Show PADDYS unfortunate JOURNEY TO MARKET A barefooted son of hibernia Hib emla emia and an exceedingly cee cafro ragged ed one withal was one day as is is said of 0 the little old woman going to market his eggs for to sell on an occasion so important he deemed it necessary to put on all his finery the chief of which was a red woollen comforter for his neck not mentioning the bottle 0 comfort in h his is poc pocket ket on his way he fell in with a brood of goslings gollings go slings accompanied by their dam and the old gander the consequence was that the old gander and his wife to speak I 1 politely 0 o having a very delicate perception of colors in general and afred of red in particular were highly offended at pats display of finery so inimical to their ideas and kicking up a most unearthly noise with malice malic e aforethought they commenced an attack on pats defence less toes immediately the poor fellow began to dance a queer sort of a hornpipe much like the antiquated custom of bears dancing on hot plates the reason was pat in his perplexity had a basket of eggs in his charge and although it is a difficult matter to dance in fetters yet surely no impartial advocate of the art will deny that to dance with eggs without breaking them is no mean performance and requires no little skill how pat contrived to do it remains a profound mystery some think he had visited a that morning others say he carried a charm abbat him however this may be he did it and did it fairly our veracity demands that this should be clearly stated and understood it is the more wonderful as he was considered the clown in an irish jig that ever hopped to the tune of a fiddle but too much of a good thing is is good od for nothing and pat found that too muc much repetition of an arduous feat ia is too severe a strain on the physical constitution or in other words causes too vast a consumption of the vital economy it became necessary then to change his tactics so seizi seizing nep ncr a handful of stones lae he began pelting in the go lings slings at a distance this enra enraged gred ehg the e old fo folks le and ind they renewed the attack on paddys gaddys toes avith with increased violence pat believing that his safety entirely depended on his dexterity fired away with amazing energy and down came ame gosling after gosling at this tills juncture the farmer apps pared ap apparel ared A lurther and auns what are ye killing my goslings gollings go slings for botheration V ejaculated paty pat embracing the opportunity thiis thus presented to bre breathe athe a little and pulling out oat a handful of straw from the basket he wiped the perspiration ot off his face sure asure sir I 1 was in bodily daner danger and so was my eggs but dut why yon you ap was waa you killing the goslings gollings go slings lur for in gin slit silt defence sure 1 I replied pat breathing more freely the sarrow sorrow a ha haborth porth 0 harm the darll daril nta did ye e said the farmer looking pitifully on the md dead bodies on the road well awell sure their fat father herand and mother did sir then why ye attack them yc ye divits il lis whelp ye be abe me soul sir sir sin I 1 never thought of that but sure an it please yer ill not forget that same the next time its a mortal sin for ye pat to be the death of the little creatures for the fault of the old ones divil a bit lit meisther OA loor ioor sure father says the fault 0 the father shall be visited on the childers pat squinted as lie gave this astounding dogma for ho he thought it was a nailer och a mighty deal ye know about the canons 0 the church pat sure it was the linth gine generation ration nation as was said and them gos goa lings is only the first generation gine ration and why so s tinder and fetch such a price in the market it is pat was beaten with his own weapons ile he archly said sure tsure thin listher OA loor ioor its mighty sorry I 1 am for the th rouble ive caused ye but an its a fact sir them chickens has been a power oth 0 th rouble roubie to tome me and he walked off with his eggs leaving the farmer f er to gather up the dead fiand A As padd paddy y walked off the farmer shook his gist fist t and shout shouted ed sure a judgment 11 come on yc ye for this patrick escaped from mr OA loor without having suffered bodily pain began to congratulate himself on his good luck och oab its better manners mr ohl ohi ll 11 tache his gos lings anther this thia im a thinking the little bastes that I 1 killed hell hal be anther keeping in the house now and not letting da cent people be plagued to death be the saints cried pat in consternation acdwell and well weil he might for an infuriated bull was running after himin him in no measured pace och help heip kielp mist mesther iier lier 0 OM moors judgment is anther me 1 I under the tile lively impression that the predicted judgment of mr was really at hand he very philosophically concluded to run a race with the fates and lie he did run if lie he danced well for the gander he ran better for the bull for pat knew how to run as well as any man in kilkenny the bull got so close on the poor fellow that he ejaculated och goch the judgment och the chickens fortunately for pat a tree was in his hiss course he instantly turned it and the bull in trying to do the same came full drive against the tree perfectly stunning himself but what deprived the bull of activity gave ave pat a greater supply supply of the material M and soon lie he had much the t e best of the race being bein the first on record who ever ran against fate and beat her fairly pat got fairly out of dan dam danger tyer but he did not stop running thou though th for as we ire have said lie was famous for tl that I 1 a t however lie he met a friend and then he stopped just to be gentilc gen tale talc I 1 good morrow eat pat at your h hurry youre early to rd eket arket sure eure a bull a big as the elephant at albal bal bai iwach fair was wag anther me said pat nearly exhausted tare an auns but a fine brade of a bull lull he must ha been at that 1 exclaimed the yes and be the but that be wicked sure ho came within the tass of a button of giving me A toss in in the tree suggested the friend no eno mikey but as I 1 was waa going to sky oni a topped me he became came within the toss of a lp h p nn aay nay 0 sending bending me to heaven vy i a 0 o bles bies s thai that ouid a been ex 14 ci c 1 I 1 I 1 beym w 4 at a tl til tia a h lit V inet i I 1 lm i r api apt alI bj la ulon uloa 10 I 1 thi terao r x 0 nat nut AM alila I 1 a hii h hil ii thru thiu 1 replied ft P in holy k n r ah you re rii ril iut put P it and nd sure was ampar i r a brae b it was spoilt in in the mill mak T ft lati t it colip ul a id ted and com col a d gli ali B ri t 1 y to leaven i eaven an I 1 lr r t I 1 lye ive a ah fl p rl i h for ma for tur 4 i 11 1 atlon duon juon IL m j jre are pat ii lle ule lie bail hall t ull uli had it ye yo up ya yun yin 11 i 1 t ta a taki aan a trl tri 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nat pat was waa winning victories two policemen laid their fiands on him sure are sars sara it yon you I 1 meant at all at all was it mikey likey but mikey allkey was wa not to be found pat was waa escorted with all due ceremony to the magistrates and there accused of insulting a poor woman by attacking her character and breaking the peace in divers manners minners all of which was proved by abundant N nesses sure yer honor I 1 insult the poor woman at all ali at all ail I 1 called her a dissolute woman yer honor why the knave confesses it said the tho astol h d int inal inai larate Lt rate pat put ants ak eia iia filed feied d five shillings and in default of pa anent was sent to the tho house of correction when at his leisure pat began seriously to think och I 1 see how it comes lie he exclaimed its listher OM judgment its all for killing the chickens |