The Carrollton sun. (City of Carrollton, Parish of Jefferson, La.) 185?-1???, 1861-01-12
Why biggest Thou7

The following amusing caricature,
by physician who wandered away to
tho Pixies Peak country and turned
miner, is pretty good:
"Why Hilt Ye Dig?" Son of man!
for the light of whose presence my
spirit yearneth and my bowels grum-
bleth, dost thou ask mo why 2 Is it not
written that fortune smiles upon fools ?
And for the sake of these smiles, hath
not thy servant been making fool, yea,
an ass, of himself in vain? For five
years and ten days he has sojourned in
this place he has dived into tho wateT
he has torn ancient rocks from their
resting places, and removed them afar
off; he has likowise torn his brooches in
parts not to be Spoken of; he has rooted
into the mud like unto swine; his
beard has grown long; the skin upon
his hands and his face hath changed its
color, until he is now likened unto u
wild beast, and his garments arer red and
soiled, so that ackcloth and ashos'
would be us fine linen andpurplo to him.
lie who in time past was wont to fare
sumptuously, and to grumble over great
delicacies which were then piled upon
the table of Dives, now snutfs with glad
ness the fragments of pork and beans,
and gnashes his teeth impetiently over
a frying slap-jack. He bolteth u raw
onion with unspeakable avidity. Potato
skins fear his presence, beef vnnishes
from before him, and dogs look in vain
for the bones. In his sleep, noverthe-
less, the good angel of the past deigns
to visit him, and delightful visions aro
opened to his recollections, for II de-
-; l;l nc f,,. a., l. e.,
of tho dreamer, and he orders oysters
and terrapin for SIX only to wake up to
get his Internal slap,jack and molassses.
All this hath thy servant endured.
Is he not then fool, an ahomination
in the very sight Of wisdom ] must
secrote myself in fortunes path, and
seize her unawares. But she glideth
| off, as though ! had cnught IA hog by
his CREASED tall. Sic ranSih exclniln,
! us with sick heart | rcvilo poverty
| and curse fortune.
Surely he hath not sinned as other
mon sinneth. He had not coveted his
neighbor's OK, nor his ass, nor his man
servant nor his maid scrvnnt-for be it
known unto thee, that there are no
maid servants hero. He hath nbidcd
| by the Law and the Prophets, but tho
! profits have not abidcd him.
| Now, therefore, j rcnounce these dig
| gings--L nbsquatulate the prcmises-I
vamoso the ranch--J depart without
scrip or provender, taking no care for
the morrow, for the plorrow takoB no
care of zoe. Ere FIVE days shall havo
passed, the shirt-tail Of thy servant
will be waving in the bree@os Of the
| Nevada.
A remnant Of it will be nailed upon
! the highest mountain that he crosses, ns
| an emblem of the extremity to which
n man may be reduced in the lnnd Of
! Dpbir. Yet think not. oh, Elishn that
! would rend my garment for this alone.
| Verify ] say unto thee, an cxil genius
hath long pursued me. She has fol-
lowed 80 close upon my footsteps that
every thread and fibre of my old shirt
are familiar TO her eye. And if, III her
pursuit Of me, she should gaze upon all
this relic in the solitary fastnoss of tho
! high mountain, she will at once rccog-
nize it, and believing me to have been
torn and destroyed by wild bcnsts, She
will rctracc her steps, aud thus will /
escape her.
As Moses reared the serpent in the
Wilderness, for the children of Israel to
look upon and be cured of their infirmi-
ties, 80 will / elevate my tin among
the Gcntics, that they may look upon
and be made as whole. The offerings
Of gold and silver will be acceptable
unto me, and if they live not afterwards
peradvcnture they may find treasure
in heaven.
II Why are soldiers apt to be tired
| in the month Of April Because