The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-11-08

epout, inc animal Win tne long ears proposed on
behalf OF bimsef and several Of the msuagers and
tteir cousins. " supply a. the end Of three four
years very large quantity Of Materials for garnsh
ing the road way, at double tie present mark@
price. This, at q packed NEE ting cf those inert
e.'ed WIS sgreed to, and the goose. being ore Of
ihs N. hodded assent. Hope thus inspired; and
one after another prop0s ais were brought orward
snd cont acts enttrt d irto for updoiDg what had
formerly been cope, and for cha1ging TIE route,
wioth sno level Of the road, 80 as to occasion the
lresiest possible expenditure ADD afford the must
ample facilities for plumbers and for changing the
termination so az to have half dozen depots and
esrsbnsbmsDts at each end; and also for making
beth on abe Eu-ine and Adraic branch roads ia
svery cire ctiop, so a. 10 double quadrnple tne
gross ex e1diture and iivert the travel aud business
much as possible away from the main trunk, lest
there should be too much II IL. and finally contracts
and ar apgemenrs 10 engross tho navigation OF the
ssttr adjacent to all the examinations, TO build and
msnsge slips and vessels, lease, manage, repair
and rebuild al! other roads far and near, a.
sumo the empire Of the whole Of Greece and
all the and and water adjoining it; aud, finally,
suggested by the instincts Of the ll.ndsrer, che
pufveyor, TIE crstor, the surveyor the secretary,
The treasurer and managers. the committee OF
france the committee OF the whole, the editors,
~ireppller, paliu,ians, rivals, compstitors, aad
Every rave aous outside beast, fowl and reptile,
freId sDd foe.
1t will be apparent that an ample foundation was
thus laid for pxscting b0andkss quantity 0f SUP
plies; and, in truth, quantity was furnished, ever
ard again. sufficient to have finished the under.
taking great Us 1t was but owing to the system Of
private pr cuiati IN and wholesale plumber, which
constituted the charm Of the concern, they helped
the affair along but slowly, aod what with neg-
geDce and waste, frequent changes OF plan, and
constant succession OF new, absurd ard
" be md the proceedings being guide by no
higher int rests than those Of the goose ana the OWL
aided by The monkey and the swine, tue affair nm
,voidabty ct embarrassed. The plundsreis indi.
yiduelly grew rich, willis - corporation they be-
SSinQlV
stIaights, and driven to all sorts Of expedents
None Of them cared anything for the ROAD, but they
all hkeo tie system, AID resolved not TO give II up
When al voluntary supplies ceased, they disputed
outstard irg claims, flew ktss-L e., credits,
promises-sold some Of their vessels or other 81
pe,fuities at half price, uttered false reports, IN
titled or stark mad. Being bent on specializing, as
individuals in the funds and assets Of the corpora
ton, u ey issued credits shaved them, and took 81
cuf'ties In excess to be sacrificed for their benefit,
and finally nortgaged the road over and again,
pledged the future use Of 1t when completed and in
their private capacity-in obedience to their in
dividual interests - shaved the obligation
at rates to suit Themselves. Meantime the
entire route and sll its branches, mnltiform ter
limitations leased roads, storehouses tire ssury aud
sub treasures bee anne infes led with swaims OF rats,
and every species Of thievlsh and greedy vermin-
the monkey, bagioning 10 be suspected was allowed
escape from the territories of Greece the swine
witt drew in disgust; it becaae absolutely neees
ssry 10 get rid of the goose, and rat was commits
elCLGu
de; the jackass at leI 9Th kicked up his heels and
fed, al it began to be felt that sooner later
radical reform would be necessary. A gradual re-
form indeed, was commenced, by starting first rats
andjdatea for President, Treasurer, Pulvsyor, and
the vacancies in the board Of management.
Here the narrative abruptly closes. A vast many
partiCulara have, in 1eed for ire sake of brovity
been omitted N this version Of it; but enough Gas
been sat 10 supply materials for che imagination
Of the leader, or that is not satisfactory, he may
resort to what IS called the philosophy of history,
which pro eeds upon maxims very similar to those
Of SaIcbo Pa sphilosophpy: such as Like causes
produce like effacts-"When tse sky falls we SD all
catch lslks'-"If the idol is an ape what must the
priest be ?''-"The best time for reform is when
thir gs arc III the worst &C., &c.
1t may be proper nevertheless, to allude as brief
II as possible, to few OF the omitted parti cuSrs,
thst the reader may neither imagine phlosophi-
cally infer, that the original was altogether 80
meygre and barren Of incident as the foregoing out.
line. Tie undertaking Immediately conceraet all
the denzeLs of field and forest south Of TIE Balkans.
These, IN other count es were, by Lheir natures
education al habits, divided into two well detaed
parties, the radical, witch constituted an immense
minority, 1t ipc uded every kind Of verrnia ,tile
an0 sect, ana the conservative, wdo stood aioof
nom all association with their antagonists, and,
though otsn p.urcered ano caluc,nlst5d by tls "a
dlcsi maraysrs scd thtir agents, AID coas,a9ty
aware that their voluntary ortribntions To the sup
plies wee qranceIed AID wasted upnn kDayes and
syeopb8p's and Up5n outside a. useless sche nex,
yes Knew enough ofths brute nature If tbs radic.s
10 hid thtifpsare snd patiently submit 10 be flesced
ap6 blsd, apc rohbed snd slandered by ihos. o
bsd the power. Everything was done by the Board
If Managers, or assumed ard sanctioned by them,
whereby all Individual resp % sibi'ity WAS excluded
Every cor servatve icstinctiveIy disdaoel to take
the Law into his own hands, aud annihi4te tie
roeues by physical force; and il Ia extreme case
spy Of them appealed TO the equity or endeavored
to excite tie sympathy Of his lorlnentors, he was
tsuntingy referred to the then flesh and well
NOUS frauds, s-eculations aud rhaves became no
tor. ue the stin,ts of the dominant party, who
were all directly or Indirectly interested, wee ap
pealed to for appreciation and applause, on toe
who smsssed the g eatest amouGt OF pluncer, by
whatever means, was the ablest faancier, the most
respectable brute and the ttest 10 carry great
public work. II he deceived and robbed ons of
fhitwd broker or banker, his skill and II the
moro applauded. and his vi tim the more signif.
csn'ly Kissed and laughed at. In some cases where
excess Of waste and plumber reduced che supplies to
the point Of scarcity Threatening starvation general
hue ard Try raised about e importance and in.
d.speDsaheness Ct the road, fAfe accounts adavts,
o. total loss Of all that haa been expended was
shown to be necessary; and oil the arts of the class
then known o. shavers. boxers ard bankers we're
put in requisitiop. Wien the crisis was over, the
managers crowed their eubordiBases epplauded, the
public laughed end sl the practices OF the Old sys-
ten were renewed and Carried On till another crisis
was brought about.
The reader may be curious to know haw the per-
sona chickering's, jealousies, quarres and conflicts,
which could not fail to arise among sncn . multi.
trde Of animals Of diverse and conflicting interests,
we've got along with. He has only to redect--ald
if be be . BIT Of philosopher he will directly in.
fer-tbas these difficulties, which unavodabty we're
Of constant occurrence were neutrazed By the cir.
cumstance that however mnch theI differed ia other
respects, they had Q common and pa amount Ia.
stin for plumber, the pole star and supreme de.
sire Of each and every one. In obedience TO this
comfortable and nea.able Instinct, they were in
discfininatsly tie victims OF ca h other. When
rhrir 0iatn wa. uaf fsov hal hat
blows wonncs and blood they could sut went on
rs cord flIepds ss before when the, we're fatal TO
'boee both sidss, new candidates like them,
orly more hungry end desperate, were at hand to
take toeir places. Occasionally one GAS expelled as
n, logger Go be endured even III such community.
BG' IL general, while the plumber lasted, ID
felt that be fare q much better than 70 deserved.
1--we the goose, hen driven away, amidst the jees,
..Ia hiasnn rrnxulS hor rua