Arizona republican., 1898-02-06
IN THE DAYS OF '49.
The Dark and Bright Side of Life
 With the Pioneer.

Dur1QR the past IWO WSShS @OAAAoh nia papers teemed with interesting "reminiscences from which the 1oiloW- ing is gleaned:
 Joseph G. Baldwin who, from 1857 to 1863 was a Judge of the Sup eme Court of California and Chief Justice from January, 1863, until January, 1864. tells that a small room in the se- cond sory, which he used for n off1ce rented in 1S49 for S1 900 per mo tn. Judge Baldwin was born in Sumter, Ala,and was the author of "Flush Times in Alabama Owing to III health his physician advised him to go to California, and accordingly he made the trip, arriving in San Fran cisco late in 1S49. In a letter which he wrote to the Southern Literary Messenger in June, 1850, he tells how, after he rented his office for twelve months, his landlord came to him and wan,ed $12,0O0. Baldwin remember ed telling the landlord some time be- fore, at his own request, hcw much space he had right to occupy with his buildings on the sidewalk. He thereupon immediately charged the landlord; $60C0 for h:s advice. The landlord demurred, whereupon Bald win agreed to arbitration the sub ject being referred to three lawyers, recent acquisitions to the popula ion, who awarded Baldwin $12,O0O and charged the landlord $500 for arbitra- tion fees. In the later part of 1S49 there was only one other lawyer be- sides Baldwin in San Francisco. There was: but little law in the country" remarks the afterwa.d Chief Justice, 'so that what there was of it was very precious. We charged ac- cordingly. The fees were, fer oral ad- vice, 10 per cent of the amouni. in quired about; written advice, 20 per cent; collecting fees, 25 per cent, be- sides tax fees of $50; litigated cases, all the criminal has besides wha. he can gel from his friends. There was a rush to my office, like to the mark ct house when there is a report of fresh beef. About a. m. they com menced calling for me as the crowd call for popular stump speaker at political meeting. I used to come out on the balcony in front of my office and advise them by placon at a time, each client handing up his pouch of gold dust on the end of a pole, in a pocket. Besides these had my regular clients, who paid me re- taining fees of from $1 ,00O to $10,0O0 a month."
 Dr. Palmer ayers that from 10 to 15 per cent was paid in advance fer the use of money borrowed on substan ial security. Prices of real estate went up among the stars in 1858, a 50-vara lot that had been bought the previous year for $20 selling for $S,00O in 1859 Lodging was equally extravagan+ A bedroom in a hotel, so Dickens was informed by a private correspondent, costing $250 month, and sleep ng berth or bunk" one of fifty in the same apartment, $6 week. The h gh prices even reached old newspapers, for Bayard Taylor took dozen of them he had used to fill up crevices to a newspaper merchant at the cor ner of the City Hall for $1O.'
 ''Yet everybody made money" says Dr. Palmer, "akhough a man might stare aghast at the squalor of his lodging and wish that he might part with his appetite at any price to some other man.
 ''The restaurants display the.r signs invitingly on all sides" VITO. e Bayard Taylor. we have choice of the United States, Tortoni's, the AL hambra and many other equally clas- sic resorts, but Delmonicos like it's distinguished original in New York, has the highest prices and the great- est variety of dishes. We go down Kearny street to twO-Story wooden house on the corner of Jackson. The lower story is a market; the wa Is are garnished with quarters of beef and mutton; a. huge pile of Sandwich is land squashes fiiis one corner, and several cabbage heads, valued at si iy, ho in,1yO We enter a little door at the eEd o1 the building, ascend a dark, naTrOV flight of steps and find ourselves in { long, low room, with ceiling and wall of white muslin and a floor covered with oilcloth. There are abOu twenty tables disposed in two rows all of them so well filled that WI have some difficulty in finding places Taking up the written bill-of-fare VI find such items as rhe following:
 Mock turtle .. .. ...S z St. Julien .....1 U Boiled salmon, anchGvy sauce. | T Leg of mutton, caper sauce .. .. I O Corned beef, cabbage .. .. ..... | O Ham and tongues .. =. .. ...... ' Fillet beef, mushroom sauce .... 1 ' Veal outlets, breaded .. .. .......1 Mutton chop ....... ........1 0 LObS,er salad ..... ........ ....2 0 Sirloin of venison .. .. .. l 5 Baked maccaroni .. .. ....... .. ' Beef tongue, sauce piquante .. ...1
 50 that, with but a moderate appe tite the dinner will cost us $5, if W are at all epicurean in our tasts! There are cries of steward" from a parts of the room-the word "waiter is not considered sufficiently respec ful seeing that the waiter may hay been a lawyer or a merchants clerk
 few hours before. The dishes loo very small as they are placed on tf table. but they are sufficiently cooke