Daily national Democrat., 1861-05-01
WHY biggest Thou

The following amusing carica'ure, by
ply ,ician who wandered away to the Pixies
Peak country and turned miner, is pretty
good:
"Wuy WILL YE DIGY" Son of man! for
the light of whose presence my spirit yenn-
eth and my bowels grumLleth, doth thou ask
me "whV 2" Is it not written that fortune
smiles upon fools? ? And for the sake Of these
smiles, hath not thy servant been making a
fool yea, an ass of himself in vain? For five
years and ten days he has sojourned in this
| place; he has torn ancient rocks from their
resting places, and removed them af'r off; he
has likewise torn his breeches in parts not to
he spoken of; he rooted into the mud like
unto "a swine his beard has grown long the
| skin upon his hands and his face hath chang
ed its color, until he is now likened unto Il
wild beast, and his garments are red and
| suiled, so that sack cloth and ashes would
be as fine linen and purple 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
suuns, with gladness, the fragments OF pork
and beans. and gnash his teeth very lmpa-
,iently over flying shEiack. He boiteth ii
raw onion witn unspeakahle avidity. Potato
skins fear his presence; beef vanishes from
before him, and dogs look in vain for the
bones. In his sleep, nevertheless, the good
ngels of the past deign to visit him, and dea
| lightfu visions are opened to his recollecions
for delicious bill Of fare floats before the
mind OF the dreamer and he orders oysters
and terr0pin for six, only to wake up to get
his Internal slarjncks and molasses.
All this hath thy servant endured. Is he
/ r,t !, f,,1 nj ltCr,;uatinn "a tbA q
sight of wisdom? | must secrete myself in
fortunes path, and seize her unawares But
she glideth off, as though | had caught hog
by his greased tail Sic transit eXclailn, as
with sick heart | reyile poverty and curse
fortune.
Surely he hath not siuned as other men
snueIh He has not coveted his neigh or7
OK, nor his ass nor his man servant, nor bis
m,id servant, for be it known unto thee, that
there are maid servants here. lie hath abb
dtd by the Law and the Prophets but the
profits have not abided by him.
Now. therefore, renounce these diggings
I absquatulate the premises-l vamose the
ranch-l depart without scrip or provender'
taking no care for the morrow, for the NOR
row takes care of me Ere five days shall
have pissed the shirt tail Of thy servant will
lie waving in the breezes Of the Nevada a
remnant Of it will be nailed upon the highest
mountain that he crosses, as an emblem OF
the extremity to which man may he re-
duced in the land of Ophir. Yet, think not,
0! Elisha that would rend my garment Tot
this alone Verify say unto thee, an evil
genius has long pursued me. She has follow
ed so close upon my footsteps, that every
thread aud fibre of my old shirt are familiar
to her eye Aud if in her pursuit OF me- she
should gaze upon this relic in the solitary
astness Of the high mountain, she Will at
once recognize it, and, believing me to have
been torn and destroyed hy wild beasts, she
will retrace her steps, and thus will escape
her.
As Moses reared the serpent in the wilder
ness, for the children Of Israel to look upon
and be cured of their infrmiies. 80 Will J
elevate my tin among the GenIiles that they
may look upon and lie made as whole. The
offerings Of gold and silver will be accepta-
bic unto me. and if they live not afterward
peradventure they may fn3 treasure i
j Heaven.