The Hayseed is a 1919 American two-reel silent comedy film directed by and starring Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle and featuring Buster Keaton.

[2] Buster is the manager of a post office and general store in a provincial town where Fatty works as the mailman.

While Fanny searches for Fatty he falls asleep; meanwhile, the town's constable arrives at the house and begins flirting with her.

The onions have the desired effect, but they also make his breath so pungent that it causes the entire audience to cry.

As a scuffle ensues, Fatty sics Luke on the crooked official, and the constable runs out of town with the dog in hot pursuit.