Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 88, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 April 1913 — Goose and the Golden Eggs. [ARTICLE]

Goose and the Golden Eggs.

A certain man had a goose which laid him a golden egg every day. A foolish friend advised him to kill the goose and realize at once on the future.

"No," said the man, "that is not the proper way. I know a better." Thereupon he organized a company and Issued stocks and bonds which he sold at a good round figure. Then he gave out the report that the goose had quit laying. This enabled him to buy the stock back at a low figure. Then be gave out the report that the goose was laying two eggs a day, which enabled him again to sell the stock at a big advance. After he had repeated this process a number of times he was so rich that he didn’t care what the goose laid or when. Accordingly, he invested his wealth in gilt-edged- securities, journeyed abroad, and went tn for art.—Ellis O. Jones, Lippincott's Magazine.