Year: 1873

DOUGLAS CITY, February 4, 1878.


In my rounds made the trip to Hay
Fork. On my arrival l told the two ho-
tel-keepers that would rot be hard on
them, that if one would furnish the grub
and the other the whisky that l could be
as liberal as any of them by buying my
own tobacco. This they agreed to do
and the interesting part to me was they
thing the merchant furnished the pipes
and matches. After supper the first night,
we anchored by the fire to have a social
gas, and to give our mecl schaums a chance
to color. They all smoke genuine Pol
lax pipes in the Valley, and my corn-cob
institution, confess, looked rather shah
by, but enjoyment was the game and
waded in as big toad as the puddle could
scare up. The first thing on the pepper
Crane was a little Dragging about pipes.
One man had n pipe that he could stick Il
needle through. Now, disliked to do
anything or say anything that squinted
toward laying over any Hay Forkers in
pipes or anything else, yet at the same
time could stick my finger clear through
my pipe, but hated to say 50. l then
said it was coloring all around the hole
| had burnt it. | made the acquaintance
of prominent citizen of the Valley that
| had been anxious to see for years. OF
course both had to state which State he
hailed from to this county-he from Yer
mont and me from Kentucky, and our
conversation did not last five minutes be-
fore we found that both Of US hailed from
Missouri. We wisely let politics alone
and got along together hugely. Just now
Hay Fork is certainly making a very
laudablc effort in the right direction--the
conversion of the Douglas City heather.
think it was little oversight in them,
however, in not sending Bob along with
the fast Missionaries. Come the next
time, Bob, and call on me as you pass
perhaps l can give you an item. l think
with what religion we can pound into
them with little corn-fodder they ought
to Winter.


Uncle "Impresor has a good thing
on me about that watery wild. that "tucl"
on so when my "coat tail vanished in
the keers." Its no use trying to get out
of this so long as he and my boy are on
good terms, l reckon. However, he did
not tell the whole Of it. She married in
three or four days after / left, in fact, be-
fore my tracks were cold. Well, bully
for the vidders. You might as well try
to keep childs fingers out of the sugar
bowl as to try to run society without wild
ows. / tell you, Uncle "Imprcsor," the
women have the heels of us poor devils.
You doubtless have heard of the work
called the Bible. Now you know am
somewhat skeptcal on such things, but
there are two things that go a long way
with me to establish the truthfulness of
the Bible. First, that it repented God
that he had made man, and second, that
no where can it be found that it repented
him he had made woman, nary time.
Some little boy may read this perhaps,
and whilst | am on the subject of making
men let me say that the old way of max
ing men out of mud is played out that
nowadays they make men out of little
boys. Recollect that all our great men,
Congressman, bridge-tenders and Presi-
dents are made out of little boys. Now
recollect this, bub, and comb the back
part of your head whilst you are at
it. cannot tell you anything about the
weather, but rather think the clerk or
superintendent is waiting for more subsi
DIV or until he can come to some under
standing with the Sacramento Union be-
fore we can look for another shower. The
miners are looking blue-merchants dit
to. am neither, but look blue also, just
to be in keeping with the times.


My old friend, " "Impresor," is mining
up Redding creek, with what success l
cannot say, but if his usual good luck
sticks TO him will soon have all the mon
ey both of US will ever want. Ten
Thousand Miles Away" curse that tune,
but Mollie Darling" like-yes | love
Mollie, and whether she'll "put her lit
tie hand in mine " matters not, but II