The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1844-03-11

the tomb, acquainted the Indies with the fate which
awaited him and babe adieu to his bride.
"What " said the servant, shall allow you TO be
hung Tor such trhe No, no. One body is like
another Let us hang up our old master No ono
will know the difference
The mistress consented the "dear departed'' was
suspended in place Of the thief and the soldier left
Tor the palace Of the Matron Of Ephesus,.
The other story is from the Zadig Of voltaire, and
illustrates the same characteristic trait
One day Zadig's wife Azorn, returned from walk
swelling with rage. "Whnt is the matter my dear ~
saiu Aadig; 'what can have happened to putAyou SO
beside yourself'' -F.
Alas - said she, "you would be as indignant as
am, If you had only what have witnessed.
went to console the young widow Cosron, who not
long since erected tomb to her husband near the
brook which flows through yonder meadow, and
vowed to the Gods to remain at the tomb so long a.
the waters Of the stream should flow by it,
There is an estinable woman for YOU - said
Zadigi "she sincerely loved her husband.
"Ah " replied Azora, "if you only knew what
she was doing when visited her ~
''Wel, what sweet Azora -
She was laborng to turn the course of tho stream
Azora was so vehement in her condemnation of The
young Widows conduct, and overwhelmed her with
so many hard names, that Zadg was displensed with
great parade of virtue. .
lie had friend named Cador, who was one or
those young men whom his wife thought better be.
haved and more moral Than most others. He made
him bis confdant, and promised him large sum if
his plan succeeded. . liza.
men Azora' who had been passing day or two
nj hal a,C.
wants IN tears announced her that her husband had
died suddenly the night BEFORE and had been buried
that morning in the tomb Of his ANCESTORS nj the
bottom of the garden. She raved, tore her hair. and
called the Gods to witness that she would not survve
him.
That evening Cador asked permission 10 see her.
and they wept together. The next day thew shed
fewer tears, and dined together Cador informed her
that his friend had left him the grenter part of his
property, limited that would DO his greatest hupp
ness to share IL with her The lady wept grew angry
bat allowed herself TO be appeased The couver.n-
ton becume more confidential Azora praised the
defunet, but confessed that he had many faults from
which Cador was exempt
In the midst of the supper, Cador complained of "A
violent pun in his liver The anxious lady rnnp for
essences, thinking that perhups one umOng them
might be good for the liver complaint She regretted
deeply that the great Hermes no longer at Dab
ylon; she even degned 10 touch tho side where Ca
dor experienced such intense pain. care you subject
to this cruel complaint - said she compassiohately.
1t sometimes nearly kills me,'' replied Cador;
''und there is only remedy which sooihcs it, and
that is to apply on my side the nose of man who
died the day before"
THAT is strange remedy - said Azoru
''Not so strange he answered, Gus DIR. Arnauh's
apopexy bags"
This reason, and the great merit Of the young man
decided Azuru. ''After ALL ''s4id she, ''when NV
husband passes from the world Of yesterday to the
world Of ton morrow the bridge Tchinvar, the
angel Asrae will not refuse TO admit him because his
little shorter in the second life than in the
irst."
So taking u razor in her hand, she went TO the
omb Of her husband bathed il in her tears and ap-
preached to cut off his he lay extended in his
;ofin. Zadig sprang up, holding his nose with one
land and sezing the with the other, 'Andamr'
le cried, ''say against the widow Cosron
The idea of cutting off my is quite equal to that
If turning water COURSE
And that is the end of our story. rls aI -tr
The most sincere of US. alas are always hyp-
,cres, but never much Us whom we begin our |
grief before the eyes Of the world. .r.
sDr. Arnaut was Babylonian of those days who
pretended to all diseases by means OF bag .
suspended about the neck of the patient. |
~ Al IN M.