The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1870-08-16
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There once lived in one of our North
ern towns, not many miles from Conway,
New Hampshire, an eccentric individual
/ by the rame of Fogg, whose fame as
story teller was known fof iiiahS miles
around. Here is one: ~ :
SHY house was situated In glen;
some six miles distant from the staeq
road. Between Conway and where /
lived wps pond six miles in circdihfsf-
ence It so happened one time safly
i in the spring that / had been out lat6;
and in coming home discovered flock
of geese as they were just alighting ID
the pond. Rising early the next morn,
ing, / built my fire in the hreplat@ and
taking down the shooting-iroli, staftSd
for the pond to try my lutk. Arriving
on the shore found to my sorrow that
they were out of gun shot, and to ilfS u
that distance would be sheer folly -
Willie stood contemplating what to do;
la fox came down to the waters edgd
and stood snuffing the air. MY frst
thought was TO shoot him, but on re-
hection l concluded to see whnt h
would do. The fox in the mean timj
entercd the water and was swiIiin niing ,fof
the geese, which were huddled together
about half mile from the shbre. Ar
| ter swimming within q few yards Of
thein, be suddeiily disappaAfed, did b !
few moments goose was drawn undef
water, then Reynard returned On lis
homeward passage and landed hls bur-
den on the shore; then returning again,
brought another, until finally lie got thB
whole flock and wlieii he brought the
last one, i shot him. When / cadie tJ
pick up the geese found that / had fif-
ty good nice ones, which l lugged home.
together with the fox and my gun The
| old woman had not got breakfast quite
ready then"
"Ydt; Mr.. Fegg, the fox to capture the
geese, had to swim half a mile for each
goose consequently the fdx SWAN fiftf
miles, and as the geese Averaged sin
pounds apiece, making the suih 6f thred
hundred podhds,. TO sly nothing Of tiS
fox and gun, the thing was impossible. !"
sImpossible OF not; every word Of il
| is truth, y exclaimed the old ftian, "and
lIcan prove it by more than dozeAz6
my reighbors, to each of whom sold
feathers enough to fill d bed r.
EF-At a funeral in Cedar Rapids the
officiating clergyman gave utterance to
the following plain truths sThe Bible
says, In the beginning was the Wortb
and the Word was with God, did thH
Word was God ! but to suit the present
case will paraphrase it a little, and say,
in the beginning was the devil, and the
ldevil-was with whisky, and the devil was
whisky, and whisky was the catse oi
this mans death.p'
/ The Hon. David A. Wells has iHtita-
tions from three Congressional Districts
to become their candidate.
| George w. Miller is the Deriotrstic
candidate for Dd gate TO CUngrGss from
the Territory of Colorado.
i The Michigan Temperatures men have
i put in nomiliahon full State ticket, and
adopted resolutions affirming the Chica-
go,platform adopted last fall; and favor;
ing the gradual payment Of The National
4 debt.
4 All exhberant iuRatic In tafasette, til.
: diana, throws up his cap and shopts foI
b Olive r Morton for President IN i g,
j Somebody will be calling the ghost d
poor Colfax from the limbo Of ohlisi6I
Il /