The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 2, 1900, Page 10

10 Stories of “Fortu=Nine™ as bull and bear fight in Marysville 1n-1850. Bome man had captured a bull and an- THE SUNDAY CALL. ‘old by the ioneers Themselves. been pressed do em ‘alr the soft mud. h large -cooking stoves, York via Cape Horn on May 21, 1849, ar- riving in Ban Francisco on Januvary 11, - 1550, - He I8 the only one of the " bark's are only a few of them left, sald thelr driver, er w ptoneers, 4 re flow a bear, so they’ decided X drs . s Sl w—no less than & bLull - PAssengers ‘who is stili living to tell the necessary carefully to g -, ere " L aiadl bear admissfon fee charged . tale of the veyage. the covers had been acet x s st A f . e o dollars, - - On my- arrival here,” said Mr. :Mosés, oft. -The. complet of th ~ > £ went. and 1o «ay the event was I Was met by an old schoolmate 6f mine double row - of large T . . S 7 ne bet Who took me to dipner.. It - was-not & This sound: bear, but when ‘French® repast; we'had pork and beans, Suat thede & arnounced the . and he ‘pald o dollar a dish for these. ree f 1l ‘at sea, so to After dinner he asked me it I'd llke to k. A the bear see & little ‘gold. - As this was the. object ¢ . : e K I tafl up.’ of my journex 'round the Horn, of eourse, T 3 : 5 the e 2d with-a T fell fnwith the proposition. He'piloted p skt s S e el s g fos s cpd -~ f m tne me down to a Store-on Clay street, be- e : e, e « A & plug hat. nes, ‘& o cker . to who W a fanc tie . w His an ¥ t ing men ‘and he ency. Am or suld _tr filled with ~soecks, et eriticized mode a with su h a mor “ INSTEAD OF UJIMG SHOT IN HIJ GUM,HE PUT \H GOLD MUGGETS " 1Y LAST MMOMENT tween Mo ot the ¢ — oriP JUZT WS A JEC me PAZOCP&%&AHOT”ER .S T I, ™ G A R Y TR around I carriage hire and five wife's bouquet. ! do but we must have white ollars & palr for those. oor shows.” , was not the first yed in Cali- re of seeing o He had the plea bear. e rushed ot his enemy and caught bim on his horns, throwing him as far as he could reach. When the fight came to &n end the best the referee could do was to call a tie. Day. When Pork and Beans Came High. Mr. . Moses, secretary of the Masonlc Cemetery Association, is one of the oldest Californians. He came over on the bark Alice Tarleton, which sailed from Now Tn those. days cooking was considered .get bread: like that nowadays—and, re- fivst offense, f en ¢ tlie fine arts,’ Then: as nqw, the:: 'markable to'say, dyspepsia and indiges- back: sec orter i ofi ¢ ven ‘tion were unknown in those da ofiense, | 3 5 5 tha 2 Crpctiy Money Was Safs Anywhere. Mr. Moses spoke of the enormoiis wages chemieal compounfling nedessary, : “yis “Lrovm. fa one of the few woraen recetved by figire at all beside ¢ ealarjes. Hix first ofter @s carpenter was on the ‘Hall ‘of .Justice, corher ° of Kearn 1t ‘had previous Fanibling houee .and-“had “been down ' the Decem ding. “1 ecel " eatd Mr. Mosex, ur and I remember tittéd ‘The aiman upward was an incident Feal D noticed hanging around for severn: days, looking As I meeded - ‘few- inen: to.do. some him on th he wh mian.” on. work I tapped day and askeéd him wanted *‘How rauch, boea? he.dsked “When L.inswere! “Twa doilars an héur, and get right to work he pulled a big & shoulder one a jub. gack of nuggets fiom Dis -pccket iind answered: » ‘Not. before that is alf gone.’* Fere ts a copy, verbatii, of an eriginal bill of fore of the Bl Dorado Hotel, Hang: town, W. Elstner, proprietor: . The date s January, 1550 : SOUP: Bran Oxtall . ROAST. Beet (wila, prime cut) ‘Beet (up along).. Beef a la de (pl Beef with one potat me, from A VEGETABLES. Baked ‘beans; plain.. Faked ‘beans, greaspd Two sotatves (medinm sizs Two potatoes (peeled) edyerkraut . Bacon (fried) . Bacon (stuffed) . Jash (0w grade Hash G carate).. - GAME. Codfieh balls, per pafr Griazly (roast) Grizzly (fried) Jackass rabbit (whole). PASTRY. Rice pudding, plain Rics with molasses. Rice with brand; peaches. Square maal with dessert vable in advarce. id scales on the end af the ban 300 ibscouse, .bicad, hard: and soft tack ng a flapjack up-the chimne it again -in- a ff Mr. sald ding theé frying-pan out of accomplighed.” on the [ ather gfde of the house. It tomiiry, ‘also, fo. piay all manner Jokes upon ‘one ano b nt swas:-to. place board ‘on top of the chl in the:.morning her. he flat stone g and then te be pear by when:ths bthi Lot poor, helpleds thmis, were: try to ¢ their breakfast amjd 7l the @ - Then, coming ta the airy the atmos- me door.for a Jireath of fresh re would :€oon turn blue from- t swearing. b Ted His Mules Hardtack at a Dollar a Pound. The present marsha! of ‘the Ploneer So-' Lelpty 1& as enteviaining rdconteut. and.ra- members-many of Hils early ékperlerves. “One ¢ lie relijted; 4 pissed a,place where- i 3—.9 fine-GoKINg ‘pears strung up b, stéms, accordiig. to ‘sife. “As {'had just taken' Unfo: mysell ‘4 bria exire nice” of. the Titge ditectly.- - L tSixteen dollars, at that.” : 1- @skid the: man” the Price “Thit. was d’little tog Atéep for mé, so: 1 I taok:a smialler oué at 5" *:Another - :time, ‘mento with'two m’ for the ‘mopntaims;: one night food ‘gave - out, as welk.as feed'?or my animais. . The: only fead I could ge: was hardtack at S, a pound. :'The mules ate between ten and twelve pounds, and’L Xept out about two ¢ clear mohntain: water We -enjoved an éle: gant repast—mules and 1.together.” The ‘process of bread-making, as. des: eribed by. Mr. Duncan, tas primitt “Ft was ‘a much . quickér process.than we “have ‘to-day: The flour and. water were gimply mixed fn a Prospecting pan. The dough was miixed real Stiff and then - ;;; twirled around a stick and held upto ‘he cpen fire until‘it was good and brown on the outside and ready to eat. The instde? ‘Ob; it didn’t matter about that.. I never suth 8 carele: 1 Wanted to treat her to sameihing: whidhi ook -y eye.: :T$2000° e a0k Out the sac ckers for myself: . 'With a’ géod pall of. - pioneers that:surviy greut e remembers a of curiou many ces I'recollect. an. exeeu “of: an En committed: a thefi. | £ m I’ witnessed, "’ she ‘sald, who had tishman ¢ was hauled from dail:and put intoa w: I saw him béng ‘carried a and only & few min 1 passed into ¥ up and there he m. ng tes later the' streets, as Afiother qu the poor Adams’ T remember,” sha faeilittes of out the only place .to ‘kéep ¥o I had $2000 that to have with me and was® adviged . to-give It to my priest to take € of.- When I"took it to him noficed a Vg clisi in Lis partor, right out in. the. mildalé of the roaom. When I gave him_thy: money Jie' put’it in the chest, which, had’:a. loose’ covér. | I felt rather Tearfal iof lea it there, for it seemed manner ‘of taking care of propérty: Bt 1deft it. Afterward I was HE:for: gome. months and worrféd a good éal- afiout ‘miy monei. “As sdori as I got “ito’ the priest’s house again. ere:in the parlor “in the same placs, the. chest, and when: Lasked.for my 5 . which lay just thrown it when I brought it T 4iq-not Tike igilance Committee, tells this story, ounds like-a fairy tale but which vouched for: - i “Soine minéfs were pliyving poker. One of theri lest all ‘hiz gold and so, In the ‘midst of the game, he turned to his part- \ saying: "Sa¥y;" just ‘hold: my . Kand a second, while § £6 ‘out and dig another handful ‘ot gola: V. s Mr. Gibbs. menttinied as one of the sights that attracted his attenilion once was. the newly: constructed sidewalk on Montgom- ery street, for a distance of seventy-five yards. -Anywhere else ‘but in California, this would have ‘been considered a ‘great éxtravagance. ‘The first portion of the walk was formed of Chilean flour in 109- pound sacks:and which'in one place had ~ I IAS 5 BEiNG CARRIED ALONG THE J TREE