The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-03-01

"Cat, dog cat and dog" "Dog and
cat, dog g,n-"Cat.n -.
| A very similar feeling, also, was
entertained by the lawyers who were
called in, and who, after intense ap-
plication, declared themselves doubt
ful-s0 much was to be advanced and
really to be said and supported by
various precedents, both on the side
Of the cat and the dog, and, conse-
quently Of the owner of the eat as
well as the owner of the dog, and the
partisans of the owners of the cat
and dog-insOmuch that the whole
city was split into the most deter
mined cat and dog factions, and all
strangers that entered the gates were
instantly absorbed in the dog and
cat vortex, and whirled actually
round and round in the terrible fray,
which every now and then broke out
in fresh fury Notwithstanding all the
vigilance of the Rajah' 3 guards. And
yet even these valiant heroes were in
some degree infected, giving slight
cuts at cat and dog men, Just as they
I themselves inclined to support the
cat or dog question. -
And so matters might have re-
mained either to the day of the final
depopulation of ShorapOOr, or DOoms-
day itself, but Tor the wise old Brah-
min who had given such timely
warning to turn out the stranger.
He. had in reality been quietly
chuckling little, as many are won't
to do who have lived to see their
prophecies first despised and then
fulfilled; but his heart relenting, he
fastened to the palace, and prostrat-
ing himself before the Rajah, with
hands Joined together, he thus spoke:
May l be your sacrifice, o thou
eater of mountains and drinker of
rivers! have petition to make in
this matter of cat and dOgW
ut shall be heard" replied the
Rajah. "Thou art wise man; what
dOst thou say ?-dog-cat-dog and
cat, or cat and dog! For my own
part ! shall reserve my decision.
though somewhat inclined to the
opinion that the cat caused all the
mischief, and for this reason-be-
cause if the dog had not seen the cat,
he very probably would not have |
chased her-'Out Ofsight out of mind
being one of the Oldest as well as the |
truest proverbs. +'..... ,...+
"Alas that 1 should differ with |
your Highness-Brave Falcon, terri
bic in war-the most valiant of the |
State-the Tiger of the Country" re-
piled the Prime Minister. "How
could that cat help being worried by
the dOg!-and did not nature give
her right to 60 where she pleased ?"
So the whole court took at once
different sides, and matters might
have come to a serious explosion,
even within the sacred walls of the
palace itself, but for the Brahmin,
who again lifted up his voice and
said: .' -
MAY it please your Highness! Let
me declare to you that it was neither
the dog nor the cat that caused all
the misery, but the Fly and the
d.. -...... -
1.-The fly and the honey! The fly |
and the honeyW exclaimed the as
tonished Rajah. "What honey and
what fly" go. .....t - ..oi |
And as this was a perfectly new
idea, the assembly listened with pro-
found attention while the holy man
unfOlded the true history of the case.
His having seen the stranger, and
the people against him. How
accuratSsy he had observed the drop
Of honey daubed against the wall.
Then the approach of the fly, the
sly gliding of the lizard, the willy
of the cat, and the stealthy,
movements of the dog
involving all these creatures in much
pain and difficulty, and which after
ward Overspread the city. at Ii
"HOld, learned man." cried the
Rajah, "thOu hast said we'll; my eyes
are opened" and he desired search
TO be made for the man who had two
well earned the title of Mischief
Maker. But he was nowhere either
10 be found or heard of, and the poor
iOur dealer, who stood among the
prisoners with bandaged head, de-
,lared that the villain had not even
paid for the honey that caused the
whole tumult. .
"Well," exclaimed the Rajah, after
, profound pause, "here now may
most plainly to be seen a proof-ifI
my such were required, that my sub
ects only want preteXt, no matter
what, to quarrel, and they are sure to
90 to lOggerheads. Il
~ now throw no blame either on
he cat or dog, for each animal fol-
owed its own peculiar instinct. The
blame and the punishment, too, must
light upon the owners of the dog and
cat for fighting; and thus inducing
others to espouse SO ridiculous quar-
.el."
And forthwith he ordered all the
rioters into confinement,
saying also to the rest of the people
go home now, fools that we are,
md try whether you cannot make
up your minds to live i'm peace with
,ne another. l cannot prevent you
keeping cats and dogs, because were
[ to do so we should be devoured by
vermin and exposed to robbery. But
his / tell you, you shall not turn
yourselves into cats and dogs for the
future with impunity-Depart !" So
hey all sneaked off, and the active
little man whose head somebody had
broken, scratched it and said: y IL
"Only think how well that strange
fellow knew us ALI"
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