The weekly Placer herald., 1853-09-10
Ten Commandments.

! A man spake these words and said:
am "A miner. " no wandered "from ava,
down east" and came To so,nutn in n
strange land and "see the -lrI Ihanr." And
be hold | saw him, aud bear wIlIIe,s tha,
from the key of his trunk to the end al
his tail, his hole hni, has passed before
me; and follow I'd him uni hi, huge
feet stood still before clapboard >han:l
then, with his trunk eXtelded, he pointed
Eto a cnlIdlr-card tackled upon II ShIng e, rs
though he would say read, and read
THE MINERS TEN COMMANDMENTS.
Thou shalt have no other c ann than
une.
lI-Thon shat not make unto thyselt
any false claim, nor any likeness to a
mean man, by jumping one; whatever
thou findeth OH the top above, or on the
rock beneath, or in a crevire underneath
the rock--for | am IA jealous dog, and
will visit the miners round with my pres
ence, to invite them on my side; and wher
they decide against thee, thou shalt have
to take thy pick, and thy pan, thy shove
and thy blankets, with ii thou hast and
70 prospecting" both north ard south
to seek good diggigs; and thou shalt fand
none. Then, " hen thon has returned, III
sorrow thou shalt find that thine old clsiln
is worked out, and no pi made thee, IL
hide il in the ground, or IN an old boo,
Ihenrati thy bunk, or in buckskln or hottlt
underneath the cabin, hut has paid all that
WAS in thy purse away, worn out 'hy
boots and thy garments 40 thai there i,
nothing good about them but the pockets,
and thy patience he liked unto thy gar
nents; and ut last thou shalt hire thy
body TO make thy board and save thy
bacon.
fIf-Thou shalt not 60 prospecting he
fore thy aim gives out. hou shalt no
take thy money, nor thy 60 dust, no
thy good name, to the gaming table II
VAIN; for monte, Iwenty-one roulette
faro, iasquenet and poker, viii prove II
thee, that The more thou puttest down
the ess thou shalt take ny; and wheI
thou ,hinkest OF thy wife and children
thou shat not hold thys.lf guitiess, bu
insane.
IV-Thou shalf not remember " hat tn,
friends do at home on the sabbath day
lest the remembrance may not compare
fayorably with what thou doest. Sl'
days thou inayst dig or pick all that thy
body can stand under; but the other day
is Sunday, when thou sha wash all thy
dirty shirts, darn all thy stockings, tap AL
thy boots, mend thy clothng, chop th,
" hole weeks fire wood, make up and
bake thy bread and boii thy pork and
beans, that thou wait not when thou re-
turnpst from thy long tour, weary. For
in six days labor only thou canst not
work enough to wear out thy bo'iy IN two
wears; hut if thou workest hard on sun
dav also, thou cails do it in six months;
and thou, and thy son, and thy daughter
thy male friend and thy feinaIe friend, rhy
morals and thy con>citnre he none TIE
better for il; hut rrproach thee, >h"uld>
thou ever return with thy worn out h"dl
10 thy n,oiber'S firesIde, and thou strive {,
Just fly thysrlf, because the trader and The
blacksrnth, the carpenter and the uer
chant, the tallors, Jews, and bucc"nrer
defy God and civ .lzaton, Ly keeping no
the Sabbath day, and wish not for d..
of rest, such as memory, youth and hoin'
made ha owed.
V-Thnk more nf all thy gold AM
how thou cans; make 1t fastest, man nov
thou wilt enjoy it, after thou has ridden
rough -sIroI, over thy good old parents
precel Is and examples, that thou IhyeH
have something to reproach ana stih!
rhpe. when thou arr left lnne IN the LAM
where Thy fathers blessing aud Thy moth
err. love hath sent thee.
Vi-Thou shalt not kill thine own body
hy working in the rain, even though ,h"'
shah make enough {" buy physIr and ~
tendance wnh-neither shalt thou kill III.
nephbor body by shooting h'n' exrrp
he gi.e thee ofltnse-then upon the prln
clple of honor; without principle, Iho
ma,r-t, even though 10y excepting cool
thou hadst saved his life and thy con
Seizure.
VlI-Thou shalt not grow discourage
and think of going home before thou ha'
made Thy "pilr," berause thou hast NJ
"srruck II Iead," nor found II "rrh ere,
ire," nor sunk hole upon "A 'pocker,
est in going home, thou shalt leave fou
!, dollars day, and 60 to work, ashamed