The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-07-09
MARK VAIN ON THE ,,,.
HIS OPINION DIsAGEEEs W.
MONS.

MONS. EE-
Now and then. while va ,-..
watched the laborious ant a. ... r-
/ found nothing new Ia him
nothing TO change my opiufo..
1t seems 10 me that in the mas.
intellect the ant must be a str,r,--r.
rated bird. During mauv sIurrr-.
j have watched him. when ..
have beer IN better business s-.r7, D
not yet seen a living ant ta..
TO have any more sense than a ..-.
l refer TO the ordinary ant. Cf -r.... .-.
have had no experience OF tr...
deTful Swiss and African rr.
vote. keep drilled armies hrr# @
and dispute about religion ~
ticular ants may be ali that fr.--.. ..
ist paints them. but I am -..-
that the average ant is q sham
his industry. of course lie IL .t ---
est working creature IN the
when nybody IS lcokiuE-but r-- r...
erhcadedness Is the point I mal. .--.
INN. lie goes out forgEiug. Ier5--s-
capture, and then what d1es De &C..
home : No: lie goes anywhere .-..-
He dOesn T. know where HON.
home may be only three feet a,-. -.a
matter, he can't find IL. 10
he makes his capture. as 7 1,a-.
1t IS generally something wIici ---
Of no sort Of use to himself orr,
else it is usually seven timrs
than 1t ought to be; hp hunts -. -
awkwardest place tC take hold .+ .'
lifts it bodily up in the air In ~
force. and stdrtS-lOt toward hons. r-
IN the opposite direction urt .... -
and wisely but with a franz.
which Is wasJeiul to his ytrprrr. -5
fetches mp against a pebble. and -
Of going around ii. he climbs .-
backwards, dragging his ba1-,
him, tUmbles down theother sf6- s..-.
mp in a passion, kicks the dus. =. T
clothes, molstens his hands, urrs m.
property yicIOusly, yauks !. d. --
then that, shOveS il ahead of Din. ....
ment. turns tail and il after him
CT moment, gets madder and rr.
then presently hOiSts it into tfe s-
goes tearing away in an eutf~--r -.--
direction comes TO a weed 7--
occurs to him TO 20 around IT,
At the end OF half an hgur he s.-.r.. -
up within six inches of the T...
started from, and lars his burden H-r--
Meantime he has been all rE.- E.
ground for two yards ar1mH --
climbed all the weeds and I.eiE...- e.
came across. Now Ee wipes tr. .---.
from his brow, strokes his lin. -r
then marches aimleSslv on. 5n "a, 81. ..r....
Il hurry as ever. He traverse a --
deal of Zig-Zag country. and B----..-
StumbleS on his same booty ara-r s..
does not remember 10 have ever .-.- +
before he looks around 10 ss. NJ -. /.
not the way home grabs his brra...r
starts. He goes through the -are
, ventures lie had before. finally st.r, p
rest, and a friend comes alur- FL
IDENTIFY the friend remarks tha. r-
years grasshOppeT-leg Is noble
sluon, and inquiries where le En- 7
1 Evidently the proprietor doe, l.. -
member exactly where lie did r.- p
but thinks he got il around h-r. .rz
where. Evidently the friend ..r d. .
TO help him freight il homo Then
1 with judgment peculiarly All. r.-
F not Intentionally. they take l5-T .. ..
I poSite ends of that CTlEsl8Fer .- --
begin 10 tug with ali their llir.- Z. u
poSIte directions. Presently t.-. ..-
. a rest. and confer together They o..
. eide that something j. WI.ug. tf--. Ell.
make out what. Then they d. ..
again, just as before. same ra-.-.
Mutual rcCriminaliouS follow E-
/ IDENTIFY each accuses the other I'd r-r
. an ubStruCtiOuiSt. They warm d.. .a
. the dispute ends in a fight They e
( themselves together and chew enc. .-.
f er'S jaws for awhile. then They uL g.
. tumble on the ground till one loses
horn or leg and has 30 haul uL l.-r
. pairs. They make up and 90 DO gE
again in The same old insane WV. lr
the crippled ant Is at a disa1vs a.-.
/ tug as lie may, the other one dag, .
t the booty and hILl nj ile end of IT, L
. stead OF giving up be hangs oU AMI g.
] his shluS bruised against every U.s.Ir.
. lion that comes in The way. Ey-ar .-.
WREN that GrasshopTer lag has a
dragged all over the same old u-1u
once more. ii is finally dumped a- a.r-
. tie spot where II originally Jay. III
+ two perspiring ants inspect j, thong.
fully and decide that dried -Ia,SIass
legs are a poor sort OF property ai-.ra.
& aud then each Starts OF in l5I.--e.
F direction TO see if he can't ind a7 1
nail or something else that Is o
enough to afford entertainment au.
/ the same time valueless enough 80 -.a.
. an ant want TO own it.