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From: "Dee S." <>
Subject: !!San Benito Co., CA -- 15 Aug 1874
Date: Fri, 7 Jun 2002 17:18:33 -0700


San Benito Advance
15 August 1874
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Born -- at San Benito, July 27, to wife of John SHIELDS, a daughter.

Died -- in Hollister Tuesday 11th, a daughter of J.W. CLARK, aged 3
years, 4 months.

***Up The San Benito --
It is a Saturday afternoon and the grangers of San Benito are assembling
at their place of meeting, the San Benito school house. The teams are
rolling in with their occupants, and the horsemen canter their horses
leisurely up to the fence and dismounting, wind their way to the
prominent school building on the hill top. The farmers of this grange
meet semi-monthly. 35 to 40 persons are enrolled as members constituting
a society of intelligent workers...The following gentlemen are the chief
officers, viz: G. BUTTERFIELD, Master; J.V. MATTHIS, Secretary. A society
of the Sons of Temperance also exists here. Over 50 sons & daughters of
temperance hold weekly sessions at the school house.

A congenial social intercourse abounds in the neighborhood, and the young
sparks who admire pretty faces and buxom forms as well as sparkling
water, are likely in some few cases soon to give employment to the County
clerk in the issue of marriage licenses. We do not wonder at the recent
success of the local option law here. The whiskey men were compelled to
throw up the sponge. Water won the battle.

Three religious societies are organized and their clerical
representatives alternately hold services. The 3 churches endorsed and
sustained are the Christian, Methodist, and Latter Day Saints. The latter
is gaining strength. Elder CARMICHAEL is one of its principal oracles of
inspiration, and as all the members, both men and women, become
preachers, the novelty of letting their individual light shine out in
expression becomes popular and irresistible. These Mormons profess to
belong to the original simon-pure stock. Polygamy is discarded. We
mention this fact for the special benefit of our increasing army of
divorced women and old maids. It is only proper they should know that
Elder CARMICHAEL and his married brothers have all the women they want at
present. Each man is evidently well matched and an additional wife would
be too much for the faithful followers of Joe SMITH.

The total number of children in this school district is set at 120. The
schools are well attended. A new pedagogue has recently arrived there:
grammar appears to be his forte.

Some fair improvements are visible in and about the residences of Messrs.
SHIELDS, LEONARD, BOSWELL, SMITH and others.

Albert PAGE is busy with his header and will decapitate from 1300 to 1500
acres of grain this season. PAGE left "Poverty Flat," 4 miles south of
Hollister about a year ago. He is now located on a splendid property and
with the continued exercise of his remarkable energy will doubtless
acquire an easy competence within a few years.

Wending our way up the river route, we meet friend MYERS near his cabin,
and we alight to sit on a rock under a magnificent shade tree. We doubt
if anything in Bret HART’s lecture on the Argonauts of ‘49 can equal in
thrilling interest the recital of MYERS’ early California experience. We
sat and listened with rapt attention to his story, and then proceeded to
GARNER’s ranch.

Mr. GARNER is known in connection with the firm name of HAYES & GARNER,
100 acres of cultivated land is before us. The wheat is prime plump
quality…The supper was excellent, prepared as it was by an intelligent
lady who know how to cook a meal to perfection for hungry men.

From this pretty valley we roll on, passing by the Switzer and Italian
dairy ranches, catching views of stone cellars, primitive thresher
apparatus, of goats and cows under the trees and other pleasant and rural
scenery.

We approach several corrals and notice the cows slowly wending their way
to water. Mr. PHEASANT’s house is before us. A fine range of hills is in
the rear where the cattle roam at will. In Mr. PHEASANT we found the old
proprietor of the PHEASANT lumber mill of Visalia. Since disposing of
that property he has mined in Arizona, and met with failure at each
pursuit. After hiring out, he made enough means to secure his present
valuable property.

John L. SMITH’s ranch next engages our attention. Here we notice a
newly-finished and well built house, an orchard full of fruit, 80 acres
of good farming land yielding a good crop this year, and a fine hill
range for stock, supporting about 200 head of cattle. SMITH & Bro. were
among the earliest settlers. 15 years since they settled here and have
since grown into comfortable circumstances. John and wife have no idlers
about them, they jointly work in corral and field and enjoy wealth and
prosperity.

The T P ranch is just beyond; J. MATTHIS is the owner. The cottage is
surrounded with shrubbery and the garden fragrant with flowers. The fruit
trees are well stocked with fruit and while testing some good apples we
took in the situation of the T P ranch. The range covers about 2000
acres. There are 80 acres of farming land, the crop is good and the
cattle in sleek order. Tom POOLE was the former owner and lived in a
small cabin near the site of the present house and the flag of the
Southern Confederacy waved over the top of it. When purchasing the
property, MATTHIS refused to sleep under the rebel flag, so Tom
surrendered it with the ranch and down it came from its dignified
quarters.

***Gilroy Correspondence --
E.W. HUNT, a teamster in the employ of Henry MILLER, who was thrown from
his wagon as chronicled by you, died last Saturday from his injuries at
SCHUYLER’s Pacheco House.

The Eureka Hook & Ladder Co. at their regular meeting nominated the
following members for officers: for Chief, Chas. PIERSON; 1st Ass’t,
James WHITE; 2nd Ass’t, John CLEAVELAND.

N. COPICK, one of our citizens, started yesterday for his native home,
Trieste, from which he has been absent 30 years.

John HARGINS, an employee of the clipper mill, was caught between 2 logs
last Friday and it required 8 yoke of oxen and all of the employees to
extricate him. Singular to say none of his bones were broken.

John RHINEHART has returned from his Oregon trip and his feet appear
smaller than when he left; guess they didn’t web.

Our police judge has done a land office bizz this week:
-MURPHY and CASSENA, the jail burners, await the pleasure of our grand
jury.
-Richard TENNANT, felony; discharged.
-G. SMITH, battery, jury stood 6 to 6, by agreement of counsel, allowed
to plead guilty, pay costs, $42 and be discharged.
-Amillio VILLA, grand larceny, turned over to the authorities of Merced
county.

Married -- Miss F. ROUNDTREE to Mr. CUTTER.

Births -- to wife of J. FITZGERALD, a daughter
to wife of S.T. MORRE, a son
***End of Gilroy Correspondence***

**Justice Court --
-John CONNOR, drunk & disorderly, fined $6; jailed.
-Henrie NIESLER, assault & battery, fined $6; jailed.
-John McKANN, drunk & disorderly, fined $6; jailed
-Joaquin ANDRAIN, drunk & disorderly, fined $6; paid
-Joseph BARBEE, assault, prosecuting witness in this case failed to put
in appearance and defendant was discharged.

**The name of the Tres Pinos post office has been changed to GROGAN -- a
very proper change in view of the prospects of the thriving town of Tres
Pinos at the railroad termini being shortly favored with a post office.

**Stage Robbery -- The stage from Salinas to Monterey was stopped by 2
men near JOHNSON’s dairy on Tuesday afternoon. As usual, they demanded
the express box, which contained $113.75. The passengers were unmolested.

**Grand Jury -- The following are the names of the grand jurymen:
*Hollister --
J.G. ROGERS
J.I. HODGES
R.S. HEWKIRK
W.C. BECKMAN
R.R. STOCKTON
John EVANS
F.F. WHITE
L.B. SHAW
J.W. HUBLER
Jos. CULLEN
*San Juan --
J. BRIETBATH
T.P. BERRY
E. ELLIOT
R.G. NORTON
J. SALTHOUSE
A. SPITTS
*San Benito --
D.D. HENGON
*Paicines --
U.A. EBI
Wm. BULLARD
M. CLEMONS
S. DAVIS

**Fire -- On Saturday last while Mr. MALONEY was in Hollister at the
Granger’s meeting, the news reached him that his dwelling was in flames.
The Grangers immediately adjourned their session and many started
hurriedly to the scene. Mr. MALONEY’s ranch is about 2 miles north of
Hollister. The building and contents were entirely destroyed. Loss about
$3000. Insurance for $1000 in the North British.

**Henry WILLIAMS of Bear Valley boasts that he has been doing some heavy
work with Mr. STONE’s 10 ft. header. He says that in 1 day he clipped 27
½ acres of wheat and after completing the job, went to pick blackberries.
Henry hasn’t said his prayers lately.

**An agent of the popular house of HAWLEY & Co. of San Francisco is in
town. He is introducing John DEERE’s new gang plow and the challenge feed
mill for grinding feed for farm stock. A public trial of the gang plow
will be made in HODGE’s field west of town at 2 o’clock this afternoon.

**Bird Thief -- Some bird fancier has taken a fancy to Charlie SAIRS’
canary bird. His house was entered yesterday during his absence. Nothing
but the bird missing. Charlie offers $10 to the party returning the bird
and promises to ask no questions.

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