Los Angeles herald., 1890-04-22


"make a raise"
Once more we pack DER dizzy trail, and "whoop
the mulas up
And drink our coffee dark or pale, from tin or
pewter cup;
We flip the festive fapjack DER, and by our
skillful means
We make a royal bill of fare of rusty pork and
beans.
We hear once more the torrents roar; the sigh
ing of the pines, s
And search for store of golden ore amid the
lonely mines
We sing once more the glad refrain beside the
golden streams,
And rock the cradle once again, and dream the
Cosumnes or Mokelumne, or Yubs's bars beside
Once more mid Hangtowns hills we drive; on
Murderer's Bar we mine;
AT Niger Tent and Yankee Jim's, You Bet, Red
Dog, Port Wine;
At Poker Flat and Poor Mans Creek once more
our luck we try,
Where nuggets once were sown as thick as
And Whiskey Diggin's, Bloody Run, and Jack
ass Gulch once more,
And many another classic spot, we work in
fancy DER.
Bold knights of pick and pan were we, who
smote with flashing steel
The serried ranks of mountain heights, and
Till one by one we forced at last each genii-
guarded door
With fierce assault, and rifed each of all its
We hear once more the Indian yell, we track
the grizzly bear
Mid wastes OF tangled chapparal, and rouse
him in his lair,
Or chase the 'Tiger" to his den, when night
steals DER the land
Red-shirted, bearded fearless men-a brave, de-
voted band!
But where are they, the jolly boys; our noblest
and our best,
Who sailed the mains or braved the plains to
seek the Golden West?
They seek no more the camp of ewes when falls
the gentle dew
We once were thick as summer leaves, but now,
Our comrades rest by many trail, in lonely
lands they sleep;
On mountain heights in every dale, in every
canon deep.
In every vale from South to North in nameless
graves they rest;
By every stream that pulses forth from white
Sierra's breast
They sleep, "lifes fitful fever DER" beneath the
skies of blue
From San DiegO'S sun-klsSed shore to snowy
Mid far Montana's gold-veined hills; in all the
lonely lands
From Yukon's frozen, icy wastes to Arizona S
sands,
And we shall greet them nevermore by sluice,
or drift or dump,
Until upon the other shore, Old Gabriel blows
his trump!
Omemories bright OF vanished light-the light
of other days!
What plans we laid what pranks we played,
around the camp fires blaze
What schemes we schemed, what dreams we
dreamed beneath the signing pine!
What days were these, by sunset seas, o days Of
"Forty Miner
O, glorious days of simple ways, when hearts
were warm and true
When dreams were bright and cares were
light and skies were soft and blue,
Come back once more with all your hopes and
all your joy and pain,
olden days, . golden days, come back to us
again!
The next speaker was Senator r. +.
Del Vale, who was called upon to
speak for the Native Sons and Native
Daughters. After offering the visitors a
formal greeting from these organizations
he said: "When you first embarked for
the golden shores of California it was
not alone in search for the material
which makes men rich in pocket; it was
also that you might assist in the work of
establishing an empire on this Coast
Those whom you left behind completed
the work, and you behold some of the
results here about you today. The
order of which / am humble repre-
sentative had its origin only few years
ago. A handful of young men, the sons
of pioneers, associated themselves to-
gether, not for material gain or charity or
benevolence, but for certain purposes
which 1 may mention, as they form the
foundation principles OF the organiza-
tions: First. allegiance and fidelity to
our Hag; second, 10 Keep f.vsn III
memory the pioneers of 40; third to re-
gard and treat each other as brothers
fourth, to make our State as prosperous
as any in the union. The order today
contains 10000 young men,"
B. +. Whittemore, the secretary of the
society, was next called upon. He said !:
although | come from the East ] feel
no disposition to reprove you for boast
ing of what you have accomplished in
this State. After all, l cannot forget
that many of the fathers OF these
native sons and daughters came
originally from New England. Since l
have seen what you are accomplishing,
propose to 60 back East and do little
boasting for you. If ever golden her.
itage was given to any people it is to
you. We thank you from the bottom of
our hearts for this hospitality which
seems to be only the natural outburst OF
your great California hearts.
The meeting was closed by few re-
marks from Robert E. McGregor, the
president of the Native Sons.
The pioneers returned to Raymond at
6 O'Clock. In the evening promenade
concert was given at the Chamber Of
Commerce hall by the Native Daugh.
ters. 1t was attended by large number
of people and was very delightful
affair.