The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-10-18

for a pike: to flourish bie
ne manner Of fencers in FnDI' a-le-
Say TO the company thar ~ '+'4 L,
In their own enl" Were
10 90 many other tricks far - and
taCion or a lot OF country "riee-
he was SHOWN to manv diffar,r. SA'ES
S1sntSeers IN the course ~ =. SS-S u
ana Wnen the day was over uoa way,
pteteiy worn out. But So srno.
ilau the snow been at the frsf 1850"
.o"n tnat me FARMER resolved n 49,
- a. another' and so poor Guu:Ts
was taken about the COUNTS. I1''>er
n!oush ms PAGES until he grew,
tnln as a rail and was cyjder+I." d.
idly going into a decline A. rap
the farmer took him to tho 90 tV"5tt
the kingdom, the great cifv ~ o'
Druigrud. and, believing fra, ~
wasted appearance that GuI-~or LAY
out a snort time to live. resoI,o5
get all he could out OF him haf.,1 ''
died. 'S-'Ie he
But the queen Of the country h.,u
ing OF the strange freak which 49,
arrived in town, SEN some Of h.r 40.
PENDANTS to see CULVER; ana ,,rna
their report ordered the rar,rn~ -
brlng his curiosity to court Tnt.
was done and the queen was so A.,
lighted with CULVER that She Lorgf.
MN OF ms master and also cngag.4
the sdaughter-GIumGa,ort.r
or Little Nurse, as CULVER called her,
to stay at court as the maniRir's at
tendant. Gulliver's lines now fau IL,
peasant places The queen carried
him to the king. who became Ar on-a
greatly interested, though at first ha
would not believe but that Gu'rEe~
was simply a lusus natuara-or r4nI-0,
scaldclath, as the Language or tha
country had it-whO had been tatgh~
by the farmer to tell the cork-an4-
bull stories he did Of a country vnara
everybody was as little as himself In
fact the king. who was o learned per
son. conVoked an assembly Of the
most noted scientists Of the country
in order that they might examine the
traveller and give their opinion con-
corning him.
These scientists all aeree1 that Gull
liver could not have been produced n
the ordinary course Of nature. since
he was not fitted with capacity to pre-
serve his life either by climbing trees.
or by swiftness, or by digging holes
in the earth. They decided from his
teeth, which they examined with great
e~xactness, that he was a carn'ver0ls
animal; yet most bankruptcies being N
oVermatch for him n field mice, to-
gether with some others, being too
nlmble they could not imagine how hU
could be able TO support himself IN
less he fed on snailS and such other
insects which, they argued with great
learning. he could not possibly 10. in
short they gave him up i'm a very
learned, scientific and verbose .u1nne7
as virtuoSi in ali ages and in fl. ".rr-
tries are accustomed to do i'm matters
beyond their comprehension.
At court, where of course GuNiyer
now lived entirely, a goyerness was
appointed to look out for the educa-
ton of Glumdalclitch, a maid t. dress
lei and two other serants for mental
offices. But the care of CULVER Ms
wholly intrusted to the farmers
daughter-which gave him great sat
lsfactiOn. The queen gave her own
cabinet makers orders to c0rtriNe I
box for the worthy manjkln when
should serve as a bed chamber 10Y
him. The nan was a most ing Hlo-S
artist and in three weeks had con-
structed for CULVER a wooden cham
Der sixteen feet square and l"eFL
feet high. With sash Windows "
and two closets, like q Lonoeh
bed chamber. The board when
LCi1i1eQ the Top COuIu ne L-~L'
and down on hinges to admit OF p-E
in the furniture of the chaHol''
Which consisted Of a bed ready '"
by the royal upho-slF"
(Which Glumdalcliteh took out ~
cry day to air. two little char. W.
backs n frames of a substance Ao.
unlike ivory, and two tables VIII"
cabinet for him to put ms lI."7
The sides of the box were gu3,r~.
we're the. floor and ceiling TO l!'''-s
any accident from the caTeteSs"
who carried him about d"
|olt when CULVER was carried ID
coach.
A locksmith, after several a-f"'.F'
made for CULVER q lock {" .47
Ind 1t was the smallest thlHS o. g,
md ever see in Brobdingna-. .-
country was called. Gu--+"-
seen a larger one on the ga .~1.
house in EngIaf- ia
ordered the hinntsI .Fa
which could be procured to I--A. ~
title fellows clothes; but he io'-' r.
very cumbersome N"-" r
used to it, as it was thIcHtt -
n ordinary English b~lanhe5. A'.1
n r p 400 me ta~