The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1891-12-10

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thirteen or fourteen are alive to-day
Early in the evening the guests began to arrive
and at six o'clock the following sat down to tn,
well stocked table: Mr.. and Mrs Francis Whit
! more, Mr. and MR.. b. f. Young, Rockland, Mir
/ and Mrs Henry Dunbar, Mr.. and Mrs JOSEPH
lIayoner, Mr. George +. Wight and daughter
Mary, Mr.. John stewart Mrs. James Nj. Craig
Mr.. Charles NJ Craig, Miss Lucy Palmer and rep
resentativcs of tie local press In addition to tn,
above Mrs. Whitmore was assisted by the follow
ing neighbors: Mrs. c. W. Haney, Mrs 4. 4
Bradbury and Mi. and Mrs John Pan ker. Tho
supper fine one. In the centre of the tabI,
was large and handsome reunion cake, artstical
ly decorated. Across end were the figure,
"ls49' and en- the other "le9l." The follow Ing i,
the menu
Meats, roast tmkey, boiled ham, cold tongue
hot rolls, creamed oysters, boiled potatoes mash
Ell potatoes, sweet potatoes, squash, cranberry
sauce, pickles, celery, assorted cake, cheese
cream pie nuts, raisins fruit, tea and coffee.
After supper the company repaired to Mi Whit
more's handsome parlors above, where the eNcr.
cises of the evening took place. Mr. WhitmoIc
gave the guests the following account of his at
venture in California. He said
My FRIENDS After a lapse of more than forty
years trust may be parioned if ohtrude a ill.,
tie personal Renaissance OF life Tor q few months
alter leaving the Nm. o. Alden at san Francisco.
am getting along in wears and as look BACK on
those days can hardly realize that it is myself
am telllhg you about. You must remember that |
was only green country bow p wears Old, as we
slghttu cape Horn, and had never earned or seen
but a few dollars at Il time in all my life There
was, in strange country, cast upon my own re-
sources, without friends to assist me with no
money to speak Of, and little beside what stood
| IN mat could call my own At that time, as you
all know, the country infested by cut-throat~
robbers and the scum o. all the world. and a man
had to be on the watch ntnualy to cScane being
robbed or murdered. But here ! was ami must
DO something.
first went up the Sacramento river where cot
Job Of choppng wood at - per cord. After a
short time ! went to Marysvile ana took up a
claim and commenced digging for gold. / had
been at work for some time when returning from
dinner one day found two Italians had jumped
my claim and were at work on it. They could not
understand English and could not understand
their lingo, so after jaWing and gestlcuathg b tx
ana forth for a time, | remembered that ] mad
heard that factions speak louder than words" So
procuring club, Went for them ann made INV
self well understood that thev took the mimi MI,
not pay as well as thought it ought to, SO tirt.ly
1t up and got job in mine at so d5v ana kent
at mat tli had earned about 5000 | then started
for the north fork Of the luba river When cot
! there iii company with sin others M. hnutlt a
claim on the "Little Rich Bar" putting into ii All
my savings and running in debt l,.1i .,, Ju-t Me.
low us Situated the Big Rich Bar owue, Nv
the kennebGe Company, Il CORPORATION OF thirteen
men. At the same time we were bidding o,lr
dam, they began one, AMI striking ledge, they
| built their dam SO high that it tolrci the water
through their race, n0Odina our l1rc OYER t,iIr
feet, and stopping our operations We at Once
commenced suit AGAINST tnpn RIA tirt haa,i, n.
was ON saturday and not getting through thr f,t.
was put over until Mondtv TIN. vas stroke d +
i'll luck for US. Had we finished tn, ease tLat il "A,
sunday the thirteen me1 of the k.lmrbcc Cninnan5
undertook to do a little missionary work hv Doll