New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-02-27

Rrom N, Lonaon Telegraph.

From The IoHdOn Teicqrdph.
Nature never iacnpt geese 10 get lntONlcatcl' III
,bn Srst Mace they have 10 hands to hold on to
iomu posts with while mt the best oil HINES thelr
balance is precautions. Even when soIer. a ~
soots forward on to its bcak, backward on to ITS
tail: but when inebrated it Is utterly helpless
short while ago. q farmers vile IN nerh,ah5 huu
hreu making some cherry brandy but as slle t0uhd,
during the process that the fruit was nnsonnd she
threw the whole mass ont mo the yarn, an" ~
without looking TO see what lOlIo"eu' shut Wv ".
window As IT tell ont party oil geese nappohou ="
be waddling By and seeing the clniI Nv Unro
investigated them. The preliminary inquiry prov,
ing satisfactory. these MISGUIDED poultry oeI ~ fit
ot the whole lot. Tho effect of the sprltuOuS Irut
was soon apparent, for on trying to make inc gatc
which led from the scene OF the debanch 70 tue
horsepond they found everything against ,n nn
Whether n high wind had got up, or what had nap
ncned. they could not tell, but 1t seemed 10 tue
geese as IL there was an unc0mmonly hlen sea tu
ming and the ground set IN tO% Ns smbsrrassing to
nrooress To escape these dfhcuitles s0ne now W
others tried to run before tho wlnd wnG i .Io aS
tackled LOT the pgstye Bnt there was no iis,.S k
snch weather and one by one the crait lurchcu
over and went down. ....ol hr +ha roise
Meanwhile the dame was at'racteu Wy III Ir ten
geese behaving a. il they were mao. Inc enhuoi ,
self usually so solemn and decoIous, was Da,A n.y.
ing himself on his beak anu S Ipsathers and dust
while the old gray goose remarkable even ainuns
her kind for the circumspection OF her cohauct, Was
living stomach upward in the gutter, leeDif M no
issting with her legs Others of the party were no
icss conspicuous for the extravaganza OF tneir n'
tmdes and gestures while the remainder were W po
seen living in helpless confusion OF leatloIs W o
gutter by the pgstye Perpexed ny ui LIE "arofni
fbe dame called in her neghbOrs, ana aiteL Gai1i
;nycstigation it was decided that the nu' .h hr
Hied of poison. Under these circumstance tn .h
caroasses were worth nothing Tor 1000, ouC; 40 Wy
neghbors said their feathers were NOT Pm aj
and 40 they set to work then and there anu plu0A0
the ten geese bare. . ot -, "a usual
aud accommodating the feathers d1wnstalrs uIes'9 2
hetimes for IL was market day. anu sho ~ ON.
act them of her hands AZ once DuI % thara
nroached the door and was turning tno NY, Vi nJ
fell on her ears the sound OF Iai. iost The aston
thcn another and another until al laSt, Cno SoUr
ihod dame heard in full chorus the well-kh9 r,
accents of all her plucked and polsonSe ouSt trias
throat Of the old gander was, no al tonn.
husky and the gray goose spoke ID nueu oo o:
snggestiye of chastenDg headashe ou' tmuao |" :"
MISLEADING those tcn aS% there ouackns in sub
HHo"J tones snnnliant and shvering, stooo al nc,
dookl But alas among them ail 'nu nov "' Tber,
| enough feathers to have wiDgeu oIo pu1GtM' hnad
stood the ten MISERABLE birds, WITH spltI'Is
| aches and parched tongues, conIroo anu TSe attn
afion was painful to both parties. Here were sn
geese before her, bald penlteht, anu o sn" thni
| sSrith the cold there IN the corner woio Sn
feathtr rs in bag. But how eoula tney nu raco,
| toQetheri Even surprising eacn RoosS ,othad S6
nise its own how were they TO DO iecioIn nad onI
caiied in her neighbors again. but they proven 1ni
rry, comfortera: and 30 she gathered al nor DnI
| nonltTv about her round the kitchen lire; anu ~
| dawn to make them flannel jackets; now III III
birds Jared after this history does moi lSi at the
M doubt the geese were wiser IN bu1i ~ al raaso
thew were in their feathers; but tney nne heino
trJ withhoiding forever after from human Deine
That pleasing tInstfulness which characterizes W
domestic fowl.