Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1855-03-03
From II. II. Thoreau's "Lifc in the Woods"
4 BATTLE AMONG THE ANTS.


One day wien went out to my woodpile, or
rather my pie OF stumpIs, l observed TWO large
ants, the one red the other much larger, nearly
halt an inch long and black, ierceiy contending
with one another' Having once got hold, they
never let go, put struggled ana Wrestled, ana io!-
id on the chlps necessarily. Looking lurther, l
was surprised to ma that the chips were covered
win sucn compa'ahts' tha' IL was not a d"etfHm'
but a oeHum-a war between two races OF ants the
req Always p'tteu against the OiacT' ana lreqaehtly
TWO req ones oohe 3iaGk' nne legiohs OF these
myr,hiuons coter1u vi u nils Ii ,"1' ~ IA
wo0u yaru, anu inc erounu was "lieaIy stre"n
It 'ne ue"I unu ISinS' pon ~ NV niI -
d u III a't "inoa1eu, ~ ~. o"'.
ue,neiu ! w y my u ~ ""o iu"sms ,
,hteIheci9n war Il { iePuoncans on JIG one
manu-, my me plach ilPeli"ns's III II Nv W
every sue Incy Mcio eneasGu ~ N.""ly omIN
YET "l'Iuut any hose 'na' l u u II ~
man soiuiers never iough. 50 resoiuteiy. 1 Wh'cn-
eua couple una Mere iasl lockGu III Az II 0
cnioi"oce' II i''io sunny "io nHtu Nv O"'Po,
now at noon-uay prepared 20 nsht ill ths sum went
uoWh: oi IN "enl ou[. nc am :! 'n"nPloh
hau ius'eneu hlniseii iAe" w. " ~ "uN1isn
ry 5 lrcht' through al lne cummings VI tna' ne!u
noIer y III tno.an 'I"sGu ~ ~" y Wv u M no
leeiets neut u y nN'lnS "tI"uS o"ueeI II
other 10 go py the Doaru whlle the stronger DlacA
W uusneu nm RON sue u sue; unu' as ! saw
on ioJA.rS neaier' u "lrt"uy uGes'cu I'm VI
several Oh MS Hemners; lhcy louShV WIN more
pert,haci'y lhan Oull-uogs, Nel'ner MANIFESTED
the least uisposltioh 10 retreat IL Was evlueht
that 'heir paVIe-cry was conquer OF uie' IN the
meanwh'le there came along a single req ant on
the NIL Side OF the valley, eVlaentiy iuil oil excite
ment' VINO elther nau uespa'cheu MS zoe or had
not YET takeH part IN inc patue-Pro1paply lhe
ia'ter, ZOE ne h"u lost none vi MS l!nDs-Wnos
mother nau cnarseu nim l return win MS snielu
or upon IL. VI percnahce, ne was some Achiiies'
VINO mao hourisheu MS "rath apart, anu haq now
,b;n rno ",uIs coOhat rrou, nS,r fr tho HAL 90"
r nonr 49, ~ - tLa 500 81 tha rod ha dron, wa" "n
~ 600 IN 10 stooJ - H. - -
lie LIE arpir r. of 10 onnohann.s nv 60 uo ILL.,
lis onnortun;tv ba Snranr mon tbo Hal 80
NOV aappd oonanonood b;s oSnott;ons noor tLo e. e.
of his r;abt Gnro Lao Loo M tho 600 r. soIoot 49,
L;s rnon,hors. ond en- tboro ,roro thnno
81 Co. I;co o ;f . ~ La 81 nttronieS
bnd Laon n wh;ob rnt oil ntbon IooLa nwd
comonts 70 shane 7 sbop,d NOT bnva 1rondonnd
bv This Tina To find that thew had tbe;r resnectiva
- s LIS, hnudN atnt;onaa r n 80 iuop' NV
~ rinr;na IL nnt;onol a;rs tbo Ill = sn:p,
th ua 81 "a "a obaor ,bo - oon,h "ns y Au
n ~ It'd Somanbo t' oren os ;f 49, WIS
IN ~ Tha 800 rou tb;nL of - tbo Io:3S 49, Ta
oronco Snd oertoinIv tbnro ;s not tbo foht ro on
ded in Concord b;story ot least If in The b;Storr
Of America that viii hear a moment,s comnor?
son with Ills rbetbar for the notriotism or bnno
ISM disnloveJ For numbers and for cornore !,
wos an Ansterlit1 or Dresd on Corcord fGbt
Two killad ON the natr;otis side and Intbcr H.
chard wounded WHY. here every ant was n Rut.
trick-'Firel for Gods sake fire v.and thousands
shared the fate of Davis and Homer. There was
not one hireling there. | have no doubt that
it was a principle they fought for as we'll as