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

the 1uTL{cT emu Oh the table, dDOu'
fifty feet off. and though the good wife
held pussy tight for fear she should
give a spring and catch the manikin
Having by his experience in his many
travels found that the surest way te
make a wild animal attack you is te
show fear, CULVER resolved to show
no manner Of concern and walked
with interpidity two or three times
within half a yard of her, WhereupOn
the cat drew back, showing signs Of
fear and wonder CULVER was less
a~pprehensiVe concerning the dogs, four
while the family were at dinner. One
was a mastiff equal in bulk to four
, elephants, and one a greyhound, taller
but not so bulky.
When the dinner was over the far
mer came in with a child Of a year
espied CULVER and began to cry for
him as for a new toy. You might have
heard that infants sQuall from
Chelsea to London Bridge. The moth
er, through sheer indulgence, took
up the illustrious traveller and held
him toward the baby, who Immediately
seized him and got his head in its
mouth But CULVER set up such a
shout that the infant was frightened in
its turn and let it's new plaything drop.
SO that the Traveller would infallibIy
have been dashed to pieces had not
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When the dinner was over the far
n1er went back to his labors in the
field. and CULVER. being very tired,
made the good wife understand by
signs that he wanted to sleep. There
upon she placed him upon a bed in a
room between two and three hundred
1eet wide and about two hundred feet
nigh. The bed was twenty yards wide
and the handkerchief with which the
farmers wife covered him was larger
IMAM the mainsail of a frigate, and,
to the sight Of CULVER, appeared
much coarser. After a sleep of about
two hours the weary traveller awoke.
lie desired to get down from the bed
but did not dare to make the leap,
as 1t was eight yards to the floor.
Suooehly ne was filled with alarm TO
see TWO rats run up on the bed. One
OF them came quite close up to him,
Whereupon he drew his hanger to de-
tend himself. The other rat ran up and
GuiilVer was attacked by these fierce
creatures on both sides. One Of the
rats got his feet on Gulliver's collar,
put the intrepid doctor had the good
fortune to rip its belly up be-
tore 1t did him any mischief.
ana the other rat, seeing the fate of
It's comrade, ran away. These rats
we're OF the size of a small mastiff,
put INFINITELY more nimble and fierce.
Had not CULVER had his hanger on
ne would have been torn to pieces and
utNoured. he measured the tail of
the dead rat and found it to be two
yards long lacking one inch.
When the farmers wife came into
the room and saw CULVER all bloody
she was much alarmed, but the GAL
liant man, by smiling and bovine ard
stfutIlng a little and pointing to the
oead rat, made her understand that
= was unhurt, WhereupOn she was
greatly reJoiced. CULVER STAYED on
Win the farmer for some little time.
1t was agreed that he was the nroner-
y % the farmers eldest daughter.
girl OF nine years comelv of nareon
Mandy with her needle, kin.7 and
sentle IN all things. She was a sweet
ana amlabie child, small for her ape.
Hp u. Standing over forty feet in height.
nre oesan TO teach CULVER the IAN
suage of the country, being an AM
schoIar herself, and gave him tho ~
- urliurlg, which signifeth In the;r |
eudSe what the Latins cal, HON.
nurculus and the English mantk1n.
pesan to be noised about the
n~elsnoorhood that the farmer ha9
found in a field a stranpa annna ilau
'ne SIZE or an insect which The 49,
spIaIhuck, but which was sbanad 800
$50 u exactly like a man. So 1901
sae come to the farm house ~
~ wonder. and among tbon.
yised ~ curious old fellow who ad-
q 80 farmer to place Gnu;var :,
poA and carry him on naxt IN
"a 20 the nearest market town ~ ~.
man,o i,,on purposes. When 80 -
told c mrtie daughter (forty feet taul
ried ~ nuliiSer that he was to be Ianl
exhibited 40 to the market town and
IoHie with shame and desnas was
dnc+o me renowned traveller, The ,noaeency
citizen Of me tn experienced mariner 4 tba
frightened nat greatest and most on
into a p,n nat0n on earth, to be made
initiating. II was too hu-
toH But he was taken to tho
~n and he was made . "e market
the ther faTm %er'nging in for his snow 70 Of
more Del nerh much coin Of the r eISoef.
the the fellow had ever IN a h sh0r tin time than
Aie. Gulliyar W.. Aoie IN all