The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1862-03-14

Once mounted on the chargers back, !
our hero felt some qualms of regret, for
he was old and heavy, and the horse was
young, frisky and headstrong, so that, in
less than half an hour, behold, our would
be cavalier was on foot again. vainly
striving to drag along by the bride, a.
creature that cooked up his head at every
puff of wind, and capered and pranced
at every stone that lay in his path.
This is poor bargain I've made
thought Gudbrand, when, just at that mo-
ment, he espied peasant driving along
hog, that was so fine and fat that its sto-
mach touched the ground.
"A nail that is useful, is better than a
diamond that glitters and can be turned
into nothing, as my wife often says re-
hected Gudbrand; and with that he traded
off his horse for the hog.
1t was bright idea, to be sure, but
our good man had connted without his
host. Don Porker was tired, and wouldn't
bulge an inch. Gudbrand talked to him,
coaxed him, swore at him, but all in vain !;
he dragged him by the snout, he pushed
him from behind, he whacked him on
both his fat sides, with cudgel, but it
was only labor lost, and Mr.. Hog remained
there in the middle of the dusty road,
like a stranded whale. The farmer was
yielding to despair, when, at the very nick
of time, there came along country lad,
leading she-goat, that. with an udder all
swollen with milk, skipped, ran, and
played about, in manner charming to
behold.
There! that's the very thing want !
exclaimed Gudbrand. I'D far rather
have that young, sprightly creature than
this huge, stupid brute Whereupon
without an instants hesitation, he ex-
changed the hog for the she-goat.
All went well enough for another half
hour. The young madam. with her long
horns, greatly amused Gudbrand, who
laughed at her pranks till his sides were
sore. In fact, too, the goat pulled him
along but when one is on the wrong
side of forty, one soon gets tired of
scrambling over the rocks and so the
farmer happening to see shepherd feed
ing his flock, traded his she-goat for a
eve. 'I'll have just as much milk
unused he, from that animal as from the
other, and at least she will keep quiet, and
not worry either my wife or me-
Gudbrand was right in one respect, for
there is nothing more gentle than eve.
This one had no tricks; she neither ca
pered nor butted with head, but she stood
perfectly still, and bleated all the time
Finding herself separated from her COM
panions, she wanted to rejoin them, and
the more Gudbrand tugged at her tether,
the more piteously she baaed.
Deuce take the silly brute |! , shouted
Gudbrand she's as obstinate and whim-
pering as my neighbor's wife. Who'll
rid me of this bawling, believing little
beast I must get clear of her at any
price
Its bargain, if you choose, neigbor,
said a country fellow, who was just pass
ing with fat goose under his arm
Here, take this fine bird, instead i; she's
worth two of that ugly sheep that's go,
ing to split its throat in less than an hour
anyhow.'
Done ! said Gudbrand "a live goose
is worth dead eve, any day ) and so he
took the goose in exchange.
But it was no easy matter to manage
his new bargain. The goose turned on
to be very disagreeable companion /; fol
finding itself no longer on the ground, i
fought with its feet, its bill and its wings
so that Gudbrand was soon tired of strug
Cling to hold it.
'Pah ! growled he the goose is al
ugly, ILL., grained creature, and my wifi
never would have one about the house.
With this reflection, he changed the COOS
at the first farmhouse he came to, for
fine rooster, of rich plumage, and furn
ished with grand pair of spurs.
This time he was thoroughly satisfied
The rooster, it is true, squawked from
time to time, in voice too hoarse to graf
ify mcst delicate ears but as his claw
t had been tied together with twine, and h
was carried head downwards, he fnal
: gave up and resigned himself to his fate
The only unpleasant circumstance nov
&. remaining, was that the day was rapid
drawing to close. Gudbrand, who ha
9 started before dawn, now found himse
e fasting, at sundown, without a shilling
S his pocket. He still had a long walk be
i fore him, and the good man felt that HI
d legs were giving out, and that his stomac
: craved refreshment. Some bold step mu:
:, be taken aud so, at the first way-sid