The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1831-1858, 1831-12-14

49, no.n,ns country pumpkin, to cheat me
r. th TUG VI .he hrst merchants on Change, an,
q oest Judge of English goods in tn,
. f,u oie cry I'll not endure it, by heavens
:, e., maze the rascal sweat for il, if | cal
+ s opportunity was not long wanting
4 ~ one Jay as he was securing the marke,
. ~ d"est VI more poultry, he came out plum
! pon ms man. He made no bones, bu,
,Jatn"'sh selzng him by the collar, he ex-
sweet fellow p '''' nave ! my
rather think SOL said the countrymap.
WIN great simplicity of manner-.bnt vo,,
neeu III TOOK that trouble, for Pm rot on
wild as to run away =" N'' 81
doht intend you shall run aw.v TN
puI you where the dogs wont f;nJ ron
What the devil did you mean hv cha., tuu
me so about those goslings, La >
What gosllngs?' with an air Of s.;,,..
surprise. " "'' Vi ie'gaed
Wn , goslIngs! Why, those you sold
Just before Christmas! Let me see-I
SOFA number OF pair of the goose kind
about that time; but don't seem to rerol'
Ieet the particular ones sold 10 Won,
! Don't seem to recollect! iii ref,esh
your memory, Sir. You must 90 with na
TO the bar OF magistrate.'
IL would be great deal more refreshing
10 go TO the bar of a tavern. II thare's
any misunderstanding betwixt us. I'd ra,has
settle It IN friendly way over glass If
grog than to have any lawsuit sbont Il
suppose we just step over the wav and
leave the matter to the landlord. TT !,
shaii appear that told you any thing more
than the :rnthl about the gosIinus which
you say you bought of me, l will give vo,,
two brace more.'
'Confound them I've had enough al.
ready. hav'nt digested those you sold me
Wen then, I'll pay you the price of two
Paii Dut II 1t turns out that | told YOU
hothing more than the real truth, YOU shall
treat me and all the company present, TO a.
much as we can drink
Inc citizen agreed to this, and thew
went into the nearest house where COOL
liquors were to he had The matter was
s,ite" 10 NINE host, and the aggrieved pur-
rhaser told his story. This fellow sail
me- just before Christmas. sold me pair of
geese' winch he assured me were goslinos
III the spring-ls II not so sir ?'-turninu to
the countryman. ~
May be It's. But what of that:'
rBscal p 'ou-you
acknowledge that sold a pair of
goose-klnd to gentleman that looked like
you and recolect very well telling him
what of that p
what OF that You'll find out present
~; men turning TO mine host, he said
wen, MIR. Landlord, carried home the
years DID, '!
That's true exclaimed the countrvm n.
slapplng his hand on the counter-.that,s
true to hair
You acknowledge it do you? What
unblushing impudencen
It's the honest truth for all that
Dih nj you declare to ME that they were
goslings in the spring.
% yes, to be sure did-and had very
good reason to be satisfied they were Cos
lIngs in the spring: for my dear good old
mother, that never told lie in her life,
made me present of them the day was
married I; and she told me a thousand times
they were Matched the very day was born
and that was forty years ago last April
'Ob, you sconndreln exclaimed the citi-
zen, with shake of the head and laugh
out OF the wrong side of his MOUTH -
thought | was match for any two coun-
trymen in the way of bargain-but you've
got beyond me. Here, landlord, give
these folks whatever they want to drink.
AS for myself I'll take the strongest you've
got, by way of improving my wits for if
hadn't been a goose all my days, never
should have been taken in by the goslings
IN the spring.