Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-03-11
UP.TO.DATE FABLES.

UP.T0-DATE FABLES.
Tom McNeaiI in Topeka Man and Breeze.
There was a man who was gifted
by nature with q lily white COM
plexion which was the admiration
of his friends. In an evil hour he
was persuaded to become a candi-
date for the legislature from his
district. When he returned home
st the expiration Of the session it.
was noticed that h. no longer bad
the fair cOlored skin he took to
Topeka with him, but instead his
complexion was dark brown. His
friends gathered about him and
asked il he was Ill. "NO," sail
the legislator, "my general health
is good enough" "What is the
MATTER with your colori" asked
an anxious neighbor. "YOu we're
fair as a lily when you left here
and now you are brown as Ar
buckles coffee"
"And so would you be brown"
said the legislator sadly, elf you
had been roasted for two months
as I have BEEN"
Moral: Many a man finds out
that the legislative business is not
what it was cracked up to be.
An old lady in an Eastern state
was separated for q long time
from her favorite son and for
years was unable to get any word
from him. Finally she got the
news that her SOL was somewhere
in Kansas and at once started to
seek him. When the old lady got
of at the depot in Topeka she
commenced to make inquiries Of
the people about the place il they
knew her boy. Finally she struck
q kind faced man and when she
told him the name Of her son he
said, 81 know him, madam. He
is a member Of the legislature"
With a cry Of despair the old
woman sank into a seat saying,
''Tis worse than I had feared.
The worst that 1 had anticipated
was that I would find him in an
insane asylum"
A man who was bothered by
his neighbours chickens hit on the
expedient Of fastening strings to
grains of corn and leaving the
corn scattered about the yard. A
young and inexperienced fowl
made a dash for the corn and
swallowed it, but as soon as he
did he found that he was fast, for
the string was tied on the other
end. Then a wise old hen who
had tumbled to the situation and
let the corn alone, said as she
commenced action on a pansy
bed: 'My son, If you had recOl-
lected that when a person offers
you what seems to be a good
thing, for nothing, there is nearly
always a string to it, you would
not be stuck at this writing"
Moral: Beware Of the indi-
vidual who offers to let you in on
a good thing for nothing.
A dog, who loved sweets, hap
pened to be neal a house where a
taffy p1lling vas in progress and
seeing a plate of warm wax set
out IN the porch, concluded that
he would sample it. Not know
ing that it was hot he grabbed up
a mOuthful and for the next few
minutes he was the busiest dog
in ten states. The hot wax stuck
in his teeth and burned his
mouth. He finally got rid of the
most Of it and having cooled his
jaws at the water trough he
turned to a young dog and said:
"Learn this bit Of wisdom from
the recent experience of yours
truly. Don't grab at a thing until
you find out whether or not it is
too hot to handle"
There was once an awkward
lubber Of a boy who could neither
jump nOr run as compared with
any of his companions. When it
came to athletics he simply was
not in it. One day this fat and
awkward boy happened to be
crossing a field where there was a
bull with an uncOngenial dispOsi-
tiOn. The bull seeing the fat boy
made a rush for him. The fence
was 200 yards away, but the fat
boy covered the distance in some
thing less than % seconds. As