Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1889-11-02

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for the express purpose Of showing pity
could not decline task so full o. ap'
neal TO all that was tender "
human nature The village sewing society
was assembled. and as each member had oeeh
requested to bring to the church biankets
aud garments, red or white, blue OF PINK, "
was not quite three o'clock IN the mofhihs
when the sympathetic work began une
goose was brought in from whose body the
village tailor ent the pattern OF plain jack
ct. Ii contained holes ior the ieet 20 pass
through. 1t was to DO laced aloug the back
Of the creature. From this pattern thou'
sand sacks we're cut. and for twelve houts
there came forth out OF that church con.
slant stream OF well dressed geese, and AL
were clothed enough in the day To AUNT o'
a dress parade before dark. heat the
drum gladly, and with smile 81 III
umph in his great white eyes my negro boy
PLAYED his inspiring fife. As tho garments
we're oil all the bright eolors, and as tho girls
had in many instances fastened bow OF
ribbon to the tail of tho garment, the scene
was one of surprising beauty.
VII.
IL now grew angry at the climate, how
ever, and resolved to transfer my expert
ment from the Northwest to the Lower Miss,
issippi, where the geese could be picked all
the year around, Secretly ! bought some
Aat-boats and resolved to lead my army
twenty miles To the Mississippi and there eu''
barked it for the warmer CLINE. ] feared the
opposition ofthe neighborhood for my lab,
ors had become not only part Of the local
commerce, but also source of fashionable
life and hence OF courtsbip and marriage
Meetings were held in the same church whers
the garments had been kindly supplied, and
the mothers and daughters whG
that night wept Tor the poor birds
now wept for each other MS they saw the com
ing collapse OF social life and the end OF many
domestic schemes. My determination wa
ironlike. and bidding q fearful good.by 20
all my iriends headed my column and q
due time had the pleasure OF seeing them al
upon the transports. | was Mt with mi
barges, for even my iifer-boy would not ven
ture so far away from the apron Of his Air
can mother / had the bargeA oil lnshei To
gether and having cut the ropes that heiC
us to the North We began to drift down tbs
mighty current. ! shall not detaiu you Will
particulars. The baFges were old. and b.
the time we had drittcd fifty miles they
became filed with water, and Mt mid
night the watsr that began Il
trickle in at my shoe-tops told me that 0u
ships we're sinking | clt creeping over m,
n chill of despair The fleet went down ans
only was saved. The geese nil drowned
was an expert swimmer and without ditieul
" made the shore. And now, thou dcnler ii
religion, what cheer cnnst thou offer to
man SO doomed TO misfortune? What b0ol
shall read? To what philanthropy shall
| appeal for consolation.
yIiI
His stories had rendered me dumb aud 10
| many minutes | was in silence. while ms com
paniOn wiped the salt water from his eye
and cheeks offered him a large roll q
money to aid him in some new enterprise
hut he declined 10 accept ii. He then oiEere'
me money for giving him such KIN
audience, but this declnet
ON the ground that all human ears shout
stand open day and night and without pms
when such sorrow was telling its sad tale
Our train was now passing rapidly nlon
| toward the borders Of thecity. The east " a
| showing the white lines Of day break NJ
companion arose and bads me most pnthS
| tic good-morning and pasSed toward tn
front OF the eur. He arranged neatly hi
| toilet. His face suddenly glOwed with henIt
| and good humor As he passed the conduf
| tor he paused and chntted pleasantly nbou
the 1eauty OF coming day aud Of the genera
| splendor Of the nutumnal world. Lntst
| when passed out the same bland conducto
remarked to mt that had been entsrtnine
for hundred miles by one Of tho most hri
| liant liars Of the continent lie gave III
name, but it soon faded from memory.
DAVID SwISG.