Working and Praying.

Cromwell Argus, Volume III, Issue 116, 30 January 1872, Page 6

Working and Praying.

die following story of what is djs A O iw' at times," says the Ballarat corS» s 1 ' lent of the Argus, " was told me trustworthy friend. At a certain nuM 'Tj'. i a hundred miles of Ballarat, it \v»i„„*i I as impossible to get men to tender fMraw 'ork as it was to get those who went iie 5 to earn the amounts paid to theflS'' u ' ri miners in the locality were nearly Jm :'.' ishmen, and seemed to be very piousK -A led. The mining manager, on goiiMkrsio' . tiie shaft one hot clay lately, out of h.Mnipl ar time for inspecting the works, v,-ft ora by the man at the bottom that the othJf- °£ had retired up the drive for novelty he desired to witness, and v,-eiJSL e y wards the face, where he found six mc-Bosit g down, three of whom were s.'nokin',J»lV&l .■ a seventh was mouthing a strong exB re r ition to them to make up tj their 'or the time they had devoted to thoißfc|jf iv, a hint no doubt prompted by the apßtgja tnce of the 'boss.' After a little timuHper ddress or prayer was terminated, an:Sp s . ! uanager v.'as asked if he did not feel rcß'f! Ed by what he had heard. He was SL .' "\ reasoner, and told them he did not iikSc +1 aggiug of them in future to render ami Caesar each their due, by keepiiiJEjju, • prayers for their place of worship anajL'j • labour for the mine. This sensible amj3~ rc mable suggestion evoked a lanientatioiß'.'i . the prayers for the sinfulness of theijKS ager. That night one of these pioiisßgl bonds was caught in the act of stealing jH « iieep, and only escaped arrest by payingHL«j louble of its value ; ami two others weroHL ;d up for having been engaged in adniii-HL, row at a low house. The pockets of oiieSj*. ie.se contained washdirt, with gold in it,BL a very small quantity, however; but thoßjJ et.s showed that they had been well tiiledKL the same material, and left no doubt ojißq C uinds of the manager and others us tuR e ] 'eal cause of the prayerful a.sn-iublagoaML* thejiaco of the drive,"