The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1861-05-25
MOUNTAIN DEMOCRAT.
THE sPIRIT-BIRD.

MUM lain DB1V'HHi '
THE sPIRIT-BIRD.
~ n. a. nTcH.
A shi,a lsy asoanins on its mother. knee,
Iss ~ shssk wasted through excess Of PAIN
Its 6esp biss syes we're gazing mournfuly,
tyslDsed, - tboagh they ne'rr might close again.
AuA thea the mother mused-Can give up
This Iast fair Ll0sSOIn Of my summers day-
This drop Of sweetness in the trembling cup
OF nsoFtal love, oh, must It pas away
Sweet baLes Of mine are sleeping meath the sod
Grant ne this latest darling, y my God
She sat within porch, where the mild breeze
Held mOcking dallisnce with his silkcn hair;
Where sometime sunlight, prering thro the trees,
Danced on the wall, like grotesquc figures there
Yet still the sufferer moaned, when clear note
Out frUln an rlln's dense foliage met his ear;
Clearer and sWertcr did the numbers float
lie paHsed and smiled, and raised his head to
hear;
The restless limbs relaxed, the brow grew mild;
Glad vac the mother IL had charmed her child.
Thus day Ly day within the porch they'd sit,
Breathing the air from rose and jcssamine
Toward the dense foliage would the child's slanc"
Git;
Hushed was his moaning did that song begin,
Ana more s'"e'eA' gre" '""' '"'"'S' srA,'
stiu weaker grew his frame in few days
lie ceased to raise his e!clids to the hight;
stiIled Vas his htful pulse, placid his forn-
" ' wy '' -
And now unto her Cushioned seat she goes
And "i'he' much to hear 'ha' thrilling song
No baby mOan'' but 1t might '""'he her woes
And tighten up tue aa!s' now grown 50 long.
Tue gree" Oo"S"' o""'eu AZ" 'l",''" "" Inv arr
Tue mowers '0ON'" "P All" '"''""' 'u' not one
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'" :" .". ~. - 60 's 49, :, -" "'
IT, N. r.n,.n,hor.d .hc had mo,.p ..nr
m. S,,;. ~ n,umsvc ~ ,ha, m,.,,, h.d
q, aeon q ,O,.ad The wins. MIR had /, been.
In IL. de.p tome. Tx. any .be had heard.
The mother rose, her household ways ,hc trod,
Saving, spirit called the child-blcs, God.
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THREE PER CENT MONTH"; merchant
once came to Mr. James &. King, Of y, "
Vt :: -. n; ...... j.. 49,, ,.,,,' :. 1 az, ann
IO'Ai !" b'e"' u'S"S"S' w ""''"" FA"'''
TOT year, ShylnS ttlht hc must nave u,
.o,i sL,,t Ia, I'm ;,nc.. unul1 iuSiiIr / IN,
'"u ''as ~" 49, r. -, w." E;,',
.o,d S;,n ,h.f No Lns;ncss could Stand :
~r.,r;"m If ,hrco nrr cent n month Inn,
Snd;no him hard r. cnnvinrr tnnE th'
c"IIow;nc inc, MONS mrthoI: Wv
"Ni,., .i;t..,.,,,I C,r =, L., tina. ="
NJ KIM "Whv MT mike il M il, tw,
-. .,,r.o roorsD v.;lI d;.cnnnt ,',,,, nat,
Eor Sion ono II vou m,kn !, int ,hrr,
,,a.r."
"Th,nk vou Mr. KING Twill draw
;t.t once II i VERY LinG in van Inu'l
Won wont collntrraly"
Va s;r NJ Miller uurniny n III.
accountant. ' TAXA Off 'br,l,s"n,'i =, ,hr,,
ncr cent n month IN ( 400 uOu for ,hrr.
80. a,J drnv p, ,t,..rk far RI, h,,nr,
E,r H. II WI, n mn,n.n, d rivc me
vnvr nn,c far SIo0 am"
~. cnry,r.,,;on hccom. =. moral hath
,x.ro ,..t,.d uh.n AIR Miller the ,crnunt.
o~t hanJnJ ,hn CIlnv;n, ,rn,nnr,,Iun,
60 NJ, E;ur
-. p. .,no n.
Hi.soSnt, at three per cent. month. /. E
thirty six per cent. year, ant fr
uer Lars o"V """a''" '"' ''S"' slos oo
-
Balance due r'i"'' Ward 4 King. sS'oa'
ID, have you blank check with y"n:'
pleasantly asked Mr. King.
"a check What ol:'
Why, Miller has handed me q state
ment, and lind that it we discount III
shave your note for three years Tor one
hundred Thousand dolia's, at three lci
cent. month, you Will have to pay eight
thousand dollars"