He Put Geese To Roost

"Don 't talk oí agriculture te a (armer," waa Daniel Webster' ad i-' tn a frtend. "Diacuaa ony other snbjeci witii bint- art, literature, polith-al coiKiiiiy, fina neo- bnt liever tarmtng ; tor U yon om-e launch forti on tbal 1 1 - win find you at (aalt in ■ohm partícula? and eonelade thnt uiUM-ant in cue thinr. yon are Ignoramt u ii.i." - adrice was reeaUed by a gentleman oí New Vork recent ly, upon beaiOng at tne experlencea oí an amateur (armer, a triend of bis, who, aitT a tong and aci tve career, in whlch h had achieved (ame and tortune, rc'linnnishcd an extensiva practic l;iw tor buoollc ropertaitendeiice over an estáte not i hundrod miles from New York. siiortiy aíter he aaBumed the management oí a farm, the Lawyer recrivrd a visit (rom one of nis neighbore, a slirewd old farmer avIio liad oever been a hundred miles away trom liome. Varions matters were dlBCUssed, as bogether bhey walked aiiuiii th-e tarmyard hopecthig the ncw iiidmill, improved water troughti, cattle lieds and other -'new iannled fixin.irs." X.itiivally ( lie amateur lietra.ved hi.s grosa tgaottaaee t hte more practieai and ezperienced oompanlon. The latter was BOmettUng of a wit and at lasi. InTiSltlng the p.niltry yard, ventored a aogsestJoo. "TbJa is all very fine," he said, as glaneed abuut, "bni whcre do yonr dncks and roost a1 ni.Lilit ?" "I liever thOUght of that," replied the amateur. "I've Been thi'in 'sqnatbtog' ai-iiuiiil at nitrlit. and thought they üked that. l'll have it attended ÍO at on ■,■. I.ow roosts, I BUp. wouhl be the best ?" 1lace ttnem aboul two (eet trom tlie gronnd," he remarked, and then sniiliii'4' in ]üs .--leí-ves, unhitehcd his oíd more a ml drove away home. Not a momear) was lost by the forni. New Vorker. I ! erecbedMB duck roosts, and at niulit visited his poultry yard to observe how the iowls enjnyed the inuovation. TO liis chai;r:n they appeared to ignore the rOOBt&ng place and were siuatting as before on the ground. ■Tour tliings. I've neglected them too lomg," thought the humane amateur. "Thfiy don't reallse the ehange." With that he begmi to gr-ab at ducks and drakes and geese and ganden and depnsit tïiem one by ome on the roost. There was a terrible commotion among the iowls, which attracted all the farm hands wit li attotguns to the poultry yard. Whcn they arriveil there they saw their employer, preepirlng and red in the face. ti-yiiiii to balance the -vvclifoot-ed creatures on tho roost, trom whioh they feil with terrible "quack, quaoks," the moment liis back was turned. It wias not lOOg beíot-f the t rut li dn vroed upon hiin that ducks ajid g-eeie were intended by nature to "squnt, " not to roost. lle i-rturncd to ,liis liouse dfi'])ly asliamed ui lus itruoranee and sju-edily brcnmr the lauirhiing stock of the cniiiniv round. The illustration of Webster's advki' eame in the form of an entlre dtaregard tbereafter of any ex]iirss(d by the man. In New York bis utternmces had been rejravded as words of wisdom upon nó w hat subject expresscd, but Ln tlue country they were greeted wi'th : ''Oh, pahaw, he don't know nothni". He puts geese to roost."