Butte record., 1856-04-05

and thought YOU could be contented
there, I'd send for you.'
The young wife strove hard to re-
tain her composme, as she asked
What will you do with the farm
while you are gone?
4 will get my youngest brother to
come and i've here and carry it on
You shall be left in full charge, Nelly,
with power to DO as YOU please
Give me a week to think Of it, the
wife replied the end OF that time
I'll make up my mind whether I can
I consent to your leaving me Or not
DIR. Dana was too wei pleased to
obtain even this concession, to argue
any further that day, and after bid
ding bis wife read the accounts in the
newspaper containing the latest news
from California. he went of to his work.
1Ir. Dana owned farm Of about
one hundred acres, near the town Of
Windsor, Vermont. He was a Young
man, and a person Of considerable en-
ergv, and had saved during his minor
ity, small sum Of money, which he
had safely deposited in the savings
bank, until such time as he should wish
to use it.
After he became Of age, he had adj
ded to his capital, and when he thought
he should Ike Jane Perkins for a wife.
and proposed to her, aud was accepted
be bought tie farm which We find him
occupying, and was doing as weIl as
any Young farmer in tie neighborhood.
lie had been married two years
when tle gold fever Of 1913 and 10
broke ont, sweeping eff thousands of
our most industrious mechanics and
farmers, and leaving many hearth
stones desolate, and many wife to
mourn an absent husband.
How few have returned with their
anticipations fulfilled! Thousands
who left the New England States, ex-
pcctlng to win a competency in a short
time, have been glad to work their
passage back in some slow sailing tub,
While others, too proud to return empty
handed, have toiled ON, barely gaining
a livelihood, and now rest from their
cares and troubles By the banks Of
some ryer, with nothing but rude
Jeair to marx lis gave.
3Ir. Dana left his wife, she washed
her dishes and put them away, and
sat down to read the glowing account
Of the geld discoveries. The more
she read, the more fascinated did she
become, until sAc at last came to the
conclusion that II she were a man, she
would be tempted to try her luck.
Twice during the forenoon did she
peruse the paper, and each time
her resolution Of not consenting to
her husbands departure grew weaker,
until she finally made up her mind, if
he asked her consent again she would
give it.
HRS. Dana was woman Of some
mind. Ever since she was child,
she had been obliged to labor, and by
her contact with the world she had ac-
CURED knowledge Of business, which
did not, however, impair or deract
from the natural modesty of a good
woman's heart or mind.
A week had not passed before the
husband again alluded to the subject
uppermost in his mind. A company
was about to leave Windsor, and many
Of the young men Of the town were en-
rolling their names. Mr.. Dana tho't
that it would be a good chance for him
as he would have acquaintances to
lend helping hand IN case lie was
taken sick. His wife thought the
same thing, and delighted her husband
by giving her consent to his going.
They were not aware Of the selfish
ness exhibited in the gold regions, where
each man struggled for himself. and
thought it waste Of time to help his
teyerish friend TO a cup Of cold water,
or make him a1ness Of Cruel, to keep
linn from starving.
Mr. Dana's arrangements were
] soon made. He had some money on
hand, and with it he determined to
7 cross the Isthmns, IN company with
his townsmen, as he thought he could
make enough in weeks time, after
his arrival, to pay his passage.
They wrote TO engage steerage
births, and received answer that the
+ steamer would sail on such a dav, and
must be promptly on the spot. This
news caused the party to hurry their
arrangements, and the day before they
were to start, Mr.. Dana requested his
It's wife to accompany him to his law
yer's.
I'm gong a long journey said he,
and may be gone longer than | antici-
pate. shall leave you the farm, to
Do with II as You please. If you get
tired Of carrying it on sell it to the
best advantages; / shall make money
enough while gone to buy a larger one