Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-09-03
Wise Savings.

A maid in the East used to say:
Society is like a dish A wise man
once heard these words and said:
Fair maid, what do you meanp
Sir" said the maid, ''if you wish to
know what L mean you must have din
ner with me-" Agreed" said the
wise man. The maid laid before the
sage plates of salt, pepper, fish, and
other articles, each by itself. He could
eat none of these. Last of all the
maid brought dish of curried fish,
and the sage had his dinner. "But
where is the meaning of your saying?"
said the sage. 81 have explained it, -
said the maid. 81 don't see it." said
the sage. why" said the maid,
'you would not eat the salt, the pep
per, the fish, each by itself; but when
they came together you had your dim
ner." "You are quite right, fair maid, ="
said the philosopher; "the salt is the
witty man, the pepper the tart man,
the fish the dull man, and all together,
make the social man. There is phil
osophy in the kitchen!'
A despot in the East once said to his
fawning courtiers: "He that goes
around my kingdom in the shortest
possible time shall have one of these
gems" A courtier went around the
king and said: ''Sire, may | have the
prize?" How sop said the king.
"Why, you are the kingdom, are you
not?" said the courtier. The despot
was so well pleased with the courtier
that he gave him both gems. The
other courtiers said, in a whispers:
''Flatterers prey upon fools"
One day king in the far East was
seated in the hall of justice. A thief
was brought before him; he inquired
into his case and said he should re-
ceive one hundred lashes with a CATO
nine tails. Instantly he recollected
an old Eastern saying: ''What we do
to others in this birth, they will do to
us in the next" and said to his minis
ter: 81 have a great mind to let this
thief go quietly, for he is sure to give
me these one hundred lashes in the
next birth" Sire" replied the min
lister, 81 know the saying you refer to
is perfectly true, but you must under
stand that you are returning to the
thief in this birth what he gave you in
the last" The king was perfectly
pleased with this reply, says the story,
and gave his minister rich present.
A man in the East, where they co
not require as much clothing as in
colder climates, gave up all worldly
concerns and retired to wood, where
he built hut and lived in it. His only
clothing was piece of cloth which he
wore round his waist. But, as luck
would have it, rats were plentiful in
the wood, so he had to keep a cat. The
cat required milk to keep it, so COW
had to be kept. The cow required
tending, so a cowboy was employed.
The boy required house to live in, so
house was built for him. To look
after the house a maid had to be en-
gagged. 10 provide company for the
maid few more houses had to be bailt
and people invited to live in them. In
this manner a little township sprang
up. The man said: "The farther we
seek to go from the world and its car IS
the more they multiply.'
Once the hammer said to the anvil:
Il can strike harder than you can
bear" The anvil replied: 81 can bear
harder than you can strike; try The
hammer redoubled its energy and the
anvil was as firm as ever. Hold on,
gentlemen said the iron that had got
between the two, ''the world gains by
it. ''Quite right said the furnace,
in his own abrupt style, ''Vie and win;
competition is the secret of the world S
success. Philadelphia Nea0S.