The Osceola times., 1881-11-12
A Eal,le.

There they stood in glittering rows
Just as the tinsmith had finished them.
The quart measures felt themselves 10
be twice as important rs the pints, the
half gallons deposited all the rest.
I'VE are the largest" said the gallons
10 another. And each was pleased with
himself, for he thought there could be
no;hing bigger than gallon.
Pretty soon young grocer came TO
ook at the tinware. lie had little new
shop, little new wife, the very littlest
new baby, and now he wanted a new
gallon measure. Because" said he,
everything ought TO match"
While he looked at the measures the
sunlight streamed in upon them and
made one shine like silver.
That looks the newest" said the gro
Ger; so he bought ii aud carried it home
to the other new things.
In the little shop stood an oil tank with
a spigot in it, and the measure was
placed under the spieot.
Good graciousw thought the gallon,
what very responsible positionp
look outl down there" exclaimed
spigot; 'here is drop"
"Have the goodness TO remember that
| am a whole gallon" said the measure
angrily. 81 measure all, contain all and
know all"
Good" answered the spigot, "Look
out for the drop" And it let one fall
into the measure, tinkl
"Therel how much is that" asked the
spigot.
1T is less than gallon" returned the
measure.
This is great fur" said the grocer, and
he went on measuring the time which
must pass before he could build little
new cottage. The new wife mt asured
the hours while the grocer had to be in
his shop, and the new baby measured
new inches.
Indeed, 80 much measuring was done
that the newness flew away somewhere.
"Now. ! am getting dull, " thought the
gallon, "and what is the use of il all ?
What | know ! know, and knew it at
first. There is just gallon of every
thing and no more"
The grocer became dull, too. for he
agreed with the gallon.
The baby was now old enough to play
in the shop. lie watched his father
closely, and dealt out bits of straw and
thimblefuls of sand to imaginary Gus
toners, He liked best, however, TO see
the ois measured
81 can do that myself" he thought;
and he waited until his father went out
of the shop. The spigot turned very
hard, and the oil flowed slowly.
"That takes too long" said the baby.
Then he got chair and climbed up to
the top of the tank with the gallon meas
ure in his hand. The oil was so low that
he had to reach down, and the measure
fell into the tank.
"Umph" thought the measure, at
doesn't matter. There is nothing more
to be learned. ] know all and contain
ALL"
The oil, however, kept running in at
one side, and in moment the measure
sank to the bottom. This was a surprise.
There was oil upon every side he was
lost in oil.
''IIallol' said the spigot, which came
through here also, what do you think
of this2"
1T is wonderful exclaimed the meas
ure. There is something more than a
gallon"
/ He could not understand it, but some
/ times one has TO believe.
] Just then the grocer came back. He
/ boxed the baby and Sshed out the meas
ure, which he wiped with a clcth and
set under the spigot again.
"You are wrong" said a friend who
had come in with the grocer, "there il
more in tho world than you believe"
"Humbugw growled the grocer. Wha
there is, there is, and that is the whole
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| all can know"
"Now that" thought the gallon, 'ii
Just what begin to doubt"