The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1883-04-07


where the man had got the mill from
> but he would not tell
at is all the same where got it
You see the mill is good, and the mill
stream does not freeze" said the man.
Then he ground food and drink, and
all kinds Of good things, for all Christ
mastide, and the third day he invited in
his friends, and had banquet.
When the rich brother saw all there
was in the banquet hall, he was both
grieved and angry, for he grudged his
brother anything.
son Christmas eve he was SO needy
that he came to me and begged for a lit
tie in Gods name, aud now he makes a
feast as though he were both count and
king" said he to the others. But
where in Helvede did you get all your
riches from ," said he to the brother.
Behind the door," said he who owned
the mill He did not trouble himself
about giving him any account of it; but
later in the evening, when he was little
full, he could not restrain himself. Then
he came out with the mill.
There you see what has procured me
| all this wealth." said he, and then he
made the mill grind one thing and
another.
When the brother saw this, he was de-
| termined to have the mill, and at last it
was agreed he should, but he must give
| three hundred dollars for it, and, besides,
the man was to keep it till haying. For
if keep it SO long, can grind up food
for many years. thought he.
During that time, one may easily i'm
agine the mill did not get rusty, and
when haying time came the brother re-
ceived it; but the other had been careful
| not to teach him how to stop it.
1t WAS in the evening that the rich one
got the mill home, and in the morning
he told his wife to go out and spread
hay after the mowers. lie would pre-
pare the dinner himself to day, he said
So, when it was nearly dinner time, he
sat the mill on the kitchen table.
Grind herring and porridge, and that
both fast and WE'LL" said the man; and
the mill went to grinding herring and
porridge, first all the dishes and trays
full, and afterward out over the whole
kitchen floor. The man fused and
worked at the mill and tried to get it to
stop, but no matter how he shifted and
fingered it, the mill kept on, and in lit
tie while the porridge got SO deep that
the man was near drowning. Then he
threw open the parlor door, but it was
not long before the mill had ground the
parlor full also, and it was with much
ado that the man got hold of the door
latch down in the flood of porridge.
When he at last got the door open. he
did no. stay long in the room. He
rushed out, and herring and porridge
after him, so that they streamed foaming
out over both the yard and the fields.
About this time the woman, who was
out spreading hay, thought it took a
great while to get dinner ready.
1--WE will go home any way. even if
the man does not call us. He is not very
good at cooking porridge, so had bet
ter help him. said she to the harvest
folks.
Well, they began to saunter home
ward, but, when they came up over the
hills a little distance, they met herring
and porridge and bread, rushing and
pitching amongst each other, and the
man himself in front of the flood.
Would to Heaven you had each
hundred stomachs.' shouted the man,
"but take care that you do not drown
in the dinner porridge.' and he darted
past them as though the Evil One were
at his heels, down to where his brother
lived. He begged him for Heavens sake
to take back the mill, and that in an in
slant. of it grinds another hour the
whole parish will perish of herring and
porridge," said he.
But the brother would not think of
taking it before the other paid him three
hundred dollars more, and he must pay
it then.
The poor one now had both money and
the mill, and SO it was not long before he
got up house for himself much more
magnificent than the one the brother
lived in. With the mill he ground SO
~, bot 1a - y-it ~,
gold plates, and as the house lay close by
the sea side. it shown and glistened far
out over the water. All who sailed past
there now wanted to call and visit the
rich man ia the gold house, and then all
wanted to see the wonderful mill, for the
fame Of it had spread far and wide, and
there was no one who had not heard it
| spoken of.
After long time, a shpmaster came
also, who wanted to see the mill. He
asked if it could grind salt.
| "Of course, it can grind salt.' said
the one who owned ii; and when the
shipmaster heard that, he was deter
mined to have the mill, let it cost what
it would, for. if he had it, thought he,
then he would not be obliged to sail lar
away over dangerous waters after car
goes of salt.
At first the man would not think of it,
but the shipmaster both begged and be,
sought, and at last he sold it. and re
ceived many thousand dollars for it.
When the shipmaster had got the mil
on his back. he did not pause long il
that place. for he was afraid the ma.
would change his mind. He had no time
now to ask how to stop it; he got aboart
ship the quickest he could, and, when hs
had gone a little distance out to sea, hi
got out the mill.
"Grind salt and that both fast and
well"' said the shipinaster.
Well, the mill began to grind salt, 81
that it flew into the air. When the ship
master had got the ship full, he wanted
/ to stop the mill, but whatever he did
and however he managed it, the mil
ground just as fast as ever, and the salt
: heap grew higher and higher, and at las
the ship sunk.
, There stands the mill on the bottom o
the sea, grinding on, day after day, ane
, this is the reason that the sea is salt
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