Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-02-01

said the man from the Ganges. at NAV
very well be that the soul of your defunct
aunt has passed into the body of this very
pullet, and you would certainly not wish
10 run the chance Of eating your dear rela-
tive To cook chickens is 10 manifestly
outrage nature"
"What are you talking about, with your
nature and your chickens 20 exclaimed the
choleric Egyptian. We adore bull, but
we are very ready to eat him."
"You adore II bull is ii possible :" said
the man from the Ganges,
Nothing is more possible" answered
the other "lt is Il hundred and thirty
five thousand years that we have been ae-
customed TO do SO, and no one has yet
found anything TO say against it,"
"Ah ! hundred and thirty five thou
sand years ~ sad he Indian 'thui reck-
oning is little exaggerated. 1t is but
twenty-four thousand, since India was
peopled, and assuredly we are more ancient
than you. Brahma had forbidden US to
eat the flesh OF bulls, long before you took
the idea of putting them upon your affairs
and your apita.o
your Brahma Is pleasant animal to
be compared to the god Apis, " said the
Egyptian. "Whai has your Brahma done
then that II Is so fln,l''
The Brahmin answered "It Is he who
taught men 10 sead and to write, and who
has given TO the universe the game of
chess,'
"You deceive YOURSELF" eaid Chal-
dean; "that was done hy another than he.
1t Is the fish Cannes to whom mankind
owe those great benefits, and II is but just
that YOU should render him your homage.
n hs a fta1l itt. A.
a divine being; that he had golden tail,
and heautiful mans head, and that he
came out Of the water to preach to the
earth three hours each day. lie Iehidmany
children, who were all kings, as any one
will tel you. have his portrait home
which revere as should do. Anybody
can eat beef as much as they like, bui II
il is certainly II great implety to cook fish.
As to the re /, you are both Of yuu Of an
origin too ignoble aud too rcceG. for me 10
dispute with you. The Egyptian nation
eau only reckon hundred aud thirty five
thousand years, and the Indians vauhi
themselves upon twenty tour thousand,
while we have nlmanucs Tor 1000
cycles. Believe me renomce your fol
lits, and will give you each beautiful
portrait of the fish Ounnes''
A man from Camhula taking the word
said
81 very much respect Egyptians, Chol
deans, Greeks, Cella, Brahma, the bull
Apishnd the fish Oaunes; but II may lie tha
the Ii and the 1icn" tchiutsc words sig
mfylng Rrapon aud tn. supreme cause,
"ule worth more than bulls and fishes.
say nothing Of my country, which Is ai
great as Egypt, Chaldea, and the Indie
all put together. do not di-Iu you
antiquity. because 1t suiliccs to Ire hnTpy
and it is a very small thing to be anei. 1T
but il it comes TO speak of almanac,
say that all Asia takes curs, and that W.
had very GOOD ones before Chaldea ha'
learned arithmetic"
"You are all ignorcrt alike 80 cried th
/ Greek. "Du you not know that Chaos q
the father of all, and that Form and Mat
ter have put the world in the state il
which IL is -
The Greek would have SPOKEN lonl
time, but he was soon interrupted by III
others, each raising his voice higher am
higher. The dispute waXed morn ,ioicp
every moment, iill Sctoc expected to sc
his table drcnchod with h.Coi.
Zadg, who had preserved silence durin
the dispute, rose at last. speaking in suoll
ing laucring words He expressed gr,a
interest in the bull Apis, and the is
Cannes, and praised the Greek for his clc
qucncr, and modified the angry spirits q
all. lie did not say much TO the man q
Cathay, peicciying that he was the mos
reasonable of all. Afterwards he said:
"My friends, you are quan,llmg fu
nothing, for really You are all Of the sam
mind"
Al these words they all crlcd ont agaio
L. D - said A. al DE- IS