Weekly Trinity journal., 1869-02-20
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.H.reC r oUN lying drunk. ..rr. .s-.
THE following was written by suffering sinnsr-now
eadand h accepted payment 10 full Of his Delinquent
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Die game, my ladi for houscnd eyes
nA scan your face phen the knot he fiesn
Hhotner 9sass 1cu aifen my spnnk,
f" q man dies game iohts he dies half drunk"
W " i"s'i'@p s-[7yb~rn 1d<s.
Here is my hut, without doctor or nurse, ~
with Death at the door, and nought in my purse
10 pay for mass, let alone for hearse, -. f ss
pass my spent life in review; it.. e. =.
MY Rthers advice remember too late
MY motners enreaties-the sobs Of my Kate
But who could resist in the year Forty-eight %
Inc golden winged marvels that hsw 81
Over the land like a beacon light flash, ..ta
Sumuionlng all who hungered for cash.
Ont in season or twof
Folks gabble and gas to-day of White Pine.
But It's only mnnow that nbbles their line, ID.
Compared to that famous old whale, " Forty-nins"
That set the whole world in stew.
'Twere bootless to tell Of the diggings found,
li Gold on on the the sursce and all through the ground
The price OF farm in a day.
Sudden got riches runs faster than OIL
Aud fool that was. as l lavished my pile,
To forget that my father must struggle and toll,
The note for my passage to pay. afN
In a gambling he'll each Saturday night
Fighting the !" tiger" and loosing the fight,
And drinking the more my purse grew light
squandered my earnings at play.
Forgetting my Kate gentle and meek
For 4 leering eye and painted cheek,
Was crushing the lily to clasp the leek,
Was throwing my treasure away.
Spending and splurging lived like prince
Nothing too costly to make me vince,
Though 1T in my want have thought of 1t since,
Yet was not recklessly freel
For never a dollar hath County or State
Seen of my money for poll or poor rate,
For hold to the faith of a Western mate
:, Who worked on the Feather with me.
I've through this rocker" to tn official he said,
You can figure how soon that will be'
snagged on Gold lake. Gold bluff and Kern river;
The greater the roorback the frmer believer
Was l. for q fool never lacks deceyer
While he keeps his own company.
From Fresno to Fraser travelled it " strapped"
My meals on the way being regularly trapped
BY eating them first, when my hand would be capped
To my ham, with " Boot this for your pay
Fish, famine and frost not suitng my taste
Two chums and myself struck out south-by east,
And after traversing long dreary waste,
o.. We reached the Columbia.
Just then the Boise dggngs were all the rage,
So pushed for the road, and halted stage,
And rammed home charge in Wells, Fargo's cage,
Which turned out most excellent pay.
then gave my comrades in crime the slip
And fearing detectives might search the steamship,
! made in a month the overland trip
To North California.
A small mountain town soon settled in,
And vowed respectable life to begin
So painted my name a shngle of tin
As Dentist, and ful-pledgrd NJ. D.
But the filling came out of the teeth did fill,
And the patient expired who swallowed my pill,
So the people lost faith in myself and my skill,
THUS closing preferment to me.
A misfortune at poker having emptied my purse
boarded around, land may do worsel
Soft-soaping the ladies, and playing at nurse
Till the China cook brought in the tea
Laying seige to a maid with some fortune and charms,
l constantly talked of my Oregon farms,
In the hope that she'd throw herself into my arms,
But no chafeating chicken was she
soon found that husbands had mean. jealous SOULS
And my life being threatened by old squinthrough Key
hole.
With sword aud with fre-which means Sickles AM
left without bidding adieui
Falling in with Providence youth named Randall,
Who would steal the wick out of cent tallow CANDLE
Or cheat Cheap John till he few of the handle
We rented a ranch for US two.
OF the cash receipts ourselves took care,
And gave the landlord bad debts for his share,
1t didn't surprise me to hear him swear,
For he furnished all the seed.
We now concluded to live at ease,
And kept lookout where the Chinese
Were turning the river, when we would freeze
'.t On the ground and then cell them deed
The black mail business was working we'll,
And we jumped claims faster than they would sell,
When some white men offered to give US HI,
And a chance to emigrate.
Some time that nght-the ungrateful curse
NV partner left, and what was still worse,
He left me broke, for he took the purse,
He left me to ruminate,
As my stomach got lank my wit grew keen,
And wrote tale for the Weekly obscene,
Styled, Woman smile is snare, and her heart is un
But | failed for to make it win,
For though large the crop in Indecencys Held
Yet the reapers many to the buff having peeled,
Twice as fast myself their sickles did WELD,
And bound up their sheaves of sin.
My last dime being spent was deemed quite unit
In the bars and saloons amongst gentry to Sit
Or visit white ladies, who bade me to gitl
So moved near a rancharie.
But though Henly grew rich, and Old Storms filled hi
Through strictly constituting the Agency laws,
ne'er could make money by feeding the squaws,
Nor improve my morality.
Confound the cursed cough my lungs bleed again,
quite had forgotten both sickness and pain.
Forgot that my soul for each crime bears . stain,
Forgot Of the vengeance Of God.
All hail eau drie thou water of life!
Reviving the spirit, quelling Conscience's strife
Thou firest the blood like drum, trumpet and ffe
When squadrons charge over the Sod
How kind of Old Bob to bring me this flask
As he passed home from town. it has lightened nv tasl
To die when its drained is all that ask,
And to drain it before die.
And dying In debt it troubles
That even the JOURNAL Office owe,
While my assets will only this manuscript show,
While under the sod I lie
WHY here in this flask are riches and station,
rrL ;Efaf6 tIa1a Frorx,h htaA AaU a4~ts1~
As high as the absolute prince Of nation,
As now it elevates me.
What Coincidence! still pratng that Heaven ia lostl
'Tis wen that 1t is and reek not the cost,
Tho my soul upon pillows Of fire should be tossed
Through an endless eternity.
'Tis enough, if I find in all infinite space
Some corner wherein to hide my disgrace .fs
Anywhere but In heaven, for there should face
Those whom it were hell to see.
In hell, at the least, l will not fear the shame
ofhearing some angel voice whisper my name:
For its prince and its prisoners in birthstone and fame
Are as guilty a. l can be.
Ny hand is benumed, and my sight grows dim
And fingers Of ice are clasping each limb
Was that the death rattle, or only . whiml
Let me drink lest 1 fall in q ft
'Tis empty at last 1 have drank nv last drink ~"
My eyes seem to swim in ocean ofiuk 4ff
And down swiftly down through dark shafs s;nr
Down down to the bottomless pit /.
A CIScISSATIAN says rTalk abou. filters
lust eat quart of Ohio river water. and stan,
n the sun for FIVE minutea and 80, ,.:,,s e :.