Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-03-21
AAu.brushsr at the Bay.

Reese River Rereiie of March 18th, Is
from Fred H. Hart, otherwise Van
or "Toby Green" who
was our legislative correspondent from
Carson last Winter:
SAN FRANCISCO, March IA, 1873.
picking wild flowers along the ssnd:hillsI
and driving through the sprays Of that bsauti'
thai beautiful bay, that washes the shores Of
one third Of the habitable globe"
The above beautiful lines-an sman-
alton Of the brain of the Grass Valley
post-haye been constantly recurring
to me ever since my arrival In the bay
City. =,
iarriyed here on Monday night and
have been so bewildered at the change
from the sage brush to a city that l
have not bsen able to get down to my
work In the way Of writing. IL Is now
seven years since I was In San Fran
cisco ; and although Irecognlze many
of the old landmarks, there have been
many changes and improvements.
Still, there Is q sort OF one-horse APP
pcarauee about San Francisco which
contrasts strongly with my recollec-
lions Of a large city. While there are
many noble and handsome buildings,
the effect on the eye Is Loaf by the
strange intermixturs Of old 10"
wooden shanties. There Is no divis-
lon or classification Of trades as In
New York, and the ocular effect Of a
| magnificent dry goods mart or drug
store Is destroyed by an adjoining
"Cheap John" or dingy pawnbroker's
shop. Everything Ia mixed up In
| buneh-as though an earthquake had
come aud jum6led up dry goods and
drug stores, whisky shops aud stock,
brokers, g%unsmiths, pawn-brokers anu
the various other pursuits OF n large
| city Into q promiscuous heap.
10 one who has lived for 50 long q
time In small camps, the whirr and
stir IL exciting. wander through
Montgomery or kearny street, like a
great gawE who never saw anything
| bigger than q log cabin In his life. l
try to resist the temptation to stare In
at the windows. conscious at the time
that the eyes of the street are upon
me, but the temptation Is too strong:
try to avoid an exclamation OF
pleasure at the sight Of the splendid
horses and grand eQuipages. try to
suppress the evidences Of my surprise
on seeing some novel or strange street
sign or sight. But It's no use. Any
body In the world al tell at n glance
that Pm a Hoosl0r. Sarah-that's Mrs.
Yan-she's posted! She came through
Sc, Louis when she crossed the plains
and knows what q big city Is. She has
poked ME with her umbrella until my
ribs are bare. She says I'm a fool aud
ought to be out among the FLUTES in
stead Of daring to show my face among
civilized people. Sarah Is civilized /!
She's only bought $4,000 worth of dry
goods since she's been here ; and II she
Keeps on I'll have to sell that thousand
shares Of Crown Point that Jones Is
carrying for me. He's carrying 1t a
mighty long way from me, however.
ANUsEMRNTs.
There are go many places Of amuse-
msut /; so many sights to see, that q
fellow with limited time and limited
capital hardly knows where to begin.
Three days have gone by and 1t seems
as though I hadn't started In yet. Tues
day night I went to the Alhambra and
saw the Great Emerson. Isuppose the
| adjective great, means that he Is a
| great fraud. He amt q marker for such
| performers as Birch, Cotton or Backus,
and l thought the show was very harm
less. Last night | went to the Metro
| pelitan and saw the Chapman Sisters
In a sort Of leg opera half-horse.
half-alligator sort of an outfit. No
| plot, no scenery. no nothing but a
| slangy sort Of a show circus. Sarah
wouldn't stop. She said those nasty
hussies ought to be spanked for kick
Ing I'D their skirts TINT way, aud shed
Just like to get at 'em once. she would.
I remarked: so would L. You
would, would you, you BRUTE she re-
piled, and l got some mors OF the UNI
brel. Sarah always calls me n brute
| when she feels affectionate and wants
to use an ~endearing term.
At both Of the above places they got
of a lot Of stale slang about Mrs. Fair
aud the Brotherton Brothers. Can't
they leave these poor wretches alone ?
The B%rothertons are safe In San QUEEN
tin, quietly eating their mush, and
Mrs. Fair, frowned upon and derlded
sy the world, has sunk into the OBJ
scurlty where she belongs, and | should
think these smarties would let up on
them. The fact Is, San Francisco has
been so long without a first-class SEN
sation, that they are obliged to work
waste rock on the old lead until they
make O new strike.
SLANG.
California Is VIGOROUSLY productive
of slang; but I have heard more Of 1t
In the few days that I have been here
than In all the rest Of my life. Many
OF the phrases are, to me, without the
least Specification; yet they are In
general use. I quote a few Of the
choicest: "Wherer you have it?'
- What are you giving u -" Put 1t
| down to me-" Hes a stiff" 81
sell that short" and the Lord only
knows how many more Of similar Sig
n~ifcance.
MORALS.
San Francisco must be m awfully
moral city. The vigilant police, those
gray coated, brass-mounted guardians
| Of shady sidewalks and corner grocer
les, enforce the gambling law with
great strictness ; but you a hardly
enter a saloon but you see men aud
boys shaking dice for money. 1t Is
not confined in low groggeries or out
| Of the way places, but Is carried on
publicly In the bar-rooms Of some Of
the first class hotels. A friend re-
marked to me: There are faro banks
In town, but they are strictly private ;
but IL a man Is hunting a poker game
he can find one In did lea every
house In town, which Is q pretty sure
sign that people will not gamble when
they are prohibited by law. Then
there Is a Sunday law, and of course
those vigilant street ornaments enforce
il. / got here on Sunday evening, and I
did not experience any particular aif-
ficulty In obtaining whisky, cigars or
any other article that I might have
happened to want. OF course there
are no houses Of prostitution In this
cltyt?s only whole streets containing
nothing else. The police do not allow
lewd women to solicit passersby(?l
but then you know the poor policeman
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