Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Wayne County, Ind.) 1831-1837, 1833-02-16

feres III the same base manner with
my privileges, though ] visit his hen
roost in the night that may not dis
turb him.
agreed Kissed rattlesnake, sfer
he wont let me bite him, though he
knows it is my nature, and kills me ac-
cording to scrlpture'-and thereupon
he ratified his tail, curled himself in
spiral volumes, and darted his tongue
at me in most fearful manner.
| agreed said great fat spider.
who sat in his net, surrounded by the
dead bodies Of half a dozen insects
agreed, for the bloody minded savage
takes delight in destroying the fruits of
my honest labours on all OCCASIONS
BY all MEANS buzzed a great blue
bottle fly, 'for he will not let me tickle
his nose ola hot summer day, though
he must see with half an eye that it
gives me infinite satisfaction
'kill him. cried little ant, who
run tuning and fretting about at a fur
ious rate, kill him without mercy, for
he don't mind treading me into 4 mil
lion of atoms, bit more than you do
killing fly addressing himself to the
spider.
The less you say about that the
BETTER whispered the spider.
'Odds fish' exclaimed beautiful
trout, that ] should like very much
to have caught, popping his headout of
the brook, odds fish Kill the monster by
all means--hook him, ! say, tor he en-
tees me with worms, and devours me
to crafty his Unsuitable Appetite To
be sure, SAID a worm, kill him As he
sleeps, and Ill eat hun afterwards, for
though 1 am acknowledged on all hands
to be his brother, he imPales me alive
on a hook, only for amusement
Il CONSENT cooed the dove, for he
has deprived me Of my beloved mate,
aid made me disconsolate widow.
Upon which she began to moan SO
pifeously, that The whole assembly
deeply sympathized in her foriorn con-
dit,on.
'ne has committed million of mur-
ders, cried the spider.
lie browns all my Kittens, mewed
the cat.
lie tramples upon me without mer,
cy,' whispered the load, 'Only because
I'm no beauty
He is treache. Gus cunning villain,
'barked the fox.
sHe has no more bowels than wolf
the hawk.
'Iie is bloody tyrant, croaked the
eagle.
lie IS the common enemy OF all ma
lure and deserves hundred and fifty
thousand DEATHS exclaimed they all
with one voice.
i began to be heartily ashamed OF
myself, aud was casting about how !
night slip away, from hearing these
unpleasant reProaCnes; but curiosity
and listlessness together, kept me quiet
while they continued to discuss the
BEST mode ofdestroyiDg the tyrant.--l
There was as usual III sucn cases, great
diversity Of opinion.
'fll bury my talons in his brain,' said
he eagle.
'l'll tear out his eyes, screamed the
,awk.
III whip him to death with my tail,
parked the fox.
I'll sting MIN home,' hlssed the rat
lesnake.
I'm poison nm, said the spider.
.Ell tiy-hlOW him nuzzn0 the NV
I'll drown him, If ne Il only come lii
% the brook, SO 1 will quoth the
rout.
'l'll drag him into my hole, and do
lis business there, warrant, said the
int; and thereupon there was a giggie
lmong the whole set. ,
'And Ill-iif said the worm.
'Wnat will you do, you poor d.,
exclaimed the rest in a litter. s
What will l do! why Ill eat hun :
liter he's dead, replied sir worm;
md the he strutted about, untii hu
came so near that he slip,
nto the brook, and was snapt up Ia d
moment by the trout. The example
vas contagious. .
'Oh!are YOU for the spot, mewed the
at, and clawed the trout before he
ouid get his head under water.
Tit for tat, parked Keynard' and
natcbin g pussy in his teeth, was off
Ike a shot. {,
Since It's the fashion, said the spidor.
II have a crack at the same blue bot