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• 1.A Transposition
• TRAVELLING through the sage-brush country a Jackass met a rabbit, who exclaimed in great astonishment: Good heavens! how did you grow so big? You are ...
• 2.Uncalculating Zeal
• A MAN-EATING tiger was ravaging the Kingdom of Damnasia, and the King, greatly concerned for the lives and limbs of his Royal subjects, promised his d...
• 3.The Boneless King
• SOME Apes who had deposed their king fell at once into dissension and anarchy. In this strait they sent a Deputation to a neighbouring tribe to consul...
• 4.Philosophers Three
• A BEAR, a Fox, and an Opossum were attacked by an inundation. Death loves a coward, said the Bear, and went forward to fight the flood. What a fool! s...
• 5.A Smiling Idol
• AN Idol said to a Missionary, My friend, why do you seek to bring me into contempt? If it had not been for me, what would you have been? Remember thy ...
• 6.Fortune and the Fabulist
• A WRITER of Fables was passing through a lonely forest when he met a Fortune. Greatly alarmed, he tried to climb a tree, but the Fortune pulled him do...
• 7.The Citizen and the Snakes
• A PUBLIC-SPIRITED Citizen who had failed miserably in trying to secure a National political convention for his city suffered acutely from dejection. W...
• 8.The Rainmaker
• AN Officer of the Government, with a great outfit of mule-waggons loaded with balloons, kites, dynamite bombs, and electrical apparatus, halted in the...
• 9.The Legislator and the Citizen
• AN ex-Legislator asked a Most Respectable Citizen for a letter to the Governor recommending him for appointment as Commissioner of Shrimps and Crabs. ...
• 10.The Party Manager and the Gentleman
• A PARTY Manager said to a Gentleman whom he saw minding his own business: How much will you pay for a nomination to office? Nothing, the Gentleman rep...