Show AMERICAN FABLES THE GOOSE AiD THE EAGLE The Goose Whose Heart was Fired with ambition decided to become an Eagle and she left the Farm Yard one Morning and Wandered off into the Hills as a Starter Shewas presently Espied by an Eagle who pounced down and Seized upon her as a prizeWhat What Means this Treatment demanded de-manded the Goose I Came here to be one of you I As a Fowl at Home you were a success replied the Eagle but as a Goose a broad you mire n g except to furnish a dinner for some Bird with More Sense Moral When a Mechanic quits his job to become a Politician it is not the Politician who Eaten TilE FARUKK AXD THE JUG A Farmer who had filled a Jug with Cider and taken it into the Field with him tore up the soil for awhile and broke both suspenders sus-penders and then went over tothe Jug in anticipation F a Refreshing draught But when he came to lift the vessel to his lips he found that every drop of Cider bad Leaked out and been absoVbed by the dry Earth Ah but this is the Basest Ingratitude I be exclaimed as he flung the Jug from himBut Behold replied the Jug as it split open amid Reveaied a longlost Will made by the Farmers grandfather and leaving him 475000 worth of real estate in Chicago Moral If your House Burns down and is not Insured you may in Poking around Among the Ashes find twice its value in Diamond Pins lost by the Plasterers when the house was Built Tar ranG ANn THE TKAVCLEI A Frog who had his Home in a Puddle by the Wayside Made such an Ado one night as t i Traveler passed that way that the Man was Fain to Stop and Inquire the Occasion of it Had I not made such a Noise you would not have known of my Presence replied the Frog I But now that I do know what of it queried the Man Why I am here1 Yes but what are the cdds to me where you are You arc but a Frog place yourself your-self where you will Moral The Man whose Mouth makes his Presence known is seldom considered worth minding |