The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-02-06
WHOLE NO. 1887

acled wrists, the bruised and swollen
} features and as be tremb.ed and
shook and tried to bite his arms and
,, everything else in his reach, ] turned
sick and faint at the awful sight Of a
human being, who though once en-
dowed with the light Of reason. once
possessed Of a soul, had that s)ul noN
dead and buried, never to show forth
sgain
Ia the same car was tair yngag
woman being carried home TO die
Two little girls. her children. were
with her, and the Oldest would look
around ber with an appealing glance
whenever the hollow cough sounded
4 bed was made for her on a seal,
and there she lay, Der long, fair carls
tossed carelesSly on the pillow. and
her beautiful face, almost as white as
that Of the dead Her young hus-
band sat beside her with u look Of
yesrning agony on his face thai
struck TO the heart Her mother was
by. dressed in deep mourning, show
ing that death had stricken in that
home before and loving sister
was near to minister 20 her every
want Every few moments she
would unclose her dark eyes and look
anxiously to her husband, aud say :
"Are we almos. home, joe ln "Not
quite, darling" ne would ans 8er
But she was 'almost there" almost
home glorious home in bright con
trast to the sunless, rayless one that
awaited the poor, mind darkened
man, and oh, how much more pref
erable?
Stockton left behind US, we soon
reached Milton, where we left the
shadow of the great c. F. L Il
with pleasure, and took the stage for
Murphy's Camp The passengers
were all very pleasant, and all Of the
cold oEyentionalities of city life
were dropped for the time. and we
became the best of friends 10 few
minutes Perhaps the warmth Of the
day melted the irigidlty.
There were three gentlemen smJng
the passengers who have early made
the tour of the world viii have
done SO on reaching Ne0 Yo,k-and
another one who has al4l been a
great traveller in the OF Wor.I, and
they all agreed that c fyrnA ex-
celled, in beauty, any c.u ry or
place they ever yet have ssen.
1t makes NE still more proud .fmy
home than ever before, 7 , ser Eag-
lishmen who would adm tha. fact.
By the time we reached Copper
opolis my head ached 50 intolerably
that ! lay back and gave myself up
tamely to any extra bumps that |
might receive, and fell asleep, and
when | woke | found nay head re-
posing on the broad shoulder Of "a
old gentleman who was telling the
others of how be had his skull crack
ed once, and some way, mlstily, |
thought really it was my head that
had been broken, and that | was 20
be buried as soon as they reached
Murphy's FINALLY | recovered suf-
hciently to begin 10 notice nv Sur
roundinga again, and y look at the
towl which bore that high-sounding
name, Copperopolis So it is. No
other lame would have suited it.
No trees, no shrubs, no green grass {;
nothing but that barren, brazen roast
ed look, that made me think Of Cole
ridges "All in a hot and copper
sky" And repeated the words over
and over until we reached the foot
OF the mountain aud where the pine
tree begins its reign We Yode
along up the mountain, and every
where rocks and trees seemed to varv
with each ascent First there were
white OAK, then laurel, then cotton
wood, and then pine trees for
background, and the famous ma0-
zanita bushes ia the foreground.
while the buckeye trees, with their
long, white plumes. fu up the inter
vening space with beautiful con-
trast. | do not propose TO be a ge-
ologist, and, therefore, cannot dis
course learnedIy on the subject Of the
peculiar formations Of the rocks and
lodges, their dips and spurs and an-
giles, and all that, but | could not
help noticing their pecuiarities,
At last all view Of the open coun-
try was excluded, and | began to re-
alize that, after many years Of fruit
less expectation, | was entering the
enchanted regions where the Gold
King reigns The road is o good
one, and the grades all easy so far,
while the successive views brought
to sight are like dream of Paradise.
Sloping hills are covered with grape
vines in many places, while every
little house is almost covered with
rose bushes in full bloom. We soon
began to meet with evidences Of the
character Of the country in the many
sluice boxes and little runs which
conveyed wa'er 10 many mines,
which, however, were not In s.<A'.
The trees grew larger as we ad.
vaneed, and the mountains each side
the road rose more abruptly and
were Covered more closely with tim
beF Shy squirrels darted il and out
of the bushes croonin quails seutter-
ed along in under the shrubs, and
some birds which were invisible
made the air thrill with music
Ga the sides { the hills, near to
the bJttom, now began to be seen
rocks standing in sHanting positions
and looking like gravestones in a de.
serted church yard. all so uniform 10 |
shape aud situation. Il looked t, be /
slate, but | heard ona man say it was
limestone at say rate, it made a
desolate spectacle, for wherever they /
stood no trees cast their shade
Presently we came in sight Of IT,
nv lake OF the deepest blue color i'm
aginable never saw even the sea /
look 80 blue, and it is actually worth
the whole fatigue Of the trip to mere
ly behold that lake in it's beautiful \
contrast to the brown and golden
hills cireIing it about
Oar next remarkable sight (to all
Of usl, was a large water-wheel turn