The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-10-18

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nature of the vowel sounds is familiar to
all. A few amusing examples will show
that the c~onsonants are nearly as bad:
B makes a road broad, turns the ear
to a bear, and Tom into a tomb.
G makes limb climb, hanged changed,
a lever clever, and transports a lover to
clover.
d turns a bear to bread, a crow to
crowd, and makes anger danger.
F turns lower regions to flower re-
gions.
G changes a son to a song, and makes
one gone.
81 changes eight into height.
X makes now known, and eyed keyed.
L transforms a pear into a pearl.
n turns a line into linen, a crow to a
crown, and makes n lone.
P metamorphoses lumber into plum
Der.
@ of itself hath no significance.
S turns even to seven, makes hove
shove, and word a sword, a pair a spear,
makes slaughter of laughter, and curl
ously changes having a hoe to shaving a
| shoe.
T makes a Dough bought, turns here
| there, alters one to tone, changes ether
to tether, and transforms the phrase " to
allow his own" to tallOw this town."
w does well, e. g., hose are whose? are
becomes ware, on won, omen women, so
SOW, vie view; it makes an arm warm,
and turns a hat into-what?
W trrpo fur IN furu a man tn many
to to toy, a rub to a ruby, ours to yours,
and a lad to a lady.
The Legend of the Star-Fish.-Many
years ago, before this world looked as it
does now, when the oceans were very
large, and the dry land exceedingly
small, it happened that high up in the
heavens there was great trouble and ex-
citement among the stars. They had al
ways been very quiet and ~peaceable, low
ing one another, and never longing for
anything hat was beyond their reach;
but at this time a new star was born,
and he had an entirely different nature
from all the others. He was selfish, dis
satisfied, and altogether d~isagreeable.
One thing that troubled him much
was that he Belonged to the family of the
Fish. Now you are aware that there
are so many stars in the heavens that
they are divided into parties. There is
the family of the Lion, of the Crab, of
the Dog, and so on and this wretched
little star was foolish enough to imagine
that his family was not quite so
aristocratic as some of the others, so he
fretted and fumed, making himself and
others very uncomfortable.
His good andpeaceable neighbors bore
with him as long as they could, but at
last he became intolerable, SO the Fish
stars held a meeting to see what could
be done with their unruly brother,
They asked him why he was so unhappy
and cross, and he answered that he had
rather never have been born than have
had to associate with the common
people he had seen all his life. There
were other families much more aristo
cratic, where he could have passed
happier life.
His relatives were sorry to hear hin
talk so, and told him that allthe famlie
in the great heavens were equal, anC
that the good Father who placed then
there would be sorry to find anyone un
happy; and then the Queen Lady of tn
Fish stars babe him be good and quiet
or else he would be banished from thu
, beautiful blue heavens. They allowe'
t him a year for improvement, but Their
: was no change in the stars behavior; h
3 quarreled as much as ever, and mad
l everyone most unhappy. Then he hear
t the startling news that he was to be sen
hurting through the air down to tn
: earth below. He begged, he pleaded, h
: promised to be good, but in vain; tn
1 verdict had been passed, and could no
. be recalled.
l So, on a cold and cherries might
: downward through the bitter air spe
: the wretched star. Where he was goin:
| he knew not behind him the clouds ha
hidden the stars, his only friends, an
r before him was a darkness that could b
: felt.
Harkl A voice from amidst tn
. blackness he heard as a whisper, and
said: "Thou who hast always despise
, the family of Fishes shall become one i
reality"
And the Star fish may often be seen o
; sea-shores, among the crevices of rocks
l alone and deserted, sadly gazing upward
l to its old home and friends!- Wa
: A1cake.
:, Hare and HOunds.-The game
Y played chiefly by school-boys from tie
: to sixteen years old, though often boy
o who do not belong to the school ar
s members of the " hunt" and very Otter
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