Amador ledger., 1904-05-20
DRYToWN.
DRYTOWN. Nav 10.

l will endeavor once more to send a
few items, to convince the readers oi
the Ledger that Drytown is still on the
map and a few of the old residenters
still among US.
Most of the strangers who attended
the grand opening ball given by Frank
Gazzera on last Saturday night were
surely convinced that there are more
pretty girls and good dancers in Dry
town than in any town in the golden
west. The occasion was gotten up for
the purpose of dedicating the new hall
and christening the new floor, which
was considered by all present the best
dance floor in the county. 1t was made
OF 1{x3 Oregon pine, and almost as
smooth as glass. The butcher boy. the
foreman of the Pocahontas mine. and
Shorty" Bick nell measured their full
length, breadth and thick ness on the
floor without even breaking their backs.
BY ten O'Clock in the evening more
than forty ladies were present; among
them were noticed many from Sutter
Creek, Amador, lone and Plymouth.
At midnight all repaired to the ban
quet hall, where splendid chicken and
raviola supper was sert ed, which all
seemed to enjoy. The music given by
Grainger's full orchestra was first class.
Frank Gazzera is deserving of much
credit for the real enterprise that he
has displayed in investing such an
amount of money in this place. He
surely has pointer that Drytown is
going to boom in the near future, or as
soon as the strike is declared off.
Many of our citizens who went to the
Fremont and Cover mines this morn
ing with the intention of going to work
were ordered by the union committees
to return home, and go to work in the
hay fields.
Nearly all the ranchers started to cut
their grass hay this morning. In some
fields it is already raked and ready to
haul in.
Last Sunday Hix visited Chas. Cramer
who has been dangerously sick, and
found him able to be out attending to
light chores about the ranch. He has
been under the care of DIR. Tiffany. We
next visited the Comstock ranch and
Tallac Creamery, where they are at
present milking about 50 cows and
making about four dozen rolls of
delicious butter daily, under the man.
agement of Thos. Allen of Forest Home.
At the adjoining ranch Alex Orr lost
a valuable horse during the afternoon.
He was trying to catch her in the
corral, when she reared up on the
picket gate, which nearly disem boweled
her, and she died in few minutes.
At the Barney, Littlefield, Huot and
Mathis ranches, they were preparing
to start moving their grass hay the
following day.
Frank Cato and wife have resigned
their positions at the Barney ranch,
and are now engaged at the Tallac
Creamery.
Miss Edna McWayne closed a very
successful term at the Willow Spring
school on Friday last.
The Drytown school, under the able
management of Miss Mamie Wheeler.
closed on the 29th ult.
w. o. Clark lost a valuable milch
COW by clover bloat, and many others
about town were similarly afflicted, but
DR.. LIE Moin was called in time to save
them.
Fred LIE Moin has just received a lot
of buggies which he is Offering for sale
at city prices, with freight added. and
offers to deliver them to any part of
the county.
Several visitors from Henry Clay
Lodge F. and A. NJ, of Sutter Creek,
attended Drytown lodge at their last
regular meeting, to assist in raising
James Fl. Moore of Shenandoah valley.
to the sublime degree of Master Mason.
One day last week an Arabian notion
peddler, (also nuisance peddler) while
making his regular trip about town,
endeavored to play the genuine Hobson
kissing act with a married woman, not
knowing that her husband was on the
night shift, and at that time sleeping
IN an adjoining room, who on hearing
the cry of his wife suddenly appeared
on the scene. Scene q In the next
scene Mr.. Arab was seen running down
through Main street hatless, and with
a nice big pair of black eyes and blood
streaming from his nose and mouth and
looking as though he had been partly
through threshing machine. Scene
3-No arrests necessary.
On Tuesday afternoon Fred LIE Moin
met with very painful accident while
engaged in welding some heavy steel
tires. A large scale of hot borax flew
into his blind eye, badly burning the
lower eyelid. Although very painful
nothing serious is apt to result.
Nochio Acuneo, who has been sick
with quick consumption for about three
months, died this afternoon. He was
a brother of Mano Acuneo, who was
killed in the Keystone mine on the
I'D of last March. The deceased was
born near Drytown q years ago. He
leaves a mother, father, and three
brothers to mourn his loss. HIx.