Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1889-01-16
The Protectionist.
CUT THE NOSE OFF.

The Democratic party for many
years has been playing the apple and
pear doctors trick. This is the
story: Three poor old soldiers had
each in his turn been kind 70 "a man
in little red jacket" To one he
gave an old cloak, telling him that
whenever he put it over his should.
ers anything that he wished for
would be fulfilled To another he
gave a purse, which he told him was
always full of gold, let him draw as
much as he would To the third
soldier he gave a wonderful horn
that drew crowds around it when
ever IT was played, and made every
one forget his business to come and
dance. A beautiful but very cum
ming and artful princess, heard OF
their wonderful possessions, and in.
vited the soldier with the purse to
visit her. She made him drunk with
wine and exchanged his purse for
one Just like it. When the soldier
with the cloak heard of the betrayal
of his companion he wished himself
in the chamber of the princess,
There he found her counting the
gold out of the purse and tried to
secure it, but the princess raised
such CRY that the whole court got
after him, and to escape he jumped
out of the window but his coat caught
IN a hook, and the princess secured
the second prize. Then the third
soldier blew blast from his horn
and a countless number of foot and
horse came rushing 10 their aid. But
the princess, with her maid, visited
the camp disguised, and while the
princess sang beautiful songs she
winked to the maid, who slipped in
20 a tent and. secured the horn, and
the soldiers were now done for.
They wandered off into the woods,
picking up living as best they could.
They became separated, and one OF
them seeing a tree laden with beau
tiful apples plucked and ate first one,
then a second, then a third apple.
A strange feeling came over his nose,
and his nose began to grow until II
reached the ground, and finally
stretched its enormous length all
through the wood. His two friends
at a great distance stumbled over it,
and feeling sure after an examina-
ton that 1t was nose. followed it
up, and at last found their poor COM
panion st tretched along under the
apple tree. The 'little man in the
red Jacket" did not desert them, but
appeared and said laughing 'Why,
how now my friend Well, 1 must
find cure fo you" So he told
them to gather pear from a tree
that grew close by, and the nose
would come all right again. No
time was lost and the nose was soon
its proper size. 81 viii do more for
you" said the little man. 'aGo to
the princess and get her to eat some
of your apples her nose will grow
twenty times as long as yours did
then look sharp, and you will get
what you want of her" The plan
succeeded, and the princess, nose
grew to the ground, out at the win
dow, over the garden, and nobody
knows where The king promised
riches and honor to whoever woulC
heal her. The soldier doctor ap
peared, chopped up a very little O.
the pear and gave her, Next day
came, and the nose was little small
Ter. Then, to keep her under hi
care, he gave her another dose Of ap
pie. The next day the nose was a
bad as it was before "My goot
lady," said the doctor, "somethin,
works against my medicine, and i
too strong for it you have stolel
goods about you, and if you do no
give them back, 1 can do nothing 10
you" But the princess denied il
Then he went to the king and told
him now the matter stood, who com
manded his daughter to send bac
the cloak, the horn and the purse
This was done and then enough pea
was given to the princess to brin,
the nose back all right, and the so
diers went on their way rejoicing.
So 1t is with the Democratic party
/ 1t had on hand for use a little Pre-
tective tariff pear and a big stock O
free trade apples, and when the free
trade nose grew to large as to caus
many to stumble over 1t, they dose,
it with little chopping of the pro
tective pear, so as to bring the nos
back again to its wonted size; bu
as the stock of free trade apples wa