, 1870-04-10
JOSH BILLINGS PAPERS.

The EFT il = Eennr-foote1 insekt-
They 1.-Two about tive thousaJld tive hundred
and fifty OF them fnore OF 1sssf in the saIns
hole in the ground, aul Lold thcis property IL
cnmnnou-
Tber have no holy tlars, no eieht-hour evs-
TEN. nor never strike for any higher Wages
They are very cheerful Little toLe,s, and tave
no malice. no back door 10 their he a11s.
There L. no sedenta1y loafers among them,
and you never see one oat OF a toh.
They ara up early, 60 70 bed h:e, work al
the time, and eat Oh the run.
You never SEQ two ants arguing some phnal-
ieh question that neither Of them dh1n't under
stand they don I kate whether the Moon is tn
hahited oE not: nor whether 8 tssh xeigh
two pounds. put into a pail ov watef a1reAdy
phull, Will make the pail elop over or weigh
more.
They sin't bunting after the philosophers
stone, cor getting c1azy over the e7use OF ina
sEGden earthquakes. --.
thirty Eve millions Of miles up in the air. nor
whether tie earth boba Around on its a1es or
not, 20 long ~ II don't bob over their corn cr15
and epiu their barley.
They are simple, little, bizzy ants. fnll OF
ting no rio, p1azei0g God, BY mindlns their
own bizzness, md diein8 when their hno
comes tev make zoom for tho next crop OF
ants. .---
They are repzoacb tew the lazy. an encoor-
dEeE4flS ~ LIE u1Au9AlD464 = AC0AAR tSH AAA0
yitcore. and D study tew ,hs Christian
II you want TO take lessou IN a1iteckture,
20 and get down bi the side OF theiE hole In the
ground, and wonder how 80 menuy can 1--we 20
thick.
II your pashuues need consolation, watch The
arts aod Ee strengthened
II n1n had added to his capaciSJ) tho
raahuues and Kit OF theze xtotnA ov animated
patur, every nountsin on the buzzuta Of tho
arth would. before this, hAve been levelled,
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hpitfulness, and countless lots Of human CRIT
tets would inv Lin added tew the inhabitAnta
ov the universe, and been fet2 On com snl
other sAss
l tav sot By the hour and . ha9 down near
N ant bill, and nASyeled; hAv wondered II
their inEtnLts, Ind hAv thought bow big uass
be the izckasa who was satisfied to believe that
even an ant least or tha bugs, could hav
been created, nads blzz!y, aud eot 70 work By
chance.
Oh, how I do pity the individaA Eho ba-
leaves that al things here arc the work Of m
aksiacnt! He robs himself ov 81 plexsure on
earth and N night in heaven.
I had rzther be Al Al: leven hu1nbly.
bandJ-legged, profane, swearing anti than p
look upon the things ov this world az would
upon the throw OF the dice.
Ants re older tLan Adau-
Nan (for very Wiza Eeasons) ~Aps oa1s
rntl III other tEiuss Eere 6uishe.l sud pro-
Ha MN hid been r1Ade fust, b. would have
| insisted upon bossing the Eest oi the ioh.
He probably would hsv objecktsd 70 hav!nB
ebi:k.EGE would lasa teen oaased, equally
green
II m1o hadn't hav bin made 1t IL, yuu never
would h1r heerd NE and any fault with it.
Haven't much faith IN nan. not t.akAusa ha
kant do well, but bekAuse he Won't.
AltS have by-lAWh, and 4 c.nstitlAlIun. and
they mean snmthiog.
J. Their laws ANT liza our Laws, nads With \
hole in thetn+ SO that nzn can steal \ hnsA
aud ride thru them On walk Z.
They don't hxTe emmy Nhtskey ring, that y
vertewous, simply bekausa it hoats BY saa mill
yun. and then EgAhzes its own ackta-
Thsy d1nt have emmy legislators tha. IN ka2
buy, nor emmy Judges, hyinS around on thah.a
shell, Eeddy to be aHaGera<l-
Irather Ike the ants, md think nov ahAA
sell out nj money md reai eassss AZ Raa
! them.