Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1875-07-01

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his airy dream Of dropping ducats.
MORAL: As above.
'What have you there or your back %
said a zebra, jeeringly, toa ship of the
desert in ballast.
only bale of gridirons,' was the
meek reply. a-
And what, pray, may you design
doing with them :? was the incredulous
rejoinder.
What am 1 going to do with grid
irons% repeated the camel, contemptu-
ously. Nice question for you-who
have evidently come off onen
People who wish to throw stones
should not live in glass houses; but
there ought to be few in their vi
cinity. ..
A man pursued by lion was about
lstepping into a place of safety, when
he bethought him of the power of the
human eye; and, turning about, he fix
ed upon his pursuer a steady look of
stern reproof. The raging beast inn
lnediately moderated his rate per hour,
and finally came to dead halt within
ID Ndlu liiC uOoCs <AltOA
a leisurely survey of him, he extended
his neck and bit off small section of
the victims thigh.
Beard of Arimanes roared the
man; have you no respect for the HUI
man Eye"
Il hold the human eye in profound
lesteem,' replied the lion, and confess
Its power. 1t assists digestion if taken
lust before meal. But don't under
stand why you should have two and 1
none.'
With that he raised his foot, un-
sheathed his claws, and transferred one
of the gentleman's visual organs to his
own mouth.
I Now continued he, r'during the
brief remainder of squandered exist
ence, your lion-quelling power being
more highly concentrated, will be more
easily managed
He then devoured the remnant of his
victim, including the other eye.
This tale seems to imply the falsity
of certain accepted beliefs. 1t is, there
fore, insulting g.-1rd,sslotor
An ant laden with a grain of corn,
which he had acquired. with infinite
toll, was breasting a current of his fel-
lows, each of whom, as is the etiquette,
insisted upon stopping him, feeling him
all over, and shaking hands. 1t oc-
Cured to him that an excess of ceremo-
ny is an abuse of courtesy. So he laid
down his burden, sat upon it, folded
all his legs tight to his bouy, and
smiled smile of great grimness.
'Hullo! What's the matter with
you p exclaimed the first insect whose
overtures were declined.
Sick of the hollow conventionalities
of rotten civilization was the rasp-
ing reply. sRelapsed into the honest
simplicity of primitive observances.
Go to grass = -
'Ah then we must trouble you for
that corn. In condition of primitive
simplicity there are no rights of prop
erty, you know. These are hollow
j., onventiOnalities.'
\ A light dawned upon the intellect of
that pismire. He shook the reefs out
of his legs; he scratched the reverse of
his ear; he grappled that cereal, and
trotted away like giant refreshed. 1t
was observed that he submitted " 18th a
wealth of patience to manipulation by
his friends and neighbors, and went
some distance out of his way to shake
hands with strangers on competing
lines of traffic.
Nevertheless, this fable does not
teach that social observances are al
q ways-or even commonly-grounded
in good sense, if it did, that would
make it true.
| V.
A snake who had lain torpid all win
} ter in his hole took advantage of the
; first warm day to Timber up for the
Spring campaign. Having tied himself
into an intricate knot, he was so over
come by the warmth of his own body
that he fell asleep, and did not wake
until nightfall. In the darkness he was
. unable to find his head or tail, so could
not disentangle and slide into his hole.
: Per consequence, he froze to death.
: Many a suitable philosopher has fail
, ed to solve that knotty problem, him.
self owing to his inability to discern
his beginning and his end.