The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-02-15
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The Two Eagles.


by Miss rolly-glot Parrot.
One day IN eagle from far country was
lowering high in mir over broad ana none
river. He saw two towns-onc OIL cach h'iih
of the stream; but high up rs he WAS iiiiS 'l-
reared to be but little more than thrcs'd,ah
these so close together that lie thought them
one. Attracted by the beauty OF the land
sc,pc and the grand look OF the place, he
poiscd himself, and adjusting bis wings ana
tail so rs TO tread air as boys tread wa
ter" he began TO specu!atc--you see nc was
IN American cagle-on the happy lot OF those
whose fortune it was TO dwell beside the
leaning stream. och tllat were man,
he solilouuzcd " here is tIic place where |
would wish TO pass my days; for here is the
scat of ul that nature and industry COM
bincd can require TO build Il great ci'y II q
nlcas;,nt land. Those railroads which L no.
tee convcr@irS from distant points must
bring hilhcr iulinitc supplies for man'ac-
lures: tint water. whose laundering So''nd
reaches me UP here, c;in supply the power;
and that gliding stream that runs away To
the sea must start their products TO every
part of Tie world. What a prospect t!m'
opens for commerce. | wonder why they
have not made more out OF the place ~
Thus he unused until curiosity and hunger
im,cllcd him t. descend. SO he lighted Oh Il
large rock in thc middle OF The river where
he could not ouiy catch 4 fish Tor his dinner.
but perhaps learn something o! the stale ni
tbr place. Nur was he Disappointed. He
| soon caught Il very large gar; @nu not long
after he had eaten il he saw another eagle
living from one 10 another Of the rocks that
surrounded him. lin he saltited with a
friendly scream, and after short Nllttia! III
| tro;uctipa thus int,,rro@atcd linn " Brother
nald-y. how haI}cnS it that this town is not
| larger, and buster, and grandcr:' (which
town." said Balti-y. why this town: in
the midst Of which we are:" 'Thcse
towns" said Badly, correcting him; these
towns, YOU mean; for there are two Of them
| two separate and distinct towns-very dis
tinct; one on each side of the rircr-onc ON
the north called -Io-u-dont, and one on til"
south called Tad.-!-lrOnt.' "lndccd, What
makes that:" qGoth the strange eagle.
"When ! WAS Zip in the air, the river
WAS but thread; 50 narrow that / sup
posed the people lived like brethren
under one government. Why do they
not Z" "Wcl, can tell you something about
it," said Balti-y, "ior have lived here, or i'll
the ncighhoriood, and my forc!aiEcrs, ;oi
many years. Ny rcaidcicr-anceSt:ttl at
that's in Il tail pine little below the fails:
from which our family, the 'st0rn'-trcoSt-
crs.' Yes" intericctcd the strange eagle,
II have often heard Of them ~ have Watcl.-
lad Iva. i,r ,r,pltp Alopl,'
men they have two snaladles called the one
monopoly, the other s"ll:intcrc>t: and they
prevail among these people ~ a chronic
form. They often blind mcn so that they
cannot see with clear vision; but have to
| feel their way: and the habit Of doing that
makes them timid, at least of ANYTHING they
think likely to hurt themselves. 1t is true,
that when they have learned 4 small place
pretty well, some Of them Ga hit about with
Il good deal Of activity bui ii is only to gel
Il few pieces OF coin they have called
cents, just as VIC have seen goat-sllck-
rs sweep for twilight gnats. Not
that they see it. however. They get il
by the scnsc Of smell ; the odor Of copper
attracts them. Gold they do not like: its
lrstsr daZZles them rs ligi; pcrpleXes bats.
ThcS have Il great desire to get these cents
and the rival townSlncn are afraid each that
the other will get more than Il prol;cr pro
portion OF them, :'hcv 90 50 far in this that
they have very little to DO with each other, be
cau>e when they cross the river a great giant
called tOleiakcr, who lives on an island about
halfway over, makes every passenger give
him one of these cents, which he immediately
swallows and converts into gold, When they
found out, as they did lately, that about two
million Of their circulating medium was thu:
annually absorbed, they built bridge tnl
themselvcs--but merely 10 prevent this waste
of their money; which they wanted 10 keel
for their domestic trade. Except for these
things, the two towns would have been pni
long ago"
"Welh" aaiti the strange eagle, "tlm,
is singular. /, who am Il Rgthyer from
away up north, am now looking for anothc
home because of the difficulty OF getting M,
living there. All the rivers 'hcGu nave bcei
converted into sinir1s to drive machinery
: every frth has been made the abutmcnt O
huttrcss of dam every rapid is converted
into torchay, and every cascade into a NIL
pond. In fact, the industry or man is ab0u
: to stuve out eSgits and Ill other birds o
: prey"
"Have no fear Of that in this country
said Badly. "From the days of my grand
T father We have tishcd, aud caught wild duck
=. and kinGiishers right in the ir6dlc Of tn
river: never distuih"d except occasionally il
: the bathing season by boys on their way t
t he'll or skin-bclly. They have Il restless lit
tie newspaper that stirs them up sometimes
hut the fcrlncnt never lasts longer than :, RS,
in the river, and thcS sco.i become as stag
nant us yond"r pool in summer drought
, It Sbu think you will like the country, why
5 stay with us. There is room for you ant
| many more, and will be for long time
until men llcreabouts recover iheic ira!tli
and can see as clearly and COMPREHENSIVE Il
if they occupied the elevation we reach Il
$ will. TO home and spend the night wit
g me; you will find even eagles given TO hos
pitality in the OLD Dominion, aud then w
:, can talk further"
And so Badly took his friend with him t
his eyry in the top OF one of the talest pine
{ on the ClStrocamp shore; where they colil'
5 have 4 delightful view of two towns thu
=, would never invade their haunts witt
what eagles discuss as improvements.
The next morning, as they were sailing
mile or more aloft, they saw lazy mile
reading the Dispatch at his door. Pallsing
they read the proceedings Of Il meeting o
the City Council held the night before, IN,
Highilycr immediately departed for his fam
lily temporarily sojourning Oh the SuSque
hanna.
The Dispatch cruelty speaks of Fayett,
McMulin as all exhausted "hllmbug," ant
accuses him of playing "bull in the woods
in his gasconade about economizins TIT