The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-09-28
KILLS THE GOOSE
That Lays the Golden Eaas-caterer,
Taxing Advantage Of Autoists
and Spelling Things for
Themselves.

some years ago. according TO the
pest story book information obtain.
able on the subject. there lived a most
remarkable goose.
This goose had a daily output OF
one egg. which fact. In itself. was in
no sense remarkable. Other geese OF
me period. and OF later times, have
peer able 10 boast OF an equally great
output and they haven't even excited
the envy OF the cold storage magnates.
But here's the point: this old bird
OF legendary fame laid golden eggs
Think OF H. Bright. shining eggs. OF
pure. yellow gold. and a continuous
output OF n egg a day.
IL so happened that the good for.
tune Of owning such a fowl fell to the
LOT or an avaricious old party, whose
foresight extended In a direct line
somewhat less In length than the dis
tance between the corner OF his left
eye and the end of his nose. II often
transpires that some OF our luckiest
citizens are able to penetrate the III.
ture about this far.
Every day the greedy old codger
who owned the wonderful goose slip
ped into his carpet slippers and sal
lied forth to the hen house. full OF
expectation. and emerged with an
other nugget. This goose was long on
reliability and apparently long on
eggs. hence the daily contributions 10
the masters Golfers were as regular
as clock work.
Gathering golden eggs Is what
might readily be termed In Twentieth
Century v~ernacular. a moral cinch.
Just think OF having nothing 10 do
all day. but follow around after a
deliberate old fowl and at the proper
moment snare n hunk Of precious
metal out Of q nest and then retire 10
the shade OF your vcranda with moth
ing to do until tomoi .ow.
Bur. as frequently happens when
things are coming easy, the old miser
wasn't satisfied. He wanted all his
golden eggs In az bunch. They weren't
rolling In fast enou& TO suit his parsi-
monious disposition. So one day he
pulled on the prize bonehead play OF
the sllegOrical league.
Gathering up the family axe ne pur-
sued the %waddling old goose around
the barn lot determined 20 effectively
corner the golden egg market by gar
: nering all the eggs OF which the goose
was possessed.
And we all know what happened
The door old boob defty inserted
the blade ~ the axe into the ~clavicle
OF the goose 10 the great discontinue
OF the latter. and when n was all
over and a post mortem had been
held. which Welded 10 egg az all. tho
Mortified miser suddenly awakened TO
the fact that he would have 20 go to
work.
The point Of this yarn IL ihs' this:
our old friend. the miser was only
about three JUMPS ahead OF a class Of
caterers who ars doing business and
apparently enjoying nfe M the present
time. They conduct rOadhOuscs and
hotels patronized by motoring par.
ties. Al a great many such places kiln
ing the goose that LAYS the golden erg
Is the principal indoor sport. according
10 the viorous complaint o. one car
owner who was discussing the matter
the cher day with an ofhcinl on the
United States Tire Company.
The prices charged a. some of
these resorts arc almost prohibitivc. "
declared this moforist. my experience
has been that he very minute an nu.
tomobile party enters the door things