The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1872-12-28


each striving TO BE- the top one, and you oil
sink under the one common, Self-ds@adIns
lust for money"
Yea; but We must have monsYto 1--WE
with, said John.
."Iust have money 70 live witha Can
you eat money Is it nutritious No. II
is only the inhuman, ungOdly, marrow con
structed, conventional, and Suprsmely sahh'
ly value placed on the miserable stuf you
call money that makes it OF any use We
have every thing in common here I'm he
moon. We each and every one Of u con
tribute our time towards the general gsal
each citizen employing himself al bit
suits his fancy, and consequently TIER II
no use for money, and no wrAnghns or
squAbbling for the lions share"
"But" said John, "aint there sons no
won't work 7"
"No; we have but very few such cAes.
We all work by reason Of desire 70 bid
out the novel and the new. But ones .
while We do have fellow citizen whs d o
little 10th to work, but it don't last log.
Do you see that large trumpet on that ,s-
waited plain "
John followed the direction indicatSdby
her with his eyes, and saw what appyAed
to be large speakingtrumpet, mAnyhA-
dred feet in length, elevated from thsiAoh,
and the large end pointed towards be
armament. -
what il that for r. said John.
That is our Venus Trumpet"
'What is it used for -"
"Well, know you man of earth. @atPs
have been in communication with ths q
habitants Of Venus for over four yese.
We constructed very large and powerful
glass, or telescope, a. you term them, I'D
found by closely watching our neigAboiof
Venus, that they had also very Mge
glass, as powerful rs our own, and by
watching their motions through our gAss,
We were enabled to communicate with teu
by gesticulating, and they answered in III
same manner There il one thing we Aiv
to be very cautious with, however. Tier
are No male inhabitants Of Venus, and Oh
telescope can only be manipulated BY
ladies', for the women Of Venus A.e Veri
very modest and shy, and upon the fri
approach of a man to our glass they a
scatter in dismay, and for long time tn
fact was a great draw back to uAs~n'
knowing the cause Of their stampede b.
since we have found cut the true csuas
their alarm, we allow none of our men I
60 near the glass, and we can now Ia,
communication with them at almost al
tendance on our glass, and they do Il
same, and any indication Of q desire I
communicate is Immediately noted BY Il
other"
''Would any pecuniary remuneration
Of sufficient inducement to furnish me vii
but one short look through your glass
said John.
Tut tut r said our lady, "the ladies G
Venus can probably see US now, and il ye
should move towards the glasA, a. soon
they saw that you were in close proxiniil
to it, they would leave their glass, and
might cause q misunderstanding betwee
our people and them, which would be vei
detrimental to our further investigations
well said John, sorrowfully, ''abo,
the trumpet
The trunpet IL another one OF Oh
/ fruits u oGr-iss e4ss.Ve genius and adysHcs
lnent. II y very large, rs you percelv,
and is 20 dttcately constructed that
placing ones ear 10 the small end of it, al
thing spoken in q natural tone Of voice 0
the planet Venus, can be distinctly undel
stood by us. They that is the ladies ,
Venus have watched its construction, All
when our men began first to place it in p
sition, they appeared very sOlicitOus as r.
CARDS its uses and purposes. But &c maj
aged to communicate to them by signs, tia
it was intended to be used for the ear ali
not for the eye, and as soon as our sign
were understood by them they appeared t
be satisfied, and manifested no more III
easiness. We are endeavoring to max
them understand by signs, that it is on
desire that they should construct trumpe
too, and then our communication, thong
distant, will be complete"
Have none of your men taken an oh
servatIon with the glass "
Yes, one only, and he was 50 well Ice
tured by his moonly spouse as to be utterl
destitute Of any desire Of continuing hi
investigations.
!" Is that the only glass you have 2 sat
John.
mo We have another one which !
constantly pointed toward the earth, d
the vain hope that some Of its inhabitants
might invent a glass large Iaough 50 thai
we may be able to communicate with then
but the earth is very much behind all OIL
neighbors in matters of science and in
provement, and we have, as yet, been un
able to detect any move on their part TO
wards investigating our manners and cas-
toms. Since the completion Of 0ul
trumpet one Of our men heard, or imagined
he heard, some one Of your street speakers
while haranguing . crowd, say that the
earth had been specializing, and had 4
corner on orbits. The imputation wa,
Immediately cried down, however, and an
other look man appointed in Rlac.
Of the one who was too ready to tell all he
heard. His discharge, | think, was owing
to party feelings Us you must know that
although we do not care for money, still
or citizens have a very pleasant and social