Democratic Sentinel, Volume 5, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 February 1881 — A French Peasant’s Vow. [ARTICLE]

A French Peasant’s Vow.

A French pasant saw in the river a floating egg. He thought he could catch it with his hand, but in the attempt fell in the water, and the egg escaped him. The water was deep, ana he could not swim. In terror, he believed that God was thus punishing his greediness. To propitiate his fate he vowed that if he escaped he would never eat another egg. Instantly a branch of a tree presented itself to him, by means of which he gained the banks of the stream. Shaking himself, he said: “I suppose, O Lord, that you of course understood me to say raw egg.” Sound repose is so essential to good health that we feel surprised to know any one would risk loss ©f rest from a Cough or Cold when a bottle of Dr. Bull’s Cough Syrup weuld give refreshing slumber,