Democratic Sentinel, Volume 11, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 August 1887 — The Fascination of the Gold Mines. [ARTICLE]

The Fascination of the Gold Mines.

An old forty-niner says of gold hunting: “It’s the fascination of it. Lor’, man, when you’ve struck it pretty rich and can see yer gold right in front of you; when you’re piling it up every hall hour o’ the day, with a nugget now and again as big as a bullet to cheer you, and then when the evenin' comes and you count it up and find a hundred odd dollars just picked out o’ the earth that day—well, there ain’t nothin’ like it. Then, when you don’t strike it rich, you always think you’re goin’ to next day, an’ it’s just as exciting hcarin : other men tell in the everiin’ what they pulled out as it is countin’ over your own. Why, I’ve been three and four months at a time without making a dollar and without a cent in my pocket; but, gee-whittaker! the excitement of it don’t give a man twice to think how hard up he is.” ■ » •*- » ... Poor vs. Fat Horses.— An extremely poor horse is usually a miserable one, but it is questionable whether it is any more so than an extremely fat one. Especially is this true where the animal is required to perform any amount of hard labor. While horses need good, wholesome food, it should not be all of the fat-producing kinds. The matter of feeding horses by the majority of horse owners never receives the attention it should. The supply of food and the different kinds should be varied as often as the amount and kinds of work is changed.