The Placer herald., 1872-02-24
Written for the HERALD.
what I Learned on a Sabbath Morning,

Written for the HERALD.
What Learned on Sabbath Morning.
u was on beautiful morning in the month of
when the great luminary orb of day was
.ostinr its golden rays in the eastern horizon,
and eli nature was astir that Ned, my teacher,
and myself sailed forth from the "Hotel de
.uerica no, :" in search of knowledge. We took
rather crcutous route, winding our way along
the banks of a delightful river; either side
the numerous beautiful flowers after q long
Winter repose were just languishing into life,
md clothing the hills in variegated splendor.
These being entwined with the earth's mantle
Of green, presented sight magnifcently grand.
l. of course, questioned my teacher about the
origin of such grandeur. He explained every
thing like a man of no ordinary botanical know
Lodge In course of conversation I turned my
eve toward yonder hill, and saw a quadruped
grazing. Ned" said I, "what kind of an ami
NAL is that?" 80, that" he said twas the
creature which carrid Mary and her son into
either Jerusalem or Egypt" Here he gave me
short but interesting history of the son. He
said as he grew to be man he became very
naughty, and had done many naughty things,
if sir, you can believe iD. This the Jews did
not like, and one day they caught him at his
tricks, and they put large log on his back and
made him carry it up high mountain; there
they fixed it in the ground and nailed him fast
to the said log. "If, said he you don't believe
me, let us 90 over there to that creature and we
shall find the mark of the log on his back.
This, of course, was to me quite satisfactory, so
We extended our ramble, continuing on our way
in profound meditation, till at last another object
appeared in view, in the shape of a water-wheel.
called Ned's attention to this ancient power,
and desired an explanation. That" he said,
''is piece of mechanism, erected in mdair on
four pedestals and derives its motion from, or
by the influence and pressure of liquid ele
ment; hence, you witness its revolutionary
movement" Of course 1 could witness its rev.
dictionary movement, but what wanted was an
explanation of its motive power Being only a
pupil, had perfect right to ask the question.
We kept advancing along our howery path across
the verdant hills; each, l would suppose, was
contemplating the next object that would pre-
sent itself, which happened to be Greene's mine
and works. Here l called my teachers attention
to the steam engine and to how it performed
its duty. After looking at the construction, etc,
for quite a while: This, - he said, SIS most 81
gantic piece of mechanism, fixed in horizontal
position, deriving its motive power from the in
tuence and pressure of the vaporizing element;
hence you see its constant movement on hori-
zontal plane" This" thought, chad some
mechanical idea about it," and SO scratched it
down. next called Ned's attention to large
pie of quartz ''Now, my good teacher, please
tell me the character of this rock and its on
s'tuent parts" These parts he read off us
easily as If he was figuring up the alphabet, thus
proving himself to be mineralogist of the first
order He described the rock as being of an
alaoaster formation, containing certain portion
OF brass, mundic, iron, lead and copper, with
small portion of that metal of which the Scrip
fural calf was made. Here he gave a very in
terestng and descriptive account of the wealth
OF Hing Solomon, his palace and his Temple,
numerating all the golden images and designs
oil vessels, plate and furniture with such clev-
erness, as if we were chen viewing Solomon in
all his glory. There cannot be doubt as to the
historical capacity of my teacher and could we
pul ma the Ophir of Scripture in the vicinity of
Auburn We would all draw freely from its re-
sources.
we are now in close proximity to the Peter
waiter House, from whence hear issuing a
multitude of incoherent voices. asked Ned |
"hat means such a babel of tongues? was in
formed that in the Peter Walter House the good |
ioiks retailed Frank Lux's beverage, unusually |
s'rong. When taken in large portions it has
'ehuehcy to drown mems senses; it makes him |
iofSetthe day of the week and date of the month |
"no when conversation is at its highest pitch
every mans tongue runs at the rate of nineteen
~ 'ne dozen; each one is the innocent sucking |
""u' and didn't know that a word had been |
'poAeh' Such / found to be the state of affairs |
~hen entered the Peter Walter House. Soon
my teacher and myself were asked to partake of
STIMULATING draught of Frank Lux's beverage |
4 anew the beverage, and knew, also, the con-
nequentlai eject it would have amidst the smok-
lug o' pipes and clouds of smoke; but, neverthe-
''SS' we did imbide again and again, and did |
% uil'ii got to the shaking of hands with |
' eacher, and thanking him for the store of
.o"iecge had accumulated during the morn
-"s famble through the verdant hills and pro-
e'''si'e mines. We at last Joined the crowd in |
''Asine the familiar Bacchanalan song, "We |
O" 90 home till morning, till daylight does |
APPEAR .Ir.n,,rn
LINING lTEMs.-Our Ophr correspondent fur
es 'he following local mining news this |
eA' &. Jones, Superintendent of the Bellevue
,ra. 49, las opened another rich chimney of ore
"'S' Oh the west shaft. He has been stripping |
g. '' ,'Ning down the ledge for the past four or
'e uayS, and it is still imnrouinn II, ,;ah,oss |