The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-12-09

The Fox.

OF all the beasts who roam the hill
tops, or CLINE the plains, there is none
who makes SO few blunders, and SO
many good hits 40 the fox.
His shrewdness il more than "a
match for the lions strength, hiz log
lick is more than a match for the NAL
ice ov the wolf, and hiz poiitcncss
and Difference makes him the top and
gentleman ov the forest. |
The fox IS a literary cuss, he haz
been the hero Ov history, fable and
song, from the fust dawn ov oral or
written knowledge. lie waz q gent
us long before ackedemick honOrs
fiourishcd; he was a poet, skollar and
sage before the days ov Homer and
Herodotus, and now, in. our times, he
is the Ben Butler oy diplomacy and
the Brigham Young ofmatrinony-
The fox il purely q game bird. IL
costs on an average fifty dollars tcw
ketch him, and when he liz caughth
amt worth more than ten shiliings.
He follows no regular bizzncss Tor
sustenance, but livs on the chances
and on hiz wit.
He il a fieshy minded sinner, and
hiz blandness IL too much for the
quaintness ov the goose, the melan-
/ kolly reserve ov the turkey, JOrUthe
pomsous rhctorick Oy the rooster.
They all knecl tow the lOgick of hiz
tongue, and find themsclfs at rest i'll
his stummuk. m-h. aA5s
lie luvs lam 4 green peas, but will
diskount the peasc rather thali lose
hiz dinner, and will so a mile and a
half out ov his way to be polite to a
duck on q g0slin. =
But the most lively trait in the fox
liz his cunning he alwss petty fegs
hiz own case, and wins a great deal
often than he loses.
! Foxes are not like men, krittcrs ov
habit ; they never do q thing twice
with the same figures, and often alter
| their mind before they do a thing
once. This is the effect of too much
genius. uJ
There IL this difference between
genius and common sense in alfox;
Common sense IL governed by cir-
cumstances, but circumstances IL gov
erned by genius. ~
The fox haz no moral honesty, but
he haz got a CRATE supply Nv politi-
kal honesty. If another fox in his
parish wants a phait goose, he will
work hard and git the goose for him
and then clean the meat all Oph from
the outskirts ov the goose for petty
Jogging the case, and give him the
bones, and tell hiz political friend
with a smile i'm the left corner of his
eye, that everything is lovely and
the goose hangs high"
Foxes hav learnt this piety from
watching the men git geese for cacl
other, aud ifanimals don't want thciI
picty tcw git sour, they must keel
away from the men week days.
The fox IL congenial in hiz temper
he il no hermit ; he can't git mad a
society because they don't fiatteI
him, and pitch hcdlOng in solitude
and chaw rutes, and drown out hi
stummuk trieing tcw drink a sprin:
dri, and think he liz v%irtuOus bckauz'
there amt no chickens i'm his nabOr
hood &c steal.
The fox is tew much Ov Il pOllyti
clan 10 invest his religion in cny sicl
indigenous trash. He knows tina
society haz claims on him, and ar
indebted tcw him for some goose
and cXpeks to be for several more
. This l. a noble trait in the fox, ant
shows that he ANT q child Ov ingrati
tude.
Foxes cum 0y-the ground, bu
whether they are made ov dirt i kan
sware with much certainty. The,
. cum out of the ground through tn
instruAentality Ov a hole, but wheth
or the hole begins at the surface ant
runs into the mountain or whcthc
it begins in the mountain and runs t
the surface, don't make n kussid hi
of difference.
ri But philosophers hav argued abou
, this hole bizzness for years. Sum o
|, them say it runs i'm, and sum Ov thcr
be darned if it duz; and right her
VIC a see the amazing differcnc
between the logik oy the philosopher
: and the lOgick ov tho fox. Will
they stand fiteing at the mouth 0
q the hole, the fox liz stealing their duck
. and goslins.
! If emmy boldly feels az tho the
had emmy reasonable dOuts about I'll
. genius ov a fox, let them look at OF
: in his innocence. chained at a post.
Let him motifs tho small yertik.
q head, the little uneazy eye, the pc
= car, alwus OF end, the smurkir
cOuntenance, the lean and 1.-the boz
dy, the axious spirit leaking out
i every pore, royal marks ov the cul
ming rogue.
!. Foxes are like cunning men-tht
hav but few brains, and but 4 sma
i place tcw keep thcW in, but, VIII
y few they hav got arc like anglo worn
y in hot water-full ov anxiety al
mizery.
Cunning is & branding iron; Il
letters on it arc small, but alwus II
hot, and they read thus-Look O.
# for the fox.-NeU York Weekly.