The Shasta courier., 1853-10-29
THE nIxERs' TEN COMMANDMENTS.

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THE aINERs' TEN COMMANDMENTS.
|. Thou shalt have no other claim than one
IL. Thou shalt not make unto ihyself any false
Claim nor any likeness to mean man by lump
ing one-whether it be on the top above or on
the rock beneath, or III a creyice under the
rock.
Ill Thou shalt not go prospecting before thy
claim gives OUT for if thou doest thou shalt
travel both north and SOUTH and shall find none
Then, when thou hast returned in sorrow, thou
shalt lind fnat thy claim is worked out, and no
pile made thee to carry home in gladness to thy
wife, and thy sons, and thy daughters but thou
shalt discover that thou hast worn out thy boots
and thy garments, and paid out all that was in
thy purse for nought; and at last thou shalt be
compelled to hire out thy body to make thy
board and save thy bacon.
~. Thou shalt not take thy money, nor thy
gold dust, nor thy good name, and give it unto
harlots, waste ii III riotous living nor Law it
npon the gambling table; for the harots are af-
flicted with sore diseases; riotous living will
destroy both thy health and thy fortune, and
monte, twenty-one, roulette, faro, lansquenet
and poker will prove to thee that the more
thou puttest down the less shalt thou take up
and when thou thinkest of thy wife and thy
children, thou shalt not hold thyself guiltess but
insane,
" Thou shalt not remember what thy friends
do at home upon the Sabbath day. lest the re-
membrance may not compare favoraby with
what thou doest in California. Six DAYS mayest
thou pick and dig all thy body can stand under
but the other day is Sunday, when thou shalt
wash all thy dirty shirts, mend all thy clothing
make up and bake thy bread and boil thy pork
and beans, lay in thy stock of provisions for the
coming week, and read thy newspaper, which
thou hast bought and paid for, even at the print
er's office.
VI. Thou shalt not kill thine own body by
working in the rain, even though thou shouldst
make enough thereby to purchase physic and
attendance neither shalt thou kill thy neighbor
by shooting him, unless he giveth thee gross of
fence; for soft answer turneth away wrath
and 1t Is better sometimes to endure evil, when.
by keeping cool, thou mayest save his life and
thy own conscience.
VII. Thou shalt not become discouraged and
think OF going home before thou hast made thy
pile, because thou hast not struck lead nor
found rich crevice, nor sunk hole upon a
pocket lest IN going home thou shouldst leave
"a day, and go to work ashamed at so cents
for II thou perseverest thou mayest vet return
with sufficient to make thyself and thy little
ones happy
VIII. Thou shalt not pick out specimens from
the company pan, and put them into thy mouth
or into thy purse. Neither shalt thou take from
thy cabin mate his gold dust to add to thine.
lest he find thee out, and straightway call his
fellow miners together, and they hang thee. OF
give thee fifty lashes, and two hours to leave the
country. And if thou stealest a shovel or
pick, or pan, from thy toiling fellow miner,
hanging would be too good for thee, and thou
wouldst deserve to be kicked and cow-hided
tor thy. pains, and to forever hang down thy
head
TX. Thou shalt not bear false witness about
gold dlgSlngs In the mountains y to thy neigh
bor or a stranger, that thou mayest benefit a
friend who hath mules, and provisions. and
blankets which he cannot sell-lest in deceivins
thy nelghbor, when he returneih through the
snow, with nought his rifle he present thee
with the contents thereof, and like a dog thou
shalt fall down and die
X Thou shalt not coyet thy neighbours GOLD
nor his claim, nor his wife, nor anything that is
his. But if thy neighbor has his family here
and thou love and covet his dau ughter's hand in
marriage, thou shalt lose no time in seeking he,
affection; and when thou hast obtained it, rhou
shalt pop the question like man. lest another
more manly than thou art should step in before
lbee. and thou covet her in vain and in the an
guiSh OF thy fathers thou shalt quote the Ian
guase OF the great and say, . Let her rip ano
my future life be that of poor, lonely. despisec
anu comtortiess bachelor. The end
LITTLE ONE THROWN IN.-Thou shalt not dis
up public road, unless thou canst afford to fl
IL again as good as before otherwise thou in
Jurest the teamster TO benefit thvself and h.
curse thee every time he passeth. Amen.