Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1879-12-05
Er.sralda Herald, Nov. 40.

Erxralda Herald, Nov. 20.
In the years agone. when this camp
was In it, aush and pride. two gsuiusss
made their homo In Q cabin down the
gulch near where tbs China garden now
Il. One Of them has made himself .
world.wi reputation % Q writer. wit
and humorist, and the other, although
never having sssayed anything In the
literary line. 10 as jolly and hearty ~ his
partner, and today bis round. full laugh
10 pleasant to hear and reminds one Of
the deep music OF Q basso quartstts.
These two happy chaps were Mark Twain
and Bob Rowland. For years the for.
mer has been In the East and on the
continent. but the latter still olings to
his gods. and q every now and again
DO heard Of at remote places where
strikes are reported. Not long since he
tarrisd In Aurora for q few days, and
while looking over the old ground where.
In the war days, be was City Marshal,
be espied the flagstaff on his and Marks
old cabin. The thought flashed across
his brain that II would mako handsome
canes and a. the old cabin has become
historical he determined to have It. The
Hsg.pols Was about twenty feet In hight
and 1.-THE and tapering, Of the toughest
tamsrack. Rowland applied to B. B.
stswsrtson, the present owner OF the
cabin, and from Lin got permission to
take the pole down. When Il was down
and sawed into suitable lengths Bob
stated that hs would have II made into
canes and present them to his friends.
One be would have handsomely mounted
aud sent to Mark and Q mate to 1t would
keep a. an heirloom for his children.
The others would DO distributed % fancy
dictated. In connection With that old
cabin are many witty stories. One tiue.
when Bob and Mark were living on short
r~ations, Il was the custom OF the camp
to cat Q great deal OF canned goods. fruit,
oysters, jellies, etc. The empty cans
would be thrown carslessly from the door
Of each cabin, and 10 most instances
presented quite an array Of different
brands. styles and kinds. By the num-.
Der Of cams thus disposed Of n could
Judge how the occupants Of any one
cabin were living. One night Mark
came homo with Ave or six dozen
empty Jams In . gunny sack and
empdsd them out In front OF the
door. When Bob asked him what he
was about he replied that the paysersby
should not know but they were living
Just a. we'll a. anybody II the number Of
empty cans counted for anything. Bob
also tells that when the cabin was being
moved from down the guleh to where It
now stands fifteen Or twenty Of the boys
stood In to help. When they got 90 far
with II as the Exchange saloon they put
IL down to 90 In and get Q drink. AZ
they ranged up to the bar Bob and Mark
were awful jolly and happy to think how
easily and quickly they we're getting
their cabin moved. but - the crowd
began to pour In. each man showing
how and where hs had blistsrsd bis
hands while assisting TO move the cabin,
Il davnsd upon them that at two bits Q
drink IL would have been almost - cheap
TO buy q new one with q mansard roof
and observatory. Two hundred and
atty men, ct least, drank on that NOV.
Ing, and Bob says II be had not put In Q
demurrer they would have been drinking
until now. Those were the days when
IL was not nsoessary TO ring . bell or
blow q horn to collect Q crowd In Aurora.