The Mountaineer. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1859-1861, 1859-09-17

colder brown rags, and humming most
mournfully the air Of n
.YebanEs and braes q bohry Doom,
/ Mr.. Soap, says Cato, shaint got no
/ goose nor nothin' haint ye, for aunt
| Nabby?
I Soap was a literal (not a literary)
man, and SO he called to his daughter,
Propriety, who, having but one eve,
was likewise called Justice that is, by
some who were classical
'Pr'iety, muttcfed he, sgin Cato my
goose
Pr'iety, like good girl, took the
broad hat-iron off the shelf, and telling
Cato to be as careful as everlasting
not to get i wet, she wrapped ii in d
paper; and away went the meb-footed
mortal to deliver his charge to SUI
sauna.
MY gracious, il that niger haint
got me an iron goose to stew
/ But nevertheless, as it was her BUSH
ness to stew the goose and ask no
questions, at it she went; and pretty
soon the tailor's treasure was swimming
among the onions, carrots, cabbage
and spice, all as nice rs need Be. After
/ breakfast, aunt Nabby had gone abroad
4 to ask in the neighbors, and when she
Il came home, went to see how the goose
came on.
\ SIS it tender, Susanna? said she.
Susanna smiled so swectly, that the old
i il6use-clock in the corner next to the
cupboard stopped and held up its
& hands.
20, madam, replied Susanna, sit's
4 so tender that guess it wont be more
Il tender artcr bein' boiled II
sAnd fat?
20, bless ye, it's so broad across the
4 backp
My auut's mouth watered so that
she was forced to look at Susanna to
correct the agreeable impression.
Well, noon came, and the neighbors
y began to drop in: First came the par.
tson, Who, bciag q men Of remarkable
|, punctuality, took out his watch as Ii,
q came in, and for the purpose Of seeing
how it chimed, he said, with TIE OLE
] clock, he walked into the kitchen, bad
Miss Susanna good-day, hoped sh,
continued well in body, and snuffed III
q the sweet fayors Of the preparing sac.
Hrifce with expanded nostrils. Next t.
the minister came the squire; he opened
/ the Front door, and seeing no one but
me 4.
sPolliiah,' said he, swhen'll that
q goose be done? cause I'm eyerlastin,
busy settlin' that hay-mow case, and
I'd Ike to know. 2.
Ready now, squire, answered the
parson, opening the kitchen door, tand
walk in, and lei US haze d little chat
d The squire entered, and he and the
minister had . considerable spell oil
conversation about the hay-moW case.
n Just then in came the deacon; and
after him the sexton, and so on, till
| pretty much all the aristoeratic demo
Ecrats of the village had assembled.
. And then in hustled aunt Nabby, awful
fine, ! can tell you; and then Susanna
3 and Cato to bring in the dinner; and
while they were doing that, the com
Epany all took stiff grog, by way oil
, appetite, and then stroked down then
faces and locked ut the table. There
was a pig roasted and stuffed, and Q
j line OF veal, and two old hens, apd al
Everlasting sight of all kinds OF SARGE
and pies, and buildings, doughnuts and
!, cider; and above at the head Of the
Il table, the dish in which lay tho hero OIL
THE day, that ar goose smothcred il
onions, and utterly hid beneath the
load of carrots and cabbages. The
squire loarishel his fork, and pouncee
upon the pig; the deacon tackled to a
( tho veal; while the sexton went seriously
TO work to exhune pieceof pork from
, an avalanche Of beans. The minister
with spoon, gently stirred away q
lew carrots and onions, in hOpesof thu
coming to the goose.
st smells remarkably fne,' says he
TO aunt Nabby. s:2st .S
tIt's particularly fat and tender sht
! replied, 4 picked it myself from !
whole heap.
And stiIl the minister poked, till a
last tho spoon grated upon q surface.
"A skeWer, guess; and pluDging hi
fork info ~ :, N,s,.,, ~ zee 10 al \,