Democratic Sentinel, Volume 9, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 March 1885 — Stirring the Old Gander’s Soul. [ARTICLE]

Stirring the Old Gander’s Soul.

A lively air on a violin will sometimes set a whole flock of geese wild with delight. On one occasion, at a country wedding, there was a ’curious performance. After dinner a lady entertained the guests assembled on the lawn with music from an accordion. A flock of geese were feeding in the read just below the house, and with outstretched necks answered back with loud notes of satisfaction. Soon a white gander commenced dancing a lively jig, keeping good time to the mctsic. For several minutes he kept up ithe performance, to the great delight of tihe company. The experiment was (tried several times for a week or more, aufltthe tones of the aceordion never failed to set the old gander into a lively dance.— Popular Science Monthly.