The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-01-26

tive opinion that there will be a surplus
steadily from this time on.
The Man and the Gander.
A southern congressman was telling
story In one OF the downtown hotels |
few nights ago about his father. a
well-known lawyer Of Tennessee, who |
served two terms in congress years ago.
My father was very stern to men
and very kind to animals. During my
whole life I never saw him lose his
temper with a dumb thing but once.
We lived on a large plantation In the
mountains Of Tennessee, and on the
place could be found every specie OF
domesticated animals known to zoolo-
gists. with the possible exception of
camels and elephants. Although
source OF constant care to him, really
believe my father loved every animal
and fowl he owned. Among other
things. we had a large flock of geese,
and though 1 suppose that city people
know little about pet geese, / can tes-
tify that they make the most affec-
Tomato and faithful pets, almost equal
Ing dogs in their fidelity.
my father came home one day from
an adjoining county where he had been
to attend court, and found that in his
absence one Of the ganders, in a fight
for mate. had been defeated. coming
out of the battle with broken wing
But he was still faithful to the goose
Of his choice. and followed around aft
er the happy pair with his wing trail
Ing In the dust.
Aroused His Sympathy.
"All the sympathy In my fathers
heart went out to this unfortunate gan
der. and dismounting from his horse.
| he petted II, took 1t under his arm and
| brought II with him to his office In the
| front yard of the home place. The
| gander seemed to accept father at once
I'm place of his lost mate. and quacked
contentedly all the way home.
THAT gander stuck by the old man
closer than q brother. The way he got
familiar on short acquaintance was a
wonder, and before q week had passed
his chief desire seemed to be to sepa-
rate my father from his family, for he
| would try to fight the children off from
the Office. and even had the audacity to
tackle my mother when she went to pay
a visit to the office. The old man smiled
when any one mentioned that gander's
jealousy, and said that In a week or
two that old gay bird would be talking
like a human. He would then call the
ganders name-'Tip-and the gander
would set up terrible quacking and
come straight to father.
An Apt Scholar.
Tip proved himself an apt schol-
ar. and, although the old man was q
| great talker, inside a month that gan
der could give him cards and spades In
q game Of talk. The old man didn't
say anything about II, but when he was
| talking with a friend and Tip would
chime In, could see him give the gan
der a wistful glance, a sort Of an appea
to him to let some else talk little bit
'Tt was then about the time of the
breaking out Of the civil war, Rpd al
was excitement In our neighbofhood
Men would stop and talk to each 9th
er as they passed In the road, and TIT
old man had any number of prominen
men come to talk over the event
crowding upon them. One night Their
was quite a number of them gathere'
In the little office, talking earnestly
when Tip solemnly strolled in and tool
up his position by fathers chair. Tn
! old man paid no attention to the bird
but listened attentively to what was be
, ing said. Directly saw him rise in hi
, chair. his face aglow with excitement
: | and raising his arm In a fervent ges
. ture. he began:
And so Did the Camden.
81 tell you. gentlemen
"Quack, quack quack.' put in Tip.
"The old man looked at the gandel
! and began again:
ct tell you, sirs, that
Y ,"'Quack. quack. quack, quack, pu
In Tip louder than before.
"'That we can never
: "'Quack, quack. quack. quack
. voiced Tip in tones loud enough
drown the old mans voice.
my father raised his voice to hig
a pitch and went on:
= ".No, never stand such outrage
1 | as
il >" .Quack, quack. quack. quack
a screamed Tip In tones to suit.
; ".Are being heaped upon us. and,
: the gods. if
".Ouacki Quackl Quacki' +
II screamed as loud as he could.
! Proper reparation is not made,
J. means
d "'Quack! Quack! Quack! scream'
n Tip In tremendous squawls.
Il "'war!' Numbered the old man. ar
y he caught Tip on the toe of his boot al
landed him out in the middle OF q
> yard, a sorely surprised gander. 7
i was faithful, however. but he soon 10
II | got all that he was taught about tall
n ing. He remained around the place u
10 I'll some northern troops that car
e through declared they needed FREE
l. meat, ana as Tip was about the fires
J. est thing about the place, he w
It promptly captured and devoured."
lie He Wants Too Much.
t. One of the attaches Of promine
a embassy In Washington, who calls hi
3: self a diplo nat In the absence OF
e. his superiors, IL q new arrival, g.
I thinks the way to make himself talk
:" about and prominent In the soc
CT whirl is to complain of the manner
De which he Is served. His greatest col
Of plant IL that at the hotel where
Of lives the servants do. not brush
err clothes and in other ways made the
selves useful to him. He wants the
.o,,txov, ne a valet but he wants