the way
The gals is goin on?
But how's the boys and old man Ray,
| And Ike and Steve and John?
''And what became of Zacheus Wade,
| Who run the big mule train?"
| oval, Zach. he made his pile they said,
| And then went back to Maine.
''And so did old Pop Ray and Steve,
| And Ike and Johnny Yates
All made a raise at last b'leeve,
! And went home to the States"
''And Slater, him that took the trip
| With us to Yazoo Branch?"
'Wal, Slate he kind O. lost his grip,
And settled ON ranch
''And Jackass Jones that came about
With whisky on the Barr"
"Wal, Jackass, too he petered out,
And went-I don't know whar."
'And tell me. where is Jerry Ring,
| Who kept the Grizzly Bear,
| Jes' down fornist the Lobscouse Spring,
And kilt the Greaser there?
'That Greaser Jose, don't you know,
That stabbed Mike at the ball,
The time we had that fandango
At Blood-and-T Thunder Hall?"
"Oh! Jerry didn't do no good,
Got sweet on woman,
And tuck at last to drinkin' hard,
Cause she got sort O. common
''Y-a-s, was by nature low inclined,
And went clean to the bad,
Which worked so on Jerry's mind
Hit almost made him mad"
'.Dick went one day up Pike Divide,
And thar lay Jerry dead,
navy pistol by his side
bullet in his head
"Tght papers them on Jerry Ring,
But Jim, just bet your life,
Them women is dreadful thing
For me-no, nary wife!
"But Plug Hat Smith that kept stand
Sold pens and ink and sich?"
"Wal, Plug he helt poorish hand,
And never struck it rich.
'Got sort O. luny and stage-struck
Cut up heap O. capers,
And final went below and tuck
To writin' for the papers"
"And Sally Jake, that drove so long
There on the Lightnin' Line,
, And afterwards from One-Horse Town
To Webfoot and Port Wine?'
SCOT hurt on Bogus Thunder Hill
: Tnrowed over his horses necks-
Was carried up to Coyoteville,
And thar hant in his checks.
Twas kind O. queer, these they said
War the dyin' words O Jake's:
wal, boys, I'm on the down-hill grade.
And cannot reach the brake.
"And Butcher Brown that used to boast
He'd killed SO many mem?
"Ah, Butch he met his match at last
a Van Sickle settled him;
''Went to Washoe, kilt three thar
Found it gettin' hot
! Health required q change o air,