The weekly Shasta courier. [volume] (Shasta, Calif.) 1872-190?, 1873-09-13
EsOp's Fables.-A Free Translation,

Early one morning q wolf, who had beer
sitting up late with the boys, drinking hot
rum punches, awaking with that thirst
known only to the "hister," got out of bed
and hastily putting on his dressing gown
and slippers, proceeded to brook which
meandered just back of his boarding house
for the purpose of cooling his parched
tongue-e-rum. He would have preferred a
gin cocktail, but there wasn't any place open
at that early hour. As he was tapping
from the brook, mentally considering wheth-
er it was not about time for him to reform
and join the Young Mems Christian Asso-
cation he 'spied a little lamb padding at
some distance down the stream. He imme-
diately determined to mash her, and be-
thought himself how he might justify him
self should he be arrested for the deed and
hauled up before the police court.
"Villain!" Numbered the wolf, "what
yer 'bout?"
II am shaking my thirst" meekly re-
piled the little lamb
"None of your slack to me-" roared the
wolf. How dare you middle the water
while I'm drinking?"
The VOLTS brains must have been a good
| NNHi vi TIC WOulu nave hHOWu IHdI
it was contrary to the laws of hydrostatics
for water to run or even walk up hill; and
when the lamb gently reminded him of it,
he changed his tactics, as the strong can
readily do when they resolve that the weak
and helpless shall be their meat.
BE that as it may" said the wolf, cit was
but year ago that you called me names,
whipped brother of mine, and said my
sister was cross-eyed"
Hope to die if did," returned the lamb,
shaking in her CATERS "a year ago WASH
bornd."
WE'LL" replied the wolf, " if it wasn't
you it was your father; and it is all in the
family, anyhow" Then new idea struck
him, and he returned to his mutton by
saying:
You are Mary's little lamb, amt you ?"
"Ie-ye-yes," stammered the lamb with
Then I've heard of YOU cried the wolf,
Selling her by the wool, "Mary is friend
OF mine. She took you to the select school
one day, in order to make something out of
you; but instead of trying to get an educa-
ton, so you might be of some use in the
world and an honor to your parents, you
threw paper wads on the wall and made up
faces at the school ma am, for the other
scholars to laugh at, thereby diverting their
attention from their books. My little boy
was there, remember and he hasn't studied
any since. Oh! but | know you now"
Then he fell to and devoured the lamb,
without any mint sauce, for the lamb was
afraid to give him any sauce, even if she
had had it; so that Mary didn't have lamb
not no more. The wolf would have given
her "little lam" though if she had hap
pened along.
He eat the lamb, as he said, as terrible
| example to lambs to improve their time at
school, and not distract the attention of the
scholars from their lessons; and he sang at
his repast:
"Made the children laugh and play,
Laugh and play, laugh and play,
Made the children laugh and play,
Which was agin the rules"
Moral-Lambs who have been cutting up
at school should use bathing tub at home
if they want to paddle, unless, on the ap-
pearance OF wolf, they are able to paddle
their own canoe.-FM Contributors Satur-
day Night.