Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1858-12-04

INE' KIT blNbiNhSs .NuN ~, 49, :,
! EnITons NEMocRAr: The rainr season is approach.
! Ing. II We kept no run uf III" wear il the sky,
lrakCd aS i; has been laitcrN with dark and wlnN
hUkiug clouds. did not toirwaIu u>. stli we would
have been matte aWuIr ut trc fact NV other and no
less evident signs. The river minrIS are milking
Tor the dry .digglhgs the deserted can't are be-
coming inhabited. But strrr and mon" reliable
>sus ii.hn a., else, the uai.IuunS and billiard sa
hu,u> nr" beng filled NJ.
am no saint nnung the sinners, queer. both
words begin with an :, still could wish thrSctwo
latter Items were not inevitable attendants If nui
Villages. don't utterly Cul,dt IAN them, tur am
sound un ia" liquor question, and bcrV" hllliard
PLAYING t" hr >omcw hat intellectual. NJ all events a
quiet and g,nilrnuulv ra>iinc vet, say | could
much wirh To see other Institutions nllo, llS that
would serve to nrutrL!iIr ;hr worst influence Of
/ thC.C.
! Why cannot we have. in each luIr town or VII
lag. i! CdGing room, with small library attarhcdy
This Is {, Institution that uught Ia he introduced
among uS, Tor we certainly require instruction aS
/ we'll aS amusement There is no class - men in
California IL whom such IN hlsiliu,n would he 50
bcnri.cL III Tia" mIm r., BECAUSE, III the mountains,
books scarce und they have iltir ac,iItt tor oh
talnng them. 1t would lie quite practi, ui'c too.
Fer "nr quarter the m'lIry It takes IL furnish and
! HI up billiard saloon, reading rrom ,u,,ld he
purchase AID furnished with II fair collection Of
book> aud ii would pay better. Ia the absence Of
II Spcculdt0r, why don't the miners club together
and open "n" on their own acrountF 4 SuVlcty uf
tM" d".en ndIN dual>, hy subscribing eight CT ten
dollars each. would suffice iur the undertaking.
Thus would havca place Ia pass thu long winter
evenings pI"ilably and pleasantly, and icci less III
cnrd IL devote them To ldlCncSs aud dissipation.
How much better to invest IL little money in tins
way, than sluandcr it in pnndrring tn dcprlvrd
tastes, or wasting il in the irregularities of dSSn.
lutte career BA pursuing such II course We would
become better men and better citizens more cuIa.
bic Of fulfilling the responsible duties Of life that de-.
vulvG nn.uS; by tive would add iu our genuine COM
fort and enjoy mcnt, gain material aid in attaining
proSpcrIty-but more than all and abOV" all. by IL
We would enin and secure our own self respect.
feel no hesitation in recommending tins course.
The experience of every intelligent nan gus tn de-
clare that the pleasure found in mental culture and
exercise superior III the widest excess at rcvc.
nv. II scndsH glow through the frame which no
other excitement can give.
How insignificant the sum ! have mentioned to
what is generally spent by our Young men in one
iuly or another. have known men to SIuundcr
in sheer dissipation trnm S=uD 10 $'on during win
Grand spring. and yet could not tlurd subscribe
for weekly newspaper 4 mining hi, offers retu.
liar opportunities Tor stud, Inducements TINT ule
neglected aud undcrvalued That ior With il is
must complained Of is, in this RESPECT its best rec
omnlcndalirn. mean its mttar,R,NS. II there is
no sOcictvif the life 1T miner Is lonely enc, the
nure need he hnS to depend an himself for bulh
company and society Is il mt shame Nnhng
man after mining campaign of four u! tive yeaS,
il he can boast ut nothing hui lurSe little fuller
than when he commenced, while, perhaps, morally
und mentally he may not have ADVANCED Stcp-
may have retrOKruucdy II the mining class at com.
munitv hope 10 maintain their status in society,
they must pay more attention to mind aud less IL
matter II they hope tn preserve their political
prrpUnderence, they must keep pacc with the intel
leetUal progress Of these who represent the many
other interests If the State. Many other ways
might be specified in which miners might du much
frlhsiT own mutual ccnfr' aud improvement