The Newtown bee., 1905-01-06
To California In '49.
INTERESTING STOR Y FROM THE DIARY OF
 GLOVER HAWLEY,
Brought Out In a Vivid Way By the Pen of E. L.
 Johnson.

| DlOuSut OuL LII q NlVIu w d By the Pen of E. L. Johnson.
 February B: Good weather. We continue to raise the building. Work very hard, and about finish. We get our pay, four and one-half days, $lO9 A little white frost thls morning.
 February Fl: Good weather, fine as May. The wea ther this month is SC 1 uncOmmOnly fine for the season, we can hardly imagine snowStorms at home.
 February 25: Weather rather chilly with some white frost in the morning. We clean house all day aud fix to rent it. l receive a letter to-day from wife and one from Asa. l send wife let ter in answer to hers.
 THE LETTER.
 Sacramento City, Feby. 25, 1850. 1 was made quite happy, this morn- ing, on receiving your long looked-for letter, dated November ', and the only one have received, except one from Asa. since the week l arrived in this SOuho StAlo OOllCSC I1IC lU Iloo d PPCdl ed a very long time. I had given up all hope of getting any of the back let terS which l knew you had not neg lected to send. You mentioned in a former letter that it would be some thing like pleasant living, if 1 ever ar rived in California, for ve could then hear from each other monthly, l thought so too at the time, but have been very sadly disappointed in that respect: however, for the future hope to be more fortunate.
 The receipt of your letters are like bright spots in my existence. l con- tinue to enjoy good health as usual, and think that by this time am some what acclimated. This city, 1 think, is more healthy now than at any time 1 have been in it. The weather through the whole of this month has been the finest 1 ever saw. Every day without exception has been warm and very pleasant. Thermometer in the middle of the day from 5O0 to 6O0, and but three or four mornings when the least frost could be dscerned. Grass is everywhere rank aud green like it is the last of May in Connecticut. The water has all subsided, an account of which l gave Asa last month. The traveing is now good and hundreds and thousands are going to the mines, packing their all on mules. Neafie and do not go yet, preferring to work in this place at carpentering while longer at Sl2 day each. We have re- ceived $500, since the seventh of Feb ruary for work.
 Lumber is now very plenty at S2OO per thousand. Labor, it is thought will soon be up to Sl5 or one ounce of gold per day. 1 often think of PhilC Northrop and regret his backing out. Carpenters, boot makers and tin men do first rate, other trades are dull and not worth working. You wish me to set some time when 1 will be home. l hardly know what to say. If 1 have my health, this summer, l thought should make the most of it. We shall probably stay and work while longer here, until the snow is more melted head waters of the American or Tuba rivers, when we hope and trust we will prosper, if attention and close ap- plication to business will do it. You had better direct all letters to Sacra- mento City, for the expresses all charge Sl a letter for getting one up | from San Francisco besides the post age, and great delay. We now have expresses that run to the mines once 8 month and take all letters that are sent for by them.
 You mentioned MT Foot and others from Ddnbury. l have seen MT Bish- op in this place some weeks since. The others, all winter, at the mines on Feather river.
 Thomas Blackman's son called or me, last Sunday, was in good health Mir Stoddard and myself often call or each other. MT Huntington also call ed, last week. It seems quite pleasant to see an old acquintance in this city of strangers. MT Alonzo Sherman thinks of locating himself at Fremont and has left us for that purpose. Hi health is now quite restored.
 I continue to live in the Chimes house that four of us rented in th' time of the flood for $l00 per month We do it and board ourselves, Fathe than pay $25 or $50 per week for board and sleep on the floor. You must ex cuse this letter being short. l had con cluded not to write this month, if
 had not received yours this morning Yours affectionately, G. Hawley.
 February 26: Wind chilly and un
 pleasant with a little rain. 1 have heavy cold yet and keep home all day February P: Chilly, drizzling rain { go to the postotfice and got lette from Asa. All day is unpleasant ou ! so l keep house.
 February 2S: More pleasant. Loo t for job but get none. Feel som E better.
 March l: Weather fine. Get n x work. Feel very uneasy. Grey cam < up with Neatie's trunk. Some raj ]. fell in the night. We rent our houS :, lease the ground on our corner, 20 fee < on Fifth, aud 2S feet on Fourth, f(
 $50 a month to be paid in advance. March 2: Some white frost th !, morning. Comes on wet. We get |, job and work seven hours each on u 2 North American hotel. We pay M Ss S Espy $l5 for the use of a room or a month.
 s Sunday, March 3: Fine day. I'll y lost box of gold containing $5OOO Wi
 taken out of the river. 1 do a job
 work on Steamer Linda. Price Sl6.
 March f: fine day. We work on u
 Linda all day and until half past 10 .~ the evening. One ounce of gold D.
 day and the same for evening, S32.
 March i: Some frost this mornin
 We work on the Linda all day, $l6. \ March G. Some showers. We wo on the Linda all day and night uni 1 p m, and return home in the raj S}2
 March !: Pleasant, rather cool. V
 work on the Linda until 9 in the eve
 ing and end our job here, $32.
 S.