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Show oru i.k.iu'm:; kod max. lie is in ltin-;hiiiH. uutl Sees ti Thing or 'fl u . Bin.. mam, A tie. '27, 17::. B hold me lately arrivid at tins proinL-ing mining centre, and having n df an hour In .spare aft-T si peddling t.ur devi.t-- it to you. The killing kill-ing mania has entirely siib-idcd here, and ih.-pcnu!.)r are as scarce as gintl butter and as tame :n the jokes in Harper's Drawer. Mining developments develop-ments arc being a.s vie.oinu.-ly prone- ent.il as when I was here hclorc, but j do not aid in enlivening tin dullness , .1 the town, during tiie day. In the evening, however, "ye honest miner" ! conns down to see tlie sights buy his "sow-belly" and tobacco, and perhaps trus his liiek at poker, faro, keno, or a new game with card pictures, in a rack, with prizes oith" back, tiam- I biers, however, iio not seem to ilour-ish ilour-ish exceedingly hero, as liny are few in number and sumke "bit" cigars, black liu-ir own boots, and shave only once a we. k, by appearances. 1 think, however, that Hie ligiilning-r. ligiilning-r. id and liie iu-uiMuee business will be active here tor a spell The features fea-tures of the quattz haulers may be again seen, thanks to the washings of the late heavy rains Their hands, you know, do not need, because they mix their own bread every day. (Air host, Clark, of' the Dixon House, has a pet on the hill in the shape of a large water tank, just com ' .truet'. d at great expense, ami holding j ld.iKhl gallons of water, with hose sit- ' laeluil, and everything ready for n ' I possible lire. He is certainly entitled lo the tnanks of the surrounding 'Bing'uatuiaus' lor this security to their properly, as well its for amusing them daily with hose practise, which, with the. arrival and departure of the siage-t, constitutes the principal at-Lra at-Lra lion for the gentile citizens. I have just eaten some choke cherries cher-ries which are ripe and very 11! Hind-nut Hind-nut lu re, but they have choked off my correspondence. I wdi send some to S;raltou "and the lawyers. Beddling is good. J'ie.ise buy and send me one i-ox more lightning rods, ten sewing' machines, and another ream of those ! life insurance blanks. I am well re- j Ceivi d by tin' people. 1 Yours truly, Cantab. I " Cantab" is requested to try a no- iher spell of correspondence, and let j the "choke cherries" alone until he j iini-iies his Utter. |