The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-11-16
CHAD's oNE-LEGGED GOOSE.
A Famous Story From the Annals of
Colonel Carter

(From Colonel Carter Of Cartersville.')
MO coffee maiOr2" L handed Chad
the empty cup. He realled 1t and went
straight on without drawing breath.
'Wust scrap 1 cher got into wild old
Marsa John was ober Kenny. I tell We
she vas a harricane I'm dem days She
come into the kitchen one time when I
was helping git de dinner ready an de
cook has gone to de spring house, an
she says: chad what We cooking dat
OATS goose I says, 'cookn' for
Marsa johns dinner. We got quality,
says J. Pointin' to re dinin-roUm do.
QUALITY she says. spec I know
what de quality is. OATS for you an de
cook
vivid dat she grabs a carvin' knife from
dc table, opens de do ob de Big oven,
cuts off a leg oh de goose an spears
round de kitchen corner wild de leg in her
mouf.
"Fo' I knowed whar I was, AIarsa John
come TO de kitchen do an says, 'Gitun'
late. Chad, bring in the dinner You see,
major dey amt no up an down stairs in
Qe big house. like II is yer; kitchen an
dinin' room al on de same flo. Wen,
sab, L was scared to def. but 1 TUX dat
goose an laid him wild the cut side down
on de bottom of de pan TO de cook got
back, put some dressin' an stuffin ODER
him. and shet de stove do. Den I TUX de
sweet potatoes an de hominy an put EN-
on de table, an den I went back in de
kitchen ia git de baked ham. I put on de
ham an some mo dishes, an marsa says,
~ fought dere was roast goose.
Chad?'
% 4 amt yerd nothin' bout no goose,
I says. III ask the cook
Next minute 1, yerd old Marsa a-hol-
T" NANNY Jane, amt we got a goose?
'Lord-a- ruassy! yes. Marsa Chad, you
wu'thless niger, amt you TUX dat goose
out yet%
" Is we got a. gooseT said I.
lis we got a goose? Didn't you help
Il see whar my hair was short, an I
snatched up hot dish from the hearth
opened de oven do, an slid de goose IN
jes as he was. an lay him down bcfo'
Marsa John Now. see what de ladies n
have for dinner says old marsa, pickin
. 'What'H YOU take for dinner. miss
says I. baked ham,
" No. she Says. IOCkin up to whar
Marsa John sat; Il think I'll take a leg
oh dat goose jes So.
We'll, marsa cut of de leg an put a
niue stuIIln on eayy on wlq a spoon
tlemanU have.
" 'Whatu You take for dinner. sah?'
says /, nice breast o. goose, or slice Of
Z" No, think III take a leg of dat
Il didn't say muffin. but I lSnowed berry
well he want a gwine TO get it. But,
major. you Oughter seen ole marsa lOOkln'
fer dat udder leg Ob dat goose. He rolled
him Ober de dish, dis way an dat way.
an den he jabbed dat ole bone handled
carvin fork i'm i'm an he'll him up ObeT
d de dish an looked under him an on top
oh him. an den he says, kinder sad like:
Chad, whar is de other leg Of dat
1T didn't hab none says L
You mean ter say, Chad, dat DE
! gooses on my plantation Ony got one leg?'
Some oh 'em has an some Oh EN-
( amt. You see, marsa, we got two kinds
/ in de pond. an we was a little boddered
/ today. So Nanny Jane cooked dis one
I cause 7 cotChed 10 fust.'
! We'll said he, lookin' like he look
/ when he send for you in the little room,
! I'll settle wild We after dinner.
We'll, dar / was shivering an shakin
/ in my shoes, an dropplp gravy an
/ spillin' de wine on de tabiecloth. [ was
| dat shuck up; an when de dinner was
Ober he calls de ladies an gemmen an
says: Now. come down to de duck pond
/ I'm gWin ter show dis niger dat all de
! gooses on my plantation got mo den one
Z followed long. trapsin' after de
] whole kit an bllin', an when we got tc
/ de pond'-here Chad nearly went into a
/ CONFUSION with suppressed laughter
/ "dar was de gOOses sittln' on log in dc
| one Les stuck dow-so-aH de uddel
/ tucked under de wing"
/ Chad was now on one leg, balancing
himself by, my chair the tears running
% Oar. marsa.' says I. don't We see
| Look at dat ole gray goose. OATS dt
| Den de ladies all hOllered an de gem
! men. laughed so loud dey yered EN- at %
/ big house.
/ John SAYS, his face gittin' white an he Z
| jerlzin' his handkerchief from his pocket
] 'ShOOr
Major I hope to have my brains
/ kicked out by a lame grasshopper 81
| cherry one Oh dem goOses didn't put dow
| de udder leg,
! NOW, you lying niger he says
! raisin' his cane ober my head, III show
| your
stop. Marsa John, hollered; tain
| fair faint fair
| why amt it fair? SAYS he.
| Cause, SAYS / you didn't sal
"shooP' to de goose what was on dl
/ table,"