New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-22

D2Oc II MIST OF All biHiu ho"''' 49,
tabiecloth. then meat. then ale ana SO on
until they had got everything mat WIS
nice for Christmas fare lie had oniy
to spcak tho word and the quern ground
ont what he wanted. The. cd dame stco
nv blessing her stars and Kept on ask
ing where he had got this Wondorlul
uueIn. but he would not tell her.
'Irs All one where I got ii from: you
see the GJern is a good ono and the mn
stream never freezes: that's enough
So lie ground meat anu drink and
dainties enough to last out III tWehth
day. and on the third day he asked All
his friends and kin to his house and gave
great feast. Now. when his rich broth
81. saw all that was on the table and al!
that was behind in the lsrder he grew
quite ypitcful and wild. for he couldn
hear that his brother should have any
thing.
TWAS only on Christmas Eve. he
! laid TO the rest. che Was in such strait
' that Inc came and asked for morscl OF
food I'm Gods name. and now he gives a
| feast as if he were count or king, and
| he turned to his brother and said:
! But whence have you got all TINS
wealth.
From behind the door," answered the
| owner Of the quern. for he didn't care to
lot the cat out Of the bag. But later IN
the evening. when he had got quite merry
| he could keep his secret no longer, ana
| he brought out the quern and said:
There. you see what has got me All
| this wealth" and 50 he made the quern
| grind I'll kind OF things. When his broth
er saw it he set his heart on having the
| quern. and after deal of coaXing he got
IT, but he had To pay $500 for IL. and his
| brother bargained To keep it ill hay har-
/ vest. for nc thought If he kept 1t TIL
! then he could make IL grind meat and
! drink that would last for years. 30 YOU
may fancy the quern didn't grow rusty
! for want Of work. and when hay harvest
! came the rich brother got II. but the
/ other took care not TO teach him how &c
/ handle Il.
i II wa evening T-hcn the Iich brother
! got the qtcrn nome. and next morning hs
! told his wife 10 90 out into the bayfield,
and toss. while the mowers cut the grass,
and he would stay at home and get the
dinner ready 30 when dinner time drew
near he nut the quern on the kitchen table
and said
Grind behring's and broth and grind
! them good and fast
SO the queru BEGAN to grind herring
/ and broth, first OF all all the dishes
/ full. then all the tubs full and so on till
| the kitchen floor was quite covered Then
| the man twisted and twirled at the quern
| 10 get IL 10 stop. but for all his twisting
/ and lingering the quern went on grinding,
! and in little while the broth rose so
/ high that the man was like TO drown. 50
! nc drew open the kitchen door and ran
/ into the parlor. but it wasn't long before
the quern had ground the parlor full
too, and IL was only at the risk of his
! life that the man could get hold OF the
| latch OF the house door through the
| stream of broth. When he got the door
! open he ran out and set off down the
road. with the stream Of herrings and
! broth at his heels. roaring like water
! fall over the whole farm.
Now. his old dame. who was in the
| field tossing hay thought it a long time
10 dinner and at last she said:
We'll. though the master doesn't call
rs nome, W. may as Well so.
ITO be concluded next week.