The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1858-02-12

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brought home baskets Of strawberry roo,
: and planted nice bed Of them the
they dug away again for the treasure.
One day they dug o terrible hard piec
of the land, and had to pull up some oil
tree stumps and stones, etc. round a larg
cherry tree behind the house, aid the.
were very tired. That night a travelle
came that way, and hadto stop there owe
night, they lived so far from any othe
house. As they had no barn, he tied hi
horse to this cherry tree, and gave hin
his oats out of bag he had brought OF
his back. The traveller went away next
morning, but in a few days they fount
the oats the horse had spilled and scat
tered had sprung up in the nicely-dul
ground, and they had a little field o
oats /! This pleased Mr., Goodman very
much, and when the good fairy next mp
pcared, he told her Of it. 'oh, yes she
said, it would bea good plan to plant
something in each place as you dig it,
She said the next time she came she
would bring some seeds for them. Sc
they had another objectfor which to dig
beside the finding Of the trcasure--to sec
tho things growing. r " ..'.
She was as good as her word, and
brought the seeds, and they had dug SO
we'll they could plant great many mel
ons and other nice things which they
had never had before in their lives: and
tho soil was so good, and had been so
nicely dug and turned over for the trea-
sure, that the plants grew 80 rapidly, and
ripened so soon, that the next time she
told them they had better stop digging
awhile, just till they could take care OF
the oats, and strawberries, melons, and
other things. They had eaten as much
of them as they wanted all the season,
and sold them to the nearest houses, and
now Mr.. Goodman said they would 80
next week to the nearest market town
with tho rest.
So they went. The market people
said the strawberries were the largest
they had ever seen, and their melons
brought the highest price; and the moth
cr surprised them by showing them a
cheese she had made from tho milk OF
their cow, which had yielded twice as
much, having had better feed. The
youngest children had carried each two
baskets OF straw berries, (the baskets they
made of willow twigs) while the elder
ones and their father were loaded with
melons, pears, corn, etc, and when they
had sold them and como out Of the town
on their way home, a happier family ncv-
CIR was seen. They all had handful Of
money they had earned themselves !! ...''
When they got home they sat round a
table, and putting all their money upon it
sat looking in wonder and Joy. They
never had seen SO much in all their lives
before; they were so pleased, they had
quite forgotten the tire asurc they had dug
so hard and 30 long for, till the fairy
put her head in at the door.
'How beautiful your farm looks ! said
she, and your cherry tree will bear bush.
els Of nice cherries next season, now you
have dug away all those stones and
stumps from the roots. See how it
branches out! And what have you here,
looking on the table, Money! silvcr!--
dollars! AIR said she, Did / not tell
you there was hidden treasure in your
ground that you would certainly find, il
you dug for it This heap of money IL
the last part of the treasure you have
found BY digging.
Look how healthy you all have be
come. How industrious and useful YOU
children have bccome-how hopeful ant
happy you are! Look at your farm now
where there was nothing but stumps anc
stones before you dug, is now a garder
and fields Yes, you have found mor'
than one trcasure-and now, should yor
like to know my namcl / am calle'
Industry or the Poor Mans Fairy lal
ways know and tell where treasure Is
to all-clildrcn cven,. if they will lister
to my voice and words. Adieu, adicu,
and she kissed her hand and disappeared
leaving them still looking at the fredsur
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