The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1855-05-10
Jackson G. ILL.,. Ohio, Thursday, May 10, 1866.

warm weather. ! found that Mr. Drink
water improvcdupon acquaintance, andwe
became very intimate.
Some few months after our first meet
ing, | lay one Sunday morning enjoying
the first warm beams Of tie rising sun.--
The flies, those pests Of Australia, Lad no:
vet started into life, and the air was cool.
The scene was full Of beauty, but Of a
beauty that had no change, and was there
fore soon lost to the weary eye. Beautl-
full heaths and wild flowers grew at my
feet, worthy, to have adorned your darw-
ing-room, my dear madam but would
have given them all for a yard Of green
turf. Beautiful birds liyedi in those woods,
but they had no song, and the monotonous
hum of insect-life was unrelieved by any
of natures articutalate music. 1t was a
pleasant spot for an anchorite, socalm was
the air, SO silent the forest; and yet twas
in the midst of the largest Of the gold
fields. A little hill divided me on each
side from an enormous multitudes, scat
tered here and there in tents Of every col
or, along the sides ola wide valley. AZ
fer while. the dull slow strokes Of an axe
was heard at distance, followed in few
minutes by the crash Of a falling tree, as
some industrious digger began to lay in
his weeks stock of fuel. Sunday is but
Titled observed, in religious point ofyicw,
in the diggins; the churches are too far
off, or the service is too long for the tired
workman, who does not love preaching,
and wants rest. The melancholy truths,
the digger is the child of to-day, and re-
ligion concerns him little.
threw open the front Of my tent, and
lighted my pipe-the digger's rade'ms-
cum. Uuder the magic influence of igni-
ted negrohead. l gradually sunk into a
pleasantdozc, from which | was roug1 1ly dis
turbed by voice, and looking up, saw
head poked in at the side Of my tent, which
l recognized as belonging to neighbor
! Mr. Micheal Shannon.
Walk in said I, plenty of room in
side
Excuse me, SIR said Mr., Shannon
L wouldn't wish to be committing an.
depredations.'
Certainly not, said l.
L only wanted to say word to you
and, indeed, am ashamed to be troubling
YOU with such a trihe--
BY all MEANS said |. i shall b
awake directly. Make yourself at home
there's a log in that corner. Don't sit i
the frying-pan, that'sa gOOdfellow. Nov
for it,
After many protcstations, and taking o
his hat as if he was in drawing-roon
Mr.. Shannon at last came to anchor on on
of the short logs which, turned upon enc
served us for seats. This done, he con
menced exploring his pockets, one aftt
9 another. without success. Knowing whi
@ he wanted, | threw him over the cake
S tobacco.
IS 80 hear you are going to leave u
r Nick said |.
&C well, we'll have toleave the luck that
Y come TO us, butwel be Of tomorrow, plea
l. Cod
Y 'Whatluck's that? I asked.
v ITS the good hole we got dOwnbelov
What! the last? Why, | thoug
20 there wasn't speck in it,
N Indeed, and there was not till the Ia
pr tub we washed and if we didn't get t'
m ounces of gold out of that, may | ne
,U er'--
e. % Precisely said I, We'll | am 81
Do to hear it. Of course, while that lasts y
won't leave it to go after any new dl
ne gings?' :.
Indeed but we will. Didn't We HI
~ the horse and cart, and won't we have
pay for it whether we go or not"
N well, please yourself of course S,
;n |; but a man that would leave hole tt
gives two ounces 10 the tub to go to nc
,ot diggings would do anything. Here l to
several whifs in succession, to enable
20 to comprehend the absurdity of such
mo thing. Depend upon it, Nick | cont
ued, a bird in the hand is generally wol
ro two in the bush, especially in the bush
~ Australia
0 well, that's true for you,' replied \
Shannon, but you see, we know well
Tx we'll at Korong, and we were thinking
might sell the hole below A fine thing
would be for a man that stays inthe plaC
as Ii see. You want me to buyit| sale
0" Deed, we do not, except you'd like
w. yourself. But Tim was saying last nj
'g' that we'd give you the first chance of
TO for we know you'd have done the same
" u.s.
y and how much do you want for