The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1874-02-28
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Hassan.
DY KATE v. AUSTIN.

whose adventures are related in the
Arabian Nights, but about a rabbit
who was the namesake of the comely
young goldsmith of Balsora.
Hassan was present to us, and ut
was August the third" the anniver-
sary Of a famous "small game''-that
he became member of our house
hold.
Before we owned him he rejoiced or
sorrowed in the name of Bunnie; but
diHegarding the superstitious idea
that We changed his name it would
calke Hl an early DEATH We resolved
to give Blnnie" an appellation that
was less common and prettier in our
estimation. 81 Is
gInscompiimSnt b the day of the
noath on which he Nas given TO us, 1
thought ones Of calling him All Sin;
but therahbit looked SO '.child-like
and blanW that / dared not. We
knit our brows tudyiny what 70 call
him. Some Of the proposed uames
were like his ears, too long, while
others we're like his tail, too short.
Finally, however, we unraveled our
knit brOws and named him sHass4n.
If had the pen and ink Of Mel
pomene, | would write sonnet about
his beautiful eyes. They, had an ex-
preston, sometimes, that made me
half believe that some poets soul had
transmigrated into Hassan's body, or
that he was relic Of the days of
magic in the guise of an enchanted
prince. But [ scarcely think anything
wonderful had ever befallen Hassan,
for when I converted the poker into
wand and waved it over him, bidding
the enchanted prince regain his form,
he did not second the motion. Per-
haps, though, my COMPUTATION was at
| fault.
Just after we got the rabbit I wrote
a letter to friend in which I spoke
about Hassan. But it seemed that [
neglected to describe his personal APP
pearance, for in the reply to my letter
| the writer said: '.You forgot to say
what kind of rabbit yours is; wheth-
err it is a red one with white eyes, OF a
white one with red eyes" Ny friend
had rather an aversion to what DOM
inie Sampson would call ''prodigious -
words, SO after an hours struggle with
Webster, | wrote the following in my
answer: tire ..., = 9..a...sI ".
1.-The material organized substance
of eur herbivorous diminutiEe, quad
rnped,, or to employ more, explicit
language frame of. our rodent
mammal, the Representatives., posses
SEES the color Of ,crystahzed yapor, but
his organ of vision, or rather the globe
movable in the mia, 10 Of .s.T un fsa1
poaaieu or primary color resembling
the fluid which circulates through the
arteries and yiens Of the bodies per.
tanning to mankind, and which. is es-
sentialso the preservation Of vitality. ,
Hassan, however, was NOT destined
to end his days with as. We had moi
had him much more than month, til
complaints were entered against him
If you understand the language O.
flowers, ask Johnny Jumpup if hi
likes rabbit to lie in his, fiowery
beds of ease; ask Bouncing Bet if shs
likes to be torn by rabbits nails from
her native soil and left on the grount
to Bounce no more % Ask Johnn,
J Jumpup, and Bouncing Bet thes,
. questions, and they will tell you VIII!
{ Hassan was given to our milkman Il
, end his days ON dairy farm. ya!03
But now | come to such sad par
: of Hassan's history that it makes. m,
pen tremble and my ink turn pale as
j write about it, SO sif you have tear
, prepare to shed them now for com
to bury" Hassan. He had just begun
to enjoy life in his country home, an,
i tn fatten on cows cream and the mill
) Of human kindness, when a wicket
?. dog killed him. When heard Has
san was dead 1 feard that changin
his name had caused his untimel
death, and it was with a reproachfu
heart that 1 composed these i'm
pronptu lines: s.ii!l. s'S
ell Alas, too soon thy eyelet ceased to wink
Too soon thou'rt buried by the streamlet
Ii i brink .as.iI3a.E 80 e.fgEzs.
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