The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-03-06
The Sneak Game-A Frog Story.
RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED TO THE TEMPERANCE
REPUBLICANS OF CECIL COUNTY.

hESfECIFULLH DEDICATED To The IEMPEkANCl
REPUBLICANS OF CECIL COUNTY.
For the MIDLAND JOURNAL
Once upon time there dwelt in certain POND
peculiar breed offrogs they were very well bret
and some of them were educated and religious
and as a reward for their several merits, Musti
the god of Frogdom, had bestowed upon them the
gift of speech.
The frogpond was adjacent to, and part of,
great lake, which at the time of which 1 an
writing, was presided over by an honorable, high
minded Christian frog named Longdust. In one
corner of the pond was town called Gully
] Gluch, in which dwelt great big dutch frog
named Lordust, who kept place where he sold g
| liquid called "slimy sum-
| Now the majority of the frogs living in the
pond, after much praying and preaching and
| that "slimy sum' should not be sold within the
it made the frogs who drank it, idle and worth
less, and set many of them to fighting, and giving
vent to horrid croakings which sounded like
drunken oaths, moreover it destroyed the young
tadpoles, thus threatening the frog race with
that he did not care for laws, he was Anarkist
to do 'tjes 'wot he dam-ples."
But after Lordust had carried on this way for
some time he was arrested and tried before the
Court for selling "slim slum'' contrary to law. A
jury consisting of twelve SOBER honest frogs tried
the offending Lordust and found him guilty. The
Judge sentenced him to be tied hand and foot
and put astride forked stick. A big crane then
took the stick III her mouth and conveyed it to a
bnIa In, fla ndc Into bic dor hn1o
she dropped the frightened and trembling Lor-
dust Nine moons the judge had decided the fat
old frog was to founderin the hole ere he could
return to Gully Gluch.
1t was shortly after the condemnation of Lor-
dust that the great and good Longdust was elect
ed to the throne. His majority in the pond was
not large, and some of the leaders of his party
attributed this result to the absence of Lordust
Alas" some were heard to exclai1n, chad Lor
dust been allowed to manipulate in his blind
tiger at Gully Gluch, instead of being sent to
languish in the Deep dark hole, we might have
done much better, for Lordust could have made
Shiny slum' votes for us, and we good Christians
could have pretended that we knew not whence
the help came; an acted lie does not count with
our Musti."
So after while petition was circulated in
missed their g Shiny sum-" and for this reason
mourned the absence of Lordust. Then a secret
council was held, and one who had been loud
croaker for the sanity Longdust, was despatched
to interview him in the capital city, situated in
the midst of the lake. This leading frog was not
very extensive as to length, but his width was
marvellous to behold, and his croak |
could be heard from one end of the pond to the |
other So when he was admitted into the pres
ence of the mighty Longdust and croaked forth |
his story, the gracious ruler pricked up his ears
and promised to give due heed unto the coming
petition.
Who can Imagine the Joy of tordust when the
crane was sent to fetch him from the dark hole,
and PUNK him into the midst of Gully Gluch?
There he was received by his fellow frogs with
most SOLDERING effuslveness, and restored to his
business, his social standing, aul also to his
1onored place in the party of great moral reforms.
Other frogs in the pond had also been found
guilty of "slimy sum- selling, and had been sent
% the "hole' in consequence, but one of them
vas an enemy to Longdust, and the other had the
to be born with black stripe down
his back. Poor froggies they will have to stay
n the hole. QUIZ Box.