Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-09-24
THE SOCIAL WORLD.

In previous issue of the SUNDAY GLOBE
an attempt was made by the society bard
to sing in praise of the enchanting pas
sion or malady recognized by mankind at
large as love, and in order that the lofty
theme might not be made to appear odious
the muse tricked out her Offering to the
dulcet measures of the Tyre. The object in
view was to cast some informing light on
the inquiry of certain young. sprig
who had become entangled in the meshes
of the fair syren, and whose pathetic
epistolary wall called for sympathy.
Imagine then, gentle reader, the surprise
occasioned on receipt of an intended re-
buke from this snarling crank. whose es-
thetic feelings were all torn up. because
forsooth, the verse was not pitched to the
sonorous march of Alexandrine verse, as
if the flame of true poesy does not kindle
with equal warmth at the altar of the less
sounding but more gay and sprightly SON.
net.
The petulant complaint of this superb an
imal may best be hkened to the ingrati-
tude illustrated by the adventure of a
mOss-backed turtle and sand-hill crane.
The fable runs that on a bright summer
morning near the classic banks of White
Bear lake, a sand-hill crane while indulg-
lug in his daily peregrinations CHANGED to
stumble on hard-shelled Baptist turtle,
which had been summing himself on one of
the breezy uplands that abound therea-
bouts. Now it is a we'll known fact that
howeveriamiable the qualities of head and
heart of this noble bird he will never be
prosecuted on account of his beau
ty, and when false step
brought his long, lonesome limbs in con-
tact with the turtle. the latter dashed his
wings, as it were. and CRASHED his teeth
with rage, alleging that no one!but lank
legged and ill-mannered goosa would have
the gall to disturb the meditations of such
a highly respectable party as the turtle,
saying at the same time many rash and
rude things in derision of the intruder's
legs. The next day small boy mean
| dered near the castle of the turtle. and
upon coming across the latter he without
ado tossed him into scrub-oak grove. in
the meshes of which he became sadly
| tangled.
The same morning the meek-hearted
and greatly derided crane, while enjoying
his walk, was attracted to the grove by the
cries of some creature i'll distress. and
what was his surprise on going thither,' to
behold his old enemy, the turtle. who had
become fastened in a sapling, and for the
life of him could find no release. There
upon the turtle cried out. on beholding
he of the majestic legs, ''come thou, most
gentle and comely crane, and with thy long
legs release me from misfortune. or 1
perish"
Gentle reader, is it necessary to say that
this was not a Sunday school good little
boy kind of crane. that he was not even a
hypoeritical or Mosaic order of crane; that
he was merely natural sand-hill snipe
after all and that he didn't go to the rescue
of that crawfishing snapper worth cent,
but rather on behoiding his ungrateful en-
envy up tree che played the part of the
cold, cruel world and let him hang there
as laughing stock of ingratitude. 1t is
only necessary to add that there are a
great many species of the genus snapper,
and that they don't all wear hard shell
overcoats. either.
The small boy having thrown summer
buster and picnic vest, the late property
of the chief of this sanctum, into the poet
ical hopper, we find produced the follow
lag distaff on the season, which is regard
ed as being very intense and utter consid-
ering the source:
Now doth the young mans shirt-front heave
high with joy and pride.
As he leads his winsome lassie through the mazes
of the glide;
Soon will the school-boy tarry as he throws his
books aside,
To indulge the sweet illusions of an old-time
4-s@ fashion slide;
And soon, alas, his papa will uplift on high the
| lance,
To investigate the padding in young hopeful's
winter pants.
| The above touching effusiOn while ner-