The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-05-21

A VISIT TO THE MOON.

- VOL ~ lHE MOON.
What Little Ellie Saw and Heard Daring
Trip Through Ciondland.
There is the home Of the man in the
moon" said little Elites guide. who
was showing her the wonders i'm cloud
land. and he pointed toward large and
artistically shaped mountain that
looked like agreat and beautiful palace.
As they came near. she saw in front
of large hole in the side of the noun.
tain. shaped like n door. an enormous
man. Ellie thought he must be at least
fifty feet high. He was dressed i'm a
long. brown coat. which reached to his
knees: ON his legs were long blue stock
ings, and purple trunks. Ills shoes
Were ornamented with buckles. his cap
was blue and cut to point in front,
while long ambcr-colored feather
which tioated up from it showed that
he was little bit vain of his personal
appearance. Ills head was very, very
large. forming at least one-third of his
whole height. The face was round and
full and very jolly-looking, a slight
droop to the left cyelid giving his eyes
such a quaint. sly look that nobody
who looked at him could possibly help
laughing.
He was sitting down on great heap
Of cheese, having his dinner: and ito
show you what very extraordinary
man he was) he was eating the front of
his own house.
"Hullo.' he shouted. when he saw
n 1T
you here? 1t isn't often that have the
pleasure of speaking to any Earth-chil-
dren. Come here and let me shake
hands with you
lie stopped down and took Elfie's
hand IN his mighty fist and shook II
warmly.
''Sit down, sit down. little one: here
is nice seat. OF course you wish 10
ask questions. 1never knew an Earth.
child who did not. TO right on, and
will tell you all you wish to know
Elfie settled herself comfortably on
the soft cheese seat ready to enjoy her.
self.
I'm the first place." she said. I'D
like to know about some of the things
yon have seen from here. and why do
You look so jolly. please? should have
thought that You would feel more like
crying all the time, for you have to work
80 hard making the new moons. Then
| have read and heard so much of the
misery that there is in the world and
which you must see every night. / can't
understand how yon manage to look so
happy about it.
While Ellie spoke, the Man III the
Moon looked very serious and as she
finished he buried his face i'm his hands.
When he uncovered it the smiling, happy
look had gone.
My little girl, lie said, You have
asked re questions which would take
me lifetime to answer. This. though.
can say-that hire seen a great deal
of trouble, misery and wretchedness
down upon the earth. but ] have seen
also great number OF things to rejoice
at, and to make me glad. Long long
ago, found that to sit down and make
myself miserable about things that /
could not help did me no possible good:
and that ono who does SD only cripples
his powers for usefulness. by being
bright and cheerful | have made many
people happy. and kept my own heart
young. You-and others-might re-
member this.
AS for my working SO hard making
me cry, can tell You that the very best
help toward making contented mind
is to work-work Not. ccr-
tainlv. to toll on forever with no rests
for play or pleasure, but =; no some-
thing every day. have always found
that when sit down to rest with the
knowledge that have accomplished
something. | am always the happier for
it and enjoy myself much better.
And ms for the things have seen. l
could, as you may well believe, tell you
more stories about the things that have
happened under my light, than you
could get into the biggest story-book
that was ever written.''-St. Nicholas.
4 Disastrous Expedition.