Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-11-12

oNcI Secu III my IlI0! why us u0e
than our parsons brood hen. On m,
word, should like to have that fowl
A fowl can always find grain or two
and can almost keep itself. think i
would be good exchange if could ge
that for my goose"
'Shall we exchange?" he asked tn
toll-taker.
Exchanged" repeated the man
"well that would not be bad thing
! And SO they exchanged the toll-takel
at the barrier kept the goose. and thl
peasant carried away the fowl.
Now, he had done good deal of bust
ness on his way to the fair, and he wa!
hot and tired. He wanted something tt
eat, and gless of brandy to drink ant
soon he was in front of the inn. HI
was just about to step In when the host
Ter came out, SO they met at the door
The hostler was arrying a sack.
"What have you in that sack ?" asked
| the peasant.
J. "Rotten applss," answered the host
ler; "a whole sack full of them enough
to feed the pigs with"
"Why, that's terrible waste! should
like to take them to my old woman al
home. Last year the old tree by the
turf hole only bore single apple. and
we kept it on the cupboard till it was
quite rotten spoilt. 1t was always pro-
perty,' my old woman said: but here she
could see quantity ofproperty--a whole
sackfui. Yes, I shall be glad to show
them to her. What will I give?' I will
give my fowl exchange"
And he gave the fowl accordingly, and
received the apples, which he carried
Int hn INST Jon an<4 kt1<~
sack carefully by the stove, and then
hot he had not thought of that Many
herds. and two Englishmen-and the
two Englishmen were so rich that their
pockets bilged out with gold coins, and
almost burst; and they could bet, too, az
you shall hear.
Hiss-s! biss-s-s! What was that by
the stove? The apples were beginning
to roast?
"What is that?"
"Why, do you know" said our pea
And he told the whole story of the
horse that he had changed for a COW,
and the rest of it, down to the apples.
"Well, your old woman will give it to
you well when yq4 get home" said one
of the two Englishmen. ''Vhere will be
a disturbance"
"What-give me what?" said the
peasants "She will kiss me, and sly,
''What the old man does is always
right"
"ghall we wager ?" said the English
man. "We'll wager coined gold by the
ton, hundred pounds to the hundred
weightw
IA bushel will be enough" replied
the peasant. "I can only set the bushel
of apples against it; and I'll throw my
self and my woman into the bargain,
and | fancy that's piling up the mea-
sure"
"Done-taken 7"
And the bet was made. The hosts
carriage came up, and the Englishman
got in, and the peasant got in away they
went, and soon they stopped before the
peasants hut.
GOOD evening, old woman"
"Good evening, old man."
sI've made the exchange"
"Yes, you understand what you're a
bout" said the woman.
And she embraced him and paid no
attention to the stranger guests, nor did
she notice the sack.
"Heavens be thanked!' said she.-
"What glorious milk we shall have, and
butter and cheese on the table! That
was capital exchanged"
Eyes. but 1 changed the COW for
sheep"
"Ah, that's better still" cried the
wife. "You always think of everything;
we have just pasture enough for sheep.
Ewes milk and cheese, and woolen
jackets and stockings! The COW can
not give those, and her hairs will only
come off. How you think of every
thing!"
but I changed away the sheep for
goose"
"Then this year we shall really have
roast goose to eat, my dear old man.
You are always thinking of giving me
pleasure. How charming that is /! We
can let the goose walk about with a
string to her leg, and she'll grow fatter
still before we roast her,"
"But I gave away the goose for
fowl" said the old man.
"a fowl? That was good exchange"
replied the woman. 1.-THE fowl will lay
eggs and hatch them, and we shall have
we shall have whole poultry
yard! Oh, that's just what 1 was wish
ing for"
eyes, but I exchanged the fowl for a
sack of shriveled apples"
"Wbat?-I must positively kiss you
for that" exclaimed the wife. MY dear,
good husband? Now, I will tell you
Do you know you had
hardly left me this morning before be-
gan thinking how 1 could give you
very nice this evening.
thought it should be pancakes with
savory herbs. I had eggs and bacon,
too, but wanted herbs So l went
over to the school master's-they have
them, I know-but the schOOlmistress is
a mean woman, though she looks so
sweet. I begged her to lend me hand
full of herbs. 'Lena?' she answered me,
nothing at all grows in our garden, not
even a shriveled apple. I could not
even lend you shriveled apple, my
dear woman But now I can lend her
ten or whole sackful. That I'm very
glad of; that makes me laugh!' And
with that she gave him a sounding kiss.
II like that ?n exclaimed both the
together. always going
down hill, and always merry that's
worth the money" So they paid
hundred weight of gold to the peasant,
who was not seeded, but kissed.
Yes, it always pays when the wife
sees and always asserts that her husband
knows best, and that whatever he does
is right.
FINDING A WIFE AT TCHURCH.-Many
years ago. son of Scotch lord, travel
ling in this country, happened to spend
a Sunday in Stratford, Conn. Finding
the hours long and weary, he dropped
into the churcn, and soon became more
interested in the voice of a beautiful
young lady in the choir than the preach
er's sermon. The impression made was