Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1884-01-04
LETTER FROM THE OTHER SIDE.
CENTEHvIL1.E, Dec. 20, 1888.

)ut snow storms, cold rains, ana plus- ;S
,ering weather. Young 'S4, let us
nope, may deal more kindly and bring :
as sunshine and more of those pretty
Snow is about twenty inches
deep and still showing. Mining is
about suspended. No work is being
done on the Golden Star or Fleece
mines. Hugh Turner, the go-aheadl
owner Of the Pride Of Idaho, is push :
ing work on at rapid rate. He has
run something over four hundred feet
of tunnel this winter. In one of the
tunnels he expects to tap the ledge ,
100 feet deep. In the other is pros
pecting for the Blue Bell lead, mine
worked in early days, and paying big
dividends. Hank Thompson, before
leaving for old Missouri, built a neat
and commodious residence at his
mine, the sSweet Home," on Thomp-
son Gulch. We will look for Mr.. and
Mrs. Hank about the LIST OF March |
next. Miss Maggie Young left re-
Gently to spend the winter with friends
at Emmettsville. Lamberton, Moore
and Jackson returned after very
successful hunt on the Upper Payette
. river, above Carpenters ranch. They
killed 33 deer, 10 elk, one wolf and
one lynx. The deer and elk are roll
ing fat. A few days before Christ
mas our folks received an invitation
a to take Chr. stmas dinner with friends.
n We left home early in the morning,
$ having partaken of very light break
ID fast, Ia glass of water and smoke),
N in order to be fully prepared for the
ie dinner, (which was an excellent one
IN and we did ourselves justice. Din
10 ner over, we sat and wept to think
e that Christmas dinners were Of sucl
l. rare occurrence. Christmas day ev
lrt cry one appeared smiling and happy
* Mrs. S. K. Goldtrap and Miss Kos
to, Dodge conceived the idea that tn
7as little folks hearts should be mad
an happy in some way or other, an
through their hard and faithful labo
al pretty tree bloomed, with beautif'
the presents, Christmas eve, at Metfert
o. Hall. The Hall was crowded. A
10 who could go were there. Befol
-, distributing the gifts Mr.. and MI
tcb Goldtrap, Mr.. and Mrs. Cunningha
49, and Miss Dodge, sang several We
bic pretty and appropriate songs. MI
GRO Goldtrap accompanied on the orga
ma The tree stripped of its fruit, MI
Meffert ordered the hall cleared
chairs and benches, and on with t
dance was the watchword; and su
IT, enough, for hours the dance we
~ merrily on. Dancing over, ego
H. night and ''merry Christmas" we
heard, and all departed for home, a
will no doubt long remember Chr
Will mas eve at Centerville in '93. TIN
ong' or four of US old fellows got into
'hers corner of the hall and talked of
al Christmas trees of a hundred O
sent hundred and fifty years ago, wi
WISE we were youths in our beauty,
'hicil how sad it is to be forced to rea
W. the fact that we must give way
wa these youngsters; some OF them
io'oo knew when they wore short pants
short that it took great many |
GENT to make them stick. Well, we b
.ner's come to the conclusion to cheerf
Mr.. take back seat, and calmly a.
vould our turn to be converted into bea
new full angels and clap on pair OF la
orld's white, silver-tipped wings, and
sures around in immensely of space.
us. the clubroom of the sweetly dream
!, saloon, ohm Gilliland proprietor,
nut -. l.aa-I o.,orx, rr,t on