Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1908-04-03
FROM OUR
CORRESPONDENTS
AMADOR.

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is very unfavorable, and unless we
have a downpour soon there will be
little harvesting done; but our
weather prophet has not yet given up
all hope and still maintains that one
of the heaviest storms of the season
is gathering in the distance. We
may, like Robert Burns, who, soon
after writing his noted poem, "rhe
gloom Of night is gathering fast" had
all his respondent thoughts and
gloomy mood dispelled by an uu-
dreamed of shower of prosperity also
be visited by shower of blessings
that will fill our barns and store
houses to overlooking.
After standing behind the counter
for week, dealing out goods to the
curious, porting over catalogues in
the vain hope of finding prices and
pictures that would tickle the most
economical and satisfy the most
fastidious, we closed our doors Sun
day morning, for a rumble over the
hills and wales, to listen to the
songs of nature, and hunt for sweet
charms of solitude. BY some mishap
we soon found ourselves in dry
town. Drytown, though now in
somewhat state of dilapidation and
decay, bears the impression Of being a
once prosperous mining town. There
are many old buildings there whose
present state renders them unfit for
occupancy, yet around these ruins
recollections of happier and more
fruitful days, when each miner after
returning from his days work was
won't to recall his tale of woe or
success. AS in digging over the
dusty and dingy volumes of the half
forgotten past, we often find the
superb gems of = thought, so in
gathering up the fragments that have
become part of these Anticipated
ruins we often find the most interest
ing and important history relative to
the days of gold. A dry goods and
grocery store combined, two or three
saloons, few old residential build
ings and the school house on the
hill is all that is left to mark the
spot of the once popular and thrifty
mining town. But of the people of
Drytown 1t may be truly said of them
that they are a liberty loving and
patriotic people, as old glory waves
from the flag pole of their school
house through storm and through
sunshine in unsullIed glory.
The next place of interest that our
curiosity led us to visit was the
town of Plymouth. We have Travelled
all the way from the eternal snow
capped peaks of the northern Sierras
TO the plains of Southern California,
have visited almost all the towns
and villages of interest in the state,
but as we viewed plymouth and the
valley by which it is surrounded,
there broke in upon us such scene
of grandeur and unrivalled beauty
causing us to eXclaim, this is surely
one of the prettiest valleys in the
state. Here are three we'll kept
hotels, several saloons, three large
stores that do a thriving business.
Or course this town along with some
Others is not as prosperous as it once
was, but nevertheless it has many
cosy residences and quite a popula-
tion, and is destined to hold it's own
for many years to come. 1t has some
good mines and when they are opened
it is liable to take a boom.
The Amador progressive whist club
met at the residence of Mrs ChichI-
zola on Thursday last, and spent
very pleasant afternoon. Miss Isa-
bella Mae, the med itative player,
scored heavily winning the first prize
an elegant gold ring bespangled
with gems of the richest hue and
dazzling beauty. Mrs ChichizoIa
captured the second prize-a beautiful
howerpot gardiner. Mrs Reeves
through Mrs Lynch, got away with
the third and last prize a-scraper,
whose usefulness and appearance is
unknown to us.
The tea-coffee party given for the
benefit of the church at the residence
of Mrs Hinkson was a great success,
netting the handsome sum of from
seven to eight dollars.
Little Vern Dynan has fully re-
covered from his sick spell OF pneu-
MONA, and is again able to attend
school.
Miss McTauohIin vistted her narants