Connecticut western news., 1872-11-08
JOSEPH'S NOSE.

"Joseph has nose p screamed the children of the village of Goldbach, near Zurich, to each other.
 "Nose?"
 "Yes, real nose; you can take hold of it."
 All the people in the village ran out, and stood gazing in astonishment at a handsome young fellow, with bundle road.
 Such an uproar about house must have some unusual cause ; for of course everybody has nose, and nothing is said about it. But with Joseph it was quite different it had been forgotton when he came into the world, and now, after twenty years had reached him, this was the cause for all the noise People had waited too long, and it's ab- sence had made too much trouble for it's arrival not to be an advent.
 Now, Joseph Who put nose on you ?" asked a countryman, and put out his hand almost tiR1idly toward the feature in question, which distinguished itself from noses in general by peculiar blueish pallor.
 "Whoever did that knows how to do something besides eating.
 "Nobedy ever heard of such thing before."
 "Tell us all about it, Joseph, 1" screamed the people altogether, sur rounding the young man. .. "Nobody knew where you were; you were gone all at once, and nobody knew how"
 "Could not you stand it so long to have no one to laugh at and tease That's all I good for p said Joseph bit terly. "Now you can come around me, and there is no end to your questions but when had no nose, you used to call after me, 'Eie, there's Joseph again, and must hide myself in the fields as quickly as I could, so your eyes should not be hurt by the sight of me-" He followed him unabashed, for curiosity was greater than their sense of shame.
 "But: Joseph, you were ugly to look at," apologized lubberly boy |" the girls could not eat when you came."
 70, yes, Twas ugly, and poor besides, and it was such good fun to abuse pool devil who could not help himself because he and his mother were kept al public cost Ever since I was born ] have known nothing but hunger, scorn and shame one can't forget such things right away, do you know p
 "How he can talk now," cried the people, whoAcoald not get over their as tonishment. The unfortunate creature had only been able to lisp unintelligibly having no nose, the air passed through the three cornered opening withou forming itself into words. For that req son they looked upon him as half idiotit and treated him no better than an ami nal in fact not so we'll, for an anima was useful to them but the poor, de formed child was only burden on tn, public, and good for nothing but tend ing cattle.
 "It is really, Joseph ?" questioned some, whose boundless astonishmen gave way to the idea of some kind o trickery. They found sympathizers.
 In fact it is not Joseph at all, bu some fellow he has sent here to fool us. "Yes, I am he," said Joseph, ant stopping before miserable hut asl my mother, she'll soon tell you ; ant he entered the hut, the whole crow, following him as far as the room woul, allow. Joseph's mother came wearil, forward to meet the young man. Sh looked at him with astonished, curiou eyes, and asked what he wanted.
 "There, do see it is not he at all his own mother ought to know him, cried the doubters, who were growth in numUer.
 "Wait while, you fellow, we'll 500 5 cure you of fooling,' they threatened } and some of them shook their fists a him.
 =" Mother" cried the threatened boy "don't you know your son again ? Then came a look of recognition over tn countenance of the sick woman and sti a doubt for what she saw was too con prehensible.
 "Lord,~ can it be ? You were Joseph. But no, you have nose P
 Yes, mother, have one, and I al oseph, too /; only believe it, dear mott a lr: did not want to tell You was at