Nebraska advertiser., 1858-04-01
Fun Win the F's.

We find the following in one Of the
Philadelphia weeklies, but do not know
its origin. 1t is certainly the most inge.
nious specimen Of ALTERATION n the lano
guage, and quite throws the vSiege Of
Belgrade" into the shade. The little
folks, and some Of the older, will reCog-
nize it as fanciful rendering Of the stO-
ry of Beauty and the Beast"
A famous fish factor found himself fa.
ther of FIVE flirting females--Fanny, Fer.
nando, Francesca Florence and Fenella.
The first four were fiat featured, il-fa.
vored, forbidding-faced, freckled, frumps,
fretful, fippant, foolish, and founcing.
Fenella was fine featured, fresh, feet.
footed fairy, frank, free, and full Of fun.
The fisher failed, and was forced by fck.
lie fortune to forego his fOotman, forfeit
his fore-father's fine field, and find q
forlorn farmhouse in forsaken forest.
The four fretful females, fond of figuring
at feasts in feathers and fashionable fine
~, fumed at their fugitive father. For,
saken by fulsome, fattering, fortune-hun,
ters, who followed them when they first
fourished, Feneiia fondled her father,
favored their food, forgot her hattering
followers, and frolicked in frieze without
founces. The father. finding himself
forced to forage in foreign parts for
fortune, found he could afford faring 10
his FIVE fondlings. The first four were
fain to foster their frivolity with fine frills
and fans, fit to finish their fathers finan-
ces; Fenella. fearful of flooring him,
formed fancy for full fresh flower.
Fate favored the fish factor for few
days, when he fell in with fog; his
faithful Filley's footsteps faltered, and
| food failed. He found himself in front
Of fortified fortress. Finding it fOrsa-
ken, and feeling himself feeble and for.
lorn with fasting, he fed on the fish, flesh
and fowl he found, friccased and fried,
and, when full, fell fiat on the floor.
Fresh, IN the forenoon, he forthwith few
to the fruitful fields, and not forgetting
Fenella, he filched fair flower, when a
foul, frightful, fiendinsh figure flashed
forth; "FeloniOus fellow, lingering my
flowers, I'll finish you! Go say farewell
your fine felicitOus family, and free me
in a fortnightw The faint hearted fish
er fumed and faltered, and fast was far in
his flight. His five daughters few to fall
at his feet, and fervently felicitate him.
Franticly and Auently he unfolded his
fate. Fenella, forthwith fortified by fl
ial fondness, followed her fathers foot
steps, and flung her Afrighted form at the
foot of the frightful figure, who forgave
the father, and fell fat on his face, for he
had fervently fallen in a fl of love for
the fair Fenella. He feasted her, till
fascinated by his faithfulness she forgot
the ferocity Of his face, form and fea.
lures, and frankly and fondly fixed Fri.
day, fifth of February, for the affair to
come of, There was fesiivity, fragrance,
fneFy, fireworks, frieassed frogs, fritters,
fish, flesh, fowl, and fermentry, frontig-
nae, flip and fare fit for the fastidious;
fruit, fuss, hambeaux, four fiddIers and
ffers; and the frightful form of the for
tunate and frumpish fend fell from him,
and he fell at Fenella's feet, fair IA
vored, fine, frank freeman of the forest,
Behold the fruits of filial affection.