The Mountaineer. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1859-1861, 1861-06-15
THE YANKEE ALADDIN.

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AL&hrrN besau by swapping jack.knives
! Ggd getting. The best, and bartefing halves
# marbles stuck together for whole oues
When he grew older, and soitt berries
which he picked on tie iii pastures, be
gaSaSe4 the quart pot, so that q Htcie CAPT
! tai WIS carried forward 10 tae next nleI.
sare. He hayed hard ul suinmsr, and
Neut to pyrnibg SCHOOLS iH winter, aud
| learued the golden rntc uf ,afithlnetic.---
addition for himself. sNbtraetiun for his
1 neigktog;a ti in al Ilie ganes he held
strictly to tie riIIs of Eur7iat,osH !; =, "You
tickle M, sad Ill iirkle yous--it can;
but at al! tsvgAts. ybn tickle me.
At an eurty agG Ahtidtn was CONSIDERED
to he good at a. bargain, which ;meant
that he niEays succeeded IN excbaug ng the
worse for the better; always Keeping the
blind eyv Of q horse To the wall
when he wanted 10 Sell him, and always
looking straight III il When; he wanted to.
buy him; and the approving village shook
il$ head. aud said. '.Let Ataddsn aione 10
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| He grew NJ and left The village for the
world II: Z. !. !.
Hell bp rich, r said the village, With
Grore enthusiasm aud envy than any VII.
lagc says of IA departing boy, '.lIg1l be
hottest, faithful; generous To .AladdiG,
the whole world was but u market III
which 10 bay cheap and sell dear. For
b m there was no beauty, 10 heroistu, no
ptety, no history. 10 lin oil lands and
waters are alike. No Homer sings for
him along the lEgeaH; he, only curses the
wind that win not blow HIN TO Odessa.
! No sirens call to him from the sunny
shore; he loves The sharp oath of a brutal
bpstsWain. -. - "a
| Wah Bible in bis hand, and qnid in
| his mouth, be squirts about the holy places
OF Jerusalem, and calculates the cost Of
the sepulchre He scratches Ills name
witt. a jack knife upon Egyptian obelisks,
by the SIDE Of the Thoroughbred. names Of
Rrmese5 and Tutheais, mines that shook
early history with their grandeur; and the
reverend echoes OF the Lbyan desert, that
have slept since they heard the shout OF
IAlcXahder'S army marching TO find the
oracle Atnmon, are awakened by the shrilI
VIA Ht'tSb va. eI'htI- tboNiS anu AIu iJlh
Tucker 81. ~ = ,.5-..;. u. :
l. lie insults the Grand Lama, hoGgo,3s
with the Great Mogul, turns his back up
utt EmpeFors, and takes II pinch of suGtf
Oat Of the Pope'S snuI.box, lie eats flesh
cut raw from the animal with AbyssinianS,
ciews bang with the Arabs, smokes opium
With the Turks, and rides for q bride with
the CaInIuck Tartar. >.
Thcu Aladdin cnmes home. He has
turncd bis goods and his opportunities
over and over again, and they are all
Turned into piles Of money Tie wise, vii,
iagc welcomes him, and younger genera
tons, as the shiains example OF the sue
ceSshh GiaH. For, my dear soa, just
thiak Of i'll lie began with nothing, and
now look!n 49,. "
. My dear son d6cs look, and he sees
Aladdin owing millions Of dollars, aud OF
all tic doing good societies, he is the chief
director! His name is as good as gold,
He has bought pictures, and books, and
statues. He is housed in luxury aud he
FEicks his mouth with silver fOrk He
has a home for poet, bht be boasts that
he ncycs reads anything but the newspa.
pers. he goes 10 Gharch twice Gu Snu-
days aud ollIy wakes up when the preacher
peTiles and dGaouRces the siuuers Of SodoIn
and those tough old Jews OF Jerusalem.
His head Is baid ard shiny With all the
sermons that have BIT il aud glanced on.
Aeeesasps his h..nds in payer, 6as foEgets
10 open then whsn the poor:Eox is passed
round; and ne goes hoos ike similarly
successful man. thanking God that be Is
not - other men are; sad after diIner
lights cigar, sits before the Gre 10 ~