The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1890-12-26


same privilege or are subject TO the
penalty seemed to be nm open question,
NJ few persons cure TO wade through the
snow. TO climb mountain, or even to take
up their abode Ia wood, IN order to
listen 60 their discoursos. Even with re.
spect to domestic animals everything has
not hitherto been rendered ns clear as
we should ike It to be- For example, a
village priest was kind enough TO furnish
us with the following story, which was
written down ut once, % much IA pos.
sible in his own words. IL Is u sin TO
listen to what the animals say, and 1t
always brings i'll luck. a farm servant
from distance did not believe the story
"a sin which, it mny be feared, was
shared both by the present writer and
his informant. Still he retained such
half belief MS induced him to hide him
self in the stable The two horses which
il contained talked to each other as fol-
lows: 1--WE shall have hard work to do
this day week" Eyes the servant is
heavy" "And the way to the church
yard is long and steep" The man took
to his bed and died. He was buried that
day week. Here we have at least the
Christian idea Of a sin that Is punished
"a little too heavily, one is inclined to
think-but what ace we to say to the
following story. which was told in the
Slav dialect of Calnioa by Il travelling
workman. mt once translated into Ger
man and noted down. The story was
read aloud in rough German, which was
translated almost sentence by sentence
to the narrator, who firmly believed in
the truth Of the tale, and corrected by
him in one or two small points, which
were directly altered. It is evidently a
far older. or rtlcast more authentic, YER
sion than the last:
HOW TO nEAR TIE ANIMALS TALK.
No one cG-i hear the animals talk IN
less he has boots with nine soles and
fern leaves in them. There was Il farm
servant Ginecht) in the Gail Thai who
had a pair of very strong shoes made,
which were afterward frequently re-
paired, 40 that they had the requisite
number Of soles, though he dill not
know it. FIe lived in loft above ast;,ll
where two oxen wcrckept, and between
the loft and stall there was II trap door
Which he often left opcu. One Christ
mas eve he went to visit II girl with
whom he was ia love in village aboat
mile and half away. TIE path led
through wood. in which there were Il
great number of ferns, He stad TOO
long, and fastened back in such hurry
that he did not stop to fasten his boots,
the laces of which had become loose. Ii
is to be supposed that this was the rea-
son why some fern leaves got into them
AS soon as he had reached the loft he
heard great lamentation below. and
called through the traphole to ask what
was the matter. AS no answer was
given he put out his lantern. but re.
manned standing. "What are you com
planning about asked voice below
"Why should not complain, answered
a second voice, when in six months
; am to be slaughtered THAT is quite
| true, but have better reason tc
! lament, for shall be slaughtered in two
: days for u funeral feast, and you in si1
months for Il marriage. which is better.
who will die. them "Our mistress.
"How?" You know she has a cat that
always sits beside her at meals and eat
out of her plate. Tomorrow there viii
a be a great dinner, and the cat will COM
t as usual, but she will be angry and pual
/, it roughly away. 1t will spring TO tn
/ + top of the stoves there it will stay for
t time, bat when the soup is brought in i
j. will jump down upon the table aat
e from thence over the tureen aal its mis-
e tress' head. In doing this it will let
q hair fall, and that hair will choke her.
y Here Jhe conversation ended. Mex
q morning the servant looked gloon,
5 among his iovial fellows, and his mas
o ter asked him what was the matter
y For long time he refused to reply, bu
T at last he entreated his master to hav
$ the cat killed at once. 1t was no us
{. telling Il story that nobody would I've
}, lieve, he said, but his whole name
# made such an impression on the propgi
e etor that he consented to his request
Il The wife, however. said she was fon
e of the cat; it had been long in the house
= and if it We're killed for mere fame
. she herself would go away, Everything
s. of course, happened exactly us tine oSe
e had foratold In six months the maste
e married again, and said: II don't lik
e to see that OK; it used to draw with on
II that was slaughtered at my first wife
l. funeral. Have it killed for dinner.
s. One does not quite envy the weddin
It guests their beef. This was not how
Is ever, the moral the narrator drew froi
lie the story. He said: Zone can see ho'
N much more cattle know than ore thinks
ID if the servant had not happened 70 hay
re fern leaves in his boots they would hay
il spoken just as they did, and nobod
would have known anything about it,
We for our part can only leave the stor
r. to those who are interested in such ma
to tiers, in the hope that it will not pro,
e. as indigestible as the beef was likely
TT be.-London Saturday Review.