Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1884-10-10
How II Worked.

King Lcvvilhed, rs everybody knows.
was the mighty ruler who rcigncd over
the people of Quellcpart for 50 many
! peaceful years. King Lcyvilhcd took II
fatherly interest in the welfare Of his
subjects, and was ever on the alert 10
discover some new plan for their we'll
| being.
| King Levvilhed went in and out
among his people rs though hr were
one of them instead of being their
sovereign, and no injury could come 10
any, no injustice could be done. and no
opportunity could arise for anchor
ating the condition Of even the mean
est of the population, without the good
| King knowing il, and Immediately the
injury was healed, the injustice was
removed and the opportunity Mailed
| of
In travelling to and fro, King Lcyyil-
he'd had noticed one very peculiar cir
| cumstance. II was this that by some
| sinister fortune the person. best fitted
for positions of trust and responsibility
were never found therein, and that the
| persons most skillful in one occupation
were invariably employed in an occu-
patton quite dissimilar. Everybody
held place which everybody else
would have more highly adorned, and
everybody could perform better what
was vainly attempted by another.
At the thcatcr King Lcyyilhed ascer-
| tanned, by mingling amongst the critics
in the audience, that the actors were
one and all lamcntable failures, and
while the King was saddencd ut learn
ing this fact, Inc was. on the other hand,
| much pleased to know that there were
so many fine actors amongst the critics.
The King afterwards asccrtained that
these critics, while being good actors,
were very inferior critics In short.
they We're the least competent persons
that could possibly have been found for
that vocation. This fact King Leyyil-
he'd got fr ON the actors, in whom the
critical faculty, rs they took occasion
to impress upon his majesty, was
especially acute.
And so it was in every department Of
art, science and business enterprise.
The works Of the most distinguished
artists of his realm had their defects
pointed out by hundreds who, could the
brush have been put into their hands,
would have painted faultlessly; the
men who spent their lives cropping after
the secrets of nature were laughed ut
and ridiculed by the many who knew
all those secrets iutuitiyely; and the
man at the head of commercial or
manufacturing establishment could
have learned wisdom, and he would,
from the chore boy hired only three
days gone.
This grievous state Of things caused
King Levyilhed to ponder long and ear
nestly, that he might rectify it. lie
felt that it would not only rebound 10
the happiness of all for each TO BIO
placed where he properly belonged.
but it would also be of incalculable ben
eft to his kingdom and increase the
wealth and prosperity thereof should
the right man everywhere be put in the
right place.
NTherefore, on certain day, King
Levvilhed made proclamation that all
his subjects, whatever their place, post
or position, should forsake their several
callings simultaneously and meet upon
a great plain, where the King would
meet them and give to each man the
place for which he felt himself best
fitted
This plan seemed good to King Lev
vilhead, and he straightway set about
to put it to the trial. The people for
sock their occupations, as commanded,
and gathered together upon the great
plain in the presence of the King; but
when the people were asked TO choose
that for which they were best fitted, it
was found that each could do every
thing excellently excepting that branch
of industry in which he was already en-
gagged
Here was dilemma the King had
not foreseen, and he knew not what to
do. It is true that each one of his
many subjects thought himself peculi-
arly fitted for editing newspaper, but
it was, Of course, quite out Of the ques-
ton that all should become journalists.
A kingdom composed entirely of news
paper writers would be altogether too
peaceful.
The King was quite oyerpowered by
the versatility of his subjects. and there
is no knowing how ever he could have
got out of the predicament in which he
found himself, had not his Prime Min
lister, the sagacions Blundcrwell, whis-
pered a word Of counsel into the royal
ear.
King Leyyilhed was pleased with tho
advice of his Prime Minister, and COM
manded that everybody 90 back TO the
occupation he had forsaken.
And it was so.-B0ston Transcript