The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1871-07-15

pass, case OF WaltOn's BltterS, q
pair Of corsets, a bottle Of hair dye,
an umbrella. q volume Of the Con-
gressional Globe, a boot-jack, q
piano stool, a cigar holder, and q
bottle of DR.. Kerr's Renovator.
With these articles lie hoped to get
along very comfortably.
I am thus particular TO mention
this, because he didn't act as many
do-go and sue the insurance com
panies before trying to save any
thing.
The island proved to be Juan
Fernandez. 1t is lonely, unin-
habi;ed island in the South Pacific,
off the usual tracks of ships, or off
any railroad track. 1t might be
Juan Fernandez, but it wouldn't be
any Juan for me.
But Crusoe, solitary and alone,
managed to get along there very
we'll for several years. He had no
neighbors to quarrel with, didn't
have gas bill coming in every two
months, wasn't threatened with
having The water stopped, hadn't
any one to scold him when he
came in late, wasn't kept awake by
the firing Fourth of July nights,
nor harrassed by any life insurance
agent.
He tanned number of wild ami
mails and taught them various
tricks, sometimes giving entertain
ments at various points on the is
land for the amusement Of the ami
mails that were not yet tanned. But
this is not peculiar to Crusoe. All
menageries do that right along,
only they make the wild animals
pay as they go in
We are enabled to gather some
of his habits from the familiar po
EN- which he lett behind for purpo-
ses Of school defamation.
81 am monarch of all survey"
(He knew something OF survey
ing, evidently, and amused him :
self by laying out town lots-all
his own.)
"My right there is none to dispute"
(He was puei!ist. skillful with
his ,iyht, and there was none to
dispute 1t.
"From the centree all round to the sea-"
(Fenian. Of course, and Head
Centre all round TO the sea.
81 am lord of the fowl and the brute"
MinG On the ring yet-wont t al
low foul, and cam handle the
brute
Crusoe was greatly alarmed one
day b. seeing The p.iut Of hu-
man foot in the sand. 1t measured
something over fourteen inches tc
the foot No savage, he thought
short of Long John Wenthworth
Of Chicago, could sport such foot
but he Immediately reflected thai
Long John was not yet on earth. &C
it couldn't be he. He conceale,
himself and quickly saw boat loac
Of cannibals land with prisoner
in their midst, gentleman by ,hs
name of Friday, whom they pre-
pared to roast for dinner. Cruso'
being conscientiously opposed t.
eating meat on Friday, interfered
and rescued him from the canni
balls SO from that day he became
Robinson Crusoe's mau Friday
doing his chores, blacking hi:
boots, running errands, and voting
at every election as Crusoe di-
rected.
After years spent on this lionel,
island, a ship touched there 70
water, there being nothing else t
touch there tor, and took Robinson
to England. ...
Robinson, from his boyhood up
had a habit of Growing when sur
prised or delighted. Years afte
his delivery, when speaking Of tn
first glimpse he caught Of tha
ship, he used to say, never wa
there period in his life when Rob
inson Crusoe.
When Robinson died he imag
ined he was surrounded by enc
mics, for his last words were
Ode Foe! De Foe!'