The Nevada journal., 1857-04-03
"Take Your Time Miss Lucy"

"Take Your Time Miss Lucy
Excellent advice for Miss Lucy, who,
we take it for granted, was accustomed
to worry and fret and drive things,
when she might as we'll set down quiet
ly, and rock the cradle, and enjoy her.
self. And, " to expand the toptick," 2"
it isn't bad advice for our fellow citizens
of the State of California, just at this
time Americans are undoubtedly the
=" fastest" people in the known world.
and Colifornians are probably the fast
est people in America. Such thing as
taking time" in any other way than
"by the forelock," is totally unknown
among us. The moment man sets
foot on the soil of California, he appears
to be seized with the prevailing mania,
and sets off on a keen run after what
ever object he proposed to himself in
coming here. 1t doesn't seem to be of
half the consequence to do a thing, as
to do it quickly. Men seem to have lit
tie steam engines in their heads, which
are in constant danger of explosion, and
they rush about putting and spluttering
and fzzing, and letting off steam, like a
little tug-boat, fired up and turned loose
without any engineer or steersman. As
consequence, there is tremendous
zigzagging, and crashing, and running
into each other-a and occasionally, by
special interposition of the God of Luck,
man reaches the place he started for.
The great majority so under, because
they are too fast they never "take
time"
The truth is, that the whole super
structure of California society, is built
upon bad foundation. People came
here in 40 and 80 with no intention of
making permanent stay. To "make
pile, and go back" was then the COM
mencement and end of life in California.
Hence they made haste to be rich, and
dug, traded, practised law, or preached
any thing or every thing to accom-
plish their object in the shortest posi-
bic space of time When these times
changed, and California began to be
looked upon as state, and regular
abiding place, the rush and hurry never
abated in the least, and we are now just
about as fast a people, as in the days of
the pioneers.
Fast people are necessarily unhappy
people. By crowding the business -
the hand labor, and brain labor - of
ten years into one, we unfit the hand
and the brain for after exertion. Where
do you see so many gray heads as in
California Where so many infirm
bodies, and shattered intellects, com
pared with the original strength and
vigor of the population? Where so few
old men, quietly and peacefully ap-
preaching their graves? Our citizens
must either change the allowance of
their years from the appointed three
score and ten, or learn philosophy of
life that teaches something better than
clean break and a rush to get through
it. We must learn to "take time. -
Make money, if we can take it easy,
and enjoy ourselves at the same time
but take it easy and enjoy ourselves at
any rate. Business first, and pleasure
afterwards, is a poor motto. Pleasure
first and business afterwards is a thous-
and times better. Grey hairs and wrin-
kles will come soon enough - there is
no sense in hurrying them ON by the
use of unnatural stimulants We be-
lieve that life is capable of being made
a very tolerable institution, but itmust
be taken very easily and moderately,
or it becomes s'on tie contrary quite
the reverse" 1t is like good old wine
to yield its true zest and flavor it
must be sipped-not swallowed at a
gulp, like ginger pop.
TEMPERANCE.-We are glad to learn
that Rev. [. S. Diehl, the celebrated
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