, 1885-09-17
IN OLD TUOLUMNE.
a DEMOCRATIC coNysNu TON TWEEN.
TY-slX YEARS AGO.
u~ard-FIsted nIlners n Delighted Il
a Gathering OF the Boys DIon
with stomachs Inured TO
bacon aud ~Fiapjscks.

10 FFFAlf NlN q ~ fEfuFiFCQ 'hNNNNE
Hot IS the summers day. Very hot.
Put not so heated Is the physical atmos
pherc Of /, onura. 1uoiumne count rs
The mental The ue tai Ay. tue moral
the immoral. the mel &C ual. Why
rs 1. e day Of the / en- ocralic canven
tiun. met now tweniy.six 10 Z years
ag' ne-the convention rati y.ng the nom
maiOrs IL rcckinriGge aud ane for
president and vice president II these then
tnitcd tales, but n.ore csi ecia.ly and
Y tally to nominate good sou d emo
Gratis To certain county o ces fces Of
inn urlance. because then o. ccs of great
Trolt
They are pouring in from inc log.
from , olumb'n. > ring ed. shaw 5 / hlt.
tNe noun ANS. .imtuwn. Montezuma.
Chinese onm Lon edros, ed moui-
tain. hawkins Par. Marsh lat.
a itlesuakc. jacksonville. te, ems Bar,
TAX lat first arrote eco d
I arrote. the Green spiings and
Mo casin's creek. The poured IN
last II ght They poured much down
last n uht, The ZANE clad in long line =
busters. on raw boaed mustangs. aud
some IN foot. The, are men OF mark in
Their respective precincts. men of iniu
ence. strol & men, q d fighting men.
They are men who. da after day. stan ]
knee deep in the mud Of the golden allu
vial as 1t is being sliced away. or waist
deep in the river creek stream, laying
va Is and wing dams.
They have the dinero in their poe cts.
They nave the ore in their buckskins
They have left their ranches. their ranch
eros their casas. their ramudas. They
bestride CaballOs burros They arc
not burros call one If them a burro.
a d be d blow oil the top Of your caneza
They disda n the lnglish of Their eastern
homes. hey spea the NIL sh trimmed
with parish with II an sh learned from
senurs-and senor.tas of ourse
Most Of them ARE "hce ed " They carr
s'ern chasers-under Their linen d IL ers
They are read for war. They arc ON the
warpath The war pa mt is on their faces
The war whisky is In Their stomach4.
They love war. They do not exactly
pray to day for a sh oting scrape. ut II
one comes along they are on hand to ell
o it.
They are men with hands hard and
horny. with ST. machs induratel to bull
beef bacon and ap acks They live in o
calins OF their OWN build ng-lugs now
I'D u d rotten logs ut full Of ere, ping
crawling things cent? edes AID suciI
tie tarantu burrows near their
doors the horned toad frisks near
by in the une sunshine; the
rattlesnake becomes sOciable and crawl
down 10 pay them visits. Ab,u
the noses of these men al
meal times buzz the yellow jackets
unin tied guests-whuse b lie is worse
ihan their bark-lo,ers oil sweet co.di-
ments app e sauce aud molas cs. ad uncts
To the meals Of these hard and horny
handed en- Of t G southern mines.
ear ther doors also is a thickly popu
lAied tee acty Of red ants the ed
mt of alifornA. the Lifting ant a dis
tinctly smellin and when crushed. moi
a pleasant smel ing ant an ant viii h can
never be dri en- out Of its pace of sett. e.
menL these / cmocrats-these men OF
J on edru S and Law kirs ar and Alge
rine and overts llill-have ofttimts
fought hard and perseveringly nral 81
the t red %ants-ha,e dug up heir holes.
have poured kettle on kettle OF boilin.
water INTO their oty-have parboiled
ho ell and otherwise destroyed them II,
the ihou and unto I c le S Of thousands.
ct ut mately to no purpose there is OF
Il en- 10 cessation
These are i'm owi democrats. uuarlz
crushers. pooket hunters, ROSTERS Of
Va h sky Hili-burruwers from Table
Wountnin travellers OF lead river beds.
delving IN gravel cternil bur I'd. br ing
Orth tn light bones ol the m gatherium
and icthyo ~nnrus-ponr beast who. on
AGO. never know ilirir scientific name g.
This grav-shlrled humble pan cd. wi Il
e ed man is = Hen , liver. { er sangu ne
oi uniud ircn-ure in Ia ic mnunia u.
ever ian. uine uiso. ~ a 4 em' C at / ere
O. c The uitol brothers of irg nia-id
dieis fighters. Eorsemcn ani M ners
good 'el ows. large story ieilels rcndy lo sit
u all night. pirits wa at h gu wa er.
ihuugh con in the purse has touched the
ives wa'er mark. These arc the
men Of Tho ri rr" of tie 1uniumur
Of ucksonv lie. stevens bar ell m I'M
tRn Hawk MS swett's and nd an bars
men of stout hearts aud br ad feet. a d
Lar d ggcrs red.d II singers. wing dam
s.de.dum. head wa builders roc bank
creyicers. packers of the own our aud
haco for mi es ever rocky rails fr, m til
bar store TO the CALI 5 hermits sec uded
in dee gulcn recesscs Il ly men whe
water /, ~lacket" in upon hem rom The
river claim he ow men worth. cibit
blankets tnd tools Included. say 500
men never discouIa ed because he bed
Of the river did net pay this yea IL
resolved to tack e the same old c,aim tue
teAt the same old claim which for
years. from Ma 10 No, ember, ha-
G aimed their muscle, their hunry. the g.
me. Their ci,d L md never id pay
and never will
Hnrl baked and red is the s IL of the
hiilsides on which stand their abb 5
Muddy and red the ditch water flowing
past their doors. Thick, vscid and . N
in us Ia Stun deposit made monthly Va
their reservoirs Toilsome the Job If a
saturday afternoon clean ng it out \
smeil Of rubber pcr~ades their hum le
IA. ma rttllar rrFna.Htu Wtl.kar hot.
rub er ants.
somc have shaved themselves IN a. 4.
beautiful cn MY G. INVENTION morn B
country 1, wn sha c cost. IA qua ter
quarter vii, bu two drinks. con,
is wealth f not health They have hu,
with du Taznrs They lave cash
themselves III orally in 81. Is. Tho.
MT mind this. so long Ms the, rau
the stuhb heard a lille blood e. 81
does them good. Blood tinges tuefs
collars II has dried there \ sc.i,
lelluw soap hangs a out them %
an honest miner S shave.
These are The men Of he mountain %
Of ouura- dwel err MD snow. / G q
sugar pines bear hunters. fox lrap
read builders. quartz delivers Hill llu
ers. heeeis. iumbcrers. sawma ef-
jewellers on the orlh Forn OF lt
1uolumne.
Americans ihese. all who T6ur into 50
nora. Amt riraus r. m the hayo ul
ouisiana. from the Alabama cotton,
telus. from the outh DINA 'cr
swamps aud the North Carolina TAR for
ests Maine lum ermen, Illinois bsci
men Massachu cts men. American, from
Crnada. Americans from Ire and. Amcri.
cans IRON ever " iere-but still Amer
leans.