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Show The Wise Toad of Worcester. Among the favorite stories of Senator Sena-tor Hoar is a tale of a remarkable toad, possessed of au Intuitive knowledge knowl-edge of antidotes. "I was out in my garden one day," said the senior senator from Massachusetts, Massa-chusetts, "and noticed a load hopping along toward the veranda. At the edge oi the low flooring was a spider's web straight across his path. Mr. Toad did not observe it, and plump he landed land-ed suarely in it. This unceremonious and burglarious entrance naturally provoked the resident spider, who was strongly of the opinion that his home was his castle. Accordingly he proceeded proceed-ed to give the toad a most vicious bite. Instantly the toad hopped back on the lawn, found a bit of plantain leaf and chewed it. Then back he hopped and hit the same obstruction, with the result re-sult that he got another bite. Seven times he repeated the attempt, each time going back to the plantain for an antidote for his wounds. At last he succeeded in demolishing the spider's web and hopped on his way rejoicing." New York Tribune. |