The weekly Copiahan. (Hazlehurst, Miss.) 1865-186?, 1865-12-30
Am Orientle AIIegory.


Wunst upon a time, long afore
the fnd, when man was in his origi-
nal and prime evil stait, (wich menes
that he wuz wickeder than he's ever
bin sence) NV sin and wikidnisj Abou
Ben Hadem fourished in Abissinny,
witch is stait summers down eest
Abou Ben Hadem wuz profit.
He had bin in the profit biznis for
sum 2 hundred yers, and was hunky
at it. 1t wuz currently reportid and .
ginrally believed that he cud beet
emmy profit in them eestern cuntris,
with wun hand tide behind him.
Wunst on time, just after he he'd
partaken of his froogil breakfast rv
porter howse stake stuffed with ois-
ters, and wuz muzin onto the mil
liability Nv human afares over pint
OF Rhine wine. and meershaum, wun
nv the pesentry Of that cuntry APP
procht.
sggslaArt thon Ahon Ben Hadcmy" IN
terrogatid the stranger.1
Il am he," replied Alou. aWhat
wouldcstthou with me2a -
"Behold in me wun who is dissat-
isfde with his lot" replide the intel
ligent yominry.
"All men are SO, my son." retorted
Abou. II kin find sich in emmy gro
Gerry Life is made up Nv dissatis-
facshuns. Wun wants riches, am
other fame, sum chase wun tletin
shadder, sum another, but alars! all
are doomed to disappointment. Let
us invest in Harlem stox, and bubble
our munny-we repine that we didn't
by oil shares and treble it. But
what wuddest thou~
''Mity Ben Hadem, my name is
Norval--on the Grampian Hills my
father fed his fox a froogil swane,
and when the old gentleman peg'd
out he wild EN- all 2 me. | sheer
them sheep and wash the wool, and
card and spin it and we've it and
make it into garmence. Why, Abou,
could not Nacher have made my
sheep to grow rolls instead of wool,
and saved me the trubbelp
"My jentle frend," replied Abou,
"go thy ways. Hentz4th thy sheep
shell gro rolls insted of wool"
"a week or sich a matter is sup
posed 2 hev elapst.
The sturdy yominry returned.
| "Wat now?' sed Abou; wuz not
thy desire gratifdew
/ "Yea, muchly," replide the high
mindid constitooent, "The sheep
CRU rolls and good rolls too. But
great Abou, why coodent Nacher,
while she was about it, hev made
the sheep gro yarn instid of rolls?"
"Go to thy natiy mountins-thy
sheep shell gro fine yarn NV menny
cullers."
Another week goes by.)
"Agin here?" sed Abou. "Artest
thou h not satisfde2 What woodest
r { NIFTY prone an things ez esy ez
!, turnin Jack from the bottom thee.
My sheep gro yarn. Is it askin too
mutch to hev them gro cloth? Why,
0 profit, cuddent they jest as we'll
gro clothing reddy made, with a
Amerfykin watch in the fob, and a.
pokkit book filled with greenbax,
and plug Nv Cavendish tobacker in
the trousis pokkit? Grant me but
, this and"
away, ongratefu1, and let me SEQ
thy face no more. l granted thy abb
serd wishes to sho that Nacher did
) Jest for US all we needed-that the
: balance we must work ourselves
and that he'd she dun more we wood
still hev bin dissatisfde. At fust
twas rolls, then yarn, then cloth,
and now yoo want close reddy made.
Go back-yer sheep grows common
: wool agin. Sposin l had Civ yoo
all 700 askt-wat, 0 miseruble, wud
yoo hev he'd do? Yoo wood becum
, lazy, filthy and rotten. Yoo wood
: loaf around groceries, mix in2 pol
lytix, and becum noosance to YER
self and friends. Laber is Heavens
law. Nacher givs US the raw mate
D rial, and to keep us bizzy she requires
: us to work it into shape. Nacher
: givs us korn-it is our duty to make
it in2 whisky and sich other produx
!, ez go sustain life. Without laber
d life is cuss-with it we air happy.
f A bizzy man hasn't time to reflect
!. upon what miserable cuss he is
'wich refexion in men NV high minds
0 wood Iced to sooiside. Go thy ways
o Be virchus and yool be happy"
It MoREL--Employment nv wun kline
+ er another is necessity. Fer my
part keep myself bizzy in gittin Q
e livin orf Nv other peoples laber, and
l. in these DEGENERATE days it's all XII
do.
70 MoREL No. 2.--The more we gi
the more we want. (Which is nu.)
G.rrrr pr.crrr ~ Ever ,yn III