Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-09-07
A Very Small Boys Adventures.

feeding everything that could eat. One
day, late in summer he went to the barn
| and found nest full of eggs, and he took
them all out in his hat, uld was going to
carry them to the house. But, as he went
out the barn door, he met an old brindle
COW, who put her nose in the hat and
smelt Of the eggs, and suppose she liked
the smell so well she wanted to taste At
least she took one and little Tim, seeing
she liked them, began to f. cd the eggs TO
her, one at a time. He watched her while
she ale them; then, bobbing his curly pate
close up to her face, and looking straight
in her eyes, he gravely asked
did 90 like EN-, ole tow"
Add the old COW nodded her head
Then Tim said,-
900 do, heys Den I'll dit 90 some
mo-"
| One day he went TO the horse barn and
| fed young horse SO much corn that it
was dreadful sick, and came near dying.
Wherever Tiny Tim went, he always
had a flock Of chickens, turkeys, geese and
ducks after him. What do you suppose
made them follow him about so? Do you
think he had put spell upon them, You
| dont! Well, he had. 1t was the spell of
corn and oats He always had pocketful
| of each, and he scattered them with a most
| liberal hand. And SO he always had plenty
| of followers
| Zip, his dog, was alwas close to him,
! but none of the fowls were at all afraid OF
him. On the other hand, Zip was mortal
| ly afraid Of one old gandeT, who always
stretched out his long neck ana ran after
him, and squawked and tapped his wings,
and Kissed. and made terrible hullabaloo.
One day funny thing napI ened. The
old gander was out taking walk with
Mrs. Grey Goose and he met Tim and Zip
out walking too. Mr.. Big Goose was
anxious TO show off before Mrs. Grey
Goose, and so he flew at Zip and nipped his
ear Zip felt a little more gritty than
usual because big dog had hooked his
breakfast bone. So he pitched on TO Mr.
Big Goose, and bit his big red nose
| Wnereupon Mrs. Grey Goose set up n
great cry. and Mr Big Goose was so angry
at the dog for soaring his friend. Mrs. Grey
Goose, that he grew the biggest goose you
ever saw, and flew up at lips back and
began 10 pull his ears.
Zip ran and howled, and Mr.. Big Goose
tried 10 &c. off but his great sprawly feet
were bare he forgot To put on his boots, |
guess, and they got snarled up in Ups
long hairs, and he couldn't get off Zip
| just laid down in the dust, and rolled and
| howled.
Tim ran to the scene as fast as his short
| legs could carry him. At first he laughed
long and loud, but soon seeing that Zip
was come TO grief, he cried and yelled 80
Justify that Loot" came TO see what the
| trouble was She laughed, too, when she
saw the plight of the dog and goose. She
called Tim to hold Zip, while she pulled
off the dusty, draggied, crest-fallen Mr..
Big Goose When his feet were loose, he
tapped bis wings, and set up great
squall, and looked around TO tell Mrs Grey
Goose all about his battles. But she had
very coolly walked off To the pond, and
was enjoying sail with Dir. Ole Gander.
Ar. Big Goose felt very tired, and most
sick so ne went home to his wife, who
was sitting on nest OF large white eggs.
She told him he had better soak his feet.
eat few polly wogs, and take her place,
while she took little fresh air and bath,
When Loot" had led Tim back TO the
house, he insisted that the dog must have
a great, big, large basin Of milk, "for he's
so tired" he said, AID added-"I'd like
basin Of milk and bread, for rs offul tired
too"
"Why, Tim" said Loot, "what makes
you tiredr You didn't fghtS"
"No, but l run'd pity bad, and looked
at EN-, and il made me tired"
After dinner, Tiny Tim called Zip and
ook LIS way 70 large lake which Joined
on the back part Of his fathers farm. He
was going TO wade Ia the edge of the lake
and send Zip in TO wash himself 1t took
him good while to get 10 the lake, for he
stopped 50 much 10 pay. First he found
an old turkey that had just come off her
nest, with thirteen lite ones, and he must
run back 10 tell mamma.
Then he saw a poor little bird with q
broken wing, that Zip had scared out Of
the grass, and he ran after it with all his
small might; but when the cunning little
bird had got HIM far enough away from
her nest, that was hidden in the grass, she
flew off quite swiftly.
He stopped to play with the old ram,
that had once butted him into the brook
Tim had grown very wise, and he stood
close to big stump, and when the old
fellow ran at him, he hoped behind the
stump, AID slam bang went the old chaps
head against the stump. 1t made him
awful mad, and next time he would hit
harder than the last, and so he kept on
until he found out the stump was a great
deal harder than his skull. Then he
turned and ran of, baa-ing, and shaking
his head.
As our small man went on his way, he
saw little snake in the path, and, STOPPING
down, picked it up In his hand. He was
not the leas: afraid OF 1t, and thought he