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evening, then sat up and wrote a piece for my pioneer pamphlet, entitled: "The
"The Bowers of California" Pioneer Stock Snow
Bowers of California" -- introducing the old song of "Joe Bowers," and adding two more verses to it by way of sequel -- Bed at sunrise --
Friday April 29
Cloudy, blustery, dusty, cold and disagreeable -- Rose at 11AM -- PM about town -Quite a lively snow storm set in about dark which laid the dust and whitened the ground -- Evening was at Enterprise office awhile -- Bed at 2 -- a very light snow falling -- [illegible] overhauling my old stocks today I found 100 shares Pioneer which I have had for about 10 yrs -- It is now in the stock list at 30 cts -- Took it to broker Douglass & told to sell it --
Wintry Pioneer stock found & sold
Saturday April 30
Cold & stormy -- frequent snow squalls -- Froze in the shade all day, & colder in evening -- Bed at 1 -- Very Wintry weather -- Yesterday in overhauling my old stocks I found 100 share certificate Pioneer with receipt for last assessment in 1879 -It being listed on the stock Board at 30 cts -- I handed it to the J R Douglass stock broker & he sent it down & sold it at 10 cts a share -- cash to me $7.50 -- Picked up, as it were -- Moral -- never throw away a piece of old stock --
"Monumental"
Sunday May 1, 1887
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