The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1870-04-22

The Ant. ''|4 atat
The ant ie q meuny footid inseckt.
They i've about ose thousand i've hun.
dred and fifty Of them (mors o. less) in the
same hole 9.the ground, and hold their
property in common.
They have no holy days no eight our sis.
te.,. nor never strike for emmy higher wsges.y
They are very cheerful little toilers, and
have no malice nor back door 70 their hearts.
There IL no sedentafy l0afcrs among them
and you never zee one out ov a Job.
They git up airly, 60 tew bed late, work
all the time and eat on the run.
Yu never SEQ tew ants arguing sum phoC..
ish question that neither Of them did'nt un.
derstand; they didn't karo whether the
munc IL Inhabited or not; nor welher 6sl.
weighing tew pounds, put intsw . pail Of
waiter alreddy phull, viii msik the pail
slQp over or weigh more
They amt huntin after the hllossofer's
stone, nor gittin crazy over the cause ov
They don't karc wcther Jupetcr IL 50 cr
81 million milcs up in the air, nor wesLer
aTth b0bs around on his axes or not, 30 long
as 1t don't bob over their koru krib and
spin their barley. .-'....1 .-.
They ore simple. little bizzy ants, full ov
faith, working hard, living prudently, con-.
hitting no sin, praxing God BY minding their
own dizziness, and dying wen thare time
Gums, tcw make rune for the next crop Cf
ants.
They are rccroach to tho l.zey, an en-.
enlargement tew the industrius, q rebewk
tcw the vicious, and . studdy tO the Chris.
tiaa. ..-.-.. -.l gra
II yew want tew talk lcasun In arkitsk..
turc, &c and set down bi the side ov the...'
hole in the ground, and wundes bow 50
menny kan liv - thick. @a,
If yur paschincc need sum consullashun,
watch the ants and be strengthened.
It man had (added tow lie capacity the
pcclincc and grit ov these attuu,s Of anny
mated natur, every moun,in on tho buzzum
0v the arth would befOr this, hav bin level.
led. and every inch ovsurface would SCREAM
with frutefnlncss, and countless lots Of hn.
man critters wud hav bin added to the In.
labitunts ov the universe, and bin fed On
corn and other sass
I hav sot by the our and haf down near
an ant hill, and nlarvellod; hav wandered
at their instinckts and hay thaught how bi.
must bc the jackass who was satis6ed to be-
could hav been created, made bizzy, and set
to work by chance.
o, how do pity the individual who bs
leaves that al things here are the wurk ov
an axident! He robs himself ov oil plea.
zure on airth, and oil right in Heaven.
I'll rayther be an ant, (even . humbly,
handy legged, profane, swearing anti
than to lux upon the things ov this Worldus
wud upon the tlro of the dice. s.
Ants Is older than Adam.
Man (fOr very wizc rezuus) want bilt IN
til all luther things were finished and plo.'
nounct good. ....E-..... ..,.s .. -,
II man had bin made fust hc wud hav In.
sistid upon bossing the rest ov the job.
lie probably wud hav objektcd 70 having
emmy little, bizzy ants at all, AMI various
other objeckshuns would hav bin oltsreA
| nm sisd it.s man wus the ,ast thing
made. - s.i..@
If r,an hadn't bin made tall, yew never
wud hav hecrd me ind emmy fault with 1t.
hay'Et much. faith in man, knot bekaus
he kant dew well, but bekaus ho wont.
Ants hav bylaws and q constitushun and
they mean sun,thin. ta aH am.n -,
Their laws aint like our laws, made Will,
: hole in them, 50 that man Kan steal
hoss and ride thru them at walk.
They don't hav emmy wisky ring that IL
virtewous, simply bekaus IL hooks by tho
mi1Iyun, and then legali.es i:s own .ctt., g..
They don't hav emmy legislators that they
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the haf shell, reddy to be swsllosed.
rayther like the ants, and think now
shall sell out mi money aud ralc estate and
and jine them.
had rayther jine them than the bulls Of
bears, l like their morals better. @.'lo 3.5'
The bulls and the bears handle more
money, it is true. and make crate deal
more noizc in Wall street, wun ov then
stiakin his horn into 6abby peace of Erio
and tossing it up into the air, and the luther
ketchin it wen It Gums down, and trampin it
under hi: pawz.
This may be phun for the bulls and the
bears, but 1t IL wuss than the cholera NOR.
bust for poor Erie. e af.af =. 81. #
Ants never disturb Erie; yu couldn't sell
one emmy Erie, emmy more than IN ceuld
sell one skrip on the coz. .dsh banks Of M.
f0undland. ~ . .@ s7E1
Ants are honest, hard-tu9ging little
people, but whether they marry and 9ive ID
marriage, IL beyond mi strength; but Il ths
don't they arc no wuss oph than they are out
west (near the city Of Chicago,) wher2
they marry to-day and apply for IN injunE
shun tomorrow, and arc reddy the next
day to fite it out agin on sum other line. ;
Wcdlock out west (near the crate grane
mart, Chicago,) IL wun ov them kind OF
locks that almost emmy boldly kan pick.-
Josh Bil!ngs in N. r. Wsaklyaa j, n..=