The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1875-06-02

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SAN FRANCISCO IN 1910 y
|AaLIyELE DEscisIrTIoS uFA PRIMITIVE
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adIo May, fsle4hafs iess a2lgii gi,snn5 an one
hundred and iayiwsSdeifo oMonsts built,
including allishan.iess seatiesed over the
seven hillss fH Eap Francisco had at that
tpnc, seven hills. Thousands oftens were
everywhere erected, mud IN these people
dwelt.S The plaza, ofpublic square, had
NJ one time. one decent wooden house.
called the Parker House. whichof course,
Was Il ganabling house; wl4ile THE more
pretentlous tents were one ana gambling
shops The busiest man In that city. ut
that time, was one Sam Brannail, retired
or refomed Mormon, perhaps still alive.
The nominalrule Of the city was d, Mr..
Smith. styled !" 'fhe Alcaide.n The real
rulers Were twenty rufiiaas, known as
" The Hounds . whose, chief was Zone
Roberts. They were one and all ex-sol>
diers In the. ;iexican, war, robbers, cut
throats and towards yet the floating
mass Of Inhabitants, Numbering no less
than fifty thousand, were actually tyran-
nized over, robbed by and afraid of those
twenty thieves. 1t may seem strange
that such a state of affairs could possibly
exist fora single day. yetit is i1eserthe-
less true that II did exist for months. edl3
There were hotels. One man, whose
name was Merritt, had a, large wooden
house toward the north beach, where his
dodgers herded. They SLEPT eyelywhere-
on the tables, under the tables, in every
available space; brdding ~, the bloated
and luxurious guest wanted such u thing,
had 70 be provided by himself. 1t l.,
however, but fairto relate that Merritt
always exacted s2 d night for lodging from
anybsdy that sheltered in the house As
forthe living, it is almost too ridiculous
to be related. A French restaurant, for
instance, furnished The best bottle Of port
wine for S2--some thousand dozen sent
from the Lordon docks and sold for the
freight in SanaFrancisco, as no owner
iarned'up. The Frencllman charged the
following prices for breakfast: g.
Reef steelx q s1#a#E ats@ b53a*@s'5t :, m
Two potatoes. a A2.A N.Y. +&a-@ 30
oprpniour ssrs.,al- s-.sss 3ga4 Aes > Al
Coffee .-5geg sss III alt.aa,.F Il. . 50
Bread / g "si7gH~J ssh 10 5j1he4 ozssl 80
Total -. ii Sc. 90
The price Of washing shirt was 81.
This was done at the Preside by some
American soldiers who owned tsiappy
mortalsi wives. The price Of lumber was
enormous-sS5O per ] 900 running feet
measurement. A pair Of blankets sold'f for
$40 a pair of long boots cost six ounces Of
gold. A common rough jacket cost SIS.
Yet iuxdrfss we're cheap. There were
plenty Of cigars, and good ones, to lie had;
plentyof the best wines and brandy.
Raisins. almonds and nuts were literally
found In Tile sireeti--s inewhat damaged,
perhaps The climate, at that time at
least. was hotyery inviting. AT sunrise
the weaiherwas mild and serene. as at
Naples; BY eleven O'Clock the eastern
wind beganto blow--not only dust, but
gravel ofTespectable Size iiew about like
hail bytwo pMsit became bitter cold,
and by six P. n. the wind had entirely
vanished IS y5fs .ansit4 Z
Hundreds and thousand Of white rats,
with fiery red eyes, ran aboutint the streets
and disputed tile right inhabi;irg each
tent or house. What flies afe to Egypt,
fleas were atthat time to San Francisco.
There was no use Of seekiuga remedy.
No sleep could be got until Tie inillion
fieas got literally drunk on the blood Of
the restless cleepcr, which was generally
by i've in the morning. Then the little
vampires tooka rest themselycs. The
city boasted OF but few horses;
as Cor carriages, there were none worthy
the name. Such was the city of San
Francisco In lsia; yet everybody was busy.
everything was sold aud bought for gold
dust. Everybody had scales and weights,
and every body seemed somewhat 10 have
gold.
6 - Recommendations.
{ THE sIzEor AnAs. 1--we learn from a
recent book that Adam (whom many Of
our readers v Niildoubtless eIiiember,is the
int nIan) was according to the rnhinlcal
tradition, one hundred miles high. islf
this Is really true, every one of. us ought
70 be thankful that the races has dwind-
led since Adams day. tits apr aiIlng 20
think of the inconvenience and expense 10
which We slleald be subjected II we re-
tained Adams Dimensions. "A man woald
require, we should Judge, trpwsess fils
miles long, and about four HUNDRED fur
longs Of suspendcrs, Aud ify We were ,oI
preserve the, proper proportions. n our,
dress, we should each require about sixty
Thousand cutie feetof hat When small
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