The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1849-02-17

books-lhey nre Of great value, hlmhnncs
VIII be found useful.
An men Ihat attempt 10 90 TO Callibrnin,
with tho expectation Of realizing anything,
must be Of good ftrong constitutions, able
bodied, Injured 10 hafdrliips, acquainted with
fasting, Capable Of suffering fatigue, nnd nor
expect To hnvr others do the hard work hnd
he look on for every man works Tor hlDi-
self aud he that ran do tho most, holds Oh
the longest, h up late nnd early, md conIin'
uos nt IL, will receive the benefit. liuf you
young fellow, that never worked day, IN
your lives on the Tohd. ia the field OF woods,
Ia le wcl, heat aud cdtt, depend upon h,
your cnse IL gloomy. You homes will lie, 10
blenrh Mother Earth, with henria Tint runm
lords of ihe roll. Tie march itsolG will take
the mnrrow out OF your bones, and your
nnme go down 10 future ages M u iool'hnrdy
clap, Frnsping niter llosethlngs not within
your rencli. You Young men Who have
good eH,ploymeTls, are respected at homc
aud beloved by MI who know sou, aud are
unucquninlrd will hard lnh0r, drop the ldln
phhntoms aud stay where YOU ARE, nor mase
n peg. You mechanics, WHO have families
aud are we'll employed, keep NJ your work,
inud hc coulGnlcd. Old Eruy-icndri nirr
have no business Ia these Unmps. riny NJ
home; YOU imyc more gold IN your house
ihan YOU viii have IL sea- F0 10 California
aud bnck unlcfs some one gives It 10 yuti-..
! tell YOU, IL IN nm ensy matter to inlk nnd tell
/ hig tufrs. hlad.llu'z lamp would not sui'
somo fellows, mud make them stay hcltlnd-
| Go they will, and continue % until there's no
! go IN them. Like the rolling stone ilHy
gather no mos, III II not NIL gold That gilt
tors" 1t IN not all mon that nrc born lucky
| The luryy planet was not nut ~ your birth
rather the tinlucky. You might NJ well say
bc6nuso Jncl, drew $4,000 IN the lottery,
you can do the same. This j. uouscurc.-
Stgy 81 l,al,,e; .le,,,- catching al slEaAsA,
/ you nrc well enough ofl, ifyou only think 20.
Keep moving along iho even iouor Of your
way, steady aud sirnighL forward, nud you
viii he happy; Int Il you had all the gold ~
CALIFORNIA;, ) on would think there WINS more
somewhere else, md no, he satisfied until
you had bent your brninr out uFniuN gold
will, then die an avariciuus iUol--klll your.
SELF for eoldSeAl mike every body around
! you unhappV hud miscralle--rud lost aud
fhrgoien--lnst his sonl and gained nothing,
I 80 il IT, md will lie with Thousands. Before
| would lie ont on The cold grnulld nmGnr
! lie wolves, lndinns, snnkcs aud liznrdsr hnli-
starved for something to nnt, hn'ishcd for
water three OF four monlbs, aud dir, dig IN
the dirt mud mud day aner day. Irce thou
sund nHies from bone, for llreC OF four
months more for few gliiiering sOuds, away
|lfilU l'l'iNh NllN 'filN-
~ comforts, wiilIN competence for life, be-
fore would quit father mother, brother,
sisters, wife, children and irendS, nrd travel
two shnhS6nd Ihiles over ilrrnIy desert
Il earth, among wild beasts mud more ihnn snv-
age Indians, to getn handful Of gold, suffer
sickness, fnvors. diseases aud nll the evils
This lite is heir to, | would uTn into q white
7 dog aud hire somebody 10 killme. Fool
Once more, tell me how all hnye come out
TIN, wcni into the difpiurS: We hear that
6UOO persons nre emplsyna, and mike from
SS " S;}9 pcr day. Who gets the money
NOT those who dig aud toll, bat The iTnder,
spectators md he who hires li.hds aud show +
I tlicm whcrcto dig furnishes tools and means
ofluing The lhborcr, ms in this country,
barely makes Ills living. You lcnra flaming
account of how one MIR 4. or b. has made IN
one week { 800. lie might have gan'hlcd
nmnng ihc luborers, traded with them, mud II
! lhousnul other ways, TO obtain the fruit oi
their labor, hut the particulars, nrc NOT given
that lac stripped of cont and jacket, viii
SPADE aud pick mi hand, waditl into the earth
I hat. band deep, iuto 4 deep hole, and dug ont
/ the pure stuff. How was IL IN Peru, nnc OF
4 The richest mining countries oil the face of
the polc Ia the lead nincs, mud every oill-
or mining operation throughout the known
VOLS hces every one come ouiHr'--tuli
| Of gold? Does every tcnih unn, every I'M
eth or hundrcdIh man, better his condition,
and lufome wealthy after yeHrs OF toni, ia
'iisno and 1f6u1ae? just IGuk nj the Galenn
lead m,nes nnd surrounding country in lS<I
where ti1crc were $4,000 men ut work. How
many came out wells No, one half moi even
the quarter or ltundredth ni0n, so with tic
! Poinsi nncs; aud 50 with all oihcrs,
; Nv the time YOU reach the gold region IN
California, YOU hnve expended Sumc Two
tuHtruri ttufiurr, AtsI all your clothes.
become weary from the long mnrch, en-, up
all you carried with y0u, md all your tools
stolen from YOU, weak, sick Hnd uuNlle To-
work, without friends 10 ndn,lnistcr 90 Your
wants; wiIhout n coni0TTHrIT HOUse or home
thrown ia among thousands of idle, dissi'
D. paIed uniceiing brutes, intent OF gain; pen
uicss, poor, and without strength or rpeats,
or friends o assist YOU; surrouuded by WI
gar, rough mud huconIh rowdics, all engr"ss.
Ell in searching nler goll--tnttetcd. ragged
and cross without law, discipline ar control
| every one his owl notwithstanding here
tund lying ihere--ihSeBiiRg schemes In de
prive the uususpectng ofthor prospects anu
| hcnrls---lnying lmnds on every ihtng pnlutnWe
wcnrnble or useful; where might aud strength
determine right; though wrong aud coward
guilt TO shelteringcaverns ily "untA sickfiess,
disease and death close the scene. lhen
Won amy imagine worse Than this pictatc--
hunmr vuiures preying upon your
cnrcnsc like rnnnihrfs gdruIntitlizhg, iH ihelr
honr4a laugh over faGen victims ! II Is, new
manifestations Ihnn. hclihn=Ihe- pI1rr- md
ccrtnin results of rash and premature onler-
prise. With these naked truths stirring zach
-ip ii, Girn il Won Co. YOU must take n copy
-UrlheSb rTOHGT gdHrCuCCE utu1y WITH Sr1'tt''
and IL yon 1--we to come back, prove az dis.
prove Tie savings aud warnings Of EHEi. g.
sAaAcIous IloRsE. A ii,rmcr whose shy
inrs and dninns have often quoted, thought