Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1868-12-25

A MORSE LEGEND.

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Once upon time there was a man
30 surly and so cross that he never
| thought his wife did anything right
in the house. So one evening in
aay making time, he came home
scoiding and swearing, and showing
his teeth and maxim dust. sr
| Dear love, don't he angry, there's
good man, said his goody to-mor.
row lets change our work. IN 10
with The mowers 10 NOV, and YOU
shall mind the house. ,as -
Yes! tile lIusband thought thnt
would do very well. lie was quite
willing, he said. as
80 early next morning his goody
took n scytlie over her shoulder and
went into the hay field with the
mowers aud began 10 NOV; but the
man was to mind the house and 10
DO the work sgs s
First of all he wanted to C urn
butter, AMI when lie had churned
awhile he got thirsty and went down
in the cellar To tap barrel of ale. So
just when he had Knocked in the
bang, and Was putting the tap into
the cask he heard the pig come Into
| the Kitchen above. Then off he ran
his hand, az fast as he could, To look
after the pig lest il should upset the
chuin. But when he got up aud saw
churn over, and stood there, roofing
and grunting among the cream,
he got so wild with rage that he
quite forgot the ale barrel, and ran,
the pig as hard as he could. He
/ lar t,.a M 81 %
doors, and gave ii such a kick that
| piggy lay for dead Oh the spot. Then
all at once he remembered that he
had the tap i'm his hand, aud when
he got down TO the cellar every drop
of ale had run out of tic cask.
Then lie went INTO the dairy and
found cream enough to fill the churu
again; aud 20 he begaD To chufir for
they must have butter f,r dinner.
| When lie had churned bit he re.
IN, mbercd that their milking COW
Was still shut up la tile barn, and
haden't had "a bit to eat nor drop To
drink ali the morning. though tt,e
sun was high. Then all at once he
thought IL was TOO far 10 take her To
the meadow. 80 he would just take
her up OH the. house top--for the
house you must know, yas thatclied
| witii sods. anu "A fine crOlDs of glass
was growing tHefe. Now their hous.-
lay close up against a steep down,
and thought IL lac iaid plank across
90 the thatch at che back. he'd easi-
ly get Tie cow UP.
| But still lie couldn't leave the
cburn, Tor there vas his little babe
crawling about on the floor, and III
he left IL, he thought the child WAS
sure to upset it. so he took the
churD op his back and wentout with
IL, but then he thought he had bet
ter frst water tie COW before he
turned her out on the thatciI; so lie
took up "a bucket to draw water out
of the we'll; but as he stopped dOwi,
al the wells brink. all the cream
ran out of the citurn over his shoul.
ders and SO down In the we'll.
Now it was near dinner time, aud
heiiad not even got the butter yet !;
so iie thought he had best boil the
porridge, and filled tile pot with wa.
ter and hung IL over the fire. When
he had done that he thought the COW
might fall OF the tbatch and break
her legs or neck. 50 he got up on
tile house 10 tie her up. One end OF
the rope he tied fast to tie COW 4
neck. and the other he slipped Down
the chimney, and tied 10 his own
thigh; and iie began To make haste,
for the water now began TO hoil II,
the pot, aud he had still to grind the
] Da, hiesE
80 be began 10 grind away bus