Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1874-04-01
Miscellany.
A California IdyI,

the town Of Marriposa now stands. at tn
close of one fine day (dry season. in tn
year Of our Lord 1854.
As we said before, the sun was castip;
It's rays over the Gulch up the towerin,
heights of the hills, bringing out the ricl
green of the waving piues, and lightin,
up the faces Of group of meu who stooc
watching an advancing figure. The afore
said figure slowly plodded lis way along
followed by "a very discouraged lookin,
mule. bearing upon its back the simpl,
outfit of prospecting miner.
There was look of discomfort upor
the faces of the Reception Committee
and they even eyed the stranger with sus
picrion. The fact was, such number o.
strangers had come to their camp claim
ing hospi lty. who had been weighed il
the balance and found wanting, that they
were decidedly averSe to extending the
right hand of fellowship to a subject un
les, he proved to be of the right stripe.
All doubts we're speedily disoelled as
the strangers honest face came in view,
aud when Sim Carlock, the spokesman OF
the party. stepped forward aud graSped
his hand, he received hearty welcome.
The new conner was not allowed 10 saw
word until he had parlake1 of ii hearty
supper, his long-eared companion in the
meantime being we'll taken care of.
The sun, with the prompttude so ecu
liar to that part Of the country. had gone
down with plump, very much resem-
bling the extinguisment Of a candle by
means OF the application of finger aud
thumb. After supper found the stranger
seated in the midst of party who as
semhIed to make his acquaintance, pipe in
hand. and his face wearing calm, con-
tented air which seemed to say: "Yere
an yere am amongst good friends
and yere I'm goin' to stay"
An awkward silence succeeded ihocerc-
monv Of lntroductlnn, as. according TO the
then prevailing etiquette, 1t was due to
the newcomer to have the first say.
The silence was broken by laconic
remark from the stranger to the effect
that lis name Wa, Hiram Tucker. Thus
encouraged, the party soon got from him
his simple story. which amounted to this
He was bachelor, and hailed from an
Eastern State. AT the breaking ont of
rhc gold fever he took it into head that to
carry cargo of Yankee notions around
the Horn would bn good SPECULATION.
He arrived at San Francisco in good or
der, sold his cargo. and lost his crew, who
deserted as soon as the ship cast anchor.
There he was in strange land, with
?lenty money in his pocket ard no means
OF returning home Accepting the situ.
alton in graceful Mariner peculiar to
himself. and having no family ties. he de-
cided to cast his lot 10 the golden lard,
hoping some day to become a useful citi.
zen. What with the high rates of living
and the gaming. table. Uncle Tucke
SO they Dubbed hlm-speedily became
poor man. Becoming conscious that he
must now work for a living he scraped
up enough from his shattered fortunes to
provide himself with an outfit, aud began
gruhbing in the earth and inspecting the
rocks in search of that which constituted
the chief aim u man at that particular
time end place. His statement included |
a long list Of disappontments, lucky
6nds, and wanderings, which would tire
the readers patience should we enumerate
them in detail. Suffice it to say that I'm.
Gle Tucker met with the same good for.
tune as nine-tenhs Of bis compatriots. He
had more than nnce made up his mind
stew strike West, an &C tew Jaypan,
a. he had heard man could live for al.
most nothing there; hut here he was.
hi gh aud dry, at Poor Mans Gulch. and
if the boys would END haud he wonld
set up a shany and settle down. te
The boys would certainly lend hand.
and after cordially shaking hands they
bale Uncle Tucker good night.
The next dap the work of erecting the
new habiaiion began in good earnest, aud
by night a neat, substantial log shanty1
stood ready for occupancy. stag
"Gentemen, I" said Uncle Tucker that
night, as the festives came to close, II
name this 'hotel independence. The
|atch-strlng is alus out, an ef the door
is ever barred may an uthqueek come an
shake ev'ry peg out Of the jints, and
cave no timber on another. Ev'ry bro.
her Is welcome an go when he pleases,
IN the thanks Of Uncle Tucker tew all.
a stranger come among ye and ye took
i'm in. My thanks agin, gentlemen, an
,ood night" he added, turned and closed
he door Ya