The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1878-12-06

with fine fleece on its back
81 should like to have that fel.
low" said our peasant to himself.
"He would find plenty of grass by
our palings, and in the winter we
could keep him in the room with
us. Perhaps it would he more
practical to have sheep instead of
"a cow. Shall we exchange n
The man with the sheep was
quite rea"y, aud the bargain was
struck. SO the peasant went on in
the high-road with his sheep.
Soon he overlook another man,
who came into the road from field, ,
carrying a great goose under his
arm.
"That's heavy thing you have
there. 1t has plenty of feathers
aud plenty of fat, aud would look
well tied to string, and padding
in the water at our place. That
would be something for my old wo-
man; she could make all kinds of
profit out of it. How often she has
said, 'lf we only had goose 2
Now, perhaps, she can have one
and, if possible, it shall be hers.
Shall We eXchangeg I'll give you
my sheep for your goose, and thank
you into the bargain"
The other man had not the least
objection; and accordingly they ex-
changed, and our peasant became
proprietor of the goose.
BY this time he was very near
town. The crowd on the high road
became greater and greater; there
was quite a crush of men and cat
tie. They walked in the road, and
close by the palings; and at the
barrier they even walked into the
toll-man's potato-tield, where his
one fowl was strutting about, with
string to his leg, lest it should
take fright at the crowd, and stray
away, and so be lost. This fowl
had short tail.feathers, and winked
with both It's eyes, and looked very
cunning. "Cluck, clnck y said the |
fowl. What itthought when it said
this | can not tell you; but AS soon
as our good man saw it, he thought, |
" That's the finest fowl Fve ever
seen in my life! Why, it's finer
than our parsons brood hen. On
my word, should like to have that
fowl. A fowl can always find a
grain or two, and can almost keep
itself. | think it would be a good
exchange if | could get that for my
goose"
"Shall we exchange ?" asked the
toll-taker.
" Exchange" !" repeated the man;
" we'll that would not be a bad
thing"
And so they exchanged; the toll
taker at the barrier kept the goose
and the peasant carried away the
fowl.
Now, he had done good deal of
business on his way to the fair, and
he was hot and tired. He wanted
to eat, and glass of
brandy to drink; and soon he was
III front of the inn. He was just
about to step in when the hoStler
came out, so they met at the door.
rhe hostler was carrying IA sack.
What have you in that sack ?"
asked the peasant.
" Rotten apples,' answered the
lostler; "a whole sackful OF them
enough TO feed the pigs with"
Why, that's terrible waste! |
should like to take them to my old
woman at home. Last year the old |
rec by the turf-hole only bore "A
Jingle apple, aud we kept it on the +
cupboard till it was quite rotten /
md spoilt. 'lt was always proper.
~ my old woman said; but here
he could see quantity of proper =
"a whole sackful. Yes, | shall a
Ne glad to show them to her. What 5
will l givef l will give my fowl in c
Xchange 7" G
And he gave the fowl according.
y, and received the apples, which $
e carried into the guest-room. He d
eaned the sack carefully by the p
tove, and then went to the table. e
'ut the stove was hot; he had not
bought of that. Many guests were g
resent-hoIsed dealers, ok herd, and II
wo Englishmen - and the two q
,ngliShmen were SO rich that their y
ockpts bulged out with gold coins.
nd almost burst and they could o.
ct too, as you shall hear. ii
Hiss SIS! hiss-s.sl What was that i,
y the stoves The apples were be. lc
inning to roast I? ~
"W hat is that !" II
" Why, do you not know" said a
lr peasant. st
And he told the whole story of the III
Drse that he had changed for Ca
NV, and all the rest of it, down to
le apples. eT
" Well, your old woman will give M
to you well when you get home y ts
lid one of the two Englishmen. fe
There will be a disturbance" re
"What-give me what 7" said the
aasant. "She. will kiss me, and pI
y, what the old man does is al is
ays right |" vs
Shall we wagerW said the Eng in
shmen. "We'll wager coined gold el
, the ton--a hundred pounds to til
e hundredweight r. ~
d" A bushel will be enough" re- II,
led the peasant. can only set bi
e bushel of apples aeainstit; and tn