The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1865-05-26
the WISE oLD uNT.
\ Ctassikie F'nbie desinrd . illustrate
The iirr nv "pIuckin the n wer ~ fety
trnm the uot,le Dnncrr = after Es-
Op who wuz heyy on Fables


frnm the not,ie Dnncrr = Ater e..
"p WAC wuz heyy on Fables.
ny PETROLEUM Y. SAsBv.
Wuust upon "a time n wise old Rat. whose
ray hare shCwd concincNVlv to- the nusi
rdinnry in'ellck the wist, m tn n yeers sud
| eSpetense kin only give, siNrtid out fIra-
Ter " wants NV his luvd wuns hum.
! lie hAdn1 biz iugdCcd IN his ard Gus doc.
nv hui snort time, wEcU he wa .urrcuudid
Ihv mall hut intensely w.ckid boy who.
Wuns' give Chase. ile VITO oil Rat not
lheVin N BONE Gard. run, aud in tunnir.
| 'cl in2 q dry cttern, wirh uuz about Il fee
! o.. " u ~ jest - K. Hrd ihe hOy .r2inR
hinge NV ~ him. It mist its I'm. and he
wa bout c,yih b,i,k, wen be uelhunk
z1lt thus;
Hold. seq ha. Tho cant gi, out. Iwnl
| I h N say. and @ morrc i hist Nip. my
lrsrrtor', and ith 1e hunk fau . ace hin
rr.nw w.gh with y sariouir grin ore n~ed'r
ihfs NJ ,rwise ifiell ktI-h ecun,cu,i'so, he
-fote hawtly Rwa-.
| I e wales nv tho cntrapl wun soon trnt
} he spot LIS nnumerus progeny, ana their
mother. IN agony Nv sperii. they grung
/ their paws md cri -
"Eali he'd, rum Uu."
"Vcrly w.ud t." -ez 10. bat low ~.
no. my chlijom Its au up with ne. let
dav.hio return. and I'm a * me-. My timn
10 short. G'Css oo. fe w NV hu22um-
liosg VOC Iiu.uv bv ar Cl -Cd Uv. / h 4
I .
| the usctps, way NV cuawin taro cnhherd,
Inv dcdtin eats. md tv',u KIN eggs, but Ettc
/ Is too mrnny ter mel suokkum
{ this mumenchus crisis hcTy rane sot
/ ir
! "Now. eez hc. u nm shooFly gone. I've
/ cistern will nI with wafer, and shell drown.
OH hurrid nts that hhr't 1--we TO be n
drowndid W.'
qfe rave Ell. ana soon IRE bottnm ~ the
cistnrr wuz covered. IN Ina Il spare lo no.
t..t . f,, Ii. I'll ir "a Il fHt tu f.w
lonrin his Ito a tew mumence. he sprtng ON
~ IT, ard brgu disclOsiu tu MA wife Tho l~
cashou nv cheeze he led disroverd when
ohsorvin hat the shngle bore him, lie pnnt
suddenly. His WHO begged him tu 80 on
apd not let SO important a sekrit @ with
Eis.
"Shrt up, retorts he I'm his aushcn' way,
"e, this rane holds out long onuf I'm oZ
GOOD - u dczan dcd rats
Ehour cnuH b. diI rnuo tN Tho cisiarn WV
rrll tho rt menetme. Il 't.H comfortably on
tIe slnn.ly, hen b. Wu2 gate tull. he
padded 10 ~ tho side win uH fore ic Gt
r-teerir With h', U.ie,i aId gi,iy sPrarg eut0
'en. hrmy' wien is LATIN ter ,'Y s"d
That ute ther wuz goy 20 the Labltasuen
NJ tha, rat. He rathcrt BIZ children about
HIM. and telln en- the story uy l.s udyencner
moral 20 thus ~ en-
"Olserv nv ,hHdern that bessius cum Ia
~ very rex nty iu di-gise. We murmer
AT Terriers. wicl reud ~ with ueetnis AMI
dispatch. FUl mark beG rot that boy he'd
q ra' tartisrhe wood hcv dispatched me WIN
hriy. Thus Is the CF.l desires nv tie WlckI,
made 20 work good fer the SAINTS nv whom
am which.
How drodid that shulle Yet, ut fer that
lshirGo yuOr cad wood lev bna inn uymit'
corpse. Trou | am Cutli.cd 10 credit iOt my
|skill iu dodgin ". but W what avlle wood llev
BIN THAI t,,ill led | led no opvortoonity :
exercise 10 ?
he raue WIZ . lev bin my dostruoshep,
BessId wu2 the ralo The lud that wu2 .
"verWlClm me-, bore me on It's buZzum 3sd
lty.
IN corcloosinu. providcnse alluZ Furnish,
Iuppert0,ultlcs--h Is truoiy CRATE who hci
iHc braue~ . kutw the iippcr time 70 rrah
,nd ,he nerve 10 do ~. Let MI behPrltranu'
"r or motto, keep yer GERS open yer eyer
rrled. and yer claws sLarp, and you'il K
uru l.f. s;il. r member ther Is No cNl
NJ II mixed win good the wise turn ,vll
-"ud. wh,,s the fool sh sax under Il. 5ies'
30. my chlliorn ,ond ate. ] VIII seek m y
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