The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1853-11-10
Hawtborne in his Three Fold Desti-

ny, IellS thCs SlOi VI ~ oA'S
wandered all the world over in quest OF
three wonderful incidents, which, 1t had
been predicted, should occur to him; and
returned disappointed and spirlt-broken
to find them all under the shapow of his
paternal roof. perceive in this tale, as
in every work of true genius, some re-
Election of universal fact; and appeal to
the general experience and thee heart of
humanity. How many have chased de-
luding phantoms through the fervid noon
tide of life, only to find, as evening shad-
ows drew around them, that ambition
had no goal, achievement no triumph, to
equal the calm, perennial joys of hum
BILE rural home
commend the moral of Hawthorne's
story to our young men, who are from
year to year setting forth SO bravely to
wrench fortune f,om the golden sands Of
California, or win her among the young
cities that, emulating the growth of
Jonah's gourd, are beginning to dot the
American shores of the great Pacific
Far be it from me to insinuate their ven
ture is wild one, and their hopes neces
sarily doomed to untimely blight. Ihave
faith in American energy; still more in
sturdy, persistent, intelligent industry !;
and / feel sure that cline so genial, a
country SO diversified in its natural fea-
lures, soil so deep and virgin, as those
of California, must proffer many induce
ments to the hardy, resolute pioneer, e' en-
though that soil be here andthere sprink-
led with gold. Such an enterprise as the
peopling and settling of country SO new
and so remote from prior civilization, will,
of course, demand its martyrs: in its
prosecution thousands will die, and tens
of thousands fail; but the enterprise itself
will neither die nor fail; and many of
those who fifty embark in it will achieve,
at last, success and competence. What [
would say is addressed rather to the tens
of thousands, whom filial or parental ties
retain among us, while they impatienty
champ the bit and say, "Why am not l.,
too, at liberty to cross the Rocky Noun
tains and gather my share of the golden
harvest?" To these I would earnestly
say, believe not, repining friends !! that
California and fortune are inseparable,
nor forget that there were broad avenues
to success and competence before Ere
mont unfurred his bear standard in the
valley of the Sacramento Nay: be
assured that, right here in Indiana, are
ample placers for all who will resolutely
and wisely work them--plocers, whereof
the yield may be less per pan or day than
that of some of the richest "gulches" on
the Feather or the Yuba; but then it is
bertain, inexhaustible, and sure to prove
more and more abundant with each re-
turning season. The deeper these mines
are worked, the more ample is the return;
they require no outlay of skill or labor in
prospecting" for every arabic rood will
reward the digger's efforts, and from the
Ohio to the Missouri he will find hardly
any other than ''pay-dirt.'
AS for me, long-tossed on the stormiest
waves of doubtful conflict and arduous
endeavor, l have be gun to feel, since the
shades of forty years fell upon me, the
weary, tempast-driven voyager's longing
for land, the wanderers yearning for the
hamlet where in childhood he nestled by
his mothers knee, and was soothed to
sleep on her breast. The sober down hill
Of life dispels many Illusions while it de-
velopes or strengthens within us the at
tachment, perhaps long smothered or
oyerlaid, for "that dear hut, our home"
And SO |, in the sober afternoon of life,
when its sun, if not high, is still warm,
have bought me few acres of land in
the broad, still country, and, bearing
thither my household treasures, have re-
solved to steal from the city's labors and
anxieties at least one day in each week,
wherein to revive as farmer the memo
ries of my childhood's humble home
And already realize that the experiment
cannot cost so much as it is worth. AL
ready I find in that days quiet an anti
dote and solace for the feverish, fester-
ing cares of the weeks which environ it.
Already my brook murmurs soothing
even-song to my burning, throbbing brain;
and my trees, gently stirred by the fresh
breezes, whisper to my spirit something
OF their own quiet strength and patient
trust in God. And thus do family re-
alize, but for brief and fitting day, the
serene joy which shall irradiate the farm
er's vocation, when fuller and truer ed
ucation shall have refined and chastened
his animal cravings, and when science
shall have endowed him with her treas
ures, redeeming labor from drudgery
while quadrupling its efficiency, and
crowning with beauty and plenty our
bounteous, benefcent earth.
The Russian Government, for more than
century and a quarter, has had at Pekin