The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-12-19
4 FAMOUS GOOSE STORY.

IhrsatsAins Corner.
Wuss scrape I eber got into wild ole
Marsa John was ober Henry. She
was 0 harricane in dem days. She
come into de kitchen once, where
was helpin' git de dinner ready an de
cook had gone TO de spring house, an
she says:
Chad. what ye cookin' dat smells
so nicer"
..Dat's goose, says /, cookin' for
Marsa Johns dinner We got quality,
says /. pointin' to de dinin' room do.
.Qualityr' She says, ''spec I know
what de quality is OATS for you an
de cook"
Wild dat she grabs carvin' knife
from de table, opens de do OBJ de big
oven, cuts off a leg OBJ de goose, an
dis'pears round de kicthen corner wild
de leg in her mouf.
| Fo' I knowed whar was Marsa
John come to de kitchen do and says,
"Gittin' late, Chad; bring In do din
ner." You see Major, dey amt
| no up an down stairs in &c big house,
like it is here: kitchen an dinin'
| room all on de same flo.
Well, sab, was scared to def, but !
TUX dat goose an laid him wild de cut
side down on de bottom Of de pan TO-
de cook got back. put some dressin'
an stuffin' ober him, an shet de stove
do. Den l TUX de sweet potatoes an
de hominy an put 'em on de table an
| den I went back in de kitchen to get
de baked ham. put on de ham an
some mo- dishes an Marsa says, lookin'
up:
Thought dere was a roast goose.
ChadP"
II amt yerd nothin' bout no
goose" says. "I'll ask de cook"
Next minute I yerd ole Marsa
| ahollerin':
NANNY Jane. amt we got a goose?"
'.Lord-a-massy! yes. Marsa Chad.
you u'thless niger. amt TUX dat
goose out yit?"
lis we got goose?" said I.
us we got goose?" Didn't you
help pick it?''
see whar my hair was short, an
snatched up hot dish from de
hearth, opened de oven do an slide de
goose in just as he was. an lay him
down befo' Marsa John.
''Now see what de ladies'll have for
dinner" says ole marsa, pickin' up his
carvin' knife.
''What'll you take for dinner, miss?'
says /. Baked ham?"
mo-" she says, lookin' up to whar
Marsa John sat: Il think I'll take q
leg OBJ dat goose"-jes SO.
Well, marsa cut off de leg an put a
little stuffin' an gravy on wild spoon,
an says to me. "Chad, see what dat
gemmanll have"
''What'll you take for dinner, sah?"
says I. ''Nice breast o. goose, or slice
o. ham?"
':No; think I'll take leg OBJ dat
goose"
l didn't say muffin, but I knowed
berry we'll he want a-gwine to git it.
But Major. you oughter seen ole
marsa lOokin' for de udder leg OBJ dat
goose! He rolled him ober on de dish,
dis way an dat way, an den he jabbed
dat ole bone-handled carvin' fork in
him an he'll him up ober dc dish an
looked under him an on top OBJ him,
an den he says, kinder sad like:
Chad, whar is de udder leg OBJ dat
goosep"
ut didn't hab none." says L
''You mean to say, Chad, dat dc
gooses on my plantation on'y got one
leg?"
''Some oh EN- has an some OBJ 'em
amt You see, marsa, we got two
kinds in de pond, an we was little
hurried to-day, so Nanny Jane cooked
dis one cause I cotched it fust.''
''Well." said he, lookin' like he look
when he send for you in de little room,
''rll settle wild We after dinner"
Well, dar was shiverln' an shakin'
In my shoes, an droppin' gravy an
spillin' de wine on the table cloth, / was
dat shuck up; an when de dinner was
| ober he calls all de ladies an gemmen,
an says. Nov come down to de duck
pond. I'm gwine to show dis niger
dat all de gooses on my plantation got
mo- den one leg"
followed long. trapesin' after de
| whole kit an b'ilin', an when we go,
to de pond-here Chad nearly went
into a convulsion with suppressed
laughter-dar was d, gooses sittin' on
log in de middle Of dat ole grees
goose pond wild one leg stuck down.
so-an' de udder tucked under de
wing.