Rutland County herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1848-1850, 1849-02-07

more somewhere else, and mt be- ss<isAcd
sn'il ycu had beat your brains out against
gold wall, then dc an avaricious iool--
kih yourself fcr gold, and make everybody
around You unhappy aud miserable --snd
lost and forgotten --lost his soul and gained
nothing 30 Il is, aud win be with thoutsndr
Before would lay cut on the cold ground
among The wolves, Indians snakes asa hs
ards. halt starved for something 10 eat,
furnished for water three or four month";,
and dig dig in the dirt and mud day after
day, ,hroo thousand miles from home. Tor
three or four months more. for lev gli,ter-
ing sandA away from domestic bappineAs,
friends and earthly eoInfovts, with ccmpe-
tcpcc FOR life before Iwould quit father,
mother, brothers, sisters, wife, children aud
friends, and travel two thousand miles over
drcary dessert earth. among Wild beasts
and more than savage Indians, 10 get a
handful OF gold, suffer sickness, feycrs, dis
cases and ali the evils this life IL heir TO,
would turn into white dog and hire some
body to kill me. FOOL
0noe moro, tell me how all have como
out that went into the diggings. We hear
that 5000 persons are employed, aud mako
from ss TO $50 per day. Who ge,s the
money! Not those who dig snd toll, but
the trader, speoulalor, and no who hires
hands and shows them vbcrS A djs fur-
n;.hes tool. and ths ,.,..r. ~ i;v;n, Iho
laborcr. as In this country, barely makes his
living. You hear flaming account ofhov
one MIR. A. or b. has made in one week
s 500. He might have gambled among
the laborcrs. traded with them. and a thou
sand other WAYS to obtain the fruit of their
llobor b,t tho rn,,;s,,lars arc me-, g;veo IN,
H. .,.;...a "a -, - 49,, ,..,L 80,
su'PPs1 oN .o~e ~ !4 w" 'P"o'
IN" Pi,A III manu- sAueu 'n'o JUG ea''" nat :
Dand oeop, INTO oeep mole, ana aug OUT
the pure stuff.
How was IL In Peru, one Of The richest
mining countries on tho face Of the globe l.
In the lead mines, and every o,hcr mining
operation throughout the known world H.
Does every one como out rich--fulI Of goldi
Does every tenth man, every 6ftislh or buu-
dreih man better his condition, and become
wealthy alter years of toll fauRse and troub-
LEI Just look at the Gslena lead mines and
surrounding country, in 1897, whore there
were SO, 900 men at work. How many came
ter or hundrcib man So with the Po,osi
mines aud 30 with all oihers. This /,
humbueaery---an air castle, great cry and
liu'e wool Nevertheless, 60 !. boots while
you are young--iTy your luck; help the spec
ulator and arch knaves out; they are inter
esied in your going they have their ends
To accomplishment you their goods, &c
your earnings, iaiily II they can, unfairly il
ye will Their motto is--"Ge' money. &c
money still, and ieiVirIue follow II she will
II you desire TO know how you would ties
your ability to perform the digging opera
iion, jump into coal wagon, go with u Il
its diggins, there try weeks labor. fot
will come back saying, y can't como II; ~
no 60 Neither IN II all gold tina, glhters.
10y the time you reach the gold regions II
California, you have expended some w,
hundred dollars, worn out all your clothes
becume weary from the long march, eat ~