The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1854-08-19

decd:' he exclaimed, hardly looking at NE
well, you are just The man wanted to see
The proprietor of the mcnascric told me Won
was acapable fellow, and have a proposi-
ton to make TO you. Blu: how do rou like
being an ourang- g-outang? ! became tired
enough of it. | used TO act the same bar,
!o" have been playing, but the other ou-
ran"-outang and | quarrelled, and was
Obliged to give it up. However. the prorri
etor of the mcnagcric pays me the same for
'lectnrine' that received in the other capac
ify. Well, the mcnagcric is soon To ic taken
about the country. and the proprietor wants
me 10 rroccdc it with nv lectures. Now |
have call in another direction. and would
like to have You take NV lectures and deliy-
er them about the country instead of me-
lie Will pay You the same wages that vo,.
have been receiving. What do you say ia
the proposition -
This was said by the lecturer in the mos,
serious and bU>incS>-likc manner imacipallc
When he had finished. | burst out into an
Inmodcratc fit of laughter. We'll. ..exr,aim.
ed Las soon as could compose myself. .thi.
Is cnou"t TO make an ourang- outanr philoso
phizc. truly, this world is "a two-c,l-cl lie
which seems. bnt is not"
Any change from an ouranc-ou'anr seem
ed desirable, and a bargain between us WI
soon struck up. When he handed me III,
lectures. he remarked that should have 4
study them little. and if | fount, any thin,
obscure in them, Mr. Versatile. who lived il
oxiorl->trcct, and who wrote them. cou,,
explain. The author. he said. observe,
when he gave them to me, that they ha,
been written in great haste. but he presumed
none of NY audiences would bc very rro
found critics, either in philosophy or rthc
tics
.E>:hctics' = said !. what are the, =
4 don't know. replied he: 4 asked tie
proprietor of the caravan. and he said he had
never heard Of Them. -ut he presumed lhcy
were no y"rv great CURIOSITY. aud rha. ro,'l-
i''As "o-'! 'o inadv lay cxh hung Them
had very good success in ,r.tulinc. and
made quite a sensation through the country.
III, philosophy | taught gave new confidence
and !.lIv..-, t,>t tl, -
who iiockcd to hear me. aud they considered
that approached as near an inspired per
son as they could conceive Of This new
employment was more gratifying 10 me than
any had been engaged in before. but it was
not destined la. The proprietor of the
menacerie Tuarr, I'd with some of his en-
Iloyec>. who were in the secret of the home
manufacture OF ourang Outangs. and the
whole thing was exposed. OF course. after.
the exposure. my occupation was gone, and
The lectures were only worth villa, they trin.
torparcr-ras<.
was again cast upon the great oyster, the
""ii"' "i'Hout d Niiit 10 open III Will 1
became >nrrr>>ivelv. c>scncc-pcler, scissors
grinder, strcct-orcan PLAYER. shipwrcckcd
Italian bc.-ar, and had several other less
respectable callinc>-- all in the conrsc of a
very short period. When the McNican war
broke ont. as had exhausted nearly e;crv
peaceful occupation had ever heard Of
Here The manuscript was so much burr
cd and torn ,ha, it was impossible to read Il
any farther \ paper describing the be-,
route 10 the Mormon settlement had been
>lrpci in between the leaves of the Ms: 50
it taYpcar> rot Improbable that the author had
become a Mormon and was bound sor the
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