The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1851-11-05

was not the best tempered man IN the
world, though mainly kisd aud sbIig.
ing. lie MAS shoemaker His ns.se
Was Barton. One day in harsest-time,
when every man on the farm was q.
busy as bee, this man came syer u
Farmer Grzy's. and sssa, in rztk<r a
Petulant tone Of voiee-
"Mr. Gray. l wish you would send
over and drive your geese home" !
why 50, Mv. Barton ~hst have
nv geese been doing ?" said the larmer,
IN . mild. quiet tone.
They pick my pigs ears when they
are eating. and go into my garden, and
! will NOT have az" the nelghbor repli-
ed. in . still more petulant voice.
{" am really sorry for il. neighbor
Barton but what can dof"
Why. yoke them. and thus keep
them on your own premises. Its no
kind of a way to let yovr geese run all
over every farm and garden in the
neighborhood."
but ! cannot see to II now. II is
haryest-time, friend Barton, and every
man, woman and child ON the farm has
- much as she or he can do. Try and
bear il for week or so, and then 1 will
see i can possibly remedy the evil"
can't bear il, and | won't bear il
any longrr !" said the shoemaker. $50
Il you don't take care Of them, friend
Gray. shall have to take care Of them
for you."
"Well, neighbor Bar ton, you can do
as you please" farmer Gray replied in
his usual quiet tone. I" am sorry that
they trouble you. bat l cannot attend
to them now
I'LL attend to them for you, see if I
DON'T" said the shoemaker, still more
angrily than when he first called upon
farmer Gray, and then tsrned upon his
heel and strobe OF hastily towards his
own house. which was quite near to the
old farmers.
"What upon earth can be the matter
with them geese !" said Mrs. Gray,
about fifteen minutes afterwards.
al really cannot tell, unless neigh
bor Barton is taking care Of them. He
threatened to do SO if didn't yoke
them right oh.."
Taking care Of them! How TAX
ing care of them"
As to that. | am quite in the dark.
Killing them. perhaps. He said they
picked at his pigs ears and drove them
away when they were eating. and he
wouldn't have it. He wanted me to
yoke them right OF. but that I could
not do new, as ell the hands are busy.
DO suppose he is engaged in the neigh
borly business Of taking care Of our
geese"
"John William ! run over and see
what Mr.. Barton is doing with my
geese" said Mrs. Gray, in quick and
anxious tone, to two little boys who
were playing near.
The urchins scampersd of, well
pleased to perform an errHnd.
"Oh, IL he has dared to do any thing
to my geese, will never forgive him :"
the good wife said, angriIy.
Hush, Sally! make no rash
speeches. II is more than probable
that he has killed some two or three Of
them. But never mind if he has. He
will get over his pet. and be sorry for
it."
"Yes, but wha, good will his being
sorry do mes. Will it bring my geese
to life 7"
All, well, Sally, never mind. Let
US wait until we learn what all this dis.
turbance is about"
In about ten minutes the children
came home, bearing the bodies Of three
geese, each without head.
"Oh, is that not too much for human
endurancei" cried Mrs. Gray. "Where
did you find themf"
I'VE found them lying out in the
read," said the oldest Of the two chill
dren, "and when we picked them up,
Mr.. Barton said-.-' tell your father that
have yoked his geese for him. to save
him the trouble, as his hands are all too
busy to do it,"
"Id sue him for it," said Mrs. Gray
in an indignant tone.
"And what good would that do, Sal
ly"
Why it would do great deal Of
good. 1t would teach him better man
ners. 1t would punish him ; and he
deserves punishment"
And punish US into the bargain
We have lost three geese now, but we
still have their good fat bodies to eat
/! A law suit would cost US many geese
besides giving US world Of trouble and
vexation. No, no, Sally; just let I
rest, and he will be sorry for it
know"
"Sorry for it, indeed! And wha
good WILL his being sorry do US,
snouId like to knowf Next he viii
kill COW, and then We must be salts
fed with his being sorry for it! Now
can tell you that | d,n't believe il
that d rine. Nor do believe in an.