The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-11-05

A Few Incidents of Passing Interest.
THE cAD1 AND THE PEASANT.

THE CADI AND THE PEASANT.
One day when the Cadi was giving
audience tive excited peasants ap-
peared before him and one of them
began:
"Oh. most wise and just man. but
am the owner of a Goat
while 1 am the owner of a base
burner coal stove" added the other.
MY Goat escaped from his pen last
night and wandered away. and this
morning 1 found him in possession of
this man and very ILL.,
AYE, it is true, gracious one. On
going to my shed this morning I
found his Goat there, but also that
my base-burner was missing. The
Goat had devoured it during the night,
and could I do otherwise than hold
him for the damages you will surely
grant me?"
81 want my Goat"
And 1 want my stove
Peace. peace chided the Cadi. as
he waved his hand at them. This
case at first sight seems to be a tough
nut to crack. but I have no doubt
that it will unroll itself like a ball
of yarn There is no question but that
Berb has a right to claim his own.
On the other hand, I question not
that the stove has given the Goat
pain and that he will die in due time
and that Ell Hassan will have a just
claim for damages. To order the re-
turn of the stove is to kill the Goat;
TO kill the goat is to bring damages
to its owner. will therefore order"
At this moment the wife of Ell Has
san came running in to cry out:
May it please your gracious high
ness to learn that the stove has been
found. and could not therefore have
been eaten by the Goat"
And ruler of ALL" added the wife
of Ell Berber, who followed at the
the Goat has fully recovered his won't
ed spirits and is now eating one of
my old corsets."
''Then it only remains for me-" said
the Cadi, ito go ahead and say that
am much obliged to you fellers for
presenting me with a coal stove and
s. Goat, and l shall toast my shins on
the former and milk the latter this
winter and remember your loyalty to
your future advancement
Moral:
1. Be sure you have a case to go to
2 Rest satisfied that if you beat
your neighbor the law will beat you.
THE REAsANT AND JovE.
Peasant who had heard that Jove
was a good fellow and always willing
TO obhge, called for his aid one day
TO assist him to move heavy timber,
and 1T was readily granted. Next day
he wanted help to get his cart out of
a mud hole and got it. and still later
on Jove uprooted a stump dug away
a hill and turned his barn around for
good thing of it, and he filled his pipe
and took a seat on the top rail of the
fence for smoke while he said:
Joye. old boy, go right ahead and
finished there will be some work in |
the garden to do
But Jove didn't. On the contrary. he !
knocked things. including the Peasant,
into the middle of next week. and re-
turned to his domains. and when the
teasant came to and rubbed his eyes /
and crawled out of the thistle patch |
it was to remark:
Moral: TOO much of a good thing !
may turn out worse than nothing at /
ALL
THE CLAM AND THE SAGE
As the Sage was taking his morning |
walk along the seashore a Clam came |
up out of the sand and appealingly /
said:
20 Sage. halt for a moment and lis |
ten to my sorrow
We'll. what is it?''
Il am but a Clam, destined to bur-
row in the sand or drift about with |
the tide for time, and then to be-
come chowder for men,
But what's the point?''
1 want to be something else. / pray
thee that l may have wings and be-
That's easy enough. All you've got |
TO do is one-two-three and away you
co.
few away with Joy in his heart but
he hadn't been shipping ten minutes
before a hunter fired and brought him
down.
Moral: There are times when 1
think I'd like to be an alderman" OBJ
served a lobster. who had heard and
witnessed ALL but taking the whole
case full and by and up and down and |
north and south, it's my opinion that
Nature makes few mistakes, and stick
ing to your own line is about as healthy
as anything going.''
THE FARMER AND THE FOX.
As the Farmer was working in his
Held he was approached by the Fox
who fnnocently inquired:
Uncle Reuben, is it true that chick
ems are good eating?'
Wall, now, but my brother-in-law /
from Indiana was sayin' so last Win
ter" was the reply, as the old man
scratched his head and looked around
Did he also tell you that Foxes
seemed to like chicken meat?''
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