The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1906-06-02
A DREAM.

Midway News: There are other
things contained in the same chapter
with the mack rake story in Pilgrims
Progress which the experienced inter-
prefer in President Roosevelt's place
might have availed- himself of the occ-
aston to elucidate; things which for ex-
ample, by the simplest twist of the wrist
in the art of paraphraslng might be
made to read az follows:
''And>.-now Mr., Sagacity left me TO
dream out my dream for myself. Where
fore methought I saw Mr.. Farmer,
Mr.. Manufacturer, Mr.. Salesman, Mr..
Accountant, and Mr.. Shipper, 20 all of
them up to the gate; to which when
they were come, they betook themselves
to short debate as to how they must
manage their calling at the gate, and
what should be said unto hun that did
open unto them. So it was concluded
since Mr.. Shipper was the bravest that
he should knock for entrance, and that
he should speak to him that did open for
the rest. So Mr.. Shipper began to
knock and he knocked and knocked, and
Knocked again. But instead of any that
answered, they all thought they heard as
if dog came barking upon them; dog,
and great one too, and this did make
many sore afraid. Nor burst they for
while to knock any more, for fear the
mastiff should fly upon them. Now.
therefore they we're greatly tumbled up
and down in their minds, and knew not
what to do.
Now there was, on the other side of
the wall that fenced the way up which
MI. Shipper and his companions were to
go, garden, and that garden belonged
to him whose was that barking dog.
And some Of the fruit trees that grew in
the garden shot their branches over the
wall; and being mellow, as might be re-
bates, and free passes and campaign con.
tributlons, and other soft snaps, they
that found them did gather them up,
and eat of them to their hurt.
"Then as Mr.. Shipper and his compan-
ions were coming from abroad espied 4
little robin with spider in his mouth,
So Mr.. Shipper said, What disparage-
ment il is to such pretty little bird as
the robin-redbreast; he beinRab1rd above
many that loveth to keep kind of So
CHALLENGES with men! I had thought
they had lived upon crumbs of bread, or
upon other such harmless matter; I like
him worse than I did.
1.-THE Interpreter thus replied: This
bird is an emblem, very apt to set forth
some grafters by; for to sight they are,
as this robin, pretty of note, color and
carriage. They seem also to have very
great love for those that are sincere:
and, above all other, to desire to- asso-
ciate with them, and to be IN their com
pany, as if they could live upon the good
mans crumbs. They pretend, also, that
therefore it is that they frequent the
house of godly, and the appointments
of the Lord. But when they are by them
Selves, as the robin, they can catch and
gobble up spiders; they can change their
diet; drink iniquity and swallow down
sin like WATER $~. -*,.::. !:
"When the Interpreter had DONE: he
takes them out into his garden again,
and had them to. tree whose inside was
all.rotten and gone, and yet it grew and
had leaves. Then, said Nj. Shipper,
What means this? This tree, said sshe,
whose outside il fair, and whose inside
is rotten e that To- which may be. com.