The Daily Dispatch: January 19, 1861., [Electronic resource], A Pretty little Allegory.

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A Pretty little Allegory.

--When Noah planted the first vine and retired, Satan approached and said: ‘I will nourish you, charming plant.’ He quickly brought three animals — a sheep, a lion and a hog — and killed them one after another, near the vine. The virtue of the blood of these animals penetrated it and are still manifested in its growth.--When a man drinks one goblet, he is then agreeable, gentle and friendly — That is the nature of the lamb. When he drinks two, he is like a lion, and says, Who is like me? and talks of stupendous things. When he drinks more, his senses forsake him, and at length be wallows in the mud. Need it be said he resembles a hog?

The Daily Dispatch: January 19, 1861. Richmond Dispatch. 4 pages. by Cowardin & Hammersley. Richmond. January 19, 1861. microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mi : Proquest. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.

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A Pretty little Allegory.