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SQUIBS OF CALIFORNIA: An Illustrated Diary.
SQUIBS OF CALIFORNIA OR EVERY-DAY LIFE ILLUSTRATED.
BYPALMER COX. (SU DONIM.)
"Sights outlandish would you see? Hear things scrumptious? come with me." Old Volume. SOLD BY SUBSCRIPTION ONLY.HARTFORD, CONN.: MUTUAL PUBLISHING COMPANY. A. ROMAN & CO., SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
1874.Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1874, by the MUTUAL PUBLISHING COMPANY, In the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.
To
COLUMBUS WATERHOUSE,
of San Francisco,
A GOOD MAN AND TRUE,
THIS ILLUSTRATED DIARY
IS
INSCRIBED.
PREFATORY.
For launching this Book adrift upon the great sea of letters I have no apology to offer. Having carried the manuscript with me for a year, adding to its pages daily, it has grown too heavy for my pocket and I now saddle the public with the burden.
THE AUTHOR.
CONTENTS.
- THE TASK. 17
- THE NEW YEAR. 19
- FINDING A WAIF. 23
- A NIGHT OF TERROR. 25
- SCENES ON THE SIDEWALK. 28
- THE REJECTED SUITOR. 34
- A FAMILY JAR. 39
- JIM DUDLEY'S FLIGHT FROM GOSPORT. 44
- A CUNNING DODGE. 55
- WHAT A FALL WAS THERE. 59
- A REMARKABLE FORENSIC EFFORT. 60
- A TERRIBLE TAKE IN. 66
- THE GRANGER. 70
- SERIOUS REFLECTIONS. 72
- THE ROD OF CORRECTION. 74
- DINING UNDER DIFFICULTIES. 77
- THE THIEF, RICHARD ROE. 80
- "STILL HARPING ON MY DAUGHTER." 86
- AH TIE. 89
- MY DRIVE TO THE CLIFF. 92
- SECOND SIGHT. 97
- A CATASTROPHE. 100
- GONE FROM HIS GAZE. 102
- ST. PATRICK'S DAY. 104
- THE CONTENTED FROG. 109
- SAM PATTERSON'S BALLOON. 115
- A TRIP TO THE MOUNTAINS. 133
- ALL FOOLS' DAY. 144
- FINDING A HORSE-SHOE IN THE WAY. 149
- AN EVENING WITH SCIENTISTS. 157
- CORA LEE. 160
- THE COUNTRYMAN'S TOOTH. 166
- AN IMPATIENT UNDERTAKER. 168
- ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. 175
- JIM DUDLEY'S RACE TO GRAB CORNERS. 178
- A TERRIBLE NOSE. 194
- SPORTIVE WINDS. 199
- A MASKED BATTERY. 201
- OUR TABLE GIRL. 208
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- THE PRIZE THAT I DIDN'T WIN. 209
- AN OLD WOMAN IN PERIL. 212
- JUNE. 217
- A LETTER AND ITS POSTSCRIPT. 219
- DUDLEY'S FIGHT WITH DR. TWEEZER. 223
- MY NEIGHBOR WORSTED. 235
- MINING STOCKS. 238
- A VISIT TO BENICIA. 241
- ROLLER SKATING. 247
- ODE ON A FLEA. 248
- SOMETHING TOO MUCH OF INDIAN. 251
- COURT ROOM SCENES. 253
- PEEPING TOM. 257
- GOING UP THE SPOUT. 259
- THE BREATHING SPELL. 267
- YOUNG AMERICA. 268
- FIGHTING IT OUT ON THAT LINE. 271
- JIM DUDLEY'S SERMON. 274
- THE DISPUTED WAY. 296
- THE POISONED PET. 298
- HEELS UP AND HEAD DOWN. 301
- FISHING FOR A WIFE. 303
- A WRATHFUL SENORITA. 312
- A STRANGER AND THEY TOOK HIM IN. 315
- THE MAID OF VALLEJO. 320
- THE BITTER END. 322
- ADVENTURE OF DAVID GOYLE. 326
- A TRIP TO THE INTERIOR. 339
- THE ART GALLERY. 335
- A TRIP TO OAKLAND. 359
- A ROLLING STONE. 366
- DUDLEY AND THE GREASED PIG. 369
- SAN RAFAEL. 386
- RIDING IN THE STREET CARS. 389
- THE VALUE OF A COLLAR. 398
- HUNTING WITH A VENGEANCE. 402
- QUAINT EPITAPHS. 409
- MISTAKEN IDENTITY. 414
- SIMON RAND. 418
- VISITING A SCHOOL. 430
- DUST TO DUST. 433
- TO HAVE AND TO HOLD. 435
- A REMARKABLE MEAN MAN. 437
- WHO WAS HIS NEIGHBOR. 450
- THE MASON'S RIDE. 454
- THE COBBLER'S END. 457
- DUDLEY'S FIGHT WITH THE TEXAN. 463
- FLIRTING AND WHAT CAME OF IT. 480
- CHRISTMAS EVE. 481
- THE LAST OF HIS RACE. 484
- GLOOMY REFLECTIONS. 486
- THE DYING YEAR. 489
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
- 1 SAM PATTERSON'S BALLOON. (Frontispiece.)
- 2 ILLUMINATED TITLE-PAGE. -
- 3 THE TASK. 17
- 4 RETROSPECTION. 18
- 5 STARTING OUT. 20
- 6 A LITTLE MIXED. 22
- 7 FINDING WITHOUT SEEKING. 24
- 8 A ROUSING EVENT. 26
- 9 ON THE TRAIL. 28
- 10 WHAT WE HOPE TO BE. 29
- 11 A MINOR WHO WILL SOON BE MINUS. 30
- 12 HOLY WEDLOCK. 31
- 13 BACCHUS (FROM A MODERN STATUE). 33
- 14 A SUITOR NON-SUITED. 35
- 15 VAGABOND DOG. 38
- 16 STRANGER WHO WENT NOT IN. 40
- 17 THE STRANGER WHO WENT IN. 43
- 18 BOB BROWSER. 45
- 19 THE BUTCHER THROWS LIGHT ON THE MATTER. 49
- 20 OLD HARLEY ON THE WAR PATH. 53
- 21 ADVANCE OF THE CRIPPLE BRIGADE. 57
- 22 THE QUACK. 58
- 23 NEGLECTED LIBRARY. 59
- 24 THE ADVOCATE. 61
- 25 BILL OF DIVORCE. 65
- 26 "PAY IN ADVANCE." 67
- 27 "EMPEROR NORTON," (A FREE LUNCH FIEND). 69
- 28 "NO THOROUGHFARE." 70
- 29 STUBBORN PIG. 71
- 30 A REAR ATTACK. 76
- 31 BUMMERS ON A RAID. 78
- 32 RICHARD ROE, THE THIEF. 81
- 33 THE JUDGE. 83
- 34 BALL AND CHAIN. 85
- 35 ROCK OF AGES. 88
- 36 A TIGHT PLACE. 90
- 37 SLIGHTLY EMBARRASSING. 94
- 38 BADLY MIXED. 95
- 39 MONKEY AND GOAT. 96
- 40 THE ECONOMIST SEEING DOUBLE. 99
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- 41 STRING OF SAUSAGES. 103
- 42 IN THE MORNING. 105
- 43 IN THE EVENING. 106
- 44 IN MEDITATION. 110
- 45 "HITTIN' HIM." 113
- 46 INVALID FROG. 114
- 47 SAM PATTERSON. 116
- 48 ATTEMPTED ABDUCTION OF SAM'S WIFE. 120
- 49 "A FLUKIN'." 123
- 50 "GO IN, CRIPPLE." 129
- 51 A RIGHT-ANGLED TRY-ANKLE. 131
- 52 NECK TO NECK. 135
- 53 STEAM LET ON. 139
- 54 "BLOW ME UP!" 142
- 55 STEAMER. 143
- 56 IMPS AT WORK. 144
- 57 SOLD. 145
- 58 TERRIBLE ASSAULT. 148
- 59 THE CHARM. 151
- 60 REPAIRS NEEDED. 154
- 61 THE PRESIDENT OF THE ACADEMY. 156
- 62 THE CHIEF. 162
- 63 BEHIND THE BARS. 165
- 64 BUSINESS IS BUSINESS. 171
- 65 ABE DRAKE. 180
- 66 KATE RYKERT. 182
- 67 MRS. O'LAUGHLAN. 186
- 68 JUST AS IT WAS. 187
- 69 CURING PEOPLE'S CORNS. 191
- 70 THE "SHIN-DIG." 193
- 71 BURSTING HIS BUGLE. 195
- 72 A PROMINENT NOSE. 198
- 73 THE KITING DAME. 199
- 74 THE MERRY MONTH OF MAY. 200
- 75 THE ONE-EYED SWEDE. 202
- 76 NEEDED AIR. 205
- 77 PRE-EMPTION. 207
- 78 THE BEST SHOT. 210
- 79 GETTING HER BACKUP. 214
- 80 JUNE. 217
- 81 THE DECLARATION. 218
- 82 SHIFTING A RESPONSIBILITY. 220
- 83 GOING FOR THE DOCTOR. 226
- 84 HANDS UP AND HEADS DOWN. 229
- 85 ALAS! POOR DOCTOR. 231
- 86 RETREATING IN DISORDER. 237
- 87 SAVAGE STOCK GOING UP. 239
- 88 SAVAGE STOCK COMING DOWN. 240
- 89 ONE OF HEENAN'S MEMENTOS. 243
- 90 A SCIENTIFIC OPENING. 245
- 91 ON THE ROLLERS. 247
- 92 FLEA IN LIMBO. 248
- 93 "AHA!" 250
- 94 "SHADOWS OF SHASTA." 251
- 95 A DROWSY JURY. 255
- 96 BLUSHING FOR MARY. 257
- 97 THE LICENTIOUS PRIEST. 258
- 98 AN OBJECT OF SUSPICION. 260
- 99 ON A RAID. 262
- 100 GOING WITH THE TIDE. 266
- 101 READY FOR THE 4TH. 268
- 102 CELEBRATING THE 4TH. 269
- 103 MAKING THINGS HUM. 270
- 104 SOMETHING NEW. 275
- 105 THE DOCTOR'S SCOURGE. 278
- 106 JOE GRIMSBY. 283
- 107 TRUTH IS POWERFUL. 288
- 108 MR. SPUDD. 291
- 109 THE OLD INTERROGATOR. 292
- 110 HAVING A QUIET TIME. 300
- 111 THE CRONE. 304
- 112 MEANING BUSINESS. 307
- 113 PARTNER WANTED. 308
- 114 THE HAPPY BRIDE. 311
- 115 GOING IT BLIND. 314
- 116 AN OLD SALT. 316
- 117 ANY PORT IN A STORM. 319
- 118 THE MAID OF VALLEJO. 320
- 119 INFANTILE SPORT. 321
- 120 LIVELY WORK. 324
- 121 PERFORATED SKULL. 325
- 122 ROPING THE MILLER. 330
- 123 A ONE-SIDED OPERATION. 335
- 124 A GREENHORN'S SEARCH. 336
- 125 SACRAMENTO MOSQUITO ON THE SCENT. 340
- 126 TO THE HILT IN BLOOD. 342
- 127 THE ORCHESTRA. 345
- 128 MACBETH. 348
- 129 OTHELLO. 349
- 130 THE ACTRESS. 351
- 131 A HASTY TOILET. 354
- 132 TARQUIN AND LUCRECE. 356
- 133 "LOVE'S YOUNG DREAM." 357
- 134 CASTING BREAD UPON THE WATERS. 360
- 135 "GOOD-BYE." 361
- 136 BOUND TO RISE. 363
- 137 SICK AND COULDN'T HELP BUT SHOW IT. 364
- 138 SICK AND HAD TO GET UP AND GO IT. 365
- 139 A THROUGH PASSENGER. 367
- 140 JUDGE PERKINS. 373
- 141 A RISE IN THE FRUIT BUSINESS. 375
- 142 BOW-LEGGED SPINNY. 378
- 143 NIP AND TUCK. 382
- 144 MORE LIGHT ON THE SUBJECT. 385
- 145 THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. 388
- 146 THE SIGNAL STATION. 390
- 147 RATHER SLOROPPY. 393
- 148 SNIFFING THE BATTLE FROM AFAR. 395
- 149 "OH!" 397
- 150 NO COLLAR NO CRUMBS. 399
- 151 ADVANCE OF THE EXPEDITION. 403
- 152 BOGGS RETRIEVING HIS GAME. 406
- 153 RIDDLED PANTS. 408
- 154 THE SEXTON. 412
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- 155 A DIVINE IN LIMBO. 416
- 156 "HOMEWARD BOUND." 417
- 157 THE MUSE. 418
- 158 REVENGE IS SWEET. 421
- 159 THE EXPLORING PARTY. 423
- 160 UP HE COMES. 426
- 161 UNPROMISING OUTLOOK. 428
- 162 HEAD OF HIS CLASS. 430
- 163 FOOT OF HER CLASS. 431
- 164 "WHOOP LA." 432
- 165 THE TRYING MOMENT. 436
- 166 SLEEPY DOBY. 440
- 167 OPENING HIS HEART. 443
- 168 SWEARING TO GET EVEN. 447
- 169 "THOU ART SO NEAR AND YET SO FAR." 449
- 170 THE STRANGER. 451
- 171 TAKING A PEEP. 453
- 172 THE ROCKY ROAD TO MASONRY. 455
- 173 THE TRADITIONAL GRIDIRON. 456
- 174 A MOVING SCENE. 460
- 175 SHUFFLING OFF THE MORTAL COIL. 461
- 176 GLASS-EYED BILL. 465
- 177 THE MINISTERIAL-LOOKING MAN. 468
- 178 STARTLING DISCLOSURES. 474
- 179 THE DISPUTED PLANT. 479
- 180 THE FLIRT. 480
- 181 "PRISONER OF CHILLON." 485
- 182 "THE PASSING YEAR." 489
- 183 BYE BYE. 491
