Weekly Trinity journal., 1877-01-27
CORRESPONDENCE.

RUSH CREEK, Jan. 23d, 1877.
Why don't you write for the jour
NAL?" is the question before the Ameri-
can people. am asked this question
every day and will answer "because l
can find nothing to write about" l might
blat little on the Presidential scramble,
and will preface this squib by saying l
voted last November for Hayes and
Wheeler without having any confidence
In them, and less in Tilden and Hendricks
and Reform. Do you know what that
word Reform 4" stuck to the end of
Tilden and Hendricks reminds me os p
1t reminds me of lump Of sugar on the
top of manure pile. settled this
question the other day by playing game
OF pedro with a Democrat to see who
should be next President. He played for
Illden, | for Hayes, and we agreed that
when one gave so much and got bull-dos-
ed, he should put up quarter tor a drink
ing fund. When the game ended, the
Returning Board counted Tilden out and
we had 81 % in the drinking fund, which
was used to intimidate the bar keeper
1t would have done you good to have
seen my opponents countenance after he
was beaten. He looked as solemn and
respondent as the last two lines Of poor
mans will.
This is rather an agricultural than
mining cOuntry-only one company of
white men working on this side of the
river. That is the Chamberlain Bros. !;
whether they are making money or not,
| cannot say, but they certainly deserve
to as they are hard working, Industrious
men. Virg. has pet deer and Paul
plays pedro up to the handle-glves six
on the lone ace every time.
Paulsen & Christensen turned the wa
ter into their pipe across, or rather under
the river, on New Years day, and it works
splendidly, 1t crosses near where we live
and empties near the Harrison Fox house,
distance of 800 or 1000 feet-I don't
remember how long, but it's as long as
Cronin's nose anyway, with 45 feet pres
sure. Two Chinese companies are work
ing with the water, and third will soon
start.
visited Bolts Hill the other day and
found my old friend Ben Cunningham
cutting brush off the ground they intend
working when water comes. per-
suaded him it would die for want of water
this Winter, and next Summer he could
burn it off. He came home with me next
morning and we played at Jake & Billys
Pedro, Moodey and Sankey and Hayes
and Tilden, until late in the evening and
then went home as strait as any one mile
of Trinity river in the stratest place.
Mr.. Muncey to-day presented me with
piece of rock from his claim on Dead
wood, a little the richest rock | ever saw
in any part of the State. Mr.. Muncey
informs me tina! it works about five bits
to the pound.
l had almost forgotten to say something
about the Buckeye Ditch, as neat and
wel-dug ditch as the State affords. |
can swear to some oft, for dug it myself;
that is, l herded 80 or 40 opium smokers
and they did it. 1t is now completed
from Bolts Hill to VanMatre Creek, u
distance Of % miles and | understand will
be completed to Stuart Fork the coming
Summer.
l might as well stop now as after awhile
here's wishing happy l4th of Febru-
airy to all who wish for free fight, hop
ing every last one on either side may be
killed. If any hot-head gets killed in
this neighborhood, I'll see that he has a
decent burial, with head to the North so
he can keep cool. JACINTo.