The Literary echo, and Pawcatuck advertiser. [volume] (Westerly, R.I.) 1851-1854, 1852-04-08
II 5elettc0.
From Arthur's Home Gazette.
THE BUSHEL OF CORN.

not the UesJ tempered Indn III ehc Couu-
try, though mainly kind and obliging.
He was shoemaker. His name was
Barton. One day, in harvest time,
when every man on the farm was as busy
as bee, this man came over to Farmer
Gray's and said, in rather a petulant
tone of voice:
"Mr Gray, 1 wish you would send
over and drive your geese home" ha
"Why 50, Mr.. Barton what have
my geese been doing - said the farmer,
in mild, quiet tone.
"They pick my pigs ears when they
are eating, and 60 into my garden, and
| will not have it 20 the neighbor re-
piled in still more petulant voice.
81 am really sorry for it, neig ghbor
Barton, but what can l do :"
"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 neigh
borhood.
But | cannot see to it now. It's
harvest time, friend Barton, and every
man, woman, and child, on the farm has
as much as he or she can do. Try AMI
and bear it week. or so, and then l
will see if l can possibly remedy the
evil" la J un
Il cant bear it, and l won't bear ii
any longer! !" said the shoemaker. $50
Iif you do not take care of them, friend
Gray, . shall have to take care of them
for you "
swell, neighbor Barton, you can do
as you please" farmer Gray replied, in
his usual quiet tone. 81 am sorry that
they trouble you, but l cannot attend to
them now"
"I'll attend to them for you, see if |
don't, :" said the shoemaker, still more
angry than wh,n he first called upon
fafmer uray, anu rnen rurneu upon MS
heels and strobe off towards his own
house, which was quite near to the old
farmers.
What upon earth can be the matter
with them geese Z" said Mrs. Gray,
about fifteen minutes afterwards.
I" | cannot tell, unless neighbor Bar
ton is taking care of them. He threat
eued to do so, if l didn't yoke them right
off," aa
Take care of them. How take care
of them -
"As to that, am quite in the dark.
Killing them perhaps. He said they
picked his pigs ears and drove them
taway when they were eating, and that
thc wouldn't have it. He wanted me to
yoke them right off, but that could not
do now, as all hands are busy So l
suppose he is engaged in the neighborly
business of taking care of the geese. y -.
".Johu4., :, William run over andssce
what Mr.. Baeiaa is doing gwith my gAse, p
said~Mrs. Gs lin, quick, an kfous. tone,
to two little 6sys who werG GplS6ina ndar.
The urchins SCAMP 1t,8j wsil. pleas
ed to peIf9in sby grand. ltn
"Obsf 'aaaE dared to do anything
to my geese, l VIII never forgive him IN
the good wife. sad, sangrily.. I .!s5sn
{" Hush, Sally, make no speeches,
EIt is@ore. than probable ..thatsha las
lsnkd Sone two or three Gthkms. But
never mind if he has. 5ilkget over
his pet and be serry fo.ht: :HI : /.
eyes; but what gSpaswill his being
| life I" qss-rt"' ,.,',
"Ah, well, sapyyTanSe'vrer ever mind @f.,s;t
us wait until iISEs, ,laaSnswirat all this dis
turbance iStbout.n. = :
| In ab3ltSha Minutes the, children
came Home, bearing the bodies Of three
geese, each without a head. ,. I
Oh, that. is too much for, human
ehdurqncei'' cried Mrs. Gray. "Whcre
did you find them 2" Z. II
awe found them lying in The road,''
said the oldest of the two children; !" and
when we. picked them up, Mr.. Barton,
said, "tell your father have yoked his
geese for him, to save him the trouble,
as all bis hands are too busy to do it, /"
| "I'd sue him for !" said Mrs.
Gray, in an indignant tone.
| |" And what good would that do,
Sally I" - n.tt
why, il would do a great deal Of
good. 1t would. teach him better man
ners. 1t would punish him, and he de-
serves punishment" =
4" And punish us into the bargain.
We have lost three geese now, but we
still have their. good fat bodies to eat.
A lawsuit would cost us many geese,
and hot leave us as much as the feath.