The daily gazette., 1883-10-02
GAME ON ARARAr.
The had ROy's Idea OF the Noah,au
DeIuge.
milwaukee Sun.1

MILWAUKEE, sun.
u don't see how it ia that the minister II
down on you so," said the grocery man.
HE was IN here this morning 10 get trusted
for q number three mackerei, and he said
he would walk around block any time
rather than meet you, because you asked
him so many questions that he couldn't
answer. What have you been asking him
la.ely?"
HOh, only wanted to get a little light on
yachting. He is paid salary TO enlighten
bis congregation and he always wants us 70
ask questions, but lately he has turned me
away with soft answer. asked him II he
didn't think Mount Ararat would have been
a boss place to hunt just after Captain Noah
turned all the game loose, and the water
was high so you could sneak right up
on to elephants, and tigers, and chipmunks,
and fox squirrels, and the minister, who had
been telling pa what boss time he had last
winter hunting deer up In Michigan, got
offended and told pa he had better dismiss
me with boot. ! don't know as it would
be any more harm to hunt deer on Mount
Ararat along about z, ,S40 years B. G. than II
would now, though they might have had a
game law that would protect the game on
account OF their being only limited supply.
But suppose the game would have been
very poor, cause 1t had been shut up In the
1fh y lOuR tiue WlbnOub iOOu, anu the cap
tain of the ark full of bug juice"
"Hold on now, my boy, don't be bearing
false witness against thy neighbor," said
grocery man, horrined at the remarks OF the
boy. "There is no record that Noah had
anything to drink on the ark. Give Noah
his Que, whatever you do"
"Well, maybe you are right, but as un-
derstand it he had a terrible appetite for in.
toxicating fluid on shore, and one would
suppose f he didn't have bar on the yacht
he would have strapped couple of jugs Oh
the mules when they went aboard, and he
must have known 1t was going to be long
and tedious cruise and very lonesome, and
If he had anything stimulating on board be
took nip occasionally. And you couldn't
blame him. Everybody's appetite Is better
when sailing, and Noah had to run the boat
night and day, and 1t wouldn't be strange II
he spliced the main brace. By lingo,
should think that Noah would have got sick
of managerie and been mighty glad when
he struck the top Of the mountain and
turned them loose, and when the water
went down, and the animals went sliding
down hill, falling over each other to find a
good place to nibble grass, 1t must have
been picnic to Noah. But what do you
suppose the lions found to eatl They live
on meat, and as there were only two AMI
mails Of kind they had to wait until come
more small animals could be raised before
they could eat, cause If they eat any ami
NAL that settled it, and there wouldn't
never be any of those animals on earth.
Say, don't you think those lions had pretty
good control over their appetites not to
make mincemeat Of the other animalsl How
do you account for the fact that that all
those animals lived without anything to
eat 2"
"Oh, don't know. You make me tired.
i don't wonder the minister can't get along
with you. Maybe Noah took along fresh
meat enough to last the lions year and
baled hay for the elephants and girsffes and
cattle. Fix it any way you want to. Darned
If know anything about IT," said the gro
Gerry man.