East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1859-11-10

THE GIANT AND THE DWARF
by J. X. PAULDlNG.


dictrick, Emperor of Trapoban-whose
name is not recorded in that species of
romance called hstory-and long before
the valiant Knight Errants had slain all
the Giants-there lived large, over
grown monster, called Wapwallop, who,
though he had two heads, possessed rather
less than an ordinary portion of brains
He was neither wise, learned, nor witty,
but, what is very remarkable in giant,
excessively good d-naturcd, and, Instead Of
preying on the inferior race of beings
around him, always did them good turn
whenever it fell in his way. He was
very ignorant--for we cannot learn that
giants ever went to collage-could
scarcely read or write, and knew no more
about primary, secondary, and tertiary
formations, than that paragon Of igno-
rance, the man in the moon.
At little distance from his castle,
which was much larger than the Crystal
Palace, lived little dwarf, not more
than two feet and half high, who, though
he knew everything, would do nothing
/ But, like most little men, he was excess
lively vain, looked down, or rather up,
with inefiable contempt on his ignorant
neighbours, and took every opportunity
to show off his learning before the giant,
who had great respect for his superior
scholarship. lie seldom venturcd to set
up his opinion in opposition to the learn
ed little man, and when he did, he was
sure to get the worst of the argument
The most common subject ofdispute was
as to the relative superiority of a weak
wise man, over strong, ignorant one
( Wapwallop was rather inclined to the
opinion that physical qualties-hc did
not call them 50, for he scarcely knew
the difference between physical and NOR
al qualities-but he was of OF inion that
strong man had the advantage over
weak one whenever it came to the pinch.
/ The dwarf, whose name was Fadladdin,
/ denied this in toto, and SO stuItihed the
giant with dcscants on mental associa-
ton, division Of labor, and the superiori-
! ty of head-worlI over handwork, that
/ though he had two heads they were al
ways in state of hostility, and butted
each other like a pair of mad bulls. At
length, one day, Wapwallop said to
Fadladdin. after one of these discuss
| ions
"Well, my little friend, the proverb
says, 'T'he' proof Of the pudding is in
the eating Let us go forth into the
world and seek adventures. There is
nothing like experience, which settles
these matters much better than our
neighbor, Judge Bridlegoose."
The dwarfassentcd, provided he would
not walk too fast and take him up when
tired, and, all things being ready, they
set out on their journey.
As they proceeded, the dwarf, who
carried little hammer and wallet,
stopped the giant, ever and anon, to pick
up a pebble, knock off a piece Of rock,
lecture on thistle, or dissect beetle to
see to whatspecies it belonged. The giant,
though, as before stated, one of the best
natured fellows in the world at last got
out OF all patience, and exclaimed, rather
pettishly:
"What is the use Of all this nonsense?
Don't you see there is q shower coming,
and we shall be wet to the skin before
we can find any shelter"
"Iy FRIEND" replied the little dwarf,
"don't you know that knowledge is pow
er, and that every new accession in
creases mans dominion over both water
and wind:"
"Hem!" quoth Wapwallop-- "Pray,
give me sample. You know all about
these matters. Can you make beetle,
thistle, pcbbestone, or piece Of
rocl?"
"No,' said the dwarf somewhat abash-
ed-"but / know that this piece of rock
is primitive, this thistle new variety,
and this beetle Of this Genus Scara-
bpus."
oscar what" said the giant.
co." answered the other, 81 forgot
! might as well talk to double-headed
chain.shot."
The discussion was interrupted by
flash of lightning, followed by tremen-
dous clap Of thunder. The giant was
for fastening on, but Fadladdin held him
by his shoe-tye, while be gave him full
and true account ofthe origin of thunder
storms, and an explanation ofthe phenom
ena of electricity In the midst of his
lecture it began to rain with great vio-
lencc, and, as they trudged along in the
mud, the giant said to his companions:
"My good friend, as you know so
much of thundcr-storms, / wish would
put a stop to this, for | am drenched to
the skin"
"Pish.n said Fadladdin, who, though
he had studied philosophy, was very
irritable; III wish to heaven | could con-
iure little brains into those two mum
skulls of yours"
knowledge is power" said the giant,
good-lumouredly, and they proceeded Oh
their way, until it cleared up into
glorious evening, in the midst Of which
they arrived at great Caravansary,
where they tarried for the night. This
Caravansary had been built by pious
Mussulman for thereception Of travellers,
a long while ago, aud as it is against the
conscience Of a Turk to repair anything, |
it had been suffered to fall into decay
Nothing was left but the bare walls, and |
a row of boards extending along the
sides, for sitting and sleeping on. The
Turks arc very benevolent people, but
thoir charity only fcxtcuds 10 esiviry