The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1862-08-02

uTe as to find his works EespeetlnIkR aisas
ted by others. Jhdge, illed, h6A i. a {
must have been grstitieds BY An Enri1sbe
that / am about to relate to yOu. tI1t-
ped my horse lately where d nhFklg
people were collected, at auction, pf aerA
chants goods. The hour Of tha, ,mlaAee
heiug coIue, they were c0HveEaihg ytl tllg
times and one Of the company ~.
plain, clean old man, With Whila leoh,
Pray, Father Abraham, what thine SQu
of the times Will not these heavy ~
quite ruin the country? What weld
YOU advise us to doy' Father AbruhtA,
stood up and replied: IF you SoNH
have my advice, | will give it to yoetH
short, for n word to the wise is enough
as Poor Richard says" They Joined in
J>]"Siring BIN 10 speak his mind, and gath.
eling around him, he proceeded rs follows:
Friends" said he, the taxes are in
deed very heavy, and, If those 1aIu 6fI oy
the Government were the only ones we
had 10 pay, we might more easily dis.
charge them; but we have many others
and much more grievous to some of us
We are taxed twice as much by our idle
ness, three times as much by our pride,
and four times as much by our folly and
I from these takes the commissioner caunot
ease or deliver US by abatement. How
ever, let US hcarkcn TO good advice, and
something may be done for us God helps
them that help themselves, as Poor Rich
ard says.
!. 1t would be thought hard govern
ment tirrt would tax the people one tenth
part Of their time, to be employed in its
service; b9t idlrDrSS taxes uS 0aaeh more:
: sloth, by bringing on 1isGnst, a6s6intAY
! Shortcns life. Sloth, like rust, consumes
faster than labor wears; whilst the used
key is always bright, as poor Richard
says. But dost thou love life, then do not
| squandcr time, for that is the stuff liveii
made Of as Poor Richard says How
much more than is necessary do We spend
in sleep, forgetting that the sleeping fox
catches no poultry and that there VIII bQ
sleeping. enough in the grave, as Poor
Richard says. ..-. -'srFF gsT' ~ -
:" II time be Of all things the most pre-.
rionS, wasting time must be, as Poor
Richard says, the greatest prodigality 4
since, as he elsewhere tells us, lost time Il
never found again; and what we cali
time enough, always proves little enough.
Let us then up and be doing, and doing
10 'hr purpose so oy diligence shah We
40 more Win less perplexlty. Sloth makes
all '','hgS u'llicult' OUT industry all easy
ana ne that riseth late must trot all DAY,
anu ShaIl scarce over'ake his business q
h'sht "'l'e La%ihess travels 10 slowly
tha' Poverty soon oVertakes him. Bftre
t"y "uS''icAS' ict not tilat drlve thee ana
carry 10 pea ana early 10 rise, makes 2
man man hfa"hy' "eatthy ana wise, as PooF
h'c'lnr" says. .s'
30 WIlat S'gniles wishing and hoping
lor ot''cr '!nes; we may make these
u'ntS "e''eI' II we nrs'lr ourselves. In
uuS'fy heeu not wish, and he that liYes
y" "ol'e WI n.e iaS'ihS. Ihere are ne
s"'i' N''uou' P"'ns theh heip, handR'
io' ! nave no ahds or l have, they
a'e S'i'H' ~! ''"el' lie mat hath trade
n"s an es,a'e ana lie that has calling.
r".a ni'" az oliiCc " proht ana nohor, as,FoOr
t-'ci'alu s"Js' out then the trade must
po ~oINeu a'' ana 'he calling followed OF
ne'.nei tne estate or tue once VIII enable
"H " pay our taxes. IL we are incnstra'
Gus we S"a'i never starVe Tor, AZ The
WINNIE ma" h"nSe hunger looks IN but
n''' no, e''er' nor VIII the balm or the
cnhS'ao,e enter. 'or industry pays debts,
""'0 "oHi'"'i ihcreaSeth them. WuaS
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