The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1870-03-06
JUVENILE COLUMN.
lfor the Morning Star and Catholic Messenger.
BEAUTY.

- nret na6 little chrome! Yes, 1t is quit
OF f,iiI;: put nothing very uncommon
If show-window one pleasant aftarn Gresham n
street. 'o"afas cana
oh, mamma just look at those dear
OH =, little buckles oh, and the chickies
less Oil vi AND my little girl stood speech
7 iui Up pictures spread out before her. =
nos. me next step to admiring, is a wish to
!na what we admire. Lilly did not asl,
u, ne 10 1uy one of the chromos, at least not
~, ~ "Gros, out there was no misunderstand-
ing the language of the wistfnl blne avos
mat glanced from the pictures to mamma
a ano oack to the pictures again; the lagging
9'eP, and face looking over her shoulder nc
moved OIL. How her eyes Frightened
wren proposed to purchase one Of them.
"nu invited her to make selection. With
OUT any hesitation, she pronounced in favnr
t ~ 'ne chlekle picking at some crumbs on
the ground. The possession of the covete5
treasure made her happy for a week. since
~ was brought home, it has been constantly
the hnnSe o. LIVERY Every one that comes to
even eve; the milk boy the other day was
grained with view of it. There are a few
isoiascnes on IT'S surface, but alto cether f.
Ia mas -, Jared very well, considering the amount
VI handling it has undergone.
had it been living, should have besita-
leu leu before entrusting it to the enthusiastic
love OF my Lilly; the memory of one Of
mammals early pets would have arisen to
prevent it; but let me tell You about it.
hSS tear mothers failing health compelled
sick to look after me, I was sent tn s .tau
"aSn my klnd aunt, then living in the
County. Beng entirely city-bred. of
II LUIS everything was new and delightful.
a: nau never seen cows or calves except at a ]
distance, or horses except in harness, Inst !
imagine my feelings of min gled deiiobt and I
Terror the first time my cousin Bob nerched
me upon his pony, and how brave got tn 4
t oe after little while, patting his neck. \
a his flowing name, and exclaiming
treated s up nith an n exhortaton which pony h
1hen the chickens! and turkeys, and geese
ana ducks! so many of them Rnt hoW
sn 81 describe my happiness when a plumn 81
t n orphan chicken was confided to nv
ov;nn o imGac.esethe tender mercies of a ar
'o1t, ca!iow little creature, and the nom,e of
vas endorsed by all who saw it in the fret r
lays OF its existence. AS it was too vonn% L
o run about and gather its own food. I. of f fSI
, uurse, nad TO attend to that myself. So W
% Portant matter could not be sett,eS tel
elthout numerous preliminary consnita- str
i I? Inc cook, for whose advice / an. Bo
i!eu, onended me by the summary dis n
llssal OF the subject, as beneath her atten- ~
,e ut% a s'a dani out of the kitchen with
,ith Indignation, while / looked down a.
le-ullle. creature nesting in NV anron - -
1d wondered ho,c any BODY conlS he1,' VI
eng interested in it. She had her dinner W
"a, a.' e1t 20: dinner, indeed know eat
cry little dinner that day. Cousin Annia
opposed instituting an Immediate saarnt, Q
= worms; Bob suggested beetles, and styl
ug11 horrId, ugly bug, which he said =.
ould be "just the thing" More indir. JA
can ne '" stns ever, escaped into the yard and
\ as she scratched 'p pMa1 On tt Of an old
a called chuck, cluck,h all the little " CO
ickens running to her and eatino-comT -
ne dlrt My face grew solemn, and more J! Ii
ftIn a sun, as, sinking on my knees, I y.
onnS I r;n up the ground with chip =,
ciuck," thrust little Beauty's bill into New New.
curned up earth. A new disannoint' Coz
mt awaited me. Beauty either could not =
" So not eat; in my disappointment, L.
rtunat a On m tne 5. ground. ready to cry.
en- glimpse of her forlorn little niece
ne out to see what was the matter. and
me ~ $. INTO the house, explaining away nll
oiincult,es. large saucer Of food was
~ seadiness, and auntie left me again
Itend 10 her household duties. DRAWING
and after many f ,iH to saucer on the
> "5o much resistance on Beauty,s. + and re
'eeded In forcing open it's unwilling bill. orde
W, MhaI uellshG beheld mOrsel after
sel OF moistened bread disappear down 10 tI lot
reedy little throat. The most epernatic stantlY
estatlons on its part were necessarv to to suit
. me desist from the delightful tasi If -,
ing IL, and waited with the greatest vi oh
ltlehce and anxiety for the Welcome Col
lent when it would be hungry again
tusted by its recent efforts it Law ner. AnW
passive on the window sill, where T Order
I, IL to get better view of it. win pr
liy watching for the slightest motion wv
n n was as eagerly followed by an invita-, w
'on't make it eat too much. nv dear - loo-
my aunt, as she PASSED through the 70 Fine Fine
IA auntfe /! do come and look at tb. to.
little thing" 1 exclaimed, but-oh ~ r.
he yard below RnsSy shocked it PHGN
,ed il nm ,v;th a. "'sS uown stairs, IS and 3
seemed to me that the necl--Wcro~ Carria
called lt-which I had SO carefully always sYse
making it rival the goitred beauties
Alps, had gotten somewhat ont of T ,oUIs
However, it showed no signs Of
ing, put was soon running abont -,
,brlskly. 1soon grew tired of INV net F;,.t ?
d, the task of feeding it was no iopgey riages an
icome and delightful. 1 concluded mva 1y
Exercise and 4 t6ae fresh nn air.
LOU, enjoy the COMPREHENSIVE of its
The freedom of the ward was
3Ie' bestowed ON it, but it generally The un
iIs way into the house at meal times, assortmer