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"l.t <«1 :i5 /**• MeHXKSY rLAlllDEALBt *.^a r' rwf.j- v,t^-vs ff.%1 V ; >: 7r?}F tf mmMi r - Thursday, July 23, 1936 THE M'HENRY PLAINDEALERHISTORY TELLS OF^GOLO RUSH IN YEAR 1849 Published every Thursday at McHenry, Pi., by Charles F. Renich . Entered as second-class matter at the postoffice at McHenry, 111., under the act of May 8, 1879. One Year v ..* -- Six Months .*..... H-W> A. H. M06HER, Editor and Manager V; f- V.V * • Lillian Sayler, Local Editor •-- Telephone 197 PERSONALS* Miss Lorraine Whiting of Lake Geneva spent a few' days the past week in the home, of her aunt, Mrs. Richard Overton. Miss Ldrraine Ereund has returned to her work, as student nurse in St. Charles Hospital, Aurora, after a vacation in the home of her mother, Mrs. ter Frank Freund. • : I v Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Althoff are attending a National Hardware Convene fion at Atlantic City, this week. Mr. Althoff, who is a director,o?"the Illinois Hardware Association, has gone as a delegate. . Mrs. Simon Stoffel and daughter, Clara, were Chicago visitors Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Heaney, daugh- Kathryn, Miss Margaret Aylward TAKEN FROM JOHN W. 1 SMITH'S HISTORY sfonally, after becoming rested, one would be able to travel again and would always turn back towards some distant home, and Smith's party met same of them. Some owners were humane enough to shoot the broken down horses rather than leave them t6 suffer a lingering death. The stench of their decaying bodies was terrible. For that reason, if no other, they were forced to make that part of the journey as quick]? as possible. They were out little effort, we discerned a tall pine standing but littfe back, and some ten feet higher than the water that we judged would span the stream. We surrounded the tree, and as we had but one axe, took turn about and soon had the .monarch down. It fell with a beautiful crash, but in striking the rocks broke in three pieces, and, in much less time than were were felling it, the current carried our fyidge down stream and out of sight. We then which trip we commenced after spending three or four days at Panama. "Our trip from Panama to Gorgona, about twenty-five miles, was on horseback made by mid-afternoon. From Gorgona to Chagres down the Chagres river the trip was made in rowboats pulled by oars or pushed by poles-- not very fast<but sure. I do not recollect th^time occupied, but think more than one day. "We were two or three days at thirst. Some one reported the discovery of a spring two or three miles away. They unhitched their horses and Whiting, Chase and Heath start The following article taken from' the family history of John W. Smith, compiled by Mrs. H. P. Buckland, mother of J. V. Buckland of Ringwood, is an interesting account of the j ed with them for the spring, taking a gold rush of 1849 and early conditions jug to fill with water for Smith, whom in this part of the country. they left alone in the wagon. They We publish the story as submitted found the spring, and after giving the to us as follows: {horses as many pails of water as they of water, and horses and men, espec- ,not reach the further bank but would lally the sick man, suffered from tried an oak, well'aware that it would | Chagres, awaiting a steamer for New Yorl^. As soon as we were ready we stay when it fell, and it did, having a space of 25 or 30 feet uncovered. We then cut a tall, trim spruce or balsam, trimming it smoothly and pushing it through the crotch of a strong ymb of the fallen oak reaching a crevice in the rock on the far side thus joining banks. "D. S. Smith was the first to cross. We had tools with* us and each took something across- W. took a shov- Our pole . , _ In-1849, the discovery of the gold | wished and slaking their own thirst of Chicago, and. Miss Mayme Aylward mines in California created sonie ex-ith«y fille(i the with water for Pi aTMi wfta the W to on** of Elgin called on friends here Wed-! citement, which increased as time ISmith- Before reaching him they met 1 s :.v I j went on ,nd the reports of their rich:! people who betted fof » drink of that j'j™ '"d u" to™ eV kt F Rnrhian home / Miss Mary Durland is visiting in ness became more widespread. Men 1water- They gave sopie to the wompn aS a perpendicular fall a lit- •. U „ If* *»• countries,in ^ relatives h«te S'uitti j' ^iss Be^y Hartwig spent the week-; lured by the prospect of sudden wealth j ^mitn. . sons crossed alike. D. S. $mith cross- - | end at her home m Harvard. jand love of adventure.. This was es-i After they were over the desertjed standing- with an axe in one hand" •%» <v ^ Mr? and Mrs. Willis Corney of Lalfe j pecially true of the older sections of [they came to a stream of water, grass L, in the other for balanc? ^Mr. and Mrs. Jart.es Stack and sons:Ck?neva were filers here Wednesday.four own country. In a short time al- ;and timber.^ After three or four days ,with face up and s off Mrs Wm.. Seelbaek of Chicago j jjrs. M. j, Walsh spent several daysiniost every hamlet'had one represent-(travel1 the Sierra Nevada mountains, water j w S. took to hands and ?pd Mi»s Margaret McCabe of Liber- thfe pagt week jn the hdnie of her'ative or more in the "Golden State."jwer4 reached. Mr. Smith was much knees> ha4 made but little progress x - better. That was sometime in when his knees left the pole and he "Mr. arid "Mrs. of Elgin, visited 'day. .. tyyille were home of Mrs Sunday visitors in Catherine McCabe. the daughter, Mrs.. Louis' Youngs at! Wau-! Among those who resolved to see _ kegan. | the wonderful new country and share , v Hamilton Parr of Chicago, who has anj 'Mrs Fred Adams of Des- rts treasures, if might be, was John W. fcefen visiting friends here the Past ip]aines spent several days this week I Smith. There were three routes favweek, left Sunday for a visit with his1 -n the ^ome of Miss Christine Adams, jored by «old seekers at ^that time mother, at Detroit, Mich. ...... jwhere they were called by. the illness ISome ^ent around Cape Horn, some •:""'Miss Ethel Biggers of Chicago call- an(j death of the former's mother, cr°ssed the Isthmus of Panama and ed on friends here IMnday. iMrs Mary K. Adams. j others went overland, with teams, across the plains. The last route was parties had already started 1 from Ringwood and McHenry. One Esther and Beryl | company composed of Hawley Smith, and death Mrs. Mary K. Adams. Miss Marion Krause, with a party Misg Georgianna Donohue of Hunt-,. . , T , w 0 ... ^Mriends from Spring Grove, enjoyed j spent the weekend with Miss Gen-ifa^r^ by ^Jn in outjng at St. Glarus Park.^Wis., on evjeve j^noX- 1 Some parties had alrea Sunday. ; i Mjsses Shirley, ; Supt. C. H. Duker a Chicago Colby spent the. past week with rela caller Wednesday. ! tives at Congress Park. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Winkelman^ind, Mrs- Josephine Heimer has returnson. James, returned to their hoipe in'^ from a ten days' visit with Mrs. Springfield Sunday, after spending a Barrett at Winneconne, Wis. two weeks' vacation with her mother,! Mr. and Mrs. Robert Thompson and Mrs* Anna Knox. jUiss Maud Granger were Sunday vis- Mr. and Mrs. John Kueny and sons itors in the Floyd Thompson home at and the former's parents of Kenosha, Congress Park. June and Lorraine Wis., called on relatives here Sunday. Thompson returned home with them Miss Lois Bacon spent the weekend to remain the week; Miss Mavine Miller spent last week in the home of her aunt, Mrs .A. P. exact date t not known. They - then packed their goods on their horses and abandoned their wagon. / Short of Provision® > In passing over they encountered snow hunks in ^he highest altitudes. They had plenty of provisions to last themselves through, but often met poor fellows who had nothing to eat and shared with them; in that way they became short before the end of their journey. When they reached the Webster Colby and D/ S. Smith, left California side , thejr met men who March 27, 1850. The following | came from Sacramento to relieve the month, April 18, John W. Smit\ Amos 1 incoming parties, or to speculate on D. Whiting, Josbua Chase and Thomas 1 their necessities, as the case might be. Heath started with a four-horse team: They had provisions to sell. A dollar on the same route. Mr. Whiting* has kindly given FOR SALE o i FOR SALE--175 Bushels Soy Beans for feed; 100 tons of Silage Henry Atwell. Lake Villa, 111. Phone 36. *9 TO CLOSE ESTATE-Lots 9 and 10, * took pas»«ee, foing by the W of Kineston. JamniPA 1 „ ver i.^lver Road> opposite Mc- - Henry Golf Club; 7-room house, Boat* house and garage; Fruit trees, etc. " .Very desirable as resort, home or ho-, tel purposes Offers desired. Address M. A. Drakeman, 2038 Irving Parle . Blvd., Chicago, or Phone Central 5021, *- "• • • ^ -v HELP WANTKD had but his hands with which to help himself. All advised him to drop the shovel, but he only shook his head. He moved slowly but kept making progress. The current was strong, draft on limbs hard to bear but he held to the shovel. Once he drew himself under the fall so far that hat and fall came in contact and what was knocked off. He released one hand, catching the hat as quick as ^j|pught or a flash of powder, but he "held to the shovel. I once saw him raise his head and turn his glance down stream, Kingston, Jamaica, where we spent near a day, thence to New York without further stop, arriving about the tenth of -.May. J. W. Smith took our dust to the mint in Philadelphia and changed it for gold coin, then we started for Chicago and home. On a steamer between Chicago and Waukegan w^, met W. G. Smith, and got the first news from home in fourteen months." John W. Smith reached his home in Ringwood about the first of June 1851. Among the papers that belonged to J. W. Smithes a receipt,^reading u follows: • "San Francisco, Calif. ; "Feby. 1st, 1851. "Thw day received of Mark Hickox fifteen ounces and ten sixteenths (15 10/16) in peld dust which amount or the money received for the sartne FOR SALE--6 year size, girls' coat at the U. S. mint I hereby agree to and tarn, perfect condition* reasonable, convey and pay^over to Isaac Hickox Niesen's Cafe. 9 of McHenry County, Illinois, for and in consideration of six per cent on the farm It is understood, however, that ! WANTED--Girl for housework. Roont i and board. Go or! stay nights. Mrs.'"1 J. Ellis, Lily Lake. 9/ WANTED--Experienced . girl or woman for general housework. Mrs. Si " T. Oliver, 624 Austin Ave., Woodstock/^ Phone 207-W. » , FOR RENT MISCELLANEOUS said Cassidy and Smith are not holden for said money if lost by fire, shipwreck or robbery." 1 READY TO SERVE YOU WITH c°al and Coke. Call 649-R-l. H. Sompel and Son. 4.tf The signature is torn off but the SEWING MACHINES REPAIREDwriting is not Smith's. It is likely Cassidy's writing, possibly that of Hickox. Before you buy a new sewing machine, let me see your old one. I guarantee it will work just as good Upon his return from California Mr. aa a new one, no matter how old or ... . - - - 'what model. -- -- 1 Smith had made from, some of the wftat model. POPP, Shoe Store, West but one glance was enough to settle |K°ld, five pins, all alike, for his five I McHenry, Phone 162. 43-tf. that question. There was no chance daughters: Caroline, (Mrs. Allen Col-! a/jr r/>f I urnvr TT 4. t 4-Via bv>: Emilv. (Mrs. A. E. Scott): Lucv. : tOLLBtTlNG---Let in Chicago. n M iss Arleen Bacon of Waukegan spent the weekend at her home here. Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Cobb and Mr. and Mrs Herbert Bartush and son, -Robert, of Chicago yere Sunday afternoon guests of Mr and Mrs. L. F. Newman some of the main facts and experiences of that journey for use in this history. He is now the only surviving member of the party. They loaded the wagon with nearly everything they and and hungry men, mixed with water drank. It was'nourishing food they were thnakful to get it. When they reached the foot of the mountains they came to a small town , --v., -- us Laura, dlsP°se of y°ur garbage each week, or oftener if desired. Reasonable rates. Regular for a swim, better hang to the pole,|by); Emily, (Mrs. A. E. Scott); Lucy, a pound for flour was a specimen of !and he ^5^ -tj]i },e was safely across,| (Mrs. Freeman Whiting); uljthe prices. This flour was bought by ^ut very we^ wjtj1 terribly cold water. I (Mrs. R. A. Buckland) and Clara. "-"We soon lodging place found no shelter, but plenty of dry H trees and soon had a rousing fire. Erejsome of these pins will be at the Cen- FOR CASH AND QUICK REMOVAL made for a comfortable Clara died and her pin was given her, ' y eiar round route, e and something to eat, half sister, Julia. All of these ladies c ™ Meyers. Ben J. Piter but Dlentv of drv have ,on^ since Passed on but no doubt mi Phone 157, or 631-M-l. 2-tf long found requisites for a hearty meal, which was soon cooked ftnd eat- Mrs. Minnie Miller returned home happy parents of twin daughters, Joan Sunday after her illness in the home Elizabeth and Jean Adele, born at St. I thought needful for their journey and (called Weaver, the end of the journey y.01^z: .CAic.a-g°-. t, , , t t i t [ s t a r t e d w e s t b y w a y o f W o o d s t o c k , ! A b o u t h a l f a m i l e a w a y w a s H a n g - f e " n~ w i t h a r e l i s h > w h e n e a c h f o u n d 111. » . . - jjj They crossed the Mississippi at town, so called because some men were j favorable position around the blazing Fulton on a ferry boat and then went j hanged there. That name was after-|jogs for a comfortable night's rest on onward across Iowa by way of Des ward changed to Placerville. the breast of mother earth. Monies to-Council Bluffs; were ferried] Weaver . they found their first gold "The foregoing episode was our last across the Missouri to the spot where j crevices of the rocks. j acquaintance with the American river D. S. Smith says: "John W. Smith, !and the next day our departure for Births Mr. and Mrs. Carl Weber are the and re- 5-tf Omaha how stands. They had waited one day at Council Bluffs for a boat of her daughter, Mrs C. Leppert, at Joseph's hospital, Thursday, June 16. (from which they wished to purchase Kirkland. Mrs.'Leppert is spending <a few weeks with her mother here. Mrs. Lucy Thomas is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Laura Sherman. »••••<• •!"> <• •!' • '!• •••••••• Among the Sick Mrs. John Schmitt returned to her sugar to come up the river; it did not come, so they crossed the ferry. Soon after it came and they went back and made their purchase. At Omaha they found nothing but A. D. Whiting, Joshua Chase and Thomas Heath joined us on their arrival We were at work in a deep1 '.'r'w:. ::T-' M rs. Hiley Thomas of Woodstock is ______ visiting in the home of her son, E. A. home last Friday following a serious'8 large Indian encampment. The In- Thomas and family. operation performed at St. Therese's dians were peaceable but were great Mr. and Mrs. ^Villard Colby and son, hospital, ^Taukegan, eleven weeks ago. 'heggars and had to be watched to Frank,. of Waukegan visited here on Miss Florence Conway underwent j Preyent their stealing. They saw many Sunday. . An operation for appendicitis at the more Indians along their journey; all la warm inquiry after friends at home. ;^' & distance 0f 0"ne to three or five Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Newman visited Woodstock hospital Monday morning. 1had 881116 traits until they had | The party, except Mr. Chase, joined j mi]eg and washing such dirt and gravin the home of their daughter, Mrs. Aileen Hay, 15-year-old daughter of|Passed Fort Laramie. There were no with us and worked together (the six! ej as woujd pay grub or about five Louis McDonald, at Woodstock Satur- Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hay, is recover- j white men in Nebraska except in the of us) until, I think about the first of !douars a day to the man. Most of the day afternoon. 1 ing from a heart stroke which she suf- lforts- They continued west along the October it became necessary to hunt j time we kept one mBn ^ut prospectthe Moqueolumne above Stockton. After short intervals in different places we located in a place with a good canyon near the south park of the j showjn)? for gold but no water to sep- American river. We were, at about [arate it from the dirt until the fall or 9 o'clock a. m., busy delving in our)winter raing commenced. So we first claim, when we heard from far above: built a cabin for winter quarters, then us the loud, musical voice of J. W. for quite a long time continued to Smith sing out: 'High-low boys throw ,up wash dirt to be passed There you are.' In a few moments. | throUgh the rocker when the rains we had joined in a hearty shake and came Occasionally Aye passed outte" ni,al w, A'-A. , OOK Mrf" crippled, and Dead Horses and John W.'s descendants number 225. Cattle. Call AXEL BOLVIG'S PLACE Tfeere are ,170 living, twenty-seven in Woodstock Phone 1645-W-2 the immediate vicinity and about sev- verse charges. enty others in McHenry and nearby counties. The rest are scattered, some living in Massachuesetts, Florida and in nearly all of the western staets. Of the first generation but two remain: T. H. of Medford, Ore., and J. D. of Urbana, 111. Some of the local descendants are of the fifth generation. a new location, when Hawley Smith inf? for a pos{ti0n where we could find and Webster Colby concluded to re-! better pay dirt and water in juxta- Mr. and Mrs. Edward Holle of Chi- fered about a week ago. The girl was north bank of the Platte. Not far be Pftgo spent the weekend in the M. A.lstricken in the house and remained y°nd Omaha they first saw buffalo. ^ _____ Conway home. „ . . . ; unconscious nearly half a day. Three and> as they proceeded thousands of, turn home. Smith arrived safely, Col- posjtion, but with no great success Mrs. H. J. Schaffei epent the week- years ago she suffered a sunstroke, them, and so fearless they would by died on shipboard and was buried! "We had now been ten months from ma at her home near Wauconda. i which, it is believed, made her more scarcely move, out of the way of the | at sea. J. W. Smith, A. D. Whiting homej and neither J.-W. or D. S. had jyir. and Mrs. Robert Blum of Oak susceptible during the present ©jc-i team. They had trails by which they and self went front south park Ameri- recejved a ]jne or word from home or Park spent the weekend here. treme heat." came to the river for yater. Toward can to Moquelumne river for new dig- famiiies. We began to think serious- Mr. and Mrs. Jos. Hoffman and son Miss Ellen Walsh, who has been a sunset they were seen as far a? the gings." ^ ;ly of home, and other members of our of Chicago spent Sunday with her sis- patient in a hospital, at South Bend, eye could reach, coming from all direc- Simith Develops Fever party to look for more promising t*r and husband, Dr. and Mrs. F. J. Ind., for several weeks, returned to tions in long processions toward the There they wintered and John W. quarters elsewhere. . Aicher. . . the home of her mother'Mrs. Loretta river- Members of the PartY shot some . Smith had a very severe and danger- Plan To €0 Home Miss Nancy Frisby returned hotte 1 |§Stfsh, this city last Friday. I buffalo, but found it was not easy to ' ous fever while in camp and was at- <<We the next day to prepare Thursday after a several days' visit' - • 'kill them unless a ball was put through .tended by Dr. H. T. Brown. He be-jfor breal{ing. camP) j, W. and self with her sister in Elgin, where she ! CARD OF THANKS " | the heart. came so desperately sick that his com- for gan Fransico and home, Whiting Virtues of Philosophy In the Eighteenth century thijre was still a widespread and innocent ' Home of Seabirds Venice has been called |he "Queen of the Adriatic" and the "Serene Seaport," but its oldest name was the "Sea-Birds' Home." LoAg before the Huns swept down on Italy there was a small- population, the aboriginal Venetians, occupying the esti»- ary, of whom Cassiodorus, secretary of Theodoric the Great, has left belief in the virtues of philosophy, us a pi5.ture* The Huns drove refuand Rousseau, the great social phi- I .m. ^.a * Aquileia and losopher, received two- separate ' * fr n\ain^and ^ltles ^e lagoons calls to prescribe for the maladies ° 0un a repu c amonK sea of France. birds. was called by the death of her broth-1 I wish to thank all those who werel "Beware of Indians" : : jpanions were certain he would die and|and McKinstry for new dirt with water- in-law, Frank O'Flaherty. Mrs. so kind to me while I was a patient ' ^ey crossed the north fork Of the began to wonder where and.^°^J7 h®y er in proximity. I turned eyes to the Mina Frisby and daughter, Nancy, of at St. Therese's hospital. Those who I1*111"® a* Fort Laramie. They were should bury him. One said, We*lwest and saw we had about oik hour Elgin brought her home. j visited me, sent flowers, fruit, cards jtold to loolc out Jtndians, there.^ of gun yet; so took a pan, went *--Mrs. Oliver Cody and son and. Mrs. and othre gifts. Your thoughtfulness | they would be Ella Kenney of Chicago called on rel- was greatly appreciated, not see them' but atives here Friday. *9 MRS. JOHN SCHMlTT. ready to do mischief. Terry Phalin of Cleveland, Ohio, is -- -- . [along, they found this to be true. Oc- M. B. CHURCH" | casionally they would find a board set PINK HARRISON'S The Playground of Pist&kee Bay Good Food and Drinks of all Kinds r Fishing and Tourist Cabins -- Boats - Bail Chicken or Baked Ham Plate Lunch 5ffi| DANCING EVERY SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGHOUT THE SEASON Music By Barbara Horick's Orchestra it for the Indians, for j bury him under that tree out tnere. 1 ^ gun ye^' go a pan> werit to a dangerous; they would:The sick man heard their plans^ and _jje 0£ OUy abandoned dirt and filled at they would be hiding j said to. himself, "No you won't, I ^ ischief. As they went shan't die, I won't be buried under, «j ^ gaw and gaid> 'David, what visiting her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Phalin. She returned with "Miss Ruth Phalin, who visited ' ' Jh- Cieveland. * Allan Cleary of Sioux Falls, S. D., has been visiting relatives and friends .. here. Miss Ethel Jones spent Monday in Chicago. Mrs. Martha Page of Richmond yjs- , ited relatives here the"past week Mrs. H. E. Durland was a Chica^ Caller on Friday., Mr. and Mrsfl^Henry Foss, son, Charles, and Mr. Foss' mother from New York city arrived here Sunday /evening for a three weeks' visit in the home of Mrs. Henry Foss' parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Claxton. Mrs Foss Sr. is visiting her sister, Mrs. Minnie Miller. Leaving New York Saturday Jn.«rning, they made the trip in two days, enjoying a boat_trip from Buf- ; falo to Detroit. Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Nickels and children spent Sunday in Woodstock, where they were dinner guests in the, , ^ Ed Dibler home at a dinner in honor of I l|r. and Mrs. George Dibler, who Te- i turned from their honeymooh trip to' the Black Hills, S. D. I Mr. and Mrs. Ed McMahon andj , daughter of Chicago spent a recent1 ; day in* the George Meyers home. I Last week Paul Doherty visited his brother, Dr. Neil. Doherty, at St. An- : thony's hospital, Chicago, where he "underwent treatment. • ; Charles Egan returned to Chicago Sunday, after a two weeks' vacation Indians. -:are invited to attend services UP by some previous party with the at the M. E. church every Sunday. !inscription: "" ' Sunday school, 10 a. m. • ! White man Morning worship, 11 a. m. Pastor: Rev. R. W. Pinnell. " "Beware of shot here." that tree. I are you going to do ?' I said, 'I am going to try for lodging and lunch to get better. When he was able to, onev for our trip to Stockton tomor- A. ^*.:n J' - , « v He didn't die but soon after began get up, but was still weak, he under- * Take a rocker and I This, of! took to go to a postoffice several miles dfrt>» sajd J. W. will take We did. POTPOURRI Leprosy - Leprosy, the most dreaded of all diseases, is spread by contagion and is not hereditary. It is thought to enter the- system through the nose and throat passages and requires from . two to seven years to develop. The Culion colony in the Philippines has 8,000 patients. Another in Hawaii has 1,100. There is also a leper hospital in Louisiana. © Weatern Newspaper Union. spent in McHenry. Mr. and Mrs. Egan and their son are spending the summer in the home of her father, George Meyers. Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Hunter left for their future home at Seattle, Wash., Tuesday. . Mrs. Robert Ulrich and son, Robert, of St. Charles, visited her mother, . Mrs. Nellie Bacon, Wednesday. Miss Catherine Diedrich has returned tb her work at St. Charles hospital, Aurora, after spending a two weeks' vacation with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Diedrich. Mrs. Robert Thompsor and Mi^s Maud Granger were Elgin visitors on £My eighbor "*• Says: • w When making custards, if the beaten eggs are mixed with milk that is slightly warm custards Will not be watery. 1 ' -• •• • * «. 1 If the top of the ground around rose bushes is just moistened, the rpots which should be kept well down in the ground will come to the surface. An unusual garnish for a "salad is made by boiling two eggs hard, shell and let them stand in vinegar that beets have been pickled in. They will be a pretty shade of red and when sliced will look real nice among green lettuce leaves. • • • To wash the leather on furniture add one tablespoon of vinegar to each cup of warm water required. Wash the leather with a soft cloth and polish with a cloth which has been dipped in one egg white beaten and mixed with a teaspoon of turpentine. Polish with a flannel cloth. ' • # •*--orated N«rwm«pim. WMC ( I course, did not add to their peace of away. He mounted a mule that had j retuming for another sack of 'mind. Often emigrant parties had j not been used for some time and it -while I washed the first' sack and ; their stock stolen and if they tried to threw him, injuring him somewhat, ,-pp^ted for the third sack, cleaned 1 recover it were not successful. Some- j A. D. Whiting then mounted it and ^ rocfcer and panned it out, result- | times a white man was shot, but none exercised it pretty severely, so that jn c]ose to $15, including one nugin their party. •' I Smith was able to manage it when he j njne doiiars. It was a little | They found very rough country all (started the second time. While he was jiard leave that pile of dirt even for j the way to Salt Lake. In descendihg; riding along through the chaparral and babies. But we started the the mountains, twice they were oblig-; thicket he heard a peculiar cry almost nex{. morning, spent one night on the ed to unhitch their horses and lead (like a woman's scream. He heard it road to Stockton, from which place them down, and then lower their wag-j but once «nd did not think much about we passed to San Francisco by steamons with ropes. Sometimes they fast- s it. While returning, at the same er acc0mpanied by Dr. H. T. Brown, ened ropes to the rear of the wagon point, he heard the same sound again Hickox and one or two ot|»«rs and held it back while, going down : at a distance, than again nearer, and W^Q y^ad started for home. some steep mountainside. They pass-'again still nearer and he realized he. Take Ship For Panama ed boiling springs, saw grand scenery' was being followedby a mountain lion. | ajj spen^ a few dayS at Frisco, that could not be surpassed anywhere He tried to urge the mule out of his ^ Brown and Hickox finally concludon earth; had many remarkable ex- slow gait but he was balky and would re^urn to the mines and J. W. periences and at last reached Salt | not budge. The sun was going ^own 'and D. s. to go home. We .made ar- Lake City, where the Mormons, driven j and the cries were still nearer. He t ranfjementg. for . passage to Panama out of Illinois, had made a settlement knew he should be in great danger if a^oard an English merchant vessel by in 1848. There they stopped two days, nightfall found himi in that thicket gft.j t^e passing the and attempted to buy some provisions,.with that lion on his track, and close|<Q0iden Gate' with some regret, takbut could get nothing but milk. After to his heels, too. Just then, the mule'.ng our coUrse south down the coast leaving Salt Lake they went down the woke up to a sense of his own danger j caHfornia) making fine progress LONE MAPLE TAVERN A. H. WATSON, Prop. ISast Side of River, South of State Bridge Saturday Night, July 25, y2 Fried Chicken Corned Beef and I&ked H&m --- ----Sandwiches Always Ready 'You Know Al' sink of the Humboldt river, where the and pot his best gait and soon carried river disappears in the sand of the his rider to the edge of the chaparral, desert; no trace of it is seen afterwards, except in the swamp appearance of the land for some distance. Crossing Desert Then came the hardest part of the whole journey, tl^e crossing of the desert, a distance of forty miles Tn midsummer. They left Salt Lake City at night and reached the further edge of the desert the next night, haying traveled nearly all night. During the night they rested for a short time, which was near camp. The lion did not care to pursue him into the opening, so he was safe. From this point the narrative of the California experiences of John W. Smith and his party, as well as the return voyage, will be given by David S. Smith of St. Paul, Neb.: "To begin I will say, there was one little occurrence on the south park of the American river, above where we - . had been at work before leaving for lying on their blankets on the sand. | Maqueolumne, that is so illustrative of John W. Smith became sick about!the disposition of J. S. Smith to hold the time they left Salt Lake City and I to accomplish anything he undertook j partiy on horseback? then passing the was unable to walk while they were!that I drop back and pick it up. There. jower end Qf Panama Bay on a small crossing the desert. TCey found no (were, a few of us, including J. W. | schooner. We were three or four days Smith, D. S. Smith, A. D. Whiting,! making the trip. The overland trip at first, but there was a montebank, a gambling institution, on board and the captain soon seemed to take more interest in gambling than in sailing his ship and as we got south the wind became less and progress slow. Fjnally we got short of water for ship's use, aTvd turned in shore to replenish. We soon found what we were after, and ship's crew commenced getting it aboard, and before completing near one-half the passengers left ship for a land trip down the gulf shore, J. W., Thomas Hetorti ind D. S. amongst the number. "We .made the trip partly on foot, water along the trail; the heat was intense and the sand deep, and horses and men suffered greatly. They found large numbers of dead animals, enoi^gh, it was estimated, if laid along one after another near enough to touch would have extended the whole length of the trail. The poor beasts other side, got tired out and perished from heat, exhaustion and starvation after being deserted by their owners. Occa- Thos. Heath, B. N. McKinstry and one Kindler started on a short prospecting expedition up the south side of the river. After following up quite a distance we thought we would like was somewhat tiresome, but was worth all it cost. It gave us an insight into the manners and customs of a people of whom we before knew nothing--an insight into an interest to cross over and follow buck on thf jng part of Central America. The ^ ship in which we had sailed reached Bridge River "The next thing to be considered was how to bridge the river. 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