Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1907-02-27

What shall be during the winter sea-
son is mystery at the present mo-
ment. The magazine article that re-
ferred to says that the change is more
observable in the goose than in any
other living thing"
That's queer"
80 it is. but 1t will not long re-
main so. There's a man down the
street who keeps geese by the score.
and | propose to drop down and have
little talk with him. Like the rest
of humanity, | have always supposed
that goose was a goose the year
round. but IL it is true that she changes
her disposition four times a year
want to give her all proper credit"
I'D let the goose part of it go If l
We're you," said Mrs Bowser, feeling
trouble in the air all of a sudden.
But there Is the foundation of the
whole question, you see. Does the
goose change with the seasons? If she
does, then why not all other living
things, man included? If she changes,
an hour and tell you all about it, and l
may think best to sit up the rest of
the night and write an article dealing
with the question"
When Mr.. Bowser left the house he
headed straight for the goosery. The
fire engines crossed his path, but they
could not tempt him aside. There was
a fnt iOh n lnf of ~.
shoremen, but he refused to halt. A
tramp wanted him to stop and argue
on the amount of food a man could
live on for a week, but he was brushed
aside. The goose man was in his COOS
cry, as it behooved him to be, and
within five minutes Of his arrival Mr..
Bowser had stated his case. Did a
goose change with the season? Under
the head of goose he included gander
as well. The promptness of the goose
man was rather surprising.
"If you will send for a pail of beer,
sir. We'll talk" he said and his little
son soon returned with a two quart
pail frothing over. He took it that Mr..
Bowser was a strictly temperate man
and offered him none of the contents.
"Do a goose change with the sea-
sons?" he repeated after imbibing half
the contents of the pail without draw
ing breath. 81 answer you that he
do, sir. We will begin with spring.
In the spring he is lamblike and would
not hurt a fly. He sits and MARBLES
love songs and makes googoo eyes at
his mates. He takes long walks in the
moonlight and can be heard to sigh
ten rods off"
"You astonish mel" exclaimed Mr..
Bowser.
Eyes, sir, and the pail is empty, and
as soon as more beer arrives we will
take up summer Dan, the gentleman
is handing you 10 cents for more beer"
When the pail came back and had
been duly looked into, the goose man
continued:
When spring runs into summer the
goose gets cranky. He drops poetry
and love and moonlight and won't take
a word from nobody. lie becomes
morbid. He reasons thl nia
~ agin him, and 1t Is tnen mat ne
attacks and devours young children.
If you have young and innocent
child, sir, let 1t beware of the summer
goose"
Nonsense! l have heard of a goose
chasing a person, but as for infict-
ing
''You are talking to man who has
lived his life among them, sir. If you
were to hand Danny another 10 cents,
he would get another pail of beer, and
we would pass on to the fall season."
Mr.. Bowser hesitated, but finally
handed out the money, and four or five
minutes later the goose man, refreshed
and in good spirits, was saying:
September has hardly come, sir,
when the goose begins to show dis
position to make ass of hisself. He
wants hair renewer for his bald head,
though he knows that it won't renew.
He bosses and bulldozes and thinks
he's devil of a fellow, and the only
way to tame him down.
"What are you driving atY' sharply
demanded Mr.. Bowser as he rose up.
Danny" said the goose man to his
son, ''the gentleman will hand you 10
cents to get pail of beer"
'The gentleman will do nothing of
the kindp replied Mr.. Bowser.
"Then the gentleman, as is no gen
tleman, won't get no more goose in
formation here and can go to Texas"
When Mr.. Bowser reached home he
entered very quietly and had reached
the sitting room and dropped into his
chair when Mrs. Bowser asked:
"Well, does a goose change with the
seasonT
"As you have been one all your life
you ought to know" he meanly an
swered as he picked up his newspaper
and refused to answer another word.
M. QUAD.