American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1867-02-02
STORY OF THE NOSES,

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" one time twenty five thousand ofte
walked in the direction Of Dewitt,
and more than one of them oifere
to follow the plow, in hopes of bC
coming the son-in-law of the farmer
The first condition that the cllr,atn
peasant set on each new servg -
this: " | engage you," he woa ,o.,..
:" Tor a year, that is, till the and 4
sings the return of spring; eth al
from now till then, you saIp,s"Iy a
are not satisfied, [ will cul 'tferip
end of your nose. / give ,9hatev
same right over me-" he added
laughing. And he did as he said
Prague was full Of students with tn,
end of their noses glued on, whicI
did not prevent an ugly scar. and
stu less, bad jokes. To return fro n
the farm disfgured and ridiculed was
well calculated to cool the warmest
passion.
\ young man by the name 9 Co
randa, somewhat ungainIy in manner.
but cool, adroit and cunning, which
are not bad aids in making ones for
tune, took it into his head to try the
adventure. The farmer received him
with his usual good nature, and the
bargain made, sent him to the field
to work. AT breakfast time the other
servants were called, but good care
was taken to forget Coranda. At
dinner 1t was the same. C0randa
gave himseltnO trouble about it. He
went TO the house, and While the far
mer's wife was feeding the chickens,
unlocked an enormous ham from the
Kitchen ratters, took a huge loaf from
the cupboard, and went back to the
field to dine and take a nap.
Are you satisfied ?" cried the far
mcr, when he returned at night.
Perfectly satisfied" said Coran-
da, Il have dined better than YOU
have"
At that instant the farmers wife |
came rushing i'll, crying that her ham
was gone. Colanda laughed, and
the farmer turned pale.
:" Are you not satisfied" asked
COranda.
" a ham is only a ham," answered
his master. "Such little does not
affect me- But after that time he
took good care not to leave the stu
dent fasting.
Sunday cane. The farmer and
his wife seated themselves in the
wagon TO go to church, saying to Co
randa:
"It is ycur business to cook the
Inner. Cut up the piece OF meat
you see yonder, with onions, carrots,
ecks and parscly, and boil them all
.ogethcr in the great pot over the
ire in the Kitchen"
every WE'LL" answered Coranda.
There was little pet dog at the
arm house by the name Of Parscly. ,
)oranda, killed him. skinned him, ,
ut him up with the meat and vcgc- !
abies and put the whole to boil over .
he kitchen fire. Vixen the farmers +
wife returned, She called her favor @
te; but alas, she saw nothing but +
'lcodv skin hanging hy the window. f
What you ordered me, mistress. "
have boiled the meat, onions, car !.
OTIS and lccks, and parSgly il the i
argain." a
" Wicked uTotcl!" cried the far. II
Ter, "hgd you the heart to Kill the 81
nocent creature thatWas the JOY of !,
Ie house = Il
Are You not satisfied :" said Co ~
nda, taking his knife from his a.
Dckct ~
Il did not say that" said the far, Ir =,
or. a dead deg is nothing but a N
'ad dog But he sigheu. y,
y few days after, the farmer and ot
5 wife went to market. Fearing "
cir terrible servant, they said to ii
m, " stay at home and DO exactly ST
nat yen see others do" -.
. Very well, said CGGauda. \ W,
There was an old shed in the yaHi, W;
G roof Of which was falling hS en-
'ces. The carpenters came topi3 he
If it, and began, as usual, by t,altn IF
: down the roof. Ceranda toeIe W III
lder and mounted the roof ofP itNbl,
use which was quite new. Shin tn.
=, laths, nails and tiles, he tore off do
and scattered them all to tn,
winds. When the farmer re ho,
ned, the house was open to the
IDS. VI,
Nillian!" said he, "what new pai
X have You played me-" wo
l have o6eyed you, MASTER" an Obj
red Coranda. " You told me to me
exactly what | saw others do. he
; you not satisfied 2 and he took Sal
his knife. his
Satisfied - returned the farmer: OF
by should not I've satisfied ; \ upa
shingles more or less viii NOT job
| me-" But he sighed. vim
light came the farmer and his and
, said to each ether that it was his
4 time to get rid OF this incaruatc ave
on. As is always the case with and
'iblc people. they never do any felt
e without consulting then Laugh- pier
it being the cgstnm IN Eohcmia gcrs
sink that children, always have drel
e wit than their parents. The
Father" said Iigicn. " 1 viii hide com
he great pear tree early in the lonb
ming, and call the cuckoo. Nout I'll
tell Cornda that the wear is up. look
him and send him away. cpa
lrly in the morning the plaintivc Ston
of the cuckoo was heard threueh ell 1
fields. The farmer seemed sur inte
sd. Well. nay 10y. spring has II
p said he - 20 Nuu lt.t,, fh. mo-,