Year: 1871




story told the Editor of the JOURNAL be true
that the Cinnamon who joll6ed the longest had
the most money-the ones in and about Douglas
must have good claims But there must have
been some mistake in regard to the age of the
Nation. All one has to do in San Francisco or
Sacramento is to travel up and down street or
two, thickly populated with Chinese, and if his
conclusion, pretty soon, that the Nation is over
four thousand years old-if smell is any proof of
age, and it is with almost everything else


Here let me tell a good China story. On the
McGillvray ranch, there has been a Chinaman
tor ten or eleven years. called Sam Son, who
prides in being reliable upon any and every sub
ject. Some time in the month of February, Mes
Chinamen all quit work and put out for Weaver
Sam Son was called upon to know what was up.


"Oh, " said he, " China Christmas"


A short time afterwards they knocked off work
again.


What's up, now, Sam Son ?'


"Oh, China New Year"


Along in the Summer it was the same thing
over, when Sam Son was referred to again


Oh, Chinaman July lection day all same
Mclean man."


endeavored to draw Chinaman out a short
time since on his religious belief hardly think
they believe much Of anything, and care less
about the future Some of them believe that if
they do wrong land what that is with China
man, confess do not know they will be con-
verted after death, into some kind of an animal
such as dog, cat, etc. If such is the case,
changed into an owl would be the cheapest The
eye would need no change a: all, and that pro-
penslty for robbing chicken roosts would be owl
all over. AS the chances would be excellent for
meditation, converted into owls, the race might
be improved some in that way, as they are very
poor substitute for human being as they are
at present.


The storm has closed out the miners growl
and hushed the cry of water, water. Everything
bids fair for good mining season yet. intend
taking jaunt through the mines of this section
as soon as the boys get fairly to work and report
to the JOURNAL. am told back channel has
been struck, on Smiths Flat, which is very rich
Mr.. Doliffe has left good prospects on Pike county
bar, on the strength Of those prospects, and has
started tunnel in his old claim over there in
order to reach this channel. The bitches will
all be fall of water now, just as soon rs the
storm is over when all hands can waltz in
am told that the dam of the Charley Tourot ditch
has washed out. Sorry to learn this, as it will
be difficult to rebuild until the water goes down
some in Weaver creek. Charley has a claim on
Fillihuster which think will pay well when he
gets water in his ditch again. He has 100 feet
pressure and 20 feet bank. This would be con-
sidered pretty good for high in almost any county
in the State, but am told that down in Hum
boldt county that the briars and nettles are so
thick that the inhabitants have to build their
water closets in the forks of the trees Now,
that's high. What have you for game, Mr.
Helmsman OF the West Coast Signal?


We are annoyed to death with CATS since we
have moved down to Douglas. Their nocturnal
screams make the cold chills run over fellow
You should just hear Pard swear once for if
he has one comfort in this old humbug of a world
it's the bed. AS he never gets drunk, he takes
his insensibity out in long maps. There is no
way of accounting for this huge of cats,
without it be that the scarcity of beef and pork
in the valleys has raised meat in this county to
such pitch that the cats have come to the con-
cusion that they will have no further use for in
testnes, land it does seem that every cat in the
county is here of nights,) and they are here to
sell them | suppose. Now is it not strange
that they should know there is a fiddler on the
premises? If he buys all that comes, he will be
able to supply the market with cat-gut for all
time to come. The question is, whether this
centerng of cats TO this place would come under
the head of instinct or not. We annoyed
by poe-cats up the river, but that was different
kind of stink altogether.


We getting up four hour league in Doug
las which, from its adherents, promises to be a
success. Already have we our candidate selected
and in due time will present him to the public.
He promises to steal the entire county, bring it
home, and divide inside of two months. | do
wish the Governor would call special election,
for just at this particular juncture am in need
of my part.


In regard to the candidate for Governor,
| think speak the sentiment of a majority of the
Republican voters of this county when say that
Newton Booth is the man. | certainly would be
glad to see the JOURNAL hoist his name and ad-
vocate his election. He would command large
American vote and the fact is, that when you
come to ransack the mines thoroughly, there is
quite vote of Americans sprinkled here and
there.


Majestic old Bally, with his broad mantle of
snow, stands looming up like Cardiff Giant at
baby show, in plain view of where we " ork.
No more mutterings about dry seasons no more
growls from the merchants about dull times
and might add no more " doggerel for the
JOURNAL Office. This is hard, ! know, but if
you cannot stand it, what the devil are you doing
with printing Office.


Since penning the above, have learned that
my old friend, Jesse Caruthers has raised quite
an excitement up Redding's creek, about six or
seven miles from its mouth, by striking rich
bench diggings Gold, more or less, throughout
the dirt, with an average of eight cents on the
bottom. know nothing about his bedrock,
but presume it pitches toward Douglas City.