Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 145, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 June 1913 — An Old Fable. [ARTICLE]

An Old Fable.

“Metaphysics,” said Bishop Cascte of Oregon, at a dinner In Philomath, "is a subject that always makes cue think of the cat and the owl. “A cat, you know, once set forth in quest of happiness. She wandered ap she wandered down; she questioned this animal and she questioned that Finally, wrapped in meditation in a tree, she perceived an owl. '"Owl! 4 said the cat, ‘tell me, most wise bird, where happiness is to be found!* “‘ln meditation,* the owl replied ‘Meditation alone is the true secret ol happiness.* “*But,* said the cat, ‘on what subject am I to meditate?* "‘On the subject,’ the owl answered, ‘which has occupied the race oi owls since the beginning of time—namely: Which came first, the owl oi the egg; for, while the owl cornea from the egg so also does the egg come from the owl!*”