The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1907-03-08
Some Fables Applicable To
Some People.
FABLE OF THE SELF-MADE MAN.

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ONCE upon time there a self made man, meta !
~ Ehorically speaking who day his return from
unsatisfactory dress parade met little boy violently
Accepting his apologies and assisting him to his feet he
said 'Y oung man, if you don't nuthin you apt
to get hurt"
"Oh, SIR" exclaimed the gentle lad he removed him
Il saw nothing plainly enough but not in time to dodge
ALAS" murnured the adult synthess as he fell short
yard or 50 in his effort to put the mark OF ms approval
upon the discerning youth chow true is that you can
not tell an egg until 1t is cracked!
FABLE OF THE FOX AND THE TURTLE.
ONCE upon time the sun discovered new recipe Tor
~ cooking the welkin.
On the same sultry occasion turtle, lolling in the
cool security of shady pool observed an overheated fox
so short of breath that had great difficulty In keeping
its pants and Reward ppsd the water the turtle
the fox. "Oh no; I'm freezing: notice me shver? OBJ
serve the frost my whiskers? Where have you been
not to know that 1T is winter!
Before the turtle could reply inadvertently swallowed
fish hook vilanousy concealed in the internal economy
of blue bottle fly and as it was drawn wrggng to the
shore by the ubiquitous small boy the fox inquired SYM
pathecaIy Does it hurt%
THE MORAL of this pathetic fable is obvious: or if it
isn't ought be- And with this provso in view we re-
frain from going futher into details
THE PHILOSOPHER AND THE BURGLAR.
once upon time despondent burglar who had met
~ with disheartenng series Of unyedng time locks
accosted philosopher who was extracting with ndier-
ent success the nutrment from large sized cud OF re-
Election Said the burglar How do you manage to keep
pher as he extracted juicy apothegm and buttered it
with LAYER of sophstry, yOu welcome to the tormu-
la: always take things as | find them" Ah!' ex-
claimed the burglar startled to discover sentiment so
much in harmony with his views, but you have nev,
er been subjected to the inconvenience Of going beyond
the maxim whilst have put it into practice May a. l.
inquire asked the philosoper What your occupatlon
'Certany responded the rogue easily, am a burglar
reat Heavens exclaimed the philosopher startled into
boiling an epigram entire you should not apply phoso-
phv so literally Discard the practice and adopt the theo-
sry. 'Ah laughed the burglar, you admit then that
there is discrepancy. For my part prefer things that
hang together I'm that case, said the philosopher
contnue in your present occupation and stick to your
compIices In the end you sure to hang together
THE EAGLE AND THE TORTOISE.
Once there was an epidemic. Discomfort. 1t began
with that beatfc beast the and ended with the tor
toise One day the tortoise behed an eagle executing
for nublic approval some convolued manouvres in the
ornament Ah! cried the tortoise, what point OF OBJ
servaon! | say can't you give fellow lift? Ia like
Ito v too" To be sure responded the eagle as it very
nromptlv swallowed the tortoise and reascended Hows
hat Alas cried the tortoise the digestive process
hogan to disntegrate his anatomy | have often been
accused Of being too slow but on this occasion ann en-,
tireiy too fly" MOkALi lo[tose: [ 1e IL iIad nad
! that she'll
Tboe s One above no knoweth the secrets OF the heart