The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1850-07-27


meat Of the flour dealers son,but for soldier
who crrd out, "Nhnmo, thou coward and non
1i . coward, Who would attack youth With
only a slirk in hls hand, aud YOU aruca with
sword Shame 1u you IL ju1t like you
m-cally llindoo irlluWu, who pretend a. he
soldiers, and are ~ much like suldiors 81 that
pnpr cat Why don't yOu try me z"
"Why not" replied the man. no yon'
tliink lm afraid Of such bully o. you Come
.n; you sroundrel, and III show you,what dt-
Grcirc there is between a cat and llindOu''
Upon this the soldier drow he sword, and
bath began 20 cut Al each other 10 g'od earn
esi,
On this all The people cried out, Murder
Murder" and great many SOLDIER running
tu tlie rl~tii 4'ere snnn engaged, always atark-
iuL the lludoo- who were nu the dogs side,
and tht lIindoo. Jio Musrulmna, WHO were
on the side Of the cat, and wherever q llindoo
aud a Mu,sulman were fighting, the llindpoa
adcd The iilnd16. and the Nu--ulmat- tie
Afu7Tuiurur- rrri-tiir rrrr-r'rtrrr-r'-' 'i's
death ui many on each side, and the w0uudiup
Of most of the foolish quarrcl'umr people pn-
gagged.
Ofraur-c such huLLiIh ~ Llz could not
/ be- continued long without H. being reported
/ to the Raiah, who forthwith ha-tcnrd from his
/ palace with hiA hOdy-guarl and some horse
men, aud soon pat stop Ia this terrible fray,
aud all the ringrndrf~ were forthwith srilcd
J aud tied together aud marched oil Ia prison,
! there "a hc kept closely confined till che sal
/ lri,inr,s should be- hilly inquired into, aud
the ciu-c OF 80 dreadful riot ascrr,ainvd aud
. tiNcd upon th" guilty
/ Al thar night, therefore, were the mngi--
tratc. aud police officers hard AZ work listen
ing to evidence, bat they did NOT advance a
single step IN the business, nu, uor Tor several
tcnrr Of the Rqah, 10 whom they could only
r"lIuu from time to time the hearing oi nuth-
ing hut the words, "tat, Dog, aud
Dog, bog and eat" "Dug'-"taL"
. \ very similar feeling also, wa- entertain
rl hy the LAWYERS who were called IN, and
who, aitrr intense application, de-, ldrrd them
scl,c. doubtful, very doubtful -o much WI,
advanced aud rally Ia be said and supported
hy ydrluu prrrrdrnl-, both on th',sldu ni the
cat and OF the dog, and consequently, nf the
owner Of the eat ~ well ~ the owucr OF th"
dog, aud the pnrtizans ui the ownrr7 oi the
'ting and cat--;u.auuvh HAT tho whole city
was split into movt determined cat and dog
E.-liulla. aud all sillnaclz that -cnicrrd- the
pltrs were instantly absorbed ia the cat aud
dog ,ortcN. aud Whirlcl actually round and
round in this TERRIBLE fray, which every how
and then broke out with ip=h fury. uotwith-
standing all the vigilance of thrliillis guards.
Aud set even these valiant heroes wcrc ia
some degree infected, giving sly cuts at dog
or cat mon, just ~ they themselves inclined
Ia support the eat and dog question.
AUD ~ n1tcr- might have remained. ri-
thcr to the day of fnal dcpopulation OF Shor-
apoor, or Doom-day ITSELF hut for the wise
old BThuiu who had -urls timely warning IN
turn out the stranger.
lie had ia reality been quietly rhu,kling a
little, ~ many are wont Ia do who have lived
tu their prophecies is-!,-i i.t-.. 4.1.4 l..ls.
fulfilled: but hi, heart rclrutnr. he FASTENED
20 the palace, aud pro.tu,ing himself before
fhc Rlj,h with hands joiucd together, hc thu.
spoke
MAY | bc Your sacrifice. O thou eater of
mountains and driukrr OF rivers | have a
petition to make in thl. matter of thc cat and
dog g.
"lt shall bc heard" replied the Reiah.-
Thou aN wise man what dost thou say p;
dog--cat-dog and Gator cat aud dog For
my own part still reserve my decision, tho
somewhat in'hniHg to the opinion that the
vat caused all the mischief aud for this rra-
,on-bcyauso il the dog had not seen the eat,
lac very probably would not have chased her
out of sight ont of mind being one OF our
oldest and trl'o>i proverbs"
"Alas that | should differ with Your high
ncss-BraVc Falcon. terrible in War-thc
Country" replied the Prime Minister. "llow
coud the cat help being worried by tile dog;
and did not nature give her right Ia %
where she pleased Z"
So the whole Court took al once different
sides, nnd matters might have come to a se,
rious explosion, even within the sacred walls
of the palace itself but for the Brahmin, who
again fitted up hisvoirc and soid
MAY it please your IIighncss Let me
declare to you that il was neither the dog nol
the cat that caused all this misery, but the fly
-and the honey"
The fly and the honey The ly and tn,
honey" exclaimed the astouishcd Rajah.--
I"What honey, and what hyy"
And, rs this was perfectly new idea, th,
assembly listened with profound attention
while the holy man unioldcd the true histor,
OF the case. His having Seen the sJrdngCr
and warned the people against him; How
accurately hc had observed the drop of honey
dabbcd against the wall. Then the approach
of the tly, the sly gliding lizard, the vile,
-crerpina OF The cat. and the stealthy viuidc
tive movements OF the dog-inyolying al
these creatures in much pain and difficulty
and which afterwards ovcTpread the Who'll,
city.
= Hold, learned men" cried the Raiah
/ thou hast well said; my eyes are opened :!
and he desired search to be made for the mar
who had too well earned the title 0I Mischief
} Maker. But he was no where TO lT- cithc
found or heard of and the poor iiour-doalcr
who stood among the prisoners with band
aged head, declared that the villain had no
even paid for the honey that had caused tn,
whole tumult
{ 'Well, :" exclaimed the Raiah, after pro
found pause; "herc now may most plainly b,
seen prpof--if any such were required
that my subjects only want pretcxt,no mat
ter what, to quarrel, and they are sure to 4,
{ Toggcrheads
II now throw no blame upon either the ca
or the dog for each animal followed its owl
peculiar inStntt-t'ic blame and the pun
ishment, too, must light upon the owners OF
: the dog and cat for fighting, and thus Undue
/ ing others to espouse so ridiculous quar-
! rGf"
And forthwith he ordered all the principa
A rioters into confinement, saying also to tn
!, rest Of the people:
5 go home now, fools that We are, and tr.
-HSrltt-thpF petl cannot make an -Nour minds 4