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- 1. Honest Abner meditateth upon ye cares of ye farmer's life, and decideth to emigrate to Pike's Peak. 1
- 2. Not to dig gold, as neighbor Crumps supposed but -shrewd Abner!- to vend groceries and liquors to ye fat-pursed gold diggers, at a profit which ye honest man leaveth for future consideration. 1
- 3. Shrewd Abner experienceth much surprise and some digust on arriving at ye Peak for lo! Every tent is a grocery, and ye oldest inhabitant hath not seen a digger this year. 1
- 4. Howbeit, Abner hath a valiant heart. He openeth his store, and sitteth much on ye counter thereof, making pleasant additions of ye future profits of ye business. 1
- 5. No customers coming, and a butcher being greatly needed to kill cattle for ye grocers, Abner -ye stout of heart- is asked, 'Will he kill ye cattle?' He answereth straight-way, 'I will.' 1
- 6. Whereby ye folly of swift answers is most clearly proven for, instead of killing kine, ye first ox refuseth obstinately to die, and nearly killed ye butcher. 1
- 7. Haply, upon these undertakings, arriveth a real live Digger, ye first of ye season. Ye people, young and old, rush to him, and beseech him to buy their goods and wares. 1
- 8. Generous Digger will not balk them he engageth half a dozen or so as body-servants, and giveth his boots to honest Abner to carry. 1
- 9. Which and other like employments, pursued valiantly through-out the summer, convince shrewd Abner, as he returneth weary and waysore, to his Massachusetts home, that there are worse cares in life than those of a farmer. 1
- Full page spread of nine small drawings humorously illustrating the plight of a Gold-Rusher. 1
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