The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1876-09-07
[FOr the ADVANCED
AN OLD FABLE.
FOR NEW READERS.

Sunshine and beautiful verdure greet
ed me as landed upon one Of those
fertile spots of earth which serve to
remind ole that Eden is not yet wholly
passed from earth. Earth, air and
water; so fresh, so pure, 50 sweet
Surely the hand of man cannot de6le
it! In the dim distance I saw dark
moving mass. AS it came near could
discern immense numbers of men,
women and children moving slowly, Ia.
boriou:ly along. A few steps in at.
vance, marching in circle, were some
half dozen men, seeming to he leaders.
Of one who passed near me asked the
meaning of this. lie answered, "Ob-
serve what you may, but tits death ia
inquire why" So keeping silent, 1 OBJ
served, first, the front ranks were filled
with men who, l judged were artizans
OF all classes, each wearing ponler0us
collar upon which was stamped circle
composed of serpent with distended
jaws appearing ready to gorge itself
with the figure of Il man. These passed
by, each grooming and sweating under
Ills load. Next came those who seemed
to be the tillers of the soil, with pre-
cisely the same burden as the others,
except that it was heavier and bearing
upon it more devices. Last came WON.
Ell and children, poorly clad, weeping
and bewtiling their lot upon earth.
After these came several men, one of
whom appearing to be exceedingly well
pleased with himself, l ventured to
accost, remarking mindful of the
warning | had received) that there
seemed to he a great deal of mourning
for so beauti ful part of creation.
''Cattle, CATTLE" he replied, compla-
Gently stroking his long beard; ''cattle
mourn because Of their work. But
said I, these appear to I've human. y
Nevertheless" said he, ''tley are cat
tie; they are not as we are; they were
placed here for this purpose-they know
nothing else.' "Yet," asked ''belnc
human, why not educate them up to
the standard of the rest?'' "Because, .
lie returned, ''thcy are here to work:
zee arc here, not to teach, nor to work,
but to act rs officers over them. You
saw the device upon their collar" said
he, volunteering information which the
leaders had forbidden; these collars
are yokes which they must bear to re-
mind them of their subsection. The
device is \ circle, en- blematic of how
We work. We keep ourselves in 4 close
ring that no others may creep in to
share with us tile profits Of their labor,
The serpent has i triple use. First. it
shows that all before us is to he sw;.l.
lowed by us. Second, that i'll anger we
sting; and last, our wisdon.. These
professions are periodical. We march
them up here, that they may cast their
voice for us to be their rulers"
asked, "What if they should cast their
Voice differently?" lie replied with a
lordly dignity astonishing in so small a
man, ''they dare ,,ot!'' =; j roy,
The procession passed on until com.
ing to the appointed place, they halted
and got in readiness to cast their; voice
for their rulers. Soon murmurs, were
heard in the crowd. Some were Oh.
posed to the proceedings. but were
silenced by threats Of. doubling tile
yoke. At last one man arose and de.
nlxnlcd to lie heard. All eyes were
turned upon him. Tie leaders recoe.
nized one whom they had never cowed,
yet held their peace until he spoke.
Friends, brothers." said lle,:. ''wlIy are
we here? 10 proclaim these men oul
masters? These who placed the yoke