Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-03-23
Intoxicated Geese

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! p,s.cioGs. For Dature otger mceGs geese lc
| set lGeu xjcsjed, IL ne first p:aco, they have
! DO Aan:s 20 hold ou l. lylnn pos.s wi Ii snll.
al tre bcs: oil lines h r pal.nc. is Ir .carious.
E7, q when sJ5er, q fat 80. s.. it travelling OF
un va gGouad constantly c,o;s iorw ri Oh Il
| its blk, or backward Oh 70 lis tai; bu: when
| IoIblied II Is utterly hulfIcsS
4 short while ago larmar'5 wife H. 6 +
mihy had Cen III kioI some ch, r blaniy
but 81 sac !luud, dulGg !he p,QCIsS, tratt:rr
NUT Was u q, SHE ih e1 tho whole uu.
uu' lhto ih5 yard. auj, wl hout luck nr 20 $50
"ns' iotlo"ed, shut !he miudcw As i; t. 0u!
a Dry OF geese. good fellows al If III, III nap.
pcnrI 20 b" wadolios by ut h , tlm :, a,.d Sc
log h. cherries iruudhug ao.ul, d. uacL lnqee
| ilSs'td then. Tue pr.'m,pscy lrq1iry pruvlu4
Satisfactory, these ms nd ID poulr ry svt 70 tnd
ste toe whole los 'No neclIsps" was tne cr-
der "t the. cirouse. ami 80 they flushed s tho
CD Ties of at one slJlIig SO to speak
Inc tf :oG OF the sp,ntu u, fruit gas so0p
81 slparent, Tor on trying 70 make tie gGiu which
led from the sc.Dc OF the debsuSh 10 the holss
poud. they found everything Lg,lpst then.
w he h hleh WlGd had goi up, # what mud
happened, they o0uld DOT tell. tut II seemed 10
ses raDnl9g, aud the grouud s.t iu toward h III
Win steady, stroOg swell that Was most em
barrasslog to progress 10 escape these diff
cuItles, some lasbed ther rudders and hove TO-,
Others trl,d TO III, oeiGre che wud, while the
res tsoEtd lCr the il. sty. But there was no
'lV1og 10 hucn Westhec, al! ouJ by Que the
Craft luroh,d uVer aGG " .nt uGwu all standing
MeabWhlle the dame, tue UNCONSCIOUS Cause
CT this disaster, Was attracted by che noise in the
tow yard, end, loOklog ouE, saw ell her ten
geese DehaVlng as II they We're mad. The gan
der hlns;lt, usually so solemn aud decor US,
vas balauclpg himself on bis bssk, aud spluoiue
rcuad the while 10 prodigicus furry of
feathers aud dust, while tie ola gray goose,
remarkable ever ano0g her KIND for the cir
cunspeclon OF her conduct, Was lying stomach
upward 10 the gutter. teebly gesticuistiog With
her legs. Others Of the party were 90 less cou
splcuouS Tor the extravagaucs Of their attitudes
and gestures, while the remainder were tO oa
seen iying IN helpless confusion If feathers 10
he leo scupper thai Is to say, the gutter by
the pig sy.
Pefplexed by the spectacle, the dame call,
in her neighbours, and, after careful ipves .isa-
| ton II WIS decided in council that lhs birds
had died If poison. Unde. these circumstsn.
cts their carcasses we're worth nothing for food,
| but, IS the neigbbors said, the Fathers were
| not poisoned, and SO the SGT 10 work tbcn and
| there and p!ucked the ten geese bare.
| Next morning the good woman got up as
! usual, aud, remembering the fathers, dres SD
Dcllmes. Tor 1t Was market day. aud she hoped
| TO get them OF ner hands at oEce. Aud then
she bcthoueht her OF the ten pucked bodies
| lying iu tue porch. aud resolved that they
should be buried before she went Out. But, ss
| she approached ths door, 90 these deeept rites
| loteui, and was Lurnlog the ksy. there fell on
| her ears the soGud Of g isalillhr soice-.Dd then
| another aud another. uutii, st last, the asiou-
ished dame heard in full cto;u4 the well kunwn
accents OF sll her plucksd and poisoned grees..
| The throat OF the Did gspder was, 30 DOUBT,
! ttlfe. husky, aud the gray 9oCss SPOKE iu
| mItH toats suggestive OF chaS e1ius uead-
sch 0u, there Was 10 uls gkipg b !sA topQues,
AID lGo Ggme, iumbIiog t; t-o door, VOID rod
What /. 81 might IL 5al. Ia: a goose gncs ?
! Dsi aoy sc Lv-r re5d or hear II toe spGclrr Of
Il gsad-;? The key :urHed at las. he !Ur
! 0paaet, s1d t-erc. q I4ckng Ia su9!u,d t0g:s
! sugri41t GUd shtVsri0g, st00o al or hlCS.
!! fh re- th,y y asood .he :"n oiszrs be bJG- pith
| spiuiGr i aiych:s AID pa,ch i tOpau,s c1u-
| iI,n a"G G. eed. ssklag 10 hhSe thei; feathers
! back :. aln.
| 1ne situation was painful to both parties
The iJrlJrA geese s.W IL u:Ca others person. III
Illuminating ref .c.ion Of their oan coEJlIiun
! the dame, gLit!iy conscious of that b.stul OF
/ feathers aIt down, remam bercd how tbs oTr
; lalNu of \ Eoah in thlt -. ed sUrprisal Of Y
| huadred Years nd une, pecLed inupr.:ion iruu
| the unknown IT .Cts of wine" has teoA excused
by Religion aud ih9 unaul nous voice Of GIs g.,
| ter;Y Hhe and her el:htors with her, how
ever, had hast,,Y m!sjudlet the geese and tins
iEg hem deuG ruuk, hadtt ippci lhe,n wi;hou.
rem moeriTg f,r moment tEat II Fathers hr,
es - .st oi they sreVery hard t. put :. 90 she
| led III her Lrg bOrs again, tut thy proved
only sorry c0nturters, Tor thay reminded her
that sftcr si tn" fault Was her own; th,t II Wa.
she, sLd one eise, Wno hal thrown the
branded c1erriea TO tho ge 50 As il WAS with
JOB these 'OtlIque expo stu!auuHs" of her
friends were hsri Tor tbs widow 10 bear thsu
The downright blows Ct the Old man, and 80
turning from her neg ghto;t, she gathered all hi
| Da d poultry aoOut her rount lhe kitChen fire
and EST down u m .k1 than fl annel j,ckeis.