The Trinity times., 1855-02-17
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In the first verse we are informed that

And do evil or do we'll
We are then told that the "Pilgrm Fa-
Tiers" were
"The first who to this continent came"
Here is liberty taken with historical facts
which may truly be called "poetic license"
"Then from this race there sprang few
Who had desire to go and view
The land which lay far to the west
And settle there if they thosght best"
This probably refers to the State of Pike.
"a land was found which did excel
The one in which they then did dwell
In abundance of game and fertile soil
Which caused release from much hard toll.
Then on they 90 with a mighty rush,
Expecting, labor they would crush
When they found the land of milk and honey
Oh! then they'G pick pile Of money
But alas! disappointment is here
To attend them while on the frontier
For labor is the benefactor of man
And let him get rid of it if he can"
1t is extremely ungrateful on the part Of
man to treat his ''benefactor" in this unkind
manner or try orid himself of his useful com
panionshp.
go now thoy look back with watery eyes
Upon the land which they did once dcspise
And a yeal ming Of the heart will then begin
a desire to be with friends and kim"
so "Pike" aint "the land Of milk and
honey" after all.
"But being empty of purse and sick at heart
They must tarry awhile before they start,
And earn some money to pay the fare
Upon the boat aud in the car"
We suppose that the rhyming of fare and
ear is allowable under such distressing cir
| cumstances.
"But soon the news comes with the Post.
OF gold! gold upon the western coast!
And soon the news is spread around
! That Solomon's temple has been found.
Farewell father, farewell mother,
Farewell sister, farewell brother,
Farewell children, farewell wife,
| will hripg thee, all the comforts Of life"
This verse sounds very familiar to our ears
and forcibly reminds us of a certain camp
meeting hymn frequently heard by US in oul
youth
MANY who 60 upon the ship
| Have very pleasant trip
| But many more have naught to DO
But purge and puke and purge and spew."
There is something extremely pootical and
refined in the language and thoughts con-
tained in this verse. 1t appeals directly to
the feelings of ll who have ever ventured Oh
the briny deep.
"Those who 90 the elephant to view
VIII see his tail before they are through
And ere they have been here half year
| They will see his tooth, his tnsky and ear.
A week is spent and no employ
Can he fnd-the lonely boy"
Poor fellow he must have been home
sick!
"Another and his last red is spent
Then to his feelings he gives vent
He'll burn the country, he'll burn the man
Who gave report of this hellish land.
| have no money, | can get no cash
The world to me is naught but trash"
What misanthrope!
"Then off to the mountains he will HE
His lack at mining for TO try,
But John Gilman an has been before
And stripped the earth of all its ore.n
After this experience, re must be opposed
to the Chinese immigration.
"0f another class now would talk
Who try in virtues path to walk
Who leave the city, who leave the town
And go out to till the ground.
Their lives are Ear from ease
For the ants and the feas,
| Win steal their sugar meat
And bite them soundly in their sleep
'Sugar meat" must be a species of gam
peculiarly attractive TO ants and fleas. Doe
the tiler Of the ground bring it with hin
from Pike, or is it Indigenous to California;
"And now my friends to you farewell
Because | have no more to tell,
And soon as | get time 10 write
I'll show to you the side that's bright"
We hope soon to see the bright side of th
/ picture, and have DO doubt that uIr reader