Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1860-01-12
FOx-Lox-A Story with n Moral

Ihere Is often good deal of wisdom In
The old nursery tales-but it is surpri,;no
how easily we forget as we grow nm th.
lesson they incnlcatc. a correspondent
has sent us one of these, which we Law he.
fore our readers as applicable in peculiar
manner to the present time. Some of onY
readers will probably cut it out of our col.
umns Tor the amusement of their children:
others will preserve it for the instruction
OF those of ripper years. The crafty Fox
who played upon the fears of the Poultry.
and by that means decoyed them into his
den, is type of Pro Slavery Democracy
in Its present attempt to retain power by
working upon the fears of timid peons
about an imaginary dissolution Of the
Union:
Once upon time Chicken Little strav.a
into gentlcman's garden, where she had
no business to be. While she was scratch
ing under rosc-bush, rose-leaf fell ON
her tail, which frightened her so much
that she run with all her might to Hen.
Fen. "Oh Hen-Pcn, said she. .fhe skv
is falling" "Why, Chicken-Little. !"
said Hen-Pcn, "how do You know ;ten-
"Oh," said Chicken Little, al saw !, with
my eyes, heard it with my years, and a
piece of it fell on my taill'' "You don't
say SOP said Hen-Pen. "let's runp' So
away they ran TO Duck-Luck "Oh, Ducl.
Luck" says Hen-Pen, 'the sky is falline!"
why, Hen Pen. says Duck-L Luck, ..how
do you know it?" Chicken Little told
me-" "Chicken-Little. how do you know
it?" ooh, | saw it with my eyes, l heard
it with my ears. and q piece of it fell on my
tail?" ooh, let's run as fast as we csnF'
says Duck-Luck. So away they ran til
they came to Goose-Loose. "Oh Goose
Loose" said Duck-Luck, "the sky is fall.
ing! hy, Duck-Luck," SAYS Goose
Loose, "wlro told you7' esIIen.prn told
mel" Hen Pen who told you?" "Chick.
en-Little told me-" "Chickcn-L title wto
told you?" "Oh, saw it with my eyes. I
heard 1T with my ears. and piece of j:
fell on my tail" ooh, come, let's run!'
said Goose-Loose. SO away they ran till
they came to Turkey Turkey. "Oh, Tur-
key-Lurkey." said Goose Loose, ..thc sky
is falling!" "Why. Goose-Loose. you
don't say so! says Turkey-Lurkcy.-
"Who told you?" '.Duck- Luck told mep,
"Why. Duck-Luck who told you?" Hen
Pen told me-" Hen-pen, who told you.'
"Chickcn-Little, told mel" Chicken.
Little. who told you?' "Oh, / saw !.
with my eyes, heard it with my ears. aai
a piece of it fell on nv tailp' "Os.
come" says Turkey-Lurkey, ..let's be OF.
as fast as we can goi" So they. ran on.ill
they came to FoxLox. "Oh, Fox Iox."
said Turkey -Lurkey, ''the sky is fallingNr
why, Iurkey-Lurkey." says Fox-Lox,
"is it possible! Who told you so?"--
"Goose-Loose told mel'' .Gooso-Loosc.
who told you?" "Drek Luck told mep'
"Duck-Luck who told you?" "Hen-P Pen
told meF "Hen-Pen who told youY'
"Chicken-Little told me!'' "Chickcn-
Little, who told you?' "Oh, I saw Il
with my eyes, heard it with INV cars
and piece of it fell on my taill' -aob.
dreadful" says Fox-Lox' Come all Of
you into my den as quick as you can!"---
SO lie ran in first. and as Turkey -Lurkey
followed him in lie turned around. seized
him by the neck. bit off his head. and
threw his head on one side of the door and
his body on the other. Next came Goose.
Loose, and FoxLox bit off his head. threw
It on one side, and his body on the other.
Then came Duek-Luck. Fox-Lox treated
him the same way Then came in Hen
Pen. Fox-Lox treated him the ssme way
tool Last of came Chicken Little. Fof.
Lox snapped at her. and gobblcd her MP ct
one ruouthful. So that was the end OF
them. And all this came from nothins
but the foolish fright of Chicken -Littlel