Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-09-20

counted $50 they called their own.
The land In 1890 was full Of the 1Doorest.
Intelligent and educated white DSn on the
face of the earth. There was e,rd reason
for the frequent poverty bars" sNd "pov-
erty hills one then found there, These men
lived year after year in suualid cabins
There was little attempt to ornament them.
A pair of blue blankets, frying pan, coffee
pot and the humblest table furniture might
constitute the bulk OF thsir worldly wealth.
There was no iniucement to make a
permanent home They had come
to scratch what gold they could
from the soil and get back with il Us quickly
as possible In this frame and determine
ton of mind they stayed year after year.
OF these some were men of sobriety and
regular habits and more were not. | think
the hard driGkcrs and tho 'shiftlcssn were
the luckiest They changed their base
more often than the steady AMI temperate.
If the latter pitched on poor claim they
would stick to it. That often meant stick.
ing to bad luck. or four men who struck
it rich at or near my locality all were
"hard characters If Satan did lure the
crowd to California, he seemed to favor his
own there.
There was Jim Cole, of Hawkins Bar.
Cole seldom allow Vi sobrietv to get the best
of HIM. He rarely had over fifty cuuts in cash
In his pocket at once, lived, as he expressed
it, for months ION the smell of an oil rag"
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