Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1862-04-09
coyNeI BLUFFS, IOWA NEDN DNEsnAY. APRIL 81 1862, J,

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has fasss Ths' saiy UNPLEASANT eirsasa- ]
ssaaaes nov EsznAinang mas sAas shs day
Il was rapaaly drawing aal . sioae. Cad
bTaads who had started hssosa dawn, NOW
i fsana hisnaalf kassiag N sandomn, wiaA-
eas . faRshIag %. his puekss. Lie s&ial
Ihaa d ilDng @aik bafoea kaza, .maa sAe
Il good assn fals that his logs wsss gishsg
ans and shat his ssomaoh sfsvsa ssfrssh-
maas. Soaa bold sthp muss be taken !;
j and .aa, ss aAs arss wayssds aayaTn, Iad-
Absaad aola MA spestss fox aNaaiiiisz, and
! 40 he kad rssing appeaits, no Hpeas che
last doit Of il for has supper. .T4o
Il -
| nse wazaSa . rooster bs % ma, III | bad 10
| dis. a saasaE - 4asc ..45.-.ssass
i As De, = length, drsw asas bin own
i dwsIliag, however, andbraEd bsgsn 20
, Emesisass seriously on the sarioas sarn
shiags had taken witia him, and k,efosaA an
LsaFiag hss Aems, ha ssopped at the door
of Peter the Grsyh@ard, aa y neigBhor
LOT his VS. sailed Ia she surrounding ooun-
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swell, naighbor, p said Peter, SHOW
/ hare gou prospesed in sbe town" III Is
S0hl ss-so," answered Gadhgand SsI
D ean't say thai have been very lucky. nor
: have ] uuch 10 coaaRlaia Of satherso and
D | he sent pn 70 tall al thai had happeasd.
r HNeiglbar, you've made pretty gneaa
of itl" said Peter the Grey beard "youII
> have g. nck time of il whsa you gat home.
. Heaven protest you troEn your daniel r
II wouldn't be in Jour shoea fer ten
= crowns" .. ..., .4'.E. .sS..sr
e "Good" rejoined GudhTana Of she
Hill "shtags might Aava turned eas still
} worse for me; but nov Pm quite 10 my
: mind about it, for my wife Is 80 clever
that, right or wrong no matter whst Pvs
B done, well or ill, she'll not say one worr
/ Eabont it.1 s5..
T 81 hear and admire your statement
Q neaghboF, y retUrted Peter, S'but with al
t respect for you, | do not believe werU
r of itn
"NiA you lay wager On itf" sale
Il audbFand. III have hundred crows il
c my drawer as home, and I'lI bst twenty O
: them against as many from you."
"Done on the spot!" replied Peter
= So, joining hands 90 it, the two friend
: eBtered Gudbrand's house. Peter stool
}. back at she door to see what the husbahl
i and wife would have TO say.
e "Good evening, wife!" said GudbFand
v "Go0d evening, husband said th
e good woman; ''you've come back, then
d God be praised How did yoa fare al
d day :"
:, brand. "When got to the town | coul'
Ie find no one there to bay our COW, and SD
Il traded her off for horse"
r, "For horse'' said the wife. ga
il excellent idea, aui thank you with al
10 my heart. We can 60 TO church, thcr
10 IN q wagon, like plenty Of ether folk
IF who lock down upon US, bus are no bette
than we. If we choose to keep d horse
ID and can feed him, we have right to d
" it, suppose, for We ask no odds of any
body. Where is the horssY We mus
(, put him into the stable"
Dr. III did not bring him all the way home,
Is answered Gulbrand, ''for on the road
in changed my mind; exchanged the hor'
De for hog"
= s'Come, now" uaid the wife, "shat
re Just what I'd have done in your place !
Of Thanks a hundred thimes overs Nov
ry when nay neighbors eoms to see me, L
have, like everybody else, biz Of ham
p offer them. What need had We Of e hSrs
o. The folks around as would have sal
1g See the saucy things! they think 1t b
CD meath them TO walk TO church, Let
put the hog in pen"
a 81 didn't bring him With me-" ga
ed Gudbrand, "fOr on the way | excbang
e. him for a she-goat."
d. "Bravo P' said the good wife. "Wh
IA sensible man you are! When cor
ur to think of it, what could hare done xi
On a hog? The neighbors would have poir
d. cd US out, and have said, Look at tho
IRE people-ali they make they eat' b,
i'm with she-goat, shall have milk o.
I'd, cheese, not to speak of the little kids.
l.h Come, let US put her into the stable"
nd L 81 didn't bring the she goat with II
Of either" said Gu ibrand. al traded
he again, for al ewe."
10, "There! That's just like you," {
ne claimed the wife, with evident satisfs
at, tion. sit was for my sake that you {
ip- that. Am young enough TO scamp
aer over bill and dale, after a she-goat? !
indeed. But an eve will yield me
.p' wool as well as her milk; so let as
her her housed at oneJ."
Ian 81 didn't bring the eve home, eitheI
on. stammered Gudbrand, once more, t'l
ez- awapped her for goose"
s'Nhat2 o goose! oh thanks thol
- and times, with all my hsart-for, af
rms all, how could hava got along with
he'd lcwes have neither card nor oonsb, 4
4ct, spinning 10 heavy job, at best. Il
one far easier to cut and fit and sew. It's
oou easier to buy our clothes ready made,
Ks ws,ve Always doae. But goose--a
II a one, too, DO doubs--why, that's tho Y
he thing want! I've need Of down for
aeh guilt, and my mouth has watered
| as many day for 8 Bit Of roast goose.
be the bird ia the poultry coop.
} or sab Eve not bFoughs the goose, ii
took q rooster in his ssead.o ..
ect, Good husbandI' said the wife, "yoT
! an wiser than would have been. Aroos
sheF splendid why, . reoster's better Il
but an eight-sisy clock. The rooster !
the cruw every morning. at four, and tel
rom when it Is time topray to God and
join about our work. What would have b
,ged done With goosef doa's snow