Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1899-09-11
FABLES UP TO DATE.
Wisdom of a Kansas Canine and the
Folly of a Squirrel.


"A Kansas squirrel, hunting for a 10
catfcn for winter home. spied d corn
stalk and said to his rIate: Here is
beautiful green and lofty tree. Let
us build cur nest among the branches
and lay away cur winter store and en-
joy ourselves until the spring comel5
again, gentle Annie" But the squir-
rel's mate, who was younger and had
better eyesight, remarked: TREE,
you fool; that is no tree; that is a
cornstalk. If we build our nest in its
branches the farmer who is running
this ranch will come strolling along
with his ak in the course of a couple
OF weeks and cut it down, and we will
be busted community, so to speak"
But the older squirrel was one of the
sort who thought he knew it all and
didn't propose to take any advice. He
said he thought if he was personally
acquainted with himself that he knew
a tree when he saw it, and also that
he could tell the difference between
tree and cornstalk when they came
within range of his vision. And the
aged squirrel would net take the ad-
vice of his younger and keener eyed
partner, but went right on up and
built his nest in the upper branches OF
the cornstalk. Two weeks after that
the farmer came into the field with his
ak and chopped Down the stalk of corn
where the squirrel, who thought he
knew it all, had built his nest, and
when the stalk fell the squirrel was
crippled by the fall so that he died
And as he was about to breathe his
last he feebly said: IF l had been
content to take a little friendly advice
and not try to- locate SO high up in the
world 7 n1icrh.f hoUA hoon 1iTrin in
comfort on yonder cottonwood"
A small deg which was allowed to
sleep in the house, was being guyed by
a huge mastiff, who figured that he
was about the most accomplished
watch dog who had ever come down
the pike. That night a gang of burg |
lars entered the house where the mas
tiff kept watch. The mastiff, as was
his custom, made MO noise, but when |
The burglars came in he made a run
ming jump for the head burglar But |
the burglars were fixed for him and /
while the mastaff was trying to get at !
the burglar the second stuck a long
knife into the dog and killed him too
lead to skin. As the dog hadn't said
4 word the family slept on and the
burglars helped themselves uadisturb-
I'd to the diamonds of the daughter of
he house and a couple of thousand in
ash which the Kansas man who
owned the house hadn't had tina to
deposit in the bank before closing
lime the evening before. And the
anne night the gang undertook to rob
he house where the small cur dog
stayed, but the small canine, hearing
he burglars, ccmmenced to- howl and
ark so h0ud that he reused the family
Ind also woke a policeman who was
Numbering near by. The head of the
'anily, aroused by the nose, arose
md emptied the contents CT a large
louble barreled shot gun into the per-
On OF the chief burglar and the pc
iceman whose sleep bad been disturb
ID by the noise, caught another burg
ar before he could get away.
Moral-This fable teaches that some 3
lines the individual who gets up and
norts and makes a great noise may
ut more ice than the person who :