Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-09-27
coRREsPoND NDENcE.
BUCKEYE DITCH CAMP, . J
STUAkT Fork,
Sept. %, 1879.

EDITOR TRINITY JOURNAL Dear
Sir :-Thinking that it would probably
be of interest to you and your subscribers
to know how the boys on the Ditch are
progressing with the work, we take the
liberty of asking you to publish this eps-
tie besides we will give an account Of our
entertainments between working hours.
We have six miles of the Ditch now
completed, and expect 10 finish in about
six weeks. Boss, John Peters, is very
popular among the boys and proud of
their work. Occasionally he strike a bad
Dutchman, who may have said "Yah J"
once too many. And that Dutchman says,
"He dot l vas so much Won a worker like
Peters vas Won boss, and Of l couldn't
make besser ditch like Peters, would
hang minesef NIT tree" That Dutch
mar took walk down the ditch, and
when last seen, he was "snorting" "up one
side OF Van Matre Gulch, and the boys
think best not TO say, yah !! Yah J"
too much.
AT the end of this week we will remove
camp to the Main FORK OF Owens Creek,
six miles further on. The Company has
generously provided tent, 40x2O feet, to
be used as sleeping-1uarters. AS for
"hash," we have an abundance dispens-
ed at this camp by Charlie Anderson and
Eli Dack Mr.. Walter Reynolds being in
charge of the culinary. At the next camp,
two miles above this place, j. Lehman
and Alex Campbell have commenced
saving lumber for waste gates, etc. Our
blacksmith, Fred Leach. is still fat, jovinl
and lazy as ever. and with the assistance
of Joe. Cousins accomplishes all the work
brought in n: this camp. The Surveyors
camp can speak for themselves. There
are about 20 white men and about 230
Cinnamon employed on the work Y
We will now proceed to describe the
entertainments Saturday evening we
had clog and jig dances by Messrs. r.
Cassin, John Elliot. II. Miller, Sam
Hampton, james 9ufoid. Isaac Deincr,
A. Hech,man, Stewart Gibson and julie
Busch. The music was furnished by
Messrs. John Gibson and Ike Diener.
Singing by the choir of comic and sent-
mental songs, by the Buckeye Glee Club
Qatey organized), concluded Saturday
evenings performance. Sunday evening
was passed in speaking and auctioneering
off old clothes, jewelry, etc. Ike Deiner
made speech of some length on the
workingmen, followed by A. Hechtman-
both orators of no mean pretentions. Mr..
Charles Osmer, from Sacramento, made
II speech on the Chinese Question, and
solved that difficult matter TO the sats.ac-
tion of all present. John Boardman ac-
canvass pants. During the trial the mat
ter was compromised and they agreed to
sell the pants ut auction and divide the
proceeds, whereupon, Ike Diener opened
the ball and knocked the canvass pants
down TO the highest bidder. Next in Or
der was jewely, "sold cheap for cash." A
Ladies' Chain and Locket brought 5000,
the auctioneer himself being the purchas-
er. He praised the article so long and so
strong that at last he could not resist The
valuable bargain he knew he was not get
ting. We only hope that the fastidious
Ike will not "palm" off cheap jewery on
some of the fair maidens in the vicinity OF
Minersville, where, it is said, he is
"Monarch OF all he surveys" Yesterday
evening we formed a Debating Society,
Messrs. Barnes, Osmer, Diener and John
Gibson participating. Should this be ac-
ceptabe, and not too long, we will give
an account in our next.
Your Truly,
BUCKEYE.