Year: 1871

SAN JOSE, June 10, 1871.


DEAR JOURNAL Our city 'still lives, ;" though
nothing wonderful has transpired of late in the
way of l" interesting scandals" We are aston
ished at your depraved taste to even intimate
that we have anything of the kind we are all
good with very few exceptions, and those are
people that come here from other places you
know; but If any one does elope with his own
wife or anything of the kind, we will try to
faithfully chronicle it.


We have picnic here nearly every day and
people seem bound to enjoy the country so long
as there is green leaf to be SEEN The fields
look parched and brown, much more than usual
at this season OF the year. still the sky is as blue
the air as balmy, and the birds sing as gaily as
ever they did. The fruit crop promises to be un-
usually abundant, so we are " thankful for our
marces, that we do have, and leave the croak-
ing over the dry season to those who will trum-
BILE anyway. One picnic went TO Alum Rock
Sulphur Springs, charming place of fesort
seven miles away in the foothills the drive
there is delightful, the last two miles winding
around the hills up q Wild rocky canon. AS
luck would have it, most of the ultra ezquisites
rode in long band-wagon drawn by six horses ;
the first sharp turn of the road they found they
could not make, without upsetting all that " fuss
and feathers" down the steep hillside, so they
had to walk the rest of the way. Loud were
their inurmurings, that not being ga part of the
programme"


The other evening we had the pleasure of lis
| teninU n oil
John B. Cough. A thousand persons listened
deghtedly to his eloquence, and were convulsed
with laughter by his inimitabe way Of telling an
anecdote. We will tell one that q brought down
the house" completely, though you should have
heard 1T to fully enjoy it. Speaking of the differ
ence in people-some all life, animation and
'vim, " others that could not be provoked into a
smile. He said AT public meeting, a man
named Henry very desirous to be called on
for a speech but feared that distinguished honor
would not fall to him. While two or three per-
sons were speaking, man in the audience kept
crying Henry Henry Speech from Mr. Hen
ry /" Soon another man began to address the
meeting, still he kept yelling Henry Henry
Henry Henry ! The chairman arose and
salu 10 nun, - w III tnat man please keep still,
Mr.. Henry is now speaking? " Henry is that
Mr.. Henry? Why, he is tie title cuss that told me
! to hoHT| One man that heard Cough tell
this, drawled out, "W-a-a-l, what did he holler'
FoR?' The lecture was not all mirth-provoking
for his pathetic incidents drew tears from the
eyes of the grim old lawyers and doctors that
we did not before think knew how to weep.
Still we fancy there is soft side to every heart,
though seeming so callous and Indifferent, if
only rightly approached.


Cant you Trinitarians come down to the Ma
sonic picnic at Cooks Grove" on the 23d of
this month? We notice you have at least one
new Mason added to your number of late All
such seemed gladly welcomed to the Fraternity
as the minister remarked, ~ say Jretheing, for
the brethering always embrace the sisters"


The Y NJ. G. A. have grand " ice cream and
strawberry festival" the l5th-plenty of fun,
though dancing is strictly forbidden. You may
roll arodhd the room all you please for two
bits" that is, if you know how to keep your per-
pendicular on those little rollers if not, you
will roll all the same


The " bon-ton' are all on the gu vt0e about
a grand fashionable wedding that is to come
off in great style next week. We are going
get on your lavender tie and white kids and
come along. Yours, PATTY PRns.