The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1870-10-02

ssss What is tjIs ssAtter { slieAsked.'"
| "Well looksright up there at the moon
don't you see the man IN it Il am deter
mined to get him to seme down and show
me the way up, for perhaps you have not
heard that 10 is perfect paradise there,
fortunate enough to find the Why
there are miles and miles Of kennels; and
it is the business Of the man-0fsthe moon
to see that they have always . quantity of
meat and bones placed before them, SO that
al a dog has to do, is to come To the door
10 no watching of houses, or any hard
work there, can tell you-and you can
have anything you want, by just growing
little to attract the attention OF the U0oH
man. Then at times, when the dogs feel
in the humor, they have regular games,
is worth while being dog if you once get
there"
"How did you find out all this asked
the chicken"
"Why, heard the little boy, who lives.
here, telling his sister about it, and that
said they believed that dogs had good times
after they got through living in this a0rld,
as well es other folks, that Ii, if they had
done their duty. Then they patted me,
and said, "good fellow! Wouldn't you
like to hve in the moon r. 4
"s should think there might be some
such place for us Chickens. One, for in
stance, where the ground was full of seeds
and worms, and it rained corn and bread
crumbs, and there were no people who
cared for your eggs"
"' Oh, you have an easy enough time of
it here,' said the dog, but if only had
your wings, | would fly to the top OF tue
enough to the moon. to speak to the
man in it,"
&c. can't fly very WELL, said the little
hen, but will try to get up this tree and
if l can make him hear me, will tell you
what he says"
auttering and flying, to get to the top of
the tree, but to her surprise the moon did
not seem to be any nearer than before, SO
she came down again, disappointed"
" WE'LL said the dog"
/ Il don't believe there Is any man up
there, and if there is, he keeps himself so
far away, that there is no use of trying to
get acquainted with him. Now the man
who lives in the sun and steers it along,
has some sense, for every morning when it
gets little height, we commence and call
him as loud as we can, and pretty soon
along he comes. Then everybody wakes
mp, and the little boy aud girl come and
YOU will get much satisfaction out of the
moon--in fact, nobody seems to care much
about it, or else why does every one go to
sleep when she is about7 Perhaps, after
all, this is as good place as You will ever
find-.though 1 do count good deal on the
sum-"
$50 she went back to her perch, and the
dog, his expectations somewhat dimmed,
especially as the moon set just then, lay
down on the door-mat."
"In the morning, when the children
opened the door to go out TO the chicken
house, the little boy said a. to 9. ne dog, a lost
nighti We will have to shut you up in
your kennel to-night.'"' g..
But the dog hung his tail between his
legs when he fodntt that tizis was likely to
sbe the endDf his lofty -expectations-or
perhaps. one might say, his discoptenEw Wild
his comfortable condition-and thech3sdfen
never thought of the moon occasioning the
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Gas THE TwIG IS BENT THE TREE is IN
cLINED.'-We often hear mothers wonder
ing why their daughters are so INDECENT, or
so ignorant of household matters, or so
careless in their habits. They complain,
and scold, and fret over it, but they make
no attempt to teach them better. The fault
lies with the mothers themselves; instead
of training their girls to habits of industry
and neatness, instead of instructing them
in household ways, they have allowed them
to grow up without any training az an th;nrs
of their own accord; they must be taught
from the time they are old enough to learn
how to be neat and industrious. The teach
ing of them must be systematic; beginning
in their early years; it will not do to train
them o. month, then leave them three
months to do as they please. Education Is,
after all, the mighty magician that turns
everything into gold. Mothers educate
your children to be neat and industrious,
and YOU will never have to complain that
they are not neat and industrious women
Train them carefully in household ways;
teach them how to make puddings, and
cakes, and pickles, and preserves; show
them how to be tidy about Il house, how to
do everything in the neatest manner.
Teach them both by precept and example;
it is worth the trouble; for, instead of hav"
inc drones and slatterns about you, you
vii, have well-trained and useful helps.-
Southerner.
LITTLE BRoTHERs.-Sisters,d do not turn
off your younger brothers, as if they were
always i'm Your way, and any service which
they might ask of you were burden.
Perhaps the hour may come when, over
coffin that4ook strangely longer than you
thought and over pale brow where often, |
half unwillingly and perhaps with petu-
liant push, you parted the hair-you bend
with binding tears and sobs that shake |
vour very soul, while remorseful memory |
Is busy with the by gone hours. You will |
wish then that when he came and asked |
you to help him in his play, or to lift him
on your lap because he was tired, or take
him out because he wanted to see, you had
laid aside your book and made the little
heart glad.