Des Moines courier. ([Ottumwa] Iowa) 1848-1854, 1851-02-14

W0ere ne nau ligHleu OeiOTe. tie
morning was just as mild and salubrous
as it had been then; and while he was
looking round and admiring the regular
ily with which inanimated nature obeys
The impulse of the seasons revolve in the
order of their appointed succession. he
was aroused by the approach of a little
girl, who in piteous accents solicited a
cent to buy bread for her sick daddy.
Struck by the similarity of the appli-
cation to that he had experienced on his
former visit, he directed the child to lead
him 10 her father. She led him through
avenues as crooked as those that he had
passed previously, and brought him to a
cellar as dirty as the former, and in it
found the same medicant, again in rov-
erty again sick and again accusing Prov.
idence for his mischances. Jupiter flew
into Union Place. There he found the
rich merchant also, and as rich as ever.
He went to the City Hall and there
lounged the shabby lawyer, as drowsy
as before; and there stood the great ora
tor, as eloquent as formerly, and talking
for fee of five thousand dollars. 'Tru-
ly,' said Jupiter, 'these condolences are
surprising, but if | had been partial in
the formation of men, as was alleged, il
would have been more surprising. t..
But whence these differences in the
condition of the several persons! The
question suggested itself more readily
than the solution. Jupiter was perplex-
ed, and again sought elucidation from
the une mployed lawyer, who again be-
gain the story abou, phrenology and the
orators great genius; but Jupiter cut the
matter short by saying he knew better,
and that the orators genius was no grea-
ter than other mems. At this the shah
by lawyer laughed and happening to be
in a more communicative humor than
previously. candidly admitted that he
was as well organized as the successful
orator, and much more deserving of sue
cess, but the difficulty was imputabIe to
misfortune, who had always prosecuted
him while Fortune had as constantly fa-
vored the great orator. This solution
seemed reasonable. Jupiter had often
heard rumors of the interference of For
tune and Misfortune in the affairs ol
men, but he had expressly interdic,ed
them from interfering with the present
experiment; ant. as they had disobeyed
him in the career OF the lawyers, they
probably had interfered with the mer-
chant and the beggar. He was accor-
dinghy enraged against Fortune and Mis-.
fortune, and flying back to Olympus, he
summoned forth both The terrified spirits,
and accused them with their disobedi-
ence. They trembled at his rebIke,
and would have excused themselves by
denying all agency in the transaction al.
luded TO, but Jupiter refused to listen &c
their protestations, and chained them
both TO the wheel of Ixion, whom he
permitted to lie down and rest himself.
Having thus appeased his anger by
its qualification, he sat down to enjoy the
consciousness of having administered q
deserved chastisemenl; and taking NJ
huge telescope, by which he can sec
at once every human being he pointed
it towards the earth, that ne might ascer.
tain how the parties Jared, now they
were relieved from the interference oil
Fortune and Misfortune. But imagine
if you can, his surprise when he saw
Fortune waiting to a profitable port q
ship of the rich merchant; and Misfor-
tune applying torch TO fire the dwelling
of the shabby lawyer-not insured Ell.
ther, poor man! Jupiter stretched a
thunderbolt, red with uncommon wrath
TO seattle there with at one fell below
the two rebellious spirils;but accidentally
casting his eyes towards the wheel oi
lxlon, he saw them as firmly bound
thereto as when he first chained them.
How is this thought Jupiter; two
Fortunes and two Misfortunes, while
create only one! Which set are the
counterfei,s!' To resolve the question,
he sent Mercury to seize the two who
were on earth, and drag them TO Olym.
pus. The son of Maia departed with a
speed proportioned to the power and i'm.
patience of the sender; but with like
speed he returned and solved the nyste.
ry. The two on earth were neither
Fortune nor Misfortune, though greatly
resembling them is external appearance.
They were not even deities, but plodding
earth born spirits, who are as steady
and uniform In their ninislrations as the
others are tickle and capricious, Still
they had interfered with Jupiter's inten-
tions, and he resolved to extirpate them,
but on looking into the Book of Fate,
he found that they were destined
to endure as long as the human race, and
their proper names were Management
and Mismanagement. What could be
done under the circumstances Jupiter
resolved to do; ior he much wished TO
relieve himself from the imputation that
Heaven permits Fortune and Misfortune
to govern the world, or organize some
men for eloquence and literature, others
for eloquence aud ignorance; some men
for riches and honor, others for poverty
and dishonor. And to place the future
beyond all contingency he issued Ce-
cree, supplemental to the one already
announced, and which, like it, it is to
endure till the end of time, that Manage
ment and Mismanagement shall be sub
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