Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1902-07-02

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E3UgSSeE hear have their origin. suppOs
h&zfE&3kN there must have been some reason
- ~ for the origin Of all the common
RS3 80 slang and have concluded to asl
N-sl you for information. For instance
frequently hear the expression, speaking OF certain
communities Of people OF certain crowds, They are
rocky outfit From circumstance was the express
ion derivedl
OF course it is impossible to tell just where th
expression quoted did originate, but it is pOssb,
that it had its origin in ancient mythology.
There is a legend that after men we're created 70
a time they were good lot. There were no racket
or fractions in the partyj no man had snickersne
concealed about his person ready to use in carving
some other fellow; everything was held in common
and one man was just good as another. Th'
hairlipped man was permitted to engage in cOnver
sation The little weazened spindle -shanked, in
significant appearing man stood good chance q
the best and the man with hatfull OF brains lived
no better than the Individual who had not sufcien
intellectual development to direct him to seel
shelter when it rained.
This was called the golden age because every
thing went along in such perfectly lovely manner
After while things began to change. A few in
dividuals who we're smoother than the balanc
began TO assume control Of things and organized al
association Of bosses. Glasses began to appear
some claimed that they we're the upper ten and tina
they should be permitted to loaf while the other
worked. This was called the silver age This wa
followed by the iron age, when few men wanted Il
own the earth and let the balance hang on arOun'
the edges The gods, who bad been living on th
earth up to that time, all sold out and moved away
saying that the political situation was getting to-
tough to suit them Finally Jupiter called meet
ing Of the central committee at his headquarters ant
and invited all the gods who cut any ice to be pres
ent They were all on hand, coming in by th,
Milky way route. Jupiter then announced that tn
IN uaoHo
tired that he had decided to burn the whole busnes
up. One of the other gods suggested that it woulC
be risky to start fire Of that kind on account 0
the fact that Jupiter's own place was mighty dr.!
and was liable to catch FIRE. This god was Bacchus
who intended that bis remarks should be taken as
hint that it was q long time between drinks, bu
Jupiter failed to catch on and took the remark o
Bacchus s,rl0usly. He said that there might b
something in the suggestion, and that it would per
haps be better to drown the world than burn il
He therefore organized food that eventually 90
away with ell the inhabitants OF the world viii
the exception Of one man and his wife, who ha'
always been good people; in fact they had Away
lived out by themselves in the country where Their
was no chance to be bad. They managed to get Of
mountain peak that stuck ont Of the water AM
stayed there until the flood was over. Then the
hunted up q ruined temple and asked the god
what they we're expected to do They we're told, a
the legend runs to scatter The bones Of their mOthe
Denln0 them. ibis was MaE0 l9lU lot = C0upl
who had been taught to respect their ancestors, bu
it finally occurred to them that the oracle didn'
mean what 1t said literally but was using fgur
OF speech; that mother in this case meant MOthe
Earth and the bones were stones OF course ths
sort Of Interpretation made the thing easy. The
got basketball OF rocks and going along scattere
them behind them Then the rocks commenced (
grow soft and warm; finally they took on the shap
of men aud women. The rocks that we're scattere
1 By the woman Became women and the rocks ths
were sea tered by the man became men. Natural
the woman picked up smaller rocks than the ma
and as q consequence when they we're turned int
human beings they we're smaller than the one
scattered by the man. This accounts, according
the legend, for the difference in the sizes betwee
the sexes. It also happened that in picking u
stones to scatter they were not so very particular
i Some Of the rocks were as large as the foot Of
Chicago girl and some we're mere bits Of grave
\ AS result some Of the stone men we're giants an
some OF them SO little and trihing that the
didn't amount to three WhOOps ia water barrel
Thus it came about that the new men and the ne'
women we're q rocky outfit. Some we're NOR
rocky than others. Some we're made ont Of fir
and some out Of soft sand rock and out Of soa
stone. Some never hardened, but remained soft a
long as they lived, as did their defendants. Thi
class has furnished the easy marks all along th
lire.
Ybu can easily see from this that the Sian
expression, GA rocky outfit had its origin
misty mythology.
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