Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-02-09
RES2ONDENCE.
Sign Of Hc Big Wood Pile J
and Forked ChiBineY,

DEAR JOURNAL In my last commu-
nication, believe l said | was going to
mine on one of tho poorest streams in
California and that it, with my usual
luck it paid, you could date the JOURNAL
the first week of the millennium. We'll,
| guess that gay, grand and prophetic old
time is near at hand ; that long talked of
preached about, and wrote SO much about
is upon us when the lion and the little
child shall lie down together, and the
cockatrice should play upon the hole in
the lambs nest, nobody should be afraid
and all should feel gay when johnny
comes marching home Now, gentle
reader, Theological aud Biblical reader,
old smarty, il you think have msquot-
ed the above, you just oatchee book you
look see.
As for what | know, it can bo sum
mod up rs follows: don't know any
thing have boen without a paper since
the 18th day of last September can't
tell whether the Russians have taken
Coustantnope or whether Constantine.
pie has taken the Russians nobody has
been to see us at all. However, l did
have n call from three Ministers Of the
Gospel some time last Fall, and now let
me tell you about these chappys: l will
start out by saying that doubtless their
intentions were good-yes, | know they
were good. Now, one Of them represent
ed the Lewiston District, one the Weav-
erville District, and ono the San Francis
co District. Now, to show you their in
tontons were good, each one of them
thusly soliloquized to himself: 81 am
| going to see Old Jacinto, and know the
old fellow must be very tired working so
hard, and will just take along a bottle
for his express benefit" (Now, private
lyin the ears Of the JOURNAL boys, ]
was only coloring my pipe). But, MS ]
were good as the sequel shows. They all
came different roads, but all met at my
house at the same time, and there wa.
only whisky enough left in the three
bottles to make ono good snort. Now
they may try and get out of this by say
ing that Jacinto was somewhat dry, but
that is thin-very thin, you know.
could beat that for piety myself, but as |
said half a dozen times their intentions
were good yes, you bet, they were.
/ have but little time to spare as my
self and boy are working almost night
and day, Sundays and all the time. We
had hired man-one Of your Coal Oil
Charley fellows-but the third day after
hiring him he got lost going from the Ia
BILE to the bake oven after bread in a
l0xl2 cabin, ard | have not seen him
since. spent my Christmas and New
Year III dissoving dirt and turning bould-
ers the other side up. The Ball Mt Paul.
sen q Christiansen s-gotten up by Billy
and Isaac-was a decided success, as it
has raned ever since. 1t is thought they
will have to get up another one soon to
stop the rain. Men who have bridges on
/ Trinity river will have to see to it.
will close with the following admo
nitior to the JOURNAL Office, but more
/ particularly to the man at the helm =
Remem Der that life is but span, from
! the cradle to the grave, but moment
There may be in the prospective for you,
Joy and happiness there may be anguish
and sorrow be generous in the great
battle of life, be brave and fnally-did
say finally ?-take something to drink,
if you can find bartender able to write
your name try Alex, try Sam and |
would further add in the same solemn
strain that we have fenced in about three
acres Of land and propose to do a little
ranehing next Summer-this way for
your "petatees. And now, solemn
awful solemn-the John Celestias have
managed to have New Years Day ev-
cry day in February, just as it happened
with the new moon but this year il
came on my birthday. The raj. eating,
opium-smoking, cheap-labor, sons-l
never swear when | can't do the subject
justice-and it seemed to me that they
knew it, too, for every one Of them who
passed the claim wanted to present me
with fire cracker. ! told one yesterday
that was no parrot, and didn't want
no cracker. ! was IN the same predica
ment rs the boy that the calf run over,
couldn't see anything to celebrate. ]
have a notion to write to our Hon. Rep.
DR.. Montague and get tho Legislature Of
this State to change my birthday to-let's
see-how would Tie lst Of A prii do, U nclc?