The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 7, 1900, Page 9

THE SUNDAY CALL. d ve: mud ancisco a so by boat since t n it,” he res grandes and madness THE HOUSE IN WHICH &SOVERNOR BDURMNET LIVED DURING LIS TERM OF OFFICE . N SN Jose MISS Laur.a G SMTH NOW DeELoaNEYy GREAT TWECE OF GOV’ BBURNETT TAKEN N \8S6S M JOR WL SMITH AT TRE AGE OF 74 OnNE OF THE FORTY THIEVESY MI9S JENNIE S LASGRO Now MRS wa RilTon SF aLeN ELLEN CILoWE CAME- BouNDING INTOo TRE SOPEN, DRESSED [N A FANTASTIC (OSTUME AND BRANDISHING HI1S LONG SWORD! begged so mammas finally t hat made e papas to r go anywhere eethearts of ded 1n came s of race were never ere very grace- rned the The car- ers and gh mere social those to go. In days horse-racing, 1 fights ] hose were the dear dead days the advent of pro- fessionalism. Of excitement thers was no lack. “Seis Toros & Muerto, Bels!” @14 not @ecorate the bu. pen in the plaza so often as to satiate by its frequency. Jo- slah Belden was Alcalde, and only ccca- sionally would he grant to Antone Pico, FroT STOTE JosEPR H.SculL TRANSLATOR] the toreador, permission to have & bull fight. The horse races were run in the streets or In an open fleld, and gambling ilged in everywhere. The decorum od at the fandangos at first, and vbody went. It was not till much er, when the rough element got the i, that 1gos were hilari- the bounds of proprietv. ors were paid in State war- cou not be cashed until taxes were collected. But t enough money to cash all more than half were never There was a great deal of , some getting only a of the face value. The incipally “‘slugs”—fifty- ces. Dimes and nicke were Living was a luxury not to be in- dulged by everybody that rainy winter. A good many temporarily existed. The shining lights all-stopped at the Mansion House; the lesser lights stayed in divers end sundry places. There were some im- promptu lodging houses, with tlers of bunks along the walls and layers of beds THE npon the floor. The very cheapest apart- ment to be got was an 8x9 cell, and the price of that was $40 per month The ‘“‘grandes familias”” of Castilian origin who occupied the valley of Santa Clara Lad adequate if original ways of do- ing things. If two men had a dispute in relation to anything and could not agree, they went before the Judge and each man told his story. The Judge Aid the ques- tioning and then formed his conclusion, MISS MONTEOMERY NIECE Of JUBGE BUCKNER 1IN THE DRESS WORN BY MRS BLLKNER. AT INQUGUR AL BALL iving the verdict then and there. There were no lawyers to plead and there was no appeal Another example of pecullar adminis- tration of laws is the case of a woman who slandered another. The culprit was called before the Judge and sentenced to be publicly reprimanded for being a scan- dal-monger. The first Americans to discover this lit- tle Arcadia were the officers of the trad- ONNSS AGNES CTRADSEO ing vessels, which used to come to Alvivo bringing beautiful articles of wearing ap- parel to exchange for hides and tallow. These traders were all courteous gentle- men and the Californians accepted them as types of their countrymen. It was because of this friendship for “Los Ameri- canos” whom they did know and like so sincerely that the native Californian re- ceived the gold hunters with open arms. It was plainly the desire of the first Legislature to make laws which would protect the original owners of the land. They began by abolishing all laws then in xce in the State, and that that did not ceed in starting a perfect govern- mental ma tn a few short weeks and establishing order out of hopeless ¢haos with an empty treasury is not to be won- dered at. The wonder is that they suc- ceeded aven so well The first Senate and Assembly d4id not pass a single special law for the benefit of an individual or class, and no measure was carried by corrupt or sinister Influ- ences. A number of them slept in the capacious garret of “Unocle” Isasc Branham's resi- the horses f on the comm much as he to the ¢ San Jose for fornians made a s fashion of the Sici ride away him to death John W. R about whom there had been a t dmon thers was a trad Judge at me when he ¥ was one d horse thief. o'clock, you till you are dead. dead, dead ing to the prisoner he sald Dios ta condenar?” This Interesting old sccent expression while on the ben court rules so and so. I & my right and left bowers t Every house was an inn meeting of the first Legislature comers were welcomed a “Grandma Bascom's” she entertained th winter gives a fair dition of t Tt was impossit services of a cook. and mos ym- r imposed them e for her to se it & large e big ball ven at the close of the ses- party .as which was sion was the soclal event of t 1t was on W many belles and b the white satin inv N8, b mx’ EDITH GRISWQRD.