Rutland County herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1848-1850, 1849-03-07
The California Fever in Horribly.
LBrTEK FRon ETHAN srIKE
HoRNBY, Jinooaty sob, 1879.


MrsTnR We is all here THE
Kallylony fever is broke out all over town
an RACES powerfully-hydroloby, quincy
my, or chln>cough is nothin to il. Kef-
mel Peabody IS gone crazy as a coot, on
elder Jenkins breaches every Satberday
abou; the gold Of Oter an The pavemenu Of
The new Jerewsslum. Fathers offered the
steers, tew sholes, the old boss an hall q
dozen bins al less than bali price, and he
swcafs lfhe can raise the money he II strike
aoul for the diegos, short meter. Mothers
ecnlst worried 10 delh about il an has bod
father blcd three times. and has mustard
polls on his feet every night, hopin TO draw
the notion aout OF him. But he keeps get
TN no better very fast. and raves about Sac.
rymentcrs, Fransiskers, Snnjewnns aud
Boony vls,ers, like all possest
Last night the 'Hornby and KAllyforny
Life and health ass-soshlalod mootoonl IN
dewrnnce Company held meelin in Lib
by'S bar-room tn organize and kinder fix
thing, nouL Joel Spike, E,q.--n cuzzen
Of mne--wss called 10 the cheer. Ga la
kin the cheer, joel came aoul strong, oil
done himself creditablo.
'Feller townsmen an neybors, says Joel,
says he, q bowin and scrnpin all the time
this here is E>poek Yes sit-ee saws
Joel, rasin his voice "a e-pock | say
1t proves scripler, sayshe. Don't we read
Of Time when plaow shares shall be beat
into prunin hooks (which is the same
thing - pick axes--and means the golden
age I'm not profit says Joel, says he
nor the son o(a profit nor even a iorllclh
cuzzen jarman to a profit; yet | venter TO
predicate the time near when we shall awl
eat hasy puddin with goold spoons Then
SAYS Joel, then will the millennium sci in /;
the mounting OF the Lords house shat be
the mounIings of KallIlorny; the lion shall
lie daown with thesheep, Ieetle child shall
be born in u day, an everybody shall have a
/ pocket fall of TIN. Amen seeleT! said Joel
"A wInding up his purrorRIion, and selln
daown amidst a perfect hutrykane OF np-
pnwse and screcehinS
/ Insine Libby next read TO the ass-socia-
ion some extracts from the papers The
lu,t sci forth how The ship Humbug was n
cummin hum with a whole mounting OF
goold n tow, a weighln 0OO24 lbs 4
screwpes an AZ drains, nvefdewpolze, an
six,y,tcw carrots fine This great mask
/ of preshus oar, il was stated was sent on
/ post morlem, as a present to glneral kush.
ING. by some pot in -lates oil Oier, on account
of his havin broke his leg in the sarvlce oil
his country besides iniIoducin new kode
Of miIluglary discipIin. Another account
told no " MIR Mlrsy--sekretaTy OF tlugauon
10 the lreasury--had got (ouy'five barrels
Of goold dust Derived in n shapperaw, and
darseni leave it, an had peliloned 10 the GIN
eroI court an Mister Polk for n plate Of
pork aud beans, but that it hadn't passed
the LEGISLATOR yet, on account OF MIR hai-
hound wantin to introduce The WllmoI pro
vso into the bill.
Several other accounts equally imperIi'
nenl was read, when debaiI rls as TO The
best way OF goin 10 the Elder RAIDER. Some
was for goin round Kupe Horn, while 9th
ers stuck to Knpe l<od an Enos Jlnklns
who went aoul makHl fishin last year, nnr
was proper cen sick, stuck TO the overland
--->sue threw Yarmouth. WHhout any con
clgtlon the meeIln adjourned.
Yours rev ETHAN SPIKE.
" P.S. Jlnooary 81, l2 o'clock, !
Merrydlan
Elder Jinkins has gone He's only bii
gone about 10 minis He WAS not snriir
as he should go further Than Portland, ol
might 20 on to KdIlylorny. A good man
turned nou, to see the Elder of, an, as III
newspapers say, he carried the best wlshe
r Of the kommunity with him--lhough BE
-, T[ver-the kome-soUler-sald he didn
r blsvc they'd keep half way aout--an he aC
, vistd him to get ON put up in Tin canister
nj like as they dew HOLSTERS aud green corr
:, However, every body shook hands vii
y the Elder aud united in sngin the follen
parado1. made by the sehoolmasler, witt
as the Elder once said shows q decide
$ pinshu, for prgass sns
/, From Hornby's orful mountains
IS TO Kallylorny'S strands,
{ Where Sacfy.menter river
}. Is thick with golden sands.
d What though the nor.west breezes
:, Blow some DER Bethel hill.
- 40 likewise also freezes
} Their wheel a, Spooner's mill.
y. See Elder Jenkins goin---
I'm ashamed ont mister Rue, but L
Sc forgotten the toiher 'lansi', but they WI
ID flst rate, add mode everybody cry. l
j. try ard &c, the sehoolmIs'er 10 send you
e, copy Of the hull
o. REcIPEocIrE or TRADE Win CAs
o, IpA tn following resolution was pass
DO IN the CANADIAN Parliament on toe Sd 10
DO That II Is eIpedie0I 10 provide FIR q
5" Tree admission Of g,A.o and breadHufs
'ys an kinds. vegetables, fruits seeds, ANNA
." hides. wool, buuer, eheese, AiIow, horr
sailed and fresh meats, eres Of all kin