The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1848-05-27

body had tried TO get down twenty or thirty
feet, in order TO get the fruit. The guide
told Hated that there WIS no certainty about
these trees and you could never tell whit n
fruit tree would happen TO bear. The tree
which this year bears cucumbers may bear
potatoes next year, and perhaps you would
have to dig twenty feet for every potato you
obtain.
They soon met another of the "chance
men," His legs were very unequal in length
one had no knee, and the other no nncle.-
His ears were upon his shoulders, and u
round his head was n thick black bandage.
lIo came cropping his way, and Hated nj once
asked him how long since he had lost his
sight !?
~ have not lost IT," he said shut when
was born, my eye balls happened to be turned
in instead Of out, and the back parts being
outward, are very painful in the light, and so
i put on covering"
"Well, but canst thou see anything? Me-
thinks thou mayest see strange things with
in"
"True, but the difficulty is to get any light
in there. have contrived various ways TO
do so-have had it poured into my ears and
nose but all will not do. Yet am as well
off ms others. My brother has one good eye
on the top of his head but he only looks di-
rectly up with it TO the clouds and the sun
almost puts il out. He shuts il most of the
time during the day; but it happens TO be
one that will not stay shut, and SO when he
sleeps the flies trouble him badly. l have
sister who has nineteen eyes in her head I;
but they are n veXation. She sees eighteen
things too many. Even now she can't real
ize that she has not nineteen fathers, and MS
many mothers. She goes to bed, and falls
on the floor nineteen times, at least, before
sbs 10, Che 10 drink md Sba
nineteen cups and knows not which is the
real cup. But so it happened, and she is rs
well off as most in this chnnce-world' But
after all, it is glorious world, do assure
YOU"
Wonderful" said Hufed.
AS they proceeded little farther they met
a young lady.
"This young lady," said the guide, lis the
greatest beauty in all these parts. All our
young men are hewitched by her f.; and there
have been no less than twenty duels on her
account already. You will be amazed at
seeing being so perfect"
AS they met, Hated stared more fully
than is usually considered polite among the
Orentals The beauty had face not alto
gether unlike human face, excepting that
the mouth was under the chin, the eyes look
ed separate ways, and the color of the hair
was mixture of red, light blue. white aud
yellow. One foot had the heel forward, and
one arm wns altogether wanting.
"Wonderful, wonderful, truly" cried Ha-
fed. Twenty duels; hut hope they were
not all killed, were they?"
Here the beauty began TO ogle, and mince
in her steps most enchantingly.
"Kiled" said the guide; "you seem TO
know nothing about us. They all met and
fought together; but as every thing goes here
by chance, it is not often that we can get our
powder to burn. In this case only one got
his gun off at all, and that did not happen 10
90 off ill night, when he was going to bed,
when il wounded his hand, which has been
bleeding ever since"
Ever since How long ago WINS this? She
did not look as if it could be done to day"
'Oh, it was two years ago."
"Two years ago! and why don't you seek
the leech, and have the poor boy saved from
bleeding to death-even though he was
fool-for more reasons than one?"
"Ah! you don't understand il. Every thing
goes by chance here; and there is only n
chance ;Iat man who is wounded will ever
he healed. This is one of those cases in
which he will never be healed"
81 don't understand it truly" Hated.
They stopped to look at some "chance
cattle in yard. Some had but three legs;
some had the head on the wrong part of the
body; some were covered with wool, under
which they were sweterng in climate al
ways tropical Some were half horse, half
OK. One COW had young dwarf ola cam
ell following her, and claiming her as his
mother. Young elephants were there, with
1ocks of sheep; horses with claws like lou,
and geese clambing round the yard with
hoofs like horses. 1t was all the work of
chance.
"This;" said the guide is a chance collec-
ton of cattle; you never saw The like before"
"That is true-truth ITSELF" cried Hated.
"Ah! but the owner has been at almost in
finite pnins and expense to collect them.
don't believe there is another such collection
any where in all this "chance world"
81 hope not" said Hated.
Just as they were leaving the premises the
owner came out, TO admire and show and
talk over his treasures. lie wanted 10 gaze
at Hated but his head happened TO be near
the ground between his feet so that he had
to mount up on WALL before he could get n
fair view of the stranger.
"Don't you think l am happy man." said
he to Hated in having so many and such per-
feet animals. Alas! even in this happy and
perfect world, there are always drawbacks.
You see that fine looking cow yonder; she
happens to give nothing but warm water for
milk, and her calf poor thing, died the first
week. Some ofthem have good looking eyes,
but from some defect,are stone blind. Some
cannot live in the light, and few of them
can hear. No two eat the same food, and it
is a great labor to take care of them. i some
times feel as if had almost as lief be poor
man."
81 think should rather" said Hated.
Whilst they were talking, in an instant
they were in midnight darkness. The sun
was gone, and Hated could not for some
time see the guide.
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