The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1849-01-26

nature was tempting all mankind to turn
talIors. Bless my good luck! how
scoOped them mp with tin dipper. and
poured them into meal bag! / was cal
culatiDg that we got nine bushels min.
ute, all told, when was suddenly startled
by loud noise overhead, that sounded
like the clashing of cymbals. looked
up, and TO my great astoDishment espied
monstrous golden goose as big as the
Old South Church.fapping his wings and
flying from The top Of mountain direct
| ly toward me! Down he came whopl
before you could say whats this" and
cried out in as good English as could be
expecled of a goose. "Gobble, gobble,
gobble, come pluck my feathers" We
turned 10 without delay, and pulled off
his back aud tail an immense heap of
feathers. every one as big as a cart wheel
and the real yellow Simon Pure" as
they say! ft to be sent tolhe mint with
ont washing ......
Was ever such magnificent luck before
known even in dreami But there was
still more to come. Scarce could my
delighted thoughts repose on this feather
bed of fgdlden prospects. when suddenly
the ground began to rumble and rock as
if an earthquake was at hand, and hey.
presto! before you could thread an nee
die, up started out Of Tie eafth crop of
golden cabbage heads. every one as big
as the State House dime, and as solid as
cannon ball, twenty-four carats fine!
By the powers of buckraml my eyes
were ready to start ont of my head at the
sight ofsuch wealth We agreed to share
it all among US, and each man fell straight
way TO planning schemes for spending
his money. determined to buy all Bea-
con street for beginning. Bill Button
set his heart upon Dock Square and South
Boston, where he me ant to rel gn supreme
besides purchasing all Down East upon
speculation. Tom Bobbin was to build
castle on Fort Hill. and lord it over In.
dia wharf and the. adjacent parts: in ad-
dilion to which he designed to have the
whole of Nova Scotia to raise his pota-
toes, if The British Government would
sell out, sc. Thus we divided the
world! f...-........ ...
In the midst of our wealth, however,
we began to feel terribly cold aud hun.
CRY, but there was nothing TO eat except
gold goose and cabbage.-We ate aud
ate, but were as hungry as eyer.-The
metal lay terribly hard in our stomachs.
would have given mountain of gold
for beef steak and rusty gridiron. nay,
solitary pigs lrotter would have been
worth hundred thousand dollars in The
California provision market. But there
was no such thing to he had. So by the
force of sheer hunger and starvation, we
fell to and eat each other up like KilkeD.
ny cats, and out Of nine tailors, only,
Hike Jobs messenger, escaped alone 10
tell lheei . .-..-. -..-
A change came over the spirit of my
dream.-Me etbought had got back ia
Boston With all my gold, and &c, up for a
nabOb. l had house in the middle o.
the Commons equal to the palace Of the
r Sun in Ovid's Metamorphoses. Tht
I fountain spouted half eagles and smal
9 change into my chamber windows. NJ,
:, backyard was paved with gold watches
J. that all the servants might know when to
h wait on me. ate and drank out of gold
and SO did my dog and cat. breakfast
s ed on buttered ten-dollar bills, peppered
f my cucumbers with gold dust. .and WASHED
= my hands in aTrana potable My parlol
was papered with Massachusetts sterling
: bonds; lighted my cigar with Peunsyl
8 vanians, and found The smoke at dis
: count of 25 per cent. My wife put up
g her curls every night in United State.
9 coupons. / was the owner of severa
y new States in the West, Governors anC
9 alI-held all the government stock, snuh
| bed note-shavers, kept State street ii
terror, and talked of buying the bank o
q England. This was life! Who would sew
s on hooks and eyes after this? l .
4 A change came DER the spirit of my
f. dream.-Methought Istood before look
n ng.glass, comparing myself to Genera
n Washington, Herodes Aiticus, Aurung
+ zebe, and Peter Guss. On sudden the
/, tip of my nose turned yellow. and he
e came transformed to solid gold. rub
f bed it, and rubbed it, but o, how hare
e and cold it was! and harder and colder j
e grew, till my whole face was just like i
n Mercy on me! how frightened ] grew! A
y cold tremor ran over my whole frame
/, aud in minute more ] was all solid golc
q from the crown of my head to the sole o
my fool!--There / stood in golden cat
: alepsy stiff, stark and cold! My hea,
/, felt exactly like bombshell and my bod.
j. like Nebuchadnezzar's image. My eye
Q resembIed a couple of full moons on
}! frosty night. and my great toe was as har'
d and cold as the Pitt diamond! aI
# "Oh lhimbles and scissors!" exclaim
= ed; take away my goldl give me auythin
). but gold! make me any thing but gold
), Would were live oak. pitch. pine. ma
hogany, cotton, wool, India rubber. sol
It squash-anything but this abomnab
1t twenty.four carats fine! Have gone
d gold hunting for nothing but this--to b
g made log OF bullion that cannot croo
@ an elbow? Would | we're at the lap
e board again!" In saying these words
Of made desperate effort to snap my fng
g er and thumb, when lol they both crack
e ed like pistol shot, and split into te
e thousand peices. The shock awoke m
l. instantly, and discovered that | had lei
ia ,bs chamber window, omen over night