Weekly Trinity journal., 1875-11-13
LETTER FROM SHASTA.
SHASTA, Nov. 9th, 1875

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humble servant is one Of that favored .
class. Certain il is, that, whenever | .
have been a resident in any community .
for any length Of time, | can look forward /.
with unalloyed pleasure to return there /
TO, confident that there can be no recol- |
lections of old chickering's and jealousies |
to mar the harmony Of the meeting. Two !
seasons residence in this little burg are
fraugbt with pleasant memories on my
part, and the hearty greetings / met with
on every hand convinced me that the
pleasure was not on my side alone. Here,
too, have had the pleasure Of meeting
several friends from the upper portion of
Trinity, passing through on business or
pleasure. Notable among these were Mr..
Il. j. Willett, Of Trinity Center, who
went as far as Reading, where he was
met by appointment with the one whose
future lot is cast with his own, and John
NJ. Owings, Of the same place, who re-
turned from an errand of the same ma
ture TO the East, on Saturday evening.
Mr.. Owings was accompanied by several
relatives and friends who will doubtless
determine to make their stay permanent.
Shasta presents an unusually lively
appearance, caused to a great extent by
the attendance at court, consequent upon
the trial of Shepardson for highway rob
berry. This is the third trial Of this noted
case, and it was feared that the difficulty
Of finding an unprejudiced jury in Shasta
county might nccessitate a change Of We
nue. to some other county-probably our
own. The first venirc of lis jurors was
exhausted and only two-thirds Of the
panel Obtained but from "A special yenire
for As more jurymen, the requisite twelve
was obtained and the trial is now in pro-
gress. The presence Of these "conserya-
tors Of the peoples liberties" with the
counsel, witnesses, and those attracted
hither by curiosity, has filed the hotels
TO overfowing and gives the street live
ly appearance. The trial is very inter
estng one, able counsel being employed
on both sides and the case contested inch
by inch. ! have been quite an interested
spectator of the proceedings, but being
warned by the fate Of an up-country
judge, in San Francisco, have taken es-
pecial care not to be too " "brash." The
way the story runs is in this wise: The
judge Of a certain mining county the
name Of which has escaped me, having
occasion to visit the Bay, was invited by
legal friend Of his to visit the Police
Court, which he did, taking seat inside
the bar. Things went on swimmingly,
until the bailiff Of the Court, Englander,
made his appearance. Now, Englander
is an infant Of about 300 pounds weight,
and seeing the stranger seated among the
other legal luminaries, failed to detect
the sanctity which doth hedge a dignitary
Of the law, and at once proceeded to eject
the supposed intrader III et drDttS 1t
was not until the country functionary
was nearly dragged out of his clothes that
his friend was able to convince the irate
bailitf that his guest was entitled to all the
privileges of the court. Now, being fore
warned, | was also torearmed, and could
easily avoid the rock upon which others
had split.
On Friday night, l represented the
JOURNAL staff at the entertainment given
by the Shasta Dramatics, if going in on n
free ticket can be fairly called represent
ing. The Troupe has given several en-
tertainments, and if the house they had
at the last exhibition was fair sample of
the crowds attracted, their financial sue
cess must be very great. In the present
case every seat of the large hall was filled
as was also the standing room Of the pas
sage way. The first piece was an excel
lent one, well rendered in all the parts
except one, and drew forth prolonged APP
plause. The same may be said of the in
terlude, but by the time the farce came,
all hands were pretty well tired out, and
glad when it was over. Taken as whole
the entertainment was far above the av-
erage Of those given by travelling h'ouDeS
and as such entitled to full patronage.
Naturally the question arises why Weav-
er doesn't have something of the kind.
Shasta Dramatics can point to one of the
best school houses in the State as thing
resulting from their efforts, and Weaver
in turn, can point to too shabby set Of
school houses for place of its size and
beauty. We have one of the prettiest
little towns in the State, but, you see, its
good looks are not apportioned exactly
as they should be. We think that if our
young folks would take hold of the thing
in earnest, they would succeed, notwith-
standing the "cold water" which some
always stand ready to throw.
While in Shasta l saw Mr.. Geo. Klein
who has done some successful prospecting
for quartz on Deadwood creek, above
Lewiston. Mr.. Klein speaks encourag-
ingly Of his prospects, the average yield
Of all the rock taken from the different
tunnels being nearly S35 per ton. One
curious fact is that the gold found in the
quartz shows a much higher standard of
ineness than that of the gold OF the creek
and the surface mines adjoining. There
was considerable talk of quartz ledges on
Deadwood about II years ago, but Mr..
Klein has been the first to demonstrate
that any of the lodges were really valu.
able, But have already drawn this out
longer than ! intended, and will close.
1MPREsoR.
II the weather does not affect the track
and the epizootio the horses named for