Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1855-06-28
PRINCE BULL.-A FAIRY TALE.

Once upon time, and of course it was in the
Golden Age, and I hope you may know when
that was, for am sure don't, though have
tried hard to find out, there lived in rich and
fertile country, powerful Prince, whose name
was BULL. lie had gone through great deal
of fighting ia his time, about all sort of things,
inciuding nothing but had gradually settled
down to be steady, peaceable, good natured,
corpulent, rather sleepy Prince.
This Puissant Prince was married to lovely
Princess, whose name was Fair Freedom. She
had brought him large fortune, and had borne
him an immense number of children, and had
set them to spinning, and farming, and engin-
eering, and soldering and sailoring, and doc
toring, and lawycring, and preaching, and all
kinds of trades. The Golfers of Prince Bull
were full Of treasure, his cellars were crammed
with delicious wines from all parts of the world,
the rlchestgold and silver plate that ever was
seen adorned his sde-boards, his sons were
strong, his daughters were handsome, and in
short you might have supposed that~if there
ever lived upon earth a fortunate and happy
Prince, the name of that Prince, take him for
all in all, was assurcdly Prince Bull.
Butappearances, as we all know, are not al
ways to be trusted-far from it; and if they had
led to is conclusion, respecting Prince Bull
they would have led you wrong us they Otter
have led me.
For this good Prince had two sharp thorns ir
his pillow, two hard knobs in his crown, two
heavy loads on his mind, two unbridlcd night
mares in bis sleep, two rocks ahead in his course
He could not by any means get servants to sui
him, and he had lyrannical old godmothe'
whose name was Tape.
She was Fairy, this Tape, and was brigh
red all over. She was disgustinsly prim ant
formal, and could never bead herself hair
breadth, this way or that way, out of her natu
. rally crooked shape But she was very potcn
in her wicked art. She could stop the tastes
thing in the world, change the strongest thin,
into the weakest, and the most useful into tn
most useless. To do this she had only to pu
her cold hand on it, and repeat her own name
Tape. Thenit withered away. sNt "a
At the Court of Prince Bull-at least don
mean literally at his court, because he was yer
genteel Prince, and readily yielded to his goo
mother when she always reserved that for HI
hereditary Lords and Ladics--in tho dominion
of Prince Bull, among the great mass of I'll
community who were called in the language
that polite country the Mobs and the Snob
were number of very ingenious men, who wei
always busy with some invention or other, f
, promoting the prosperity of the Princes SUI
, |jects and aug,nenting the Princes power. B'
whenever they submitted their models for ii
. Prince approval, his godmother stepped 70
8 ward, laid her hand upon them, and said, Tap
: Hence it came to pass, that whenever any pa
| ticularly good discovery was made, the disco
s erer usually carried it oil to eome other Prime
in foreign parts, who had no old godmoth
d who said Tape. This was not on the whole
Q advantageous state of things for Prince Bull,
2 the best of my understanding.
The worst of it was, that Prince Bull had
h course of years lapsed into such state of su
lection to this unlucky godmother, that he mt
r or made any serious effort to rid himself of
Q tyranny have said this was the worst OF
: but there was wrong, because there is wol
|. consequence still, behind. The Princes mum
d Gus family became so downright sick and til
d of Tape, that when they should have helped
i Prince out Of the difficulties into which he b