The Labor enquirer., 1886-02-13
sl5,(fnn fpr Ths inquirer.
BLAND OF NEERGO OBAD.
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lnsroauesion.

s s perhaps Jonathan Swift was tne
sblest and most accurate historian Of
I Two centuries past His accounts OF the
travels of that celebrated explorer Cap.
tain Gulliver. is marvel Of exactness,
every fact being confirmed by later ex-
plorers. But while Swift, the chronicler,
died, the discoveries went right on
Z Captain Gulliver was the first in long
line of explorers. He impaired the
love Of adventure to his son, and gave
The benefit Of the experience and facts
nined, besides the record ofyoyages in
~ logbook.
This son made VOYAGES to all the lands
discovered by his father. sailing first to
LiIliput, returning by way Of Luegnagg'
Balnibarbi, GIubbdnbbdribb, Brobdig-
nag and the land of the Houghnhnms.
Alter making new discoveries he, IN
{ his turn, bequeathed to his son all the
records. This representative of the fam
ily discovered the island of Meowgow-
marier, the land of Communlstic Felines,
and other less important countries.
Each descendant made new discoveries,
all of which are well known.
The E Eoughnhnms became nearly exz
tinct on account of the ravages of the
Yahoos, who grew 50 fierce, that scarcely
b
vessel has landed there since l735, to
get information. Brobdingnag, how
eyer. ntt being so remote, has become
we'll known, and Captain William GULL
yer is now located there. He considers
it q convenient base of operations. This
country was located by Swift as q penin'
sula off the coast of Oregon; but in re-
ality it is an island several hundred
miles from the coast.
Very little intercourse is held between
Brobdingnag and America, because men
seyenty-two feet tall find it inconveni-
emit to stop at our hotels; and Ameri-
cans run the risk of being stepped on,
when they go over there, The cable to
Brobdinpnag does fair business, how
ever. ta ...,-
The researches of the t5ulliver family
began about the year 1899. For some
reason, very little information of their
discoveries has been circulated for over
100 years, no doubt owin, to the lack of
a acompetent historian. shall attempt
the task, which should never have been
neglected by Mr.. Swift's descendants.
HadsI any show of success, l would
claim him for an ancestor, as that would
be a big card. might claim to be re-
incarnation of J. Swift himself, and no
one could prove the contrary. But l
will not for two reasons: First, L cannot
prove it and secondly. Mr.. Swifts mind
was clouded entirely for about five
years previous to his death, and l might
be suspected of beginning right where
he left of. advise all who are about to
be reincarnated to study carefully into
the record of the famous party whose
essence they propose to embody.
Captain Gulliyer stands we'll in the
favor of the president of Brobdingnag,
and occupies a comfortable but not ex'
pensive villa in one Of the sea coast
towns. His house is marked by a long
clothes-pole placed in the ground, bear
ing sign that informs the bulky in
hab1tants that the English explorer
lives below, and must not be acci
dentalIy struck by boot or cartwheel
The American press, with its inherent
malice, ascribes to Captain Gullivel
mercenary motives in stopping at Brob
dingnag, averring that an average dinne1
of healthy Brobdinenagian will stock
his ship for six months. and is furnished
free by the president. This is totally
at variance with the disposition of th'
captain, so we must conclude that
jealousy is the cause Of the slander.
= Although the captain loves American
institutions, he has not grown demo
cratic enough to renounce the title con
ferred upon his family by George Ill
and insists upon being called Barol
Gulliver. He is close observer of En-
glish and American politics, and hi
cherished obje.t is to introduce our sys
tenn into the countries discovered by hi
forefathers, also any he may himsel
discover. He had great hopes of tn
Yahoos, but tie system of treating eacl
other with stimulanfs being among tn
first attempted, the natural ierceness o
the species was so aroused by stronl
LIQUOR, that the last OF the milo
Houghnhnms were overcome and wipes
out in 1923.
CHAPTER 1.
On April /, 1886, Captain Gullive
started on voyage of fexploration, head
ing forahe South Pacific Ocean. H
sailed south for thirty days in fal
weather wher gale struck his vesse
and they drifed helplessly for severa
days. One morning while the crev
were at breab fast, 8 squall struck tn
sloop with such force as to drive her OF
her beam end, her bow and half th'
vessel submerged with stern in mid-air
In this awkward position she driftec
that night upon an unknown coast, Th'
jib boom frrt struck the beach anc
stuck in the sand, as might have beer
expected of vessel in that predicament
The force of The gale carried the hui