Rensselaer Republican, Volume 18, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 July 1886 — Everything is Lovely, and the Goose Hangs High. [ARTICLE]

Everything is Lovely, and the Goose Hangs High.

This expression is a corruption of an old-fashioned saying that originated in the early days of this country. As most of yon know, wild geese, when they migrate in autumn, form themselves into lines shaped like the letter V, the leader flying at the point, the two lines following; and as they sail away, far above the trees, and beyond all danger from guns—on those cold mornings when the air is clear, and the sky beautifully bine —they seem full of glee, and join in a—chorus, “Honk, lionk, honk!” , Any one who has heard thosecu riously sounding notes, never could mistake them. And the folks ofl the earth be-, low who heard the birds’ wild call in old times, realized the happiness of the winged creatures in being so high and safe. And so it became quite natural, when two persons met each other under peculiarly favorable circumstances for this or that enterprise, for them to say: “Everything is lovely when the goose honks high!”- —SL Nicholas. ■ - An English experimenter finds that, contrary to general opinion, a growth of ivy over a house renders the interior entirely free from moisture.