The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1858-04-22
Cresus and DiOycnes.

The story OF Aladdin and his wonderful lamn
- known 10 many more Than have heard Of th.
philosopher and his wonderful spec,acles Those
who knew him long'st never knew him without
them, and II was even said that he was horn
With them on; and il was urged that there was
nothing more absurd in the supposi,ion than
that his brother should have been born with a
silver spoon IN his mouth He set a very high
value on hlsspectaces; and not without reasoIf,
Tor he had only TO p, them on, and whatever he
possessed was vastly increased in size. Though
he had not 1.-THE OF his BROTHERS, wealth, and
lived in little cottage on the banks of an in-
significant stream, barely deep enough to foat
canoe, yet when he put on his wonderful spec
tac'es' ms cottage becnme castle his canoe
ship. aud the stream magnificent river flowing
toward the ocean; aud he could 70 on voyages
of wonderful Interest, among scenes of the lt.
most grandeur and magnhcence; the banks Of
the stream, removed to greater distance apart,
assumed the appearances of precipitous noun.
tain.sltes and the shrubs growing on them be.
came forests Of towering pines and wide.spfead.f
Ing oaks, But ii he laid his specta clos aside.
every thing rrgained its original ltteness Nor
was u upon natural objects alone that the won.
deriul soestacles had their transforming power:
little handful OF money became BY their means
vast treasure. SO long as tho spectacles re.
NAMED on The philosophers nose, his posses.
SONS remained uudmnished. and he appeared
w - WuoNct VI WEALTH. SURPRISING tf1At
OF his brother, whose fortune it had not been 10
possess pair of wonderful spectacles, but who !.
by various arts and methods known TO the
worldly wise, and by uniform good fortune, had
attained to great riches. He had received ,ha
name OF Crmsus, while his brother, not alloee h!
er inaptly, was called Dogenes.
| One day 1t chanced that they met after a long
SEPARATION for the wide difference In their char.
acterS had produced corresponding separations
IN their walks OF life. that they were as little
likely to meet as a meteor and its brother aero.
lite CrgSus reproached his brother with his
idle AMI thritless habits, and boasted of his OWN
great wealth as the result Of his industry and
enterprise. Diogenes who had his spectscles
on asserted his superior magnitude and grandeur
OF his possessions. end pointed to his ship, his
castle, his estates, and his heaps Of corn, in sup
port ol his assertion. - Fool that thou ast,p le-
Piled Cresus, dost thou not know that the,
moment thou shalt take off thy Giles, thou
wilt fall back into beggaryS' But Dog-nes re-
Piled, Thy wealth. Crnsus. is scarcely more
solid than mine, since without warning, and in
less time thanis necessary in taking off my spec
tacles, thou nayst bs removed from thy wealth.
Thy wealth as well as mine is but an appear.
ance. Thou, too. art Indebted 10 spsctacles for
u belief in the reality of thy wealth."
| Was there not truth in the assertion os
Doganes? Let US, then, seek wealth which is
not imaginary, and from which We can not ~
removed. That is truth. Truth is the most in :
destructlble OF all things; it is the same in oil
times and places, in Srins and in Saturn i'm tia
reinotsst past and in the rr,note,, future.