Litchfield enquirer., 1857-02-26
LITCHFIELD, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY e6, 1857

esDAY, FEBRUARY s6, 1857. selves until we shall be perfect in our art. This, interrupted by your various engagements. you can never be able to attain What do you think of my plan.2 s
 Priiny was struck with the brilliancy of the idea, and felt fatterrcd and proud at the thought that Master Frog had selected him as his con- hdante in this matter he did not think for a moment that it Was accident alone that had brought about the meeting. ..- - Master Frog" he at length said. with dig nlty, nlrejoiced that you have chosen me as your counsellor have, and say it with out vanity, great influence among my comrades and am so favorably impressed with your plan that l shall lose no time in communicating with my fellows. You may expect favorable answer to morrow evening""
 The Frog, placed his paw on his heart. bowed very low, and turning, plunged into the pool to inform his friends of his success.
 Primy hastened to the tree. The whole col ony were singing loudly but mounting on an elevated branch, Primy screamed Silence ! at l the top of his voice, and at length succeeded in
 
 words the advantages of John Frogs plan, and soon gained the support of the younger members of the community, who were led away by the novelty of the proposal and clamorously de. handed that it should be adopted, and the Messrs. Frog immediately engaged. The older birds shook their heads at first they loved singing for singing's sake they saw that if the Frogs were employed it was expected that they should do all the singing while the Birds should remain silent. They consented, finally, however, to the arrangement, and Primy was authorized to engage the foreigners.
 The next evening Johnny Frog with his three friends were promptly at their appointed place. Prmy soon made his appearance, the arrangements were satisfactorily adjusted, and Primy with the quartette returned to the tree The Frogs were assisted to their places, and immdiately commenced operations This was the burden of their song
 Chunk, chunk, tah, plum, plum,
 Chunk toe, tah, rec.
 Punk, plunk sah, clum, clum,
 Chunk too, tah, tee
 The, black-birds listened in silence The young ones appauded vigorously at the end of each stanza, but the old ones looked wise and contrasted the monotonous strains of Johnny and his friends, with the musical sound of their own familiar songs Every evening the frogs were at their station, singing their songs for the black-birds, who as usual listened in silence. But there was something wanting in their usu- al evening gatherings, which eren the younger ones discovered. There was not that joyous animation and checrfulness which had charac- terized their social hours before the introduc- ton of the foreign quartette. All felt keenly the desire to sing, and it must be confessed that dnrirg the day, when absent on their usu- al avocations, many of the young, as we'll as of the old, indulged in their own songs, and could not help regrettng that they were unable to but they dare not sing ill the presence of the frog quartette They were not familiar with music and not wishing to make discord, they held their peace, and listened to strains they did not understand. This feeling spread through out the colony until at length there was not cheerful looking black bird to be found. Even Primy seemed down-hearted, and frcqucntly allowed his feathers to be ruffled. From q han py asscmblagc their evening meetings hed be- come dreary, silent, and mournful, and render sah, clum. clum," of the frogs who, thinking only of the dignity of their own situation, were entirely regardless of the feelings of others At length the old birds resolved on q change. They had seen the folly of the matter before, 1 and they hoped that now the young birds had also become weary of the monotony of their present life. They spoke to the young ones on this subject, and were rejoiccd to learn that shame only had prevented them from request ing the quartettc to be removed. Master Johnny and his friends, after this were no lon ger in the ascendant They were requested po- politely change their tunes to the old familiar ones of the black birds, so that all might join in the singing. They indignantly refused, and the result was that they were dismissed by the black-birds, and returned to their own pool ar d polywegs, to sing and live as they saw fit. while our friends, the birds, once more un ted in congregational singing" and once more ] were cheerful, happy, and free. They never again engaged quartetcc" to do their sing ing but thcnceforth, as sensible blackbirds, sang their own songs, and enjoyed their own i music --Mus;cal Times and Gazette l SINGULAR SCIENTIFIC FAcr-An amusing 1 instance of absence of mind occurred a day or 1 two since, where a profound explorer into the mystery of chemical science burnt his nose by a fluid lamp with which it came in contact. 1 We met him day or two afterward, with a 1 large plaster of Russia salve on his nose, and asked him about his hurt. "It looks bad, don't it ?" said he We assured him it didn't I look any thino else and asked him if if hurt,