Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1880-09-02
BILL NYE.
Paraphrases of Oriental Para
bles.


Now, there was q certain man who
had two sons.
And the younger Of them said to
his father, ''Father, give me the por-
tion of goods that falleth to me-.
And he divided unto him his liv-=
ing, and the younger son purchased
himself an oilcloth grip-sack and got
him out of that country.
And it came to pass that he jour
neyed even unto Buckskin and the
country that lieth over against Lead
vile.
And when he was come nigh unto
the gates of the city, he heard music
and dancing.
And he got him into that place and
when he arose and went his way, a
hireling at the gates smote upon him
with slung-shot of great potency,
and the younger son wist not how it
was.
Now in the second watch of the
night he arose and he was alone, and
the pieces of gold and silver we're
gone.
And it was so.
And he arose and sat down and
rent his clothes and threw ashes and
dust upon himself.
And he went and. joined himself
unto citizen of that country, and he
sent him down into a prospect shaft
for to dig.
And he had never before dag.
Wherefore when he spat upon his
hands and lay hold of the long-han-
died shovel, wherewith they are wont
TO shovel, he struck his elbow upon
the wall of the shaft wherein he stood,
and he poured the earth and the
broken rock against the back of hIs
neck.
And he waxed exceedingly wroth.
| And he tried even yet again, and
behold! the handle of the shovel be.
came entangled between his legs, and
he filled his ear nigh full of decompos.
ed slate and the porphyry which is in
that region round about.
And he wist not why it was SO.
Now, after many days the .shovel
ers with their shovels, and the pick
ers with their picks, and the blaster.
with their blasts, and the holster;
with their hoists, banded themselve
together, and each said to his fellow
Gnto! Let us strike. And the,
stroke.
| And they that strake were as tn
sands Of the sea for multitude, ant
they were terrible as an army wit
banners. 1851
! And they blew upon the rams hor
and the coronct, and sacbut, and tn
alto horn, and the flute and has
drum.
Now, it came to pass that til
younger son joined not with ther
which did strike, neither went he ou
to his work. nor on the highway, les
at any time they that did strik
should fail upon him and -ffatten hi,
out, and send hlm even unto his HON
packed in ice, which is even after til
fashion of that people.
And hc began to be IN want.
And he went and joined himse
unto a citizen of the country; and /
sent him into the lunch room to fin
tourists.
And he fain would have filled hin
self up with the adamantine cookie
and the indestructible pie and vulcal
lied sandwiches which the touris
did cat.
And no man gave unto him.
! And when he came to himself
=. said: How many hired servants ha
my father on the farm with bre.
enough and to spare, and / peri'
with hunger. rz
And he resigned his position in Il
lunch business and arose and we
unto his father.
But when he. was yet a great WI
off he telegraphed to his father to k
the old cow and make merry, for b
hold he had struck it rich, and 4
old maA paid for the telegram.
Now, the elder son was in the nor
field plowing with a pair of ball
, mules, and when he came and drt
nigh TO the house heard music al
I dancing.
And he couldn't seem to wot w
these things were thus.
And he took the hired girl by t
ear and led her away, and asked ht
whence cometh this unseeinly hlarit
And she smote him with the pa
of her hand and said: "This is t
s. brother come. and was dead and
alive again." and they began to ha
Il high old time.
And the elder son kicked even
the government mule kicketh, aid
was hot under the collar, and
gathered up an armful Of profan
= and flung it in among the guests, q
got him up and girded his loins a
lit out.
And he got linn to one learned
the law, and he replevied the ent
ranch whereon they were, togetl
with all and singular the heredi
ments, right, title, franchise, esta
both in law and in equity, toget
with all dips, spurs, angles. croo
/ variations, leads, veins of gold or
yer ore, mill-sites, dam-sites, tlum
and each and every Of them firmly
these presents.
And 1t was SO.
THE PARABLE OF THE UNJUST sTEwA
Now, there was certain rich .
in those days, who kept large
ON the American plan.