The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1849-02-16

Tue oHuh tnat sung rMong the branches Wero
all gold-fnches; the flowers that hlormsd
on the turf were the brightest marigolds,
and tn. very celgrass of the Sacramento
siam.iats was nothing less than gold thread!
Whole herds of golden cunea. pigs were
running along the shore, sqneakine foI some.
} body to pick them up aud coin them into
circulating medium. Troops Of foxes were
scam1ering over the hills, every one with
golden tail as long rs the great comet.
There was not paltry silver-Grey among
them. All gold that glistened. Now
exclaimed to myself in an ccstaCy, 'this
beats Ann-si-eet and making trousers!'
A change came Ger the spirit ofmy dream.
Behold, we were among the ravines Of the
Sierra Nevada. The sky was full Of golden
clouds, and il was raining gold thimbles a.
fast and thick AS ifnatnre was tempting all
mankind to turn tailors. Bless my good
luck how scooped them up with tin Dip
per, and toured them into meal-bag! I
was calculating that we got nine bushels q
minute, all told, when was suddenly start.
ell by loud noise overhead, that sounded
like the clashing Of cymbnls. looked up,
aud TO my great establishment monstrons
golden goose as big as the Old South Church,
tapping his wings nd flying from the noun.
tain directly towards me Down he came,
whop! before yon could say What's this
and cried out in as good English rs could
be expected of goose, 'gobblr, gobble,
gobb'e; come pluck my feathers We tur-
ned too without dely, and pulled on his
back and tail sn immense heap Of feathers,
every one as big as cart-wheel and the
real yellow Simon Pure,' as they say! fit
to he sent TO the mint without washing!
Was even such magnificent luck before
known even in a dream! But there was
still more to come. Scare could my de-
lighted thoughts n pose on this feather bed
Of golden prospects, when suddenly tho
ground began TO rumble and rock as if all
earthquake was Mt hand, and hey, presto!
before you could thread a needle, ur started
out of the earth a crop Of golden cabbage
heads, every one as large as the State
House dome, and as solid as a Cannon ball,
twenty -four carcts fine! BY the powers u
bnckram my eyes were ready TO start cut
Of my head at the sight of such wealth. We
agreed to share it all among us, and each
man fell straight TO planning schemes for
spending his money. determined to buy
all Beacon street for beginning. Bill But.
ton, set his heart upon Dock Square and
South Boston, where he meant TO reign SUI
preme, besides purchasing all Down East
upon speculation. Tom BobLin was TO build
a castle on Fort Hill, and lord it over India
wharf and the adjacent parts; in addition TO
which he designed TO have the whole Of No
va Scotia To raise his potatoes, If the Brit
ish government would sell cut, &c. Thus
we divided the world
In the midst of our wealth, however, We
began 10 feel terribly cold and hungry, hut
there was nothing TO cat except gold goose
and cabbage. We ate and ate. but wCie -
hungry as ever. The metal lay terribly
hard on our stomachs. ] would have given
a mountain Of gold for n beef steak and q
rusty rridiron; nay, n solitary pigs trofter
would have been worth hundred thousand
dollars il the California provision market.
Bat there was no SUI h thing 10 be had. So
b., the force Of sheer hunger and STARVATION,
We fell TO aud ate each o,hernp like Xii.
kenny cats, and cut Of nine tailors, ] only,
like Jobs messenger, escaped alone TO tell
thee!
i A change came Ger the spirit Of my
dream. Meihoucht had got back to Boston
with all my gold and set up for a nabob. I
had house in the middle of the Common,
equal tothe palace Of the Sunni Ovid's Met.
amorphose. The fountain spouted half ca
giles and small change into my chamber wiz
dows. My backyard was paved with gold
watches, that ell the servants might know
Of gold, and so did my dog and cat. I
breakfas.ed OIL buttcred ten dollar bills, pep.
perred my cucumbcrs with gold dust, md
washed my hands in aurum potable. My
paflor was papered with Massachusetts steI.
ling bonds; lighted my cigar with Penn.
sylvanias, and found the smoke at discount
Of 25 per cent. My wife put ur her cnrls
every night in Z. S. coupons. ] was the
owner Of several new states in the West,
Governors and all-held all the govern steet
in terror, and talked Of buying the Bank of
England. This was life Who would sew
Oh hooks and eyes after this.
| A change came DER the spirit Of my
dream. Mehousht stood before a look.
ing glass, comparing myself 10 General
Washington. IIerodes, Atticus, Aurungze.
be, and Peter Guss. On sudden the tip
of my nose turned yellow, aud became
transformed into solid gold. rubbed il,
and rubbed il, but o, how hard and cold it
was aud harder and colder il grew, ill my
whole face was just like it.. Mercy on me!
how frightened grew A cold tremor ran
over my whole frame and in minute more
| was solid gold from the crown Of my head
to the sole of my foot There ] stood in =
golden catalepsy, stiff, stark and cold My
head felt exactly like a bombshell, and NY
body like Nebuchadnezzar's image.
My eyes resembled a couple Of full moons
on frosty night, and my great toe was o.
hard and cold as the Pitt diamond!
'Oh, ,himbles aud scissors = exclaimed;
rake away my gold give me anything but
gold Would ] were live oak, pitc hrine,
mahogany, cotton wool, lndia rubber, soft
squash anything but this abominable
twenty -four carats tine! Have ] gene
gold. hunting for nothing but ,his--,o DO
made log Of bullion that cannot crook an
elbowP In saying these words ] made .
desperate effort TO snhp my finger and
thumb, when, lo they both cracked like
pistol shot, and split into ten thousand pie.
+ res. The shock woke me Instantly, and !
discovered that had left the chamber win.
dow open over night, besides Kicking off
the kiver' during my sleep, in consequence
Of which a sharp noiihwes, wind had blown
over me all night, an1 set my sleeping IAN.
cies into the above described captr.
Glad enough was to find my self not an
ineot Mr.. Editor, il you are an oAeiroso.
phl>t-l think that is the word-- you may
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