Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1854-07-28

s and pretty far morality tor The Standpoint
: of that quality in California.-LEwIspC CHRoN
a The Miners Ten Commandments.
A man spake these words and said : l an
! 4 miner, who wandered from afar dowl
1 East, and came to sojourn in a strang
, land, and behold the Elephant. And Ii
| saw him, and bear witness that from th'
: key of his trunk to the tip of his tail hi.
whole body has passed before me; and
followed him until his huge feet stood still
before clapboard shanty; then with hi:
trunk extended, he pointed to candle-cart
tackled upon shinglc, as though he would
say, Read and l read the Miners Tea
Commandments.
l. Thou shalt have no other claim than
one.
III. Thou shalt not make unto thyself
any false claim, nor any likeness to mean
man, by jumping one, whatever thou fin
dest on the top above, or Oh the rock be-
meath, or in creyicc underneath the rock
or l will visit the miners around to in
sure them on my side; and when they de-
eide against thee, thou shalt take thy pick
and thy pan, thy shovel and thy blankets,
with all that thou hast, and 60 prospecting,
to seek good diggings but thou shalt find
none. Then, when thou hast returned, in
sorrow shalt thou find that thine old claim
is worked out, and yet no pile made thee,
to hide in the ground, or in an old boot
beneath thy bunk, or in buckskin or bottle
underneath thy cabin, but hast paid all
that was in thy purse away, worn out thy
boots and thy garments, SO that there is
nothing good about them but the pockets,
and thy patience is likened unto thy gar
ments and at last thou shalt hire thy
body out to make thy board and save thy
bacon.
III. Thou shalt not 60 prospecting be-
fore thy claim gives out Neither shalt
thou take thy money, nor thy gold dust,
nor thy good name, to the gaming table
for monte, twenty-one, roulette, faro, lans-
quenet and poker, will prove to thee that
the more thou puttest down the less thou
shalt take up; and when thou thinkest of
thy wife and children, thou shalt not hold
thyself guiltlcss, but-insane.
". Thou shalt not remember what thy
friends do at home on the Sabbath day,
lest the remembrance may not compare
favorably with what thou doest here. Six
days thou mayest dig or pick all that thy
body can stand under but the other day
is Sunday; yet thou dost wash thy dirty
shirts, darn all thy stockings, tap thy
boots, mend thy clothing, chop thy whole
weeks fre-wood, make up and bake thy
bread and boil thy pork aud beans, that
thou wait not when thou returnest from
thy longtom, weary. For in six days Ia
Dor only thou canst not work enough to
wear out thy body in two years; but if
thou workest hard on Sunday also, thou
canst do it i'll six months, and thou, and
thy son, and thy daughter, thy male friend
and thy female friend, thy morals and thy
conscience be none the better for it, but
reproach thee, shouldst thou ever return
with thy worn-out body to thy mothers
tireside and thou strive to Justify thyself,
because the trader, and the blacksmith,
the carpenter, and the merchant, the tai
lOrs, Jews, and buccaneers, defy God and
civilization, by keeping not the Sabbath
day, nor wish for a day of rest, such as
memory, youth, and home made hallowed.
Y. Thou shalt not Think more of ali
thy gold, and how thou canst make it fast
est, than how thou wilt enjoy it, after
thou hast ridden, rough shod, over thy good
old parents precepts and examples, that
thou mayest have nothing to reproach and
sting thee, when thou art left ALONE in
the land where thy fathers blessing and
thy mothers love hath sent thee. .
VI. Thou shalt not kill thy body by
working in the rain, even though thou
shalt make enough to buy physic and at
tendance with. Neither shalt thou kill
thy neighbor's body in duel; for, by
keeping cool, thou canst save his life and
thy conscience. Neither shalt thou destroy
thyself by getting tight, nor slewed, nor
high, nor corncd, nor half-scas-over, nor
three sheets in the wind, by drinking
smoothly down brandy y-slings, gin-cocktails,
whiskey punches, rum-tOddies, nor egg
nogs. Neither shall thou suck mint-julips,
nor sherry -cobblcrs through straw, nor
gurglc from bottle the raw material, nor
take it neat from decantcr, for, while
thou art swallowing down thy purse, and
thy coat from off thy back, thou art burn
ing the coat from off thy stomach; and if
thou couldst see the houses and lands, and
gold dust, and home comforts already ly-
ing therc-a huge pile-thou shouldst feel
a choaking in thy throat: and when to
that thou addest thy crooked wallIings
and hiccuping- -talkings, Of lodgings in the
gutter, of broilings in the sun, of prospect.
holes half full of water, and of shafts and
bitches, from which thou hast emerged
like drowning rat, thou wilt feel disgusted
with thyself, and inquire, Is thy servant
dog, that he docth these ,hings verify l
will say, Farewell, old bottle; l will kiss
thy gurgl;ng lips no more. And yc slings,
cocktails, punches, smashes, cobblers, nogs,
toddi es ,sangarccs, ,and julips, for ever fare
we'll Your remembrance shames me,
henccforth l cut your acquaintance, and
headaches, trcmblings, hcart-burnings,
blue devils, and all the unholy catalogue
of evils that follow in your train. My |
wifc's smiles and my children's merry
hearted laugh, shall charm and reward me
e. bar;n, tba ,,,,o1u Erp,poe. ~, i oour, un |