, 1875-12-12
GEESE

| OF all the domestic fowls ct for mans use,
| For down or for roasting. the bes. is the goose:
And although the rooat turkey, dish Of renown,
And at Christmas uaue talked OF incoanry and towr
Nay BE- ssvoEy indeed, YET, wers Me to @ COMPARE s,
Tint the prefereneeindee to the former uszs due,
| To be ever chosen by epicure true
| Prepared by the garcor for tabled hote,
| An . dish far exceling the hls2raed shoat.
Have the dressing with spices appropriately mixed,
! And the fowl on the Barer attractivey fixed,
Just Drowned to crisp, while the agrant siuce fo~s
| Then glorious indeed arc The odors which .1se,
Een tempting the gods from their feast In the shes.
Artistiealiy carve now, With consu~mate art'
Send orders for dessert, and serve OIL the wine:
Oh! who could tho joy Of such feastina resign!
] We are ot the earth earthly, and appetite Graves
The good things Of life; yet when Gluttopys slaves
! Bow low to her mandates, with scarcely doubt
They are held On the rack By dyspepsi& sna gout
Who bus not at evening reposed With his head
On Light downy pillow, while weariness ded7
But who finds for pity place IN his mind,
Or feels for the woes Of the geese md , its hnd7
And renting the delicate, snowy-wh,to fleece, q
To list to the heart-rending cls1nor thsy raise
Butshe piti!ess picker her hand never stays,-
For daughter will soon to the altar be led
And the matron, of course, must present her bed:
Then, soft a. the thistle-down waited on high,
When the geese are left nalealy ragged and lean,
They realize they unfit to be seen:
Divest of their plumage, detected and droopfng,
And striving to hide from the eye their disgrace,
They seek IN the woodland safe hiding-plaee,-
Inssnetiyey shrinking from xiew & IL teir plan
Then, how graceful the geese ~ in sauadrons they
sail
Der the clear, CLASSY lake, in their pumage pale
Where steering and veerng. their feathers they lzvs
And dire in their frolics beneath the bright wave
When Rouew at war with ne1ghboring Stats,
The foe were in amhuscade, lying in witt.
And seeking, b. stratagem. thus to begui!e
The Romans to march THROUGH narrow deble:
Then flock Of geese passed where the enemy lay,
Which clamored with fright in terrible way.
So the 1egions were warned when they would Lave
And the Zoe we're dIseusted and 1ett in chagzin.
Thus Rome WAS preserved by the Cabling Of geese
aud Their hocks were protected and flowed to In
crease.
By the vay. Of the geese many species are kno"n,
Aud the ryera cut West by Wild hocks are oerdown;
Nor always distinguished By feathers alone.
For goose nsy wear broade1oth, hns boots, and
Sport cane, cigar, mustaehe, and al1 that.
Huwb-it this species dishunorB tte bird,
Although OF the fowl they may claim to be lord,
Than, truthfully speaking, they actually sse,-
As goose upon passing AZ entEsnce, will nod,
Though he onening above may extend full rod
Then. goose BY tba tailor L. oft in request,
Bv meaus Of which seams and tappela are impressed
Appears a. xyxued assistant 70 man.
viii the quill Of the goose, ere nsurped BY the see
And well might the learned OF that day conceds
That tho plume Of this bird Was blessing indeed,
OF the tdped a,storJ Is frequently toll
with an excellent moral. although ii be old
And. a. It will oftenttnes apty apply,
4 hint OF such value should never go by.
There dwe!t IN old womAn, cannot tell where.
And eooso she possessed with Tits attribute Eares
For, instead Of producing, to nature 30 traa,
Such eggs Al ris known that Ill other geese do
70 behave In tha truth Of the story'as told,
You must think that tho eggs Of thus bird were goto
The opcierts had Hstd twas gift from the Kods!
ho czres where Sis got it - fg for the odds!
Now, rhe owner, It seens, BY such vsluscie lays
Wa4 quickly ecab1ed 'bove neighbofs to ratsss
But a. weak human nature il seadn1u* e!ef,
Satisfied with enough, SO she now must eadea7or
At once to possess ali the Roid Of the Roose,
Though for it shs found no immediate uae-
Twas ay2rice which raused her to act "a She d1o,
And to c4ys for the eggs vhere shs thought eJ were
hid.
1t last she lsfd open the goose with knife,
Which, u NATURALLY followed. deprived It o1 lnes
Then who can aEine her grief and aurNus
When never an egg there appeared 10 her eyes!
Bus alsa for the fowl which had brought her Euch
xf,h cnyetous hand she'd It ruthessty slatn,
md the old voupau,s fortunes grew rapidly Hoase
Fill poverty cane With terrible curse. |
THUS the Ino17l h very explicitly shoTu: |
" ays tciAs to kt saeu enough eEtT ate'7e- |