Volume 035-2 - April 1981 (8 pages)

great favor, and we have been good friends ever since. I was no merchant, nor had any mercantile education, so I took lessons from Mr. Booth, and allowed him to make out for me a bill of goods such as he well knew I needed. With these we loaded up two 6 mule teams, and started for the mountain. Ihad about $700 left besides paying for the goods, but I felt a very little troubled as tomy prospect for success, for it was a new business to me. Mr. Booth ina business way was a true father to me, and the much needed points in trade which he gave me were stored away for the use I knew I would make of them. Of all those whom I bear in grateful remembrance, none stand higher than this -worthy man. I went first direct to Nevada City to take out a license that I might best protect myself against oppositions and from there I had a walk of 18 miles over a rough mountain trail to my selected place of business. Climbing the great hill of the S. Yuba river often tired and sat down to rest, and I used this time to study my bill of goods, and add the freight and profit to the cost, so as to be well posted, and able to anwer all questions readily when IN MEMORIAM Albert Johnson. On February 9, 1981, Albert Johnson died at the age of 94. Mr. Johnson was president of the Nevada County Historical Society during the year 1967. Under his direction, the linden trees in the parking lot at the corner of Washington and Main streets (N.C.) were saved. In this year also the bronze marker was placed at Mt. St. Mary’s Academy and the Golden Rule store in Mill street (G.V.) was leased to be used as a mining museum. This was the forerunner of our beautiful mining museum, now located in the former North Star Powerhouse. Florence Aileen Kelly. On February 15, 1981, Florence Kelly died at the age of 72. Mrs. Kelly was a Board member of the Nevada County Historical Society during the years 1961-64. The Society is indebted to her for handling the paperwork, necessary to give the Society non-profit corporation status. She also managed the tax accounts of the Society for many years. May they rest in peace l unloaded the stock. The new trade seemed quite a task to learn, but I felt that I was compelled to succeed, and I worked manfully at it. When I reached Moore’s Flat I found that the boys had rented a store for me, and their welcome was very hearty when they found how lucky I had been in securing my money and starting out as their “grub supplier.” Four of us now located some mining claims, and began a tunnel both to drain the ground, and to work through the bed-rock. This we named The Paradise, and we expected that three or four months would elapse before we made it pay, but there was in truth two years of solid rock-work before we got under the ground, but it paid well in the end. Two of my partners in the work, Li. Hanchett, and Jas. Clark ran out of funds at the end of the first year, and I took as much of the expense as I could upon my own shoulders. When he learned that Mrs. Bennett was seriously ill, Manly went immediately to Santa Clara and comforted her in her last days. Manly must have had a special gift in making friends. JOHN 8. GREGORY. I returned to Moore's Flat, and soon sold out my store, taking up the business of purchasing gold dust direct from the miners, which I followed for about two years, and in the fall of 1859 sold out the business to Marks & Powers. I looked about through Napaand , Sonoma Counties, and finally came to Sak™—* Jose, where I purchased the farm Inow own, near Hillsdale, of Bodley & McCabe, for which I paid $4,000. And on this farm, William Lewis Manly died on February 5, 1903. On his headstone at the Woodbridge Cemetery we read: PIONEER 1849 WILLIAM L. MANLY BORN APRIL 6, 1827 DIED FEBRUARY 5, 1803 MARY J. MANLY BORN MAY 25, 1827 DIED JULY 19, 1902 William L. Manly’s memories of Moore’s Flat will appear in the next issue of the Bulletin. JOSEPH 2. ENGLISH, GREGORY & ENGLISH, Proprietors NEVADA, MOORE’S FLAT AND EUREKA —— AND —— Ban! eS Es EN Bi 1mDAILY EXPRESS AND STAGE LINE, C4nnzinG THB UNITED STATES MAILSA, —vVIA— LAKE CITY, NORTH BLOOMFIELD, sqope's FLAT, Orleans Flat. Woolsey’s Flat, and Eureka. Pony Express leaves Nevada City on Thursdays and Saturdays of each week, for the same points, BOTH STAGES AND EXPRESS CONNECT WiTu TELEGRAPH STAGES FOR SACRAMENTO — ALSO — With Marysville and Dutch Flat Stage Lines. CARRY WELLS, FARGO &CO'S EXPRESS TO ALL POINTS ON THE LINE PACKAGES DELIVERED, COLLECTIONS MADE: and all Express Business promptly attended to, AGENTS FOR TUE Sacramento Union, San Francisco Bulletin and Alta, Nevada Daily Gazette, and all other leading California papers. Aleo—Harper's, Leslie's, Adantic, and other Eastern Publications, _ 16

great favor, and we have been good friends ever since. I was no merchant, nor had any mercantile education, so I took lessons from Mr. Booth, and allowed him to make out for me a bill of goods such as he well knew I needed. With these we loaded up two 6 mule teams, and started for the mountain. Ihad about $700 left besides paying for the goods, but I felt a very little troubled as tomy prospect for success, for it was a new business to me. Mr. Booth ina business way was a true father to me, and the much needed points in trade which he gave me were stored away for the use I knew I would make of them. Of all those whom I bear in grateful remembrance, none stand higher than this -worthy man. I went first direct to Nevada City to take out a license that I might best protect myself against oppositions and from there I had a walk of 18 miles over a rough mountain trail to my selected place of business. Climbing the great hill of the S. Yuba river often tired and sat down to rest, and I used this time to study my bill of goods, and add the freight and profit to the cost, so as to be well posted, and able to anwer all questions readily when IN MEMORIAM Albert Johnson. On February 9, 1981, Albert Johnson died at the age of 94. Mr. Johnson was president of the Nevada County Historical Society during the year 1967. Under his direction, the linden trees in the parking lot at the corner of Washington and Main streets (N.C.) were saved. In this year also the bronze marker was placed at Mt. St. Mary’s Academy and the Golden Rule store in Mill street (G.V.) was leased to be used as a mining museum. This was the forerunner of our beautiful mining museum, now located in the former North Star Powerhouse. Florence Aileen Kelly. On February 15, 1981, Florence Kelly died at the age of 72. Mrs. Kelly was a Board member of the Nevada County Historical Society during the years 1961-64. The Society is indebted to her for handling the paperwork, necessary to give the Society non-profit corporation status. She also managed the tax accounts of the Society for many years. May they rest in peace l unloaded the stock. The new trade seemed quite a task to learn, but I felt that I was compelled to succeed, and I worked manfully at it. When I reached Moore’s Flat I found that the boys had rented a store for me, and their welcome was very hearty when they found how lucky I had been in securing my money and starting out as their “grub supplier.” Four of us now located some mining claims, and began a tunnel both to drain the ground, and to work through the bed-rock.

This we named The Paradise, and we expected that three or four months would elapse before we made it pay, but there was in truth two years of solid rock-work before we got under the ground, but it paid well in the end. Two of my partners in the work, Li. Hanchett, and Jas. Clark ran out of funds at the end of the first year, and I took as much of the expense as I could upon my own shoulders. When he learned that Mrs. Bennett was seriously ill, Manly went immediately to Santa Clara and comforted her in her last days. Manly must have had a special gift in making friends. JOHN 8. GREGORY. I returned to Moore's Flat, and soon sold out my store, taking up the business of purchasing gold dust direct from the miners, which I followed for about two years, and in the fall of 1859 sold out the business to Marks & Powers. I looked about through Napaand , Sonoma Counties, and finally came to Sak™—* Jose, where I purchased the farm Inow own, near Hillsdale, of Bodley & McCabe, for which I paid $4,000. And on this farm, William Lewis Manly died on February 5, 1903. On his headstone at the Woodbridge Cemetery we read: PIONEER 1849 WILLIAM L. MANLY BORN APRIL 6, 1827 DIED FEBRUARY 5, 1803 MARY J. MANLY BORN MAY 25, 1827 DIED JULY 19, 1902 William L. Manly’s memories of Moore’s Flat will appear in the next issue of the Bulletin. JOSEPH 2. ENGLISH, GREGORY & ENGLISH, Proprietors NEVADA, MOORE’S FLAT AND EUREKA —— AND —— Ban! eS Es EN Bi 1mDAILY EXPRESS AND STAGE LINE, C4nnzinG THB UNITED STATES MAILSA, —vVIA— LAKE CITY, NORTH BLOOMFIELD, sqope's FLAT, Orleans Flat. Woolsey’s Flat, and Eureka. Pony Express leaves Nevada City on Thursdays and Saturdays of each week, for the same points, BOTH STAGES AND EXPRESS CONNECT WiTu TELEGRAPH STAGES FOR SACRAMENTO — ALSO — With Marysville and Dutch Flat Stage Lines. CARRY WELLS, FARGO &CO'S EXPRESS TO ALL POINTS ON THE LINE PACKAGES DELIVERED, COLLECTIONS MADE: and all Express Business promptly attended to, AGENTS FOR TUE Sacramento Union, San Francisco Bulletin and Alta, Nevada Daily Gazette, and all other leading California papers. Aleo—Harper's, Leslie's, Adantic, and other Eastern Publications, _ 16