Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1852-07-21

The MEciIANIc.-Sparks we are, artizans of
earth, from the great anvil that six thousand
years ago rang with the giant strokes of Tubal
Cain.
Sharks that will transmit their light through
all time. and gleam heavenward from the shores
of eternity.
The ants and bees build their little homes
themselyes-toil and labor in their portion, and
what creature is there of the insect world that
bears a better name among the ease-loving sons
of earth than they.
Mankind is prone to praise that in others
which they do not themselves practice, but prac-
Using it themselves, they praise not others but
their own humble selves, and so it is in regard
to labor, they like to see others work and toll
for their daily bread, but do not like to do it
themselves, nor even have the praise of working
for q living. These are the drones-the dust
that floats upon the air Of labor, and shifted by
their own worthlessness from one place to an
other, until their gaudy glitter, borrowed from
the reflection of their own wealth, becomes the
means whereby they are hurled from existence
from memory itself.
And the artizan, does he live for the present
or the future?
Or does Death, when he grasps him, pail him
forever from the recollection of the living, and
leave but blank space in the Preside circle for
sorrow to occupy until filled by another?
The answer is plain. The mechanic leaves
his imprint upon the age in which he lives and
Time marks his history as a guide for the fu-
ture. A palace is drawn upon paper mere pen
Gil sketch. 1t is passed to the mechanic. Weeks,
months, perhaps years, roll by, and the pencil
structure of the brain becomes reality, lifting
its marble walls and lofty towers to the sky,
and from its domes an artizan looks down and
then passes filmy thought vague, and inds-
tinct, yet massive in its conception, and what is
it!
That when those for whom it is built, those
who live, love, and pass from life to death with
in its halls, shall have been forgotten, he will be
remembered, for his name is carved upon its
tablet.
Yes, he will be remembered, and the time will
come when labor, and labor alone, will be the
guarantee of honesty, virtue and greatness-la-
Dor, whether with the pen, plough, or at the
smoking forge, it is all the same. Gin. Cit.
WEALTH OF GERMAN EMIGRANTs-The emf
grafton from Germany to this country, is in
creasiug largely. Captains, recently at New
York, state that all their passengers have brot
money, in coin and bills of exchange, ranging
from $50 to $500 EACH The arrival of Ger
man emigrants during the last three weeks, it is
said, has added $2,50O,O0O to the circulation.
These emigrants do not remain in New York,
but seem to be well informed os to the point they
ought to strike for and accordingly they pro-
coed without any unnecessary delay, to their
destination. Of late years German rarely, if
ever, starts from his own country, with the in
tention Of settling in America, without first in
forming himself of the best locations and is
very well enabled to do this by the great pains
taken by his more intelligent countryment, who
have preceded him, in furnishing information
through the medium of books, often prepared
for the press in this country, and sent in MS. to
their fatherland for publication. This is a no.
BILE feature in the German character. These
sources of information are scattered broadcast,
and at very low prices over the land, to assist
the ignorant and unwary, and to point out the
shoals and quicksands that are not generally
laid down in the printed maps of this country
Surely this is labor oflove, for which the en-
igrants cannot be too thankful. We cannot re-
sist the pleasure of remarking that very large
majority of our German emigrants are industri-
Gus, thrifty, and orderly people. 1t would be
an almost endless task to sum up the good they
have done to this land. The wealth they bring
is but drop compared with the wealth they
produce. Their coming secures more gold
than the mines of California for while the lat
ter may become exhausted, the results of con-
tinued labor never can be. Gin. Com.
CALIFORNIA Richie following sketch of
the costume of a Californian, from a book just
published on that country, is amazing He had
been in that country two weeks, and in the mines
half an hour He had just returned and was
travelling through town trying to sell his uten-
sils preparatory to returning to the States
He was decorated with his wares and looked
like a country kitchen in disorder. He had
pair of grained boots and smoked ham in one
hand, piece Of perforated shoot iron coffee
pot and frying pan in the other, pair of long
Inda-rubber boots, with pants attached, thrown
over one shoulder, and pair of blankets under
the arm. Over the other shoulder was long
handled shovel, from which suspended camp
kettle containing pepper box, pair of mining
shoes, piece of smoked beef, Spanish gram
mar, several sea- biscuit, pick-axe without ham
die, and one pound each of sugar, coffee, and
bar soap"
CURE FOR FELoN OR WHITLow-Take the |
yolk of an egg; an equal quantity of strained
honey one tea spoonful Of spirits of turpen-
tine, fresh drawn; one tea spoonful of spirits |
of camphor; mix well and thicken with flour
to the consistence of thin paste. Spread it |
upon the sore thinly and cold. 1t takes hold
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