Weekly Calaveras chronicle., 1866-11-24
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''Tou must con. $50 e-rledsss the State there's
Said Mike to friend Who had worked out his claim;
sTheyre the best digfings round for good, honest
He can pass of his time like beautiful dhrame.
What with working and dancing, Pm nearly half
dead
why for sport we can bate the new county seat out,
As there isn't week goes over my neao
That Pm OF at party, ball, or rout,
So come on, no excuse, we have now new hne-
The dinners ct one-'tis saddle and chine.
But our greatest drawback is the ladies
They are nearly all married, or partly engaged.
Could some Mercer arise, then, my boy, in each
These paradise birds would be certainly Gagged.
Yet although there's but few here, God bless the
They have cheeks ike the rose, eyes cast down like
And you'll say when you gaze ON their beautiful fea
That the eolors are fast for they never paint,
With smiles most angelic, and beauty DIVINE
But if such have no charms try the wine.
'To describe now the men each is quite an Adonis;
Their figures are faultless, and dressed Win susn
That you'll take them for Seward, for Bigler or
Conness, -.
An Assemblyman, Lawyer, or Justice, at laste.
should a maiden come up mere, y, small are her
With 50 % many to choose from, how hard to decide
Short time she'd be single with the smiles and soft
Let alone all the blarney'd be whispered beside.
Then why should the misses in maidenhood pine,
With suitors BY scores, and the blackberry wine
..of Judges there's two; both of discerning
For to say which was best would the ould boy per
,Fis usientto ~ that they both possess learning
Both love, both admire ali the opposite sex.
Should you see them on ball nights, for conquest
When they ay from their studies and leave legal
IT'S then quite elated-by woman inspired
They vote lawsuits . nuieance, and Blackstone a
Yet distracted they worship before Beautys shrine
Love now claims their attention, now blackberry
But all are surpassed by our friend Mr.. Bells,
Who's acknowledged by all as the leader Of ton
For the ladies on Ball nights cry out, do not kill
Wen faint, well expire if more airs you put on
But hss deaf to their prayers, let him get up his
Which he's certain to do when he spins through a
Then like Hannibal, Cesar, or bould Alexander
He struts round triumphant, none can stand his
saults.
Mark gives the music, and the sweet strains
combine
To make US bow before beauty and blackberry wine.
There's friend, little Pat, 'tis himself that
it
Where fun or diversion is, there he'll be found;
At mixing a cocktail or writing 4 sonnet
He can bate all the camp,-you may take them all
round.
OF stores and saloons there upwards OF twenty.
There's dry goods emporium, brewery beside,
Cunning shavers of all here in great plenty
Some shave of the hair, others fay off the hide.
With such blessings as these pray can we repine
But we take the most pride in lodges and wine.
son small game of chance should you feel like
investing,
There's a kino man opened right over the way,
Where by stalking bit you've fair chance for
testing
Your fortune, without any dread of foul play.
Now to visit this camp should your fancy e'er lead
you,
There's no danger of starving-the meals are oil
square;
We discountenance vice, SO no gambler can weed
And our morals are pure as the wine or the air.
On the Sabbath, our preacher, with an aspect be-
Cries, my friends, let us prey on the blackberry
wine -
VINO vRRITAs.
West Point, November Goth, 1866.