Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1843-01-26
])ppular Gales.
THE BUSHEL OF CORN.
KY T, >. AnfHUR,

was NOT the best tempeftp man I'LL '"'
world, though manly, kind and obl'g'ng'
He was q shoemaker. Ills name was
Barton. One day in harvest time, when
every hand on lho farm was busy as
bee, this man came over TO Farmer
Gray'., and said, in rather petulanl
tone Of voice
'Mr Gray, | wish you would send
over and drive your geese home
why 80, Mr. Barton what have my
geese been doing ? said the farmer IN
Il mild, quiet tone,
They pick my pigs ears, when they
are eating, and so into my garden, ana
| will not have it = the neighbor replied
in a still more petuldnt voice.
Il am really sorry for it, neishbor
Barton but what can | do 2
why, yoke them, and thus keep.
them on your own premises. It's no
kind of way to let your geese run all
over every farm and garden in the
neighbolhood."
But | cannot sec TO il now. 1t is
harvest time, friend Barton, and every
lIman, woman and child on the farm has
as much as he ar she can do Try and
bear il for week or so, and then | will
sec if can posaibly remedy the evil.
II 4 can't bear it, and wont bear II
any longer the shoemaker said. so,
i If YOU don't take care of them, friend
Gray, | shall have to take care OF them
for you.
well, neighbor Barton, YOU can DC
as you please farmer Gray replied II
his usual quiet tone. Il am sorry thai
they trouble you, but cannot attend ''
them now
IN attend to them for you, see if
DON'T the shoemaker said, still more
angriy, and then turned upon his hce
and strobe off towards his own house
which was quite npar.
What upon earth can be the maitc
{ with them geese = Mrs. Gray sait
J about fifteen minutes afterwards.
e Il really cannot tell, unless nclghbo
n Barton is taking cara of them. tit
o threatened to do so if didn't yoke then
," right OFF,
!. Taking care Of them How takin
Is care pl them :
AS to that | am quite in the dark
s. Killing them, perhaps. Ito SAID the
II picked at his pigs cars and drove the'
IF away when they were eating, and 'h'
:, he would not have it. lie then sai'
tie that ifI didn't take care of them, h
Is =. wo.Id. SO suppose he is engaged
N the neighborly business OF taking ca'
:, Of our geese
, - John William run over and Sc
r what Mr. Barton is dong with III
r geese Mrs. Gray said in quick an
D. anxious tone, to two little boys who wer
y, playing near.
:, The urchins scampered of, we
OF pleased ta perform any orrand.
~ ooh if he has dared 10 DO anythn
III to my geese, vii! never forgive him
iy the good wife said, ansrily.
u 'H-u-s-h, Sally! make norash spcecI
es. It is more than probable that
has killed some two or three Of them
|, Bnt never mind if he has. lie will g
over his pet, aud be sorry for IT.
- YES but what good will his bci'
sorry do me. VIII it bring my zee
nut to life =
nr' 'Ah, well, Sally, nrycF mind. l.
l'n us wal, until we learn what all this d
rs turbancc is about
y" In about ten minutes the chlldr
o,y came homo, bearing the bodics ofthr
geese, each without II head.
M. 'Oh, isn't that too mpch Tor hum
endurance - exclaimed Mrs. Gray.
mo Where did you find them -
We found them lying out ~ the roa
said The eldest OF tho two ehlldren
And when we picked ihcm UP, \
Barton said-'Tell your father th0
have Yokcd his geese for lin, TO 81
' him the trouble, as his HANDS arc all
,,,. busy to do it,
ne. I'D sue him for II y said Mrs Gr
on in an indignant tone.
,s"s @ Aud wha, good would that do, Sall
w. why, it would do a good dca
"'s good II would teach him better ~
une ners. 1t would punish him and
deserves punishment.
Aud punish us into the bargain