Rensselaer Journal, Volume 12, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 June 1902 — An Old Goose. [ARTICLE]

An Old Goose.

What is sauce for the goose is said to be, or should be, sauce for the gander, and that is generally apple sauce. But at Chapel St. Leonards in England a goose escaped all kinds of dressing and died at the ripe age of twenty-eight years. She hatched out nine goslings regularly year after year but few of her descendant survived her. As the mere man who owned her got eight shillings apiece for the brood she may be said to have laid silver eggs, if not golden ones. At any rate she yielded him the tidy sum of £IOO 165., her family having reached the amazing total of 252. She was a familiar and respected figure, but it is hard to say why a burial service was held over her grave and the bell tolled.