Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1876-03-08
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rzH wolHtKD CLAN.
A clam while passing through . car
psntsr's shop encountered o hungry
Heron, and TOR the wind was southerly)
knowing him from the surrounding
handsaws, modsstly Withdrew into his
shell. The Heron commented unfavor.
ably upon his conduct for some time
and proposed n mutual council. but all
was OF no avail. Finally . thought
struck him and he Denounced the clam
before Heaven o. o perjurer and . horse
thief. The indignant clam thsreupon
imprudenily abandoned his policy Of
silence, but. alasl He had hardly open.
cd his mouth when the Heron swallow
ed him.
Morai-seeond thoughts Are not al
ways best.
run DRoMxpARY n u nAnS.
An innumsrabls caravan, whose sup
ply Of water had become exhausted.
was halted In the desert, when q barb
approached u dromedary and besought
him to set them up. This. however.
the selish animal refused 10 do. Affirming
that he had no surplus ovsr home con-
sumption. "Watsr," said he. laughing
in the consciousness Of his wealth.
"pure water. bright water for me.
What would you not give u you bad.
like me, q throat seven feet long 10 feel
II tickling down and three stomschs to
enable ron to deprive two other beasts
OF their sharer' The conversation was
here interrupted by the appearance Of
their master, who. being also parched
with thirst, drew his scimotsr and killed
tho dromedary. then opening his three
stomachs shared their refreshing con-
tents with the barb.
Moral-Hs laughs best who laughs
last.
THE ~rcoxocLlsr AND TIE cANxIDAL.
An Iconolast oncs sssaysd to convince
q caunibal Of the folly Of Idolatry. "For
instance" he said. shore Is this palm
tree beneath which wo are sitting. You
might with one portion Of II make .
club wherewith to kill me; split
haunch Of me on q second, and having
roasted II over q FIRE made with q third
cit down to II on a fourth that served
you a s q chair; then pick your teeth
with q fifth fragment, and praise for
your delightful meal an idol carved out
OF q sixth. But what would that god"
THAT Ia q fact. though ! had never
thought OF Il before" replied the can-
nibal. and tearing q fragment from the
palm tree no killed the Inconoclast and
faithfully carried out his programme.
Monl-Quish non o mooers' Let
we'll alone.
THE HONEST sEwsDoY.
A nowsboy was passing along tho
street, when he CHANGED to discover .
purse Of grecnbacks. He was. at first
inclined TO conceal 1t, but rspelllng the
unworthy suggestion. he asked q vener-
able man II Il were HAN. The veneer
able man looked at 1t hurriedly. said II
was, patted him on tho head, gave him
a quarter and said he would yet be Prssi-
dent. The venerable man then FASTENED
away, but WA arrested for having coun.
lerfeit bills In his possession. while tho
honest newsboy played penny.ante with
his humble quarter and ran It mp to
81 CO.
Morai-Hon.siy is sometimes the bos.
policy.
TnE " TURKEYS.
An honest farmer onco led his two
turkeys into his granary. and told them
TO eat. drink and DO merry. One OF
those turkeys wal wise and n foolish.
The foolish bird ut N INDUCED exoes-
sively In the pleasures OF the stable, I'm.
Of the future; but tho wiser
fowl, In order that he might not DO fat
tened and slaughtered, .fastod continual
ly, mortified his flesh. and devoted him.
self to gloomy reflections uron the brew.
ity OF life. Whom Thanksgiving APP
preached. the honest farmer killed both
turkeys. and by placing a rock In the
interior OF the prudent turkey made him
weigh more than his plunper brother.
Moral-Dtn virimtu. uirimus.