The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1860-03-24
contented Farmar.


e Contented Farmer.
Once upon time Frederick, King of
Prussia, sufnamed Old Fritz. took ride
and espied an old farmer, blowing his acre 7
By the waYside, cheeFily singing his melody. |
..You must be veil off, old man. e said |
the King Does this acre belong toyou, |
on which you so industriously labor p
mo, sir, replied the farmer, who knew
not that il was the king; 81 am not so rich |
as that: Iplow for wages"
'.How much do you get day % asked
The King. ...-.-...-.,
Eight groscben, !" (abOut twenty cents,
said the farmer.
This is not. much.'' replied the King;
can you get along with this ?''
Get along and have something left.
..How is that 90 @ So
The farmer smiled and said Swell, if
must tell you: two greschen are for my
self and wife; two pay my old debts: two
| lend away; and two give away for the
! Lords sake
.'This is mystery which cannot solve, .
replied the King. &z ~
ssTL en- will solve it for YOU" said the
j farmer. 81 have two old parents at home
who kept me when was weak and needed
help; and now that they are weak and need
help keep them. This is my debt, to-
ward which pay two groschen a day
i The third pair of groschens, which 1 lend
away. spend for my children, that they
may receive Christian instruction. This
will come handy to me and my wife when
we gre: old With the last two groschen
maintain two sick sisters, whom l would
not be compelled to keep; this give for
the Lords sake
xD1a
said: ''Bravely spoken. old man. Now
will also give you something to guess
Have you ever seen me before "
s'Never," said the farmer.
'.In less than five minutes you shall see
f me fifty times, and carry in your pocket ff-
!. ty of my hkenesses.
t s.This is riddle which cannot unrav-
: el,''- said the farmer. 81
/ "Then will do it for you" replied the
: King. Thrusting his hand into his pocket,
} and counting him fifty bran new gold pie
ces into his hand, stamped with his royal
likeness, he said to the astonisheo farmer,
who knew not what was coming 1.-THE
coin is genuine, for it also comes from our
t Lord God, and | am his paymaster. bid
i. you adieu. - German Reformed Messenger.
] The Washoe Mines. now the theme of
: much excited speculation in California, aud
> destined, probably. to take an important
place in the mineral regions of the coun-
try, are located on the western border of
Utah and within what is more popularity
known as Carson Valley. The mines ex
tend over surface of 160 miles north and
south. by SO miles east and west. Their
mineral wealth may be inferred from the
statements of San Francisco papers, which
are said to be verified by rich specimens re-
ceived there. In Copper canon, nine miles
east of Carson City, on Carson river, there
are alternate veins of copper and silver of
great richness, besides considerable
e. amount of gold-bearing quartz. The Amer
lean ravine, seven miles south of Virginia
It town, is noted for its gold and silver veins.
v There are, within a quarter of mile of
. Virginiatown. eight veins which prospect
silver largely, and thirty miles east, rich
. silver mines have been discovered and are
causing much excitement. The Devil s
i Gate district, seven miles south of Virgin
a iatowu, is celebrated locality. 1t contains
!, lodges of gold and silver, and lodges of sill
f yer and lead, which overlap each other and
: form complete net work. the lines running
e north, south, east and west. In the Wa
shoe region there is much gold bearing
! quartz; at Steamboat Valley, rich lead and
: silver mines; west of Virginiatown an ex
D cellent coal mine, and northeast of Carson
: Valley, fifteen CT twenty miles from Genoa,
!. a rich tin mine, while iron ore is very album
dant throughout the whole country. Sui
phur, salt and soda spriRgs are numerous,
(. Another remarkable feature of this marvel
4 GUS country is the great number of hot
a springs of pure soft water. The country is
of mountainous character, with numerous
streams and lakes. The winters are very
! severe. At last accounts the mercury for
r two months had ranged from six to eigh-
> teen degrees below zero at sunrise, and the
? snow was from three to four and half feet
f deep. Food for both man and beast, ow-
ing probably to a sudden immigration of
) miners, was scarce and high-four $50
per hundred and hay $50 to $50 per ton.
J, Hundreds of cattle had died for want of
} food. For board, two meals per day, the
price was S14 and SIS per week, and at
Virginiatown many persons were living in
excavations under Ground. or in the mouths
J of tunnels, for want of lumber to build
} houses. But such state of things is of
course temporary. The latitude being the
same as Pixies Peak, the settlement of the
region will be another step towards the so-
luton of the Pacific railroad question
IL
II A HEART IN THE RIGHT PLAcE-..I am
welded. Coieridge, to the fortunes of my
sister and my poor old father Oh. my
friend, / think sometimes could recall the
days that we past which among them
should choose Not those 'merrier days
not the pleasant-days of hope not those
i wandering with fair-haired maid. which
i have So often and So fooIinuIx, ra0pof4od.