The Middlebury galaxy. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1848-1850, 1849-01-09


meal>bag | was calculating that we got
ulue bushels minute, ali told. when
~as suddenly startled by loud noise O.
rerhead, that sounded Ike the clashing oil
cymbaIs. looked up, and 10 my great
establishment a 1noustrous golden goose as
big as the Old South Church, Tapping his
wings and firing from the top of noun
tain directly towards me Down he came
whop! before you could say WHATS
this, :" and cried out W IS good English
as could be expected Of goose, "Gobble,
gubblc, gobble, come pluck my feathers "
We turned 10 without delay, aud pulled
off his kaaR and tail an immense heap Of
feathers, every one as big as cart-wheel
and the real yellow O. Simon Pure, as
they say TT to be sent to the mint with
cut Washing!
Was ever such magnificent luck before
known even in a dream? But there was
still more to come. Scarce could my de-
lighted thoughts repose on this ieather>
bed Of golden prospects, when suddenly
the ground began to tumble and rock as
if an earthquake was at band, and hey,
presto before YOU could thread needle,
ID started out of the earth a crop of gol-
den cabbage-heads, every one as big as
the Sta.e House dome, and as solid as
cannon ball, twenty-four carats fine
By the powers of buckram my eyes
were ready to start out of my head at the
sight Of such wealth. We agreed to share
it all among Us, and each man fell straight
way 10 pfanning schemes for spending his
money. determined TO buy all Beacon>
street for beginning. Bill Button set
his heart upon Dock Square and South
Boston, where he meant 10 reign supreme,
besides purchasing all Down East upon
SEC. ula:lon. Tom Bohbin wa. to build
castle on Fort Hill, AMI lord it over In
dian wharf and the adjacent parts IN adj
dilion to which he designed 10 have the
whole ofNova Scotia 10 raise his potatoes,
if tho British government would sell out,
DC. Thus we divided the world ]!
In the midst of our wealth, however,
We began to feel terribly cold and hungry,
but there was nothing TO cat except gold
goose and cabbage We ate and ate, but
were as hungry as ever.-The metal lay
terriblY hard in our s:omachs. | would
have given 4 msnntain CT gold for beef
sleak and a rusty grid!ron, nay, solIta>
~ pigs trotter would have been worth
hundred Thousand dollars in the California
provision market. But,there was no such
thing TO be had. So by the force orsheer
hunger and starvation, we fell TO and ate
eacI other up like Kilkenny cats, and out
Of nine tahors, only, like Jobs messen>
ger, escaped alone 10 tell ihecl
A change came DER the spirit Of my
dre'm. b'ethought l had got back to
BDstan with all my gold, and set up fer
nabob had house in the middle of
the Common, equal TO the palace of the
Sun in OyiG's GetamsrPhoses. The foun-
tain spcnted halfeagles and small change
ints my chamber windows. Ny backyard
vas paved with gold watches, that all the
servants might know when t. wait Oh nc
ale and drank ont Of gold, and So did
n, dog and cat. breakfa.ted on butter
ed trn-dulIar bills, peppered my cucum-
bers riih gold dust, and washed my hands
in aurum pstaJiie. Ny parlor was paper
ed with Massachusetts sterling bonds;
Iishiot my cigar with Pennsylvania, and
found the smoke at a discount of % per
cent. My wife put up her curls every
night in United States coupons. | was
the orner ofseveraI new states in the
West, Governors and all held all the
government stock, snubbed note>shavers,
kept state-sireet in terror, and talked Of
buying the Bank ofJEngland This was
life WhG would sew on hooks and eyes
after this?
a change came DER the spirit of my dream.
Me,housht stood before a looking-glass, COM
pairing nvself to General Washington, Hero
DIES Atiicus, Aurungzebe, and Peter Guss.-
On sudden the tip of my nose turned yellow,
and became Transformed 10 solid gold. | rub
bed it, and rubbed it. but o, how hard and
cold il w.s and harder and colder it grew,
till my whole face was JUS ike it. Mercy on
mo how frightened grew A cold tremor
ran over INV whole frame, and in a minute
marc was all solid gold from the crown Of
my head TO III. sole OF my foot There |
stood in a golden catalcpsy, stiff, stark and
coll. My head felt exactly like bGmbshell,
AMI my body Ncbuchadnezzars image. My
ftVS i!Neh'oitu NOu'tC VI AH'i AAi"OiiS cA ."
frosty night and iny great toe was as hard
and cod as the Pitt diamond
Oh ihimLles and scissors" exclaimed;
take away my gold give me anything but
gold make me anything buI gold Would
were live oak, pitch-pine, mahogany. cotton
woei. india rubber. soft squash--anything but
this ahominable twcniy-four carats fine Have
gene sold-hsnting for nothing but this
TO be made log of bullion that cannot crook
an elbow? Wouid we're at the lap-boad.a-
gain. In saying these xords made a des-
;,erate efert to snap my finger and thumb,
wh-n, To- they both cracked like pistol shot,
and split into ten thousand pieces. The shock
awoke me instantly, and discovered that |
h. ! left the chamber window open over night,
besides " kicking of the kiver" during my
sleep, in consequence of which sharp north
wet wind had blown over me all night. and
set II, sleeping fancies into the above describ
ed caper.
Glad enough vas to find myself not an in
got.
Mr.. Editor, if you are ar onsirosophist-1
think that is the word-you my ponder upon