Mohave County miner., 1884-03-16

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 and hearken unto my voice. Maj
 born of women is of few days nn(
 full of trouble ~a
 As for his days he WnMeth ont
 half of them in playing marbles, ,bas'
 ball, pedro, seven up, fifteen two, If
 teen-four, etc.
 His troubles are like unto the sand!
 of the sea shore.
 He cutteth his teeth in pail, and cryeth oou, oou, all the night long and long before the last one is through the dentist is twisting tic first enc out. Verify the last end oi his jaw is worse than the first, being full of gutta-percha, trap bnIlt fol blackberry seeds. He openeth hls mouth and cryeth; "better dinner of mush and milk with a good set oi teeth, than a whole restaurant and tomfoolery."
 Stone bruises, chastisements and dlsappointments line his pathway to manhood. Then he goeth forth say ing unto himself:
 Il will speculate and wax rich; 1 will clothe myself in fine raiment. and keep my carriage and servants. l will lit myself up."
 He buyeth Yellow Jacket at 96 and selleth at no, behold how he smil- eth, and from h;s lips drops taify as droppeth the sap from the sugar tree in the camp of our fathers. Directly his neighbor unloadeth upon him Gould and Curry at 655 and straigt- way It breaketh down to 5255, then he cryeth, would that mine eyes were d fountain of tears that I might weep for my folly. I have said that will be wise. but 1t is far from me"
 He taketh unto himself wife, the fairest among women. He clotheth her in purple and precious gems. He from his work to look upon her, and cries, "whither art thou gone my beloved? Retnrn, return, why dost thou hlde thyself from me?"
 There is silence, and he hears a voice saying: "Gone with a hand some man," then he beateth upon his breast and cryeth, would that wele deadp'
 He riseth up early and sitteth up late that he may fill his barns and store houses.
 He growleth and is sore distressed because if ralneth; and when it rain eth not he says, "mY crop is surely iostw
 If the north wind sigheth among his grain, he breaketh completely down, ind his heart is as heavy as the bis ;uit of an amateur cook
 The late rains rugtAis wheat, and he frost ibiights | lis If it oe so that the sun shines essnsaA Aong he ninetles, he cryeth, sNea s1ie; 2erish!'
 If he wear sackcloth andblns5 Beans men say he is tramp. IfShe goes ,orth shaven and clad Ill purple aRd inc linen people cry: "Shoot the lude."
 He carryeth insurance for twenty rears, then he letteth Lis policy lapse ,ue day. and that same day fire de ;troyeth his store.
 He buil1eth a house in Missouri i md a cyclone carries him away over nto Kansas, where ten million acres # grasshoppers and cinch bugs fight | or his crop. He escapeth to Sacra nento and his first home is destroyed | y food. He settleth in San Fran isco and IS swallowed by an earth quake.
 He dieth, and To: his body isburned | n furnace heat seven times hotter han anything in the heavens above r the earth beneath our feet and lis soul goes marching on.
 Lastly, his children's lawyers di ide the spells among themselves and ay, aha, aha!"
 Verify, verily. l say unto you there 5 no rest for the sole of his foot, and [ he had It to do over again he would ot be born at all, for the day of his cath i6 better than the day of his birth. DELILAH.
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