Show 7 f 1 li S ak A noted eastern periodical has hai ro to tho the ancient practice of 0 demonstrating ones views by parables or fables in order to express his opinion regarding a certain incident at the seat of government and which each reader will do well to figure out for bim editor says recent letters from washington say that in a certain well known school thero there a n strange and amusing incident has occurred there were in this several greedy boys dy by the rules roles of ilia school nearly everything ro relating lating to it was decided by vote of 0 tho the scholars A gentleman gont loman called undo uncle sam sent bent to tho the school to bo be placed on the teachers rs desk on the OP opening ning day a dish of fino fine fruit then the greedy boys began to lay jay for tho the fruit they counted end and found that by locking the doors and keeping out three now low boys they would havo have a majority and could vote veto themselves all the nice apples and peaches and pears then tho the other scholars said oh why that would bo be meant moan I 1 but tho the greedy boys only mado made fan of tho the other scholars and who whooped and laughed and put their heir thumbs and fingers on their noses they said to tho the other scholars ilia majority and got all we want this is in tho cho way the greedy boys behaved so when the tha dish of fruit was set on tho the teachers desk they voted right away that they should take it all themselves and thon then they jumped up on the desks and benches and grabbed all tho the nico nice rr les aal pears and pea peach chei ci everybody was ul unnamed hamed of them but they only jointed and laughed the louder and said mockingly ing ly dont you yon wish you had brich a pear as ai chist and thon then they ran away to earthe oat the fruit unlocking tho the door and letting tho the now scholars in now that tho the plato was empty but the strangest part of it is H to follow when W ben tho the gready boys bo i camo came bade back to school they looted very chop chopfallen fallon they nil all hail had toothpicks picks their teeth would scarcely orao come apart it seems that th it the iho good gentleman uncle sam dc hiring to iho greedy erot ly boys lind had made mai lotho ilia fruit till of baxi vas and so the othi other laughed long and ami louil lond awl an 1 thon then uncle sani bain sent them a han dionio dish of real fruit on oil W which aich they regaled riga loil alvos with muck much pleasure 0 we 0 llin story to ila bo strictly true it ii i 11 i it 11 great warning to all greedy boys boya 1 find 6 hould bo printed in in ill tho in magazines garines a ga 11 here s a riddle for those who talo take an interest into rost in in politics and political persons and os who were uro file greedy arti boys 7 |