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He "cooked His Goose."

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Parent Issue
Day
14
Month
April
Year
1876
Copyright
Public Domain
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A correspondent of the Detroit Frce ! Press givos the followiag oxpianation of how the plorase originatod : Hapijening to rend in "M. Quad's Odds " of a frontier jnstioe's coiirt and the prcceedings theroin, it brought to ' my mind n. case sbmewhat similar that ! wad tried in Oiwoo, Mich., by Justice Thouipsoa, many years ago. The case was in regard to the owuership and posGfssiin of nine geoso. The Tlaintilï p.oved by font witnesst-s his tit.le to tho geése, nul thn defendai o'.aitES by four witnesaj.1 cna'ly n i credibie. The t ■■stimouy vv.it; b.:s. J ou ;.- ■ miliarity willi tho vuera-l apj.raji: ce of i the (ïew ia questiói). ud eafib "I tho ' parties was confident that it raust be decidcd in bis favor. Wiso old Justice Thompson vhm in a quandry and took some time in making up his judgment. At last bo announeed bis decisión tbus : The costs to be equally divided between the two parties : The constable to give tbe plaintiff fonr and to the defendant foor geese, and take the odil goose, dress and cook it and invite tbe suitors to eat of it. Tbe judgment -was carried out; " the goose wae cooked," and tbe snitors renewed their friendship over the savory dish. Tbe plirase became a cateh■word" and was used to indícate disappointment in cases of over confidence. Neitber man got his bird as be certainly expected ; "bis goose was cookcd."

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Old News
Michigan Argus