The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1844-11-11

lbs. IN DAY, WIN simple apparatus oi MS Wv" S'
struction Five hundred pounds al cents per TO- IL
so per acre. 1t would have produced say 5O BUSH
els OF corn, at rs cents, or Sl2 SO"
THE THREE SHARPERs.-A peasant was conduct
ing goat To Bagdad he mounted on mule
and the goat followed him, with bell hung TO bis
neck. Three young bucks observed hm, and one oil
them proposed an even bet that he would take ue
goat without the counlryman's knowledge, no'"ith-
standing the tinkllng OF the bell Done, SAID inc
second 'and at the same time will lay you wager
that will steal from the fellow the mule he rides
upon without exciting bis suspicion That mus DC
difficult task indeed observed the third 'oui II
you Will double the stakes will engage 10 take IRON
him all the clothes upon his back, and carry ibem on
without his trying 10 hinder me! These proposals
being mutually agreed TO, the hrs: commenced his
task, which was to steal the goat. Having dexter
ousy oosened the fastening 10 the BELL he slipped
from the goats neck, tied 1t 10 the mules tail ana
made of with the goat undiscovered. The peasant
hearing the tnkling of the bell, never doubted out
that The goat followed. However, happening 10
look behind him some time after, he was strange
ly surprised at missing the little animal, "hieh
he was to sell at market He now made m
curry Of every passenger IN hopes oil nearing OF ms
srayed goat last The second sharper accosled MN
and told him he had seen man make down the next
lane precipita,ely dragging along goat by the ind
legs The peasant thinking he could run faster than
his old mule could carry him, instantly dismounted'
| and requested the young fellow 10 hold his mule,
WfHc ne sci OH IuH III PuIsuN VI '''N''
After exhaustng himself in running without gettpg
| a sight of the man the goat, he returned quite
spent and almost breathess 10 thank the stranger or
taking of his mule when to add TO his mis!or-
| tune before, his mule aud keeper were vanished.
The Two successful Iosues had gained a secure re-
treat, and trlumphing their associate while
he waited for the counryman at the side of well IN
| part OF the road be knew he must pass Here he
sent forth his lameDtable cries. and made such butter
wang, that the peasant was touched with commsse-
| ration he approached him, and rejecting on his
own msfortunes, found himself disposed to listen 10
the afl elton of others As he appeared to be over
whemed with gIief he thus addressed him How
can you take piteousy surely your misior-
tunes not great nine, have just lost two
animals the value Of which is than half of my
substance; my mule and my goat might, in time, have
made my fortune" I" fine loss truly, said Tie man
at the well, " to be compared with mine you have
not like me, let fall into his well casket of dla-
monds, delivered into my hands and entrusted TO my
care and discretion, be carried TO the Callph Of
Bagdad doubt | shall be hanged for my negll-
| geDce, which will be called excuse for having
| clandestnely sold them Why don't you dive Ia
the bottom of the well and fetch up your treasure
said he peasant; 81 know it not deep" " Alas -
replied the sharper Z" am quite awkward at diving,
and had rather the risk of being hanged, than
meet inevitable death by drowning but if any one
who knows the well better Than would undertake
| the KIND Office, upon recovering the jewels | would
give him ten pieces of gold"
ne nhwary dupe poured out his plous eJaculatl'ns
to Mahomet tor having thrown IN his way the means
Of repairing the loss of his goat and his mule Pro
mise me, said be- in ecstacy the ten pieces, and
will recover your casket." The sharper agreed and
the countryman stripped himself and jumped with
such aacnty into the we'll that the sharper he
had no Tune 10 loose and Immediately ock to his
heels with The clothes The poor peasant felt all
around the bottom of the well to no purpose, and
then raising hi0sef to The brink to take breath and
recover strength for the second attempt he found that
the stranger had dscsmped with his APPAREL Grown
wise too late by ~ofu experience, he returned home
10y many onely path to conceal his shame and re-
ating his tale to his aIecuioNate wife the only CON
ISOLATION he received from her "as, ''that from tue
king upon hi throne the shepheii an the claims
wo-tbirds of the human owed The greatest parl
OF the veratIons of life to imprudent conhi.nces'-
The day he not only received back both ,ls ami
mails and his clothes, but in of the pockets sa
found the full sum he so much coveted, to wi, ten
| pieces of gold