The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1876-04-13

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it has any such reference, we hope that
those whom the shoe pinches will wear
it without making any noise, otherwise
they will only advertise the deformity
of their own feet, The Allegory is &C.
companief by the following letter:
ELK, March, 1876,
A. p. MILLER, ESQ, Dear Sir Per.
haps ~ drop in the ocean" will not he
noticeable, but it may I've excused, !
hope. when prompted blythe respect and
admiration which the writer feels for
your decision in regard to "rowdyism."
# the ''piece'' is available yo! are ut
liberty to publish, in whole, or in part.
name is not to Ike disclosed, only under
he able to he as 'fre0 and just rs you
have been, am, admiringly,
Your friend, ~
ANALLEGORY
tAdapted.)
In quiet hamlet, not in Switzerland.
there resided a venerable shoe maker,
For many Il long year had lie lived and
clothed the feet CT his fellOw-towns-
men, doing his work quietly and receiv-
ing his pittance therefor. AS the world
acill move, and rs changes ecill occur,
even in 4 quiet village. i change came
to this. One day when the year was
Young. certain strangers with uncertain
gait, made their appearance in this
quiet hamlet. Nestled among lakes.
with pure water, pure air and pure
morals, this hamlet existed and tlriyed,
%s,f rail- % sfc
country. Now, these strangera came
and from lands of very doubtful morals.
They came struggling, they came curs-
ing, they came limping. Some were
ragged, some diseased; and all were
dirty. There was one popularity which
was noticeable had deforlned feet.
Whether it was caused by long travel
over stony ground is uncertain; certain
1t is, the deformity was there. As this
motley crew hobb1ed into the village,
all tile inhabitants crowded to see.
They were Il curiosity. Never before
WAS such a sight in this quiet place.
Windows were filled with faces peering
anXiOpsly out; house-topS were covered
with gazers; and fear was expressed
by every one that they would stop and
lningle their dirt, disease and defOrmity
with the pure element Of this pure
hamlet.
The strangers passed to the market
square and sat them down. Day after
day they sat them in the market square,
eating such food as they brought with
them, till the people from being shy of
them, grew through familiarity, to EN-
dure them, then pity them, then III the
kindness of their hearts to feed and
clothe them.
Now, it so happened that this Shoe
maker, with whom this story opens,
was called upon to make the shoes with
Which these str;l )gers were to be
clothed. AS was his custom land his
patterns) lie made his shoes in comely
shape. The strangers complained. The
shoes did not fit their deformed feet !;
Whereupon the kindly disposed maker
made patterns to suit. The strangers
were pleased.
by and 10y these strangers grew in
numbers, and they were no longer &C.
counted strangers but fellow citizens.
Now as envy (sorry be l to say it, is
u very common thing with humanity,
these citiZens with the tleforlned feet
began to envy the beautiful pedals Of
the original Inhabitants.
Flley went to the shoemaker and
after abusing him soundly for making
crooked shoes for them, ordered him to
make them like those he made for 9TH
ers. lie did so. lie made shoes OF
beautiful proportions. They took them
home and said, Nov we shall he as
handsome us our neighbours" Alas
they could not wear them: Their feet
were not i'll proDQrtiG IGN to these beauti
| III @ nho1 III
blaming their deformity. as they should.
they blamed the sl)Qe-,aaker. they n,ci
together and talked it over. They dis
liked to go back to the crooked Shoes
Said they: 1--WE are now more in mum.
bers than the others; or feet arc ugly
!, only by comparison; let us 90 to the
shoemaker and tell him to make every
boly's shoes crooke(l-comparisQ arr
odiGus." And they went. The shoe
! maker told them it was not right tt
compel those will, straight feet to wear
crooked shoes. They answered hin
not by arguments, for they had none
. but by abuse. The shoemaker wa:
firm; he would make good shoes fo,
T. good feet; those who had not gool feet
MHst SHOW it i'll the shoe, or stand til,
pinch.
Then they held 4 council. "Wha1
shall we do?" said they. Lets xiii
) him." said some, land get shoe
maker OF our own, whose shoes vii
not pinch our feet, and WHO will max.
: none other kind, and then our feet vii
: appear good in the absence Of any bet
ter. Our children will grow up moi
knowing that any more beautiful fee
than ours were ever known, and vii
not despisc u.s." And thus they de
cided.
They went to the shoemaker ant
told linn their intention. They wo,,lt
give him chance. lie must do rs the,
: wished. lie answered, ''Never!'' The,
told him lie must die. to make room fol
another. Every well," said lie, wv,
now depart; 1 to die, and you to live
which has the happier fate, God alon,
,, k < They had their ! way
= Years aftpr, the Gnger of scorn WI.
pointed ut that once pure place, ant
, Dirt, Disease and DefQrmity reigne,
:. there supreme. ELK.
The Greenfield MASS. Gasette an,
: Courier, recently contaiped 4 notice o
: the death of Mr.. Eastman, who for a
years was the editor of that paper an,
t who made it the most successful coun
n try newspaper in Western Massachu
(. sets. The Gazette says:
Mr.. Eastman was little understoo,
, by those who came III contact with hin
" i'll business life. J5aet his strict intp0r;t,