The Middlebury galaxy. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1848-1850, 1849-01-09
CALIFORNIA ADVENTURE.

As all documents relative to gold hunt
ing in California are peculiarly accepla|
bic to the public at the present moment,
we think the following may not prove a.
miss. 1t appears TO be the latest Thing OF
the kind, and has all the authenticity that
we can reasonably expect ia such met
tiers :-BosfOH C0uri'r.
To HE Editor eff lie Boston Coirtcr:
SrR,-The moment read IN the news
paper about the 'carals fine" and the fif
teen millions, flung down my cupboard
and exclaimed, Mature never meant me
for iOurneyman-tailor. III join The Cal
ifornians and get gold by bushels in the
pulling of a stitch" No sooner said tian
done. | caught up piece Of chalk and
fell TO calculating how far the sale at my
old shoes under the hammer, would 90 to-
ward raising the Il rec hundred dollars
for the outfit, and how much should Dor
row to make up the sum.
went to bed full Of the most glorious
anticipations-goId, gold, gold, instead Of
list. sewage and remnant, filled the cavity
of nv pericranium. Instead OF saying
NV PRAYERS, repeated the words Sac
ramento Amen" as many times as was
able. They seemed equal 10 Open Sc
same" and worthy TO become the Ave
Mary of al. gold hunters. i was count
ing my ten fingers to estimate how many
pounds of the virgin metal would buy ne
The best house in Beacon Street, when
fell asleep and dreamed dream.
And as John Bunyan says, " saw IN
my dream, and heheld nine lallor> OF us
were goId-bitten aud gold-smltten. and
embarked in a huge clam-shell for CALI
iornia. stood aft and steered with an
enormous teaspoon, and Tom Robbn
kept watch in the bows TO look out for
squalls. We had fair weather sailing, not
unusual in dreams. Presently we made
headland, and saw a flock Of gulls
perched OH Il gigantic BARRIERS pole TWEEN
ty lea cues long. knew this 10 be Cape
Horn as well as if | had been born at the
tip>end of it, and Immediately shaped my
course into the Pacific Ocean, gfflng the
sails "a good full " under brisk "sou-
wester.
In less time than you could stitch
button hole, we made ST. Francisco ligh'I-
What did you think it vast A magnIfi
cent rainbow of solid gold, spanning the
bay like the Rhodian Colossus There
could be no mistake in the land>fa!l. As
we neared the shore, shoal OF PorPoises
came swimming around us, every one
with a gold ring in his nose, gold epau-
lette of the brlgadier size, on both fins,
and huge bob Of gold lace at his tail
May never snip broadcloth again, but
was ready to jump out Of my skin at
the sight. However, this was cakes aud
gingerbread to what followed. A change
came DER the spirit Of my dream, and we
were sailing up the Sacramento. The
banks were covered with trees fall of gol-
den pippins: the birds that sung among
the branches were all gold-Gncbes the
flowers that bluomed on the turf were The
brightest marigolds, and the very eel-grass
Of the Sacramento clam~hats was nothing
less than gold-thread Whole herds of
golden gulnea-pigs were running alcng
the shore. squeaklng for somebody ;oPick
them up, and coin them into circulating
of foxes were scamper-
ing over the bill 5, every one with golden
tail as long as the great comet. There
was no, a paltry silver>grey among them
All was gold that glistened. Now. "
exclaimed to myself IN an ecstacy. this
beats Ann-street and making trousers y
A change came DER the spirit OF my
dream. Behold, we were among the RAJ
vines Of the Sierra Nevada. The skY
was full of golden clouds, and II was IA'u-