St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1871-12-15
COTN.TR ! BOTS.
ONE OF NE. WARNER HOME MADE
SKETCHES.

ONE OF MI. WARMERS HONE MADE
SKETCHES.
There are so many bright spots III
the life OF Il falm-boy, that | sometimes
think | should like to live the life over
again | should he almost willing to he
Il girl if il were not for the chores.
There is great comfort to Il boy i'll the
amount of work lie can get rid Of doing.
1t is sometimes astonishing how slow he
90 on an crrand. he who leads the
school III Il race. The world l., new
and interesting to him. and thelc is so
much to take his attention nif when he
is sent To do any thing. Perhaps he
couldn't explain. himself. why. WHEN he
l. sent 10 Il neighhOr'S after Yeast. he
stops to stone the frogs; he is not cN
actly cruel. hut he wants to see if he
can hit 'cm. No other living thing can
90 So slow as Il hoy sent on an CiI;nH.
His legs seem to bc dead. unless hr
happens to cspy Il woodchHch i'll an ;t,i-
joining lot, when he gives chase 10 ii
like Il deer: and il is q curious fact
ah0u! boys, that t"o will hc Il great
dead slower i'll d"ing anything than one.
and the more you have 10 help Gn Il
piece of work the les; is accomplished.
Boys have Il power i'll helping each 9th
er do nothing: and they are - nnn-
cent about il and uncOnsCiJ,is. Il went
as quick It's could" says one hoy when
his father asks him why he didn't Stay
all night. when he had been absent
three hours on Il ten minutes rilaud.
The sarcasm had no effect on thc boy.
Going after the COWS WAS u serious
thing in my day. had to climb UP 4
hill which was covered with Wild straw
berries in the season. Could amy boy
pass 10y those ripe hcllics! And ihcn
in the fragrant hill pasture. there Ncrc
beds OF Wintcrgrccn with red berries.
tufts of columhnc. roots of saS>afias l."
hc dug and dozens of things good To
ga; on +" smell, which | could not lc-
>ist. II sometimes even lay in nay way
To climb tree to look fora crow n,.~;
0r To swing in the village church. Il
became very important sometimes ion
me to see the Stccple and in the midst
of my Investigations the tin horn would
blow great blast from the firmhouSc
which would send Il chill down my back
in the hottest daV~. knew what it
meant. 1t had tlightfullH impatient
quavcr in it. not At all like the sweet
note that called u> to dinner from the
hay field. II said ''Why on eath
doesn't that hoy come home! 1t is al
most dark and the COWS aim't milkcd -
And that WAS the time the COWS had 10
start into - brisk pace and make up for
lost time. wonder il any hoy ever
drove the COWS home late. " ho did not
say the COWS wrir III the further end of
the pasture and that ''Old Blin,lir was
ii IN 1 l,.. al It. l,,'
find her for ever 80 long" The Briudlr
COW j, the boys >c;ipc- goat many Il
time.
No other hoy knows how to applc-
ciatc Il holiday ~ thc boy does {:
and his best ones are of Il peculiar kind.
Going fishing i of course one sort. The
excitement '"t rigging up the tackle.
f digging the bait. and the anticipation
of great luck: thoSr are pure pleasures.
cnioNCI because thcV are rare. Env~
who can 20 :; fishing any time. care lit
. tie for it. Tramping all day through
brush and hriar. fighting flies and mu>-
. hrtoc>. and branches that tauglc the
line. and Suag> that break the hGok.
and I"turniug home late and hungry.
, with wet feet and Il string of specified
front on 4 willow twig. and have the
family crowd ont ai the Kitchen door tu
loci, nj 'cm and say, ''l'rctty well done
for You. huh: did y"u catch thai hig
! ou,. NuuI ~clt - This iS also l'uIc hap
!, pinc>~. the like of which the boy viii
. never have again not if hc comes tu
he $clcctmau and drAc"d. .lud L.
keep store"
But the llulidaN> | Ir,aIl ui:h drli.h;
were he tw" da>> in spring and Iall
, whcu We went to the distant ra~tur,
, land in u uci@hh"riu% t""lr. may hc. Ia
8 drive tliithcr the yuuug cattle and colts,
, .,i.' tu lIiug them hack again. 1t NJ.
a wild and i"chl upland where ON
II great pasture Wa~. many mile !f"n
. home the road /, il running h> Il hlavl J.
: III" river. and up Il 6a~hn. hr"uE>id,
! among great hills. NE;;i Il days al
!, venture it was, Il va> li!,, Il journey
- Ia Europe. The night before i r"tIo
! S,arcc!; sleep ti,I thinking "l il: and
here, WI no trouble .ib"ut getting nrc
- up nj >uni-r HAT nI"I ming. The break
$ fast WIS eaten. ti.' lrr..hr"n r.:tcI,rd il
, u large basket.
h wish the Journey v"uid t:rN.r,ud
.. hut at last. lay noon. We reach the Ei~
lures and turn i'll TIA" h,Id and ;,tte>
making the tuur of the lot l., make
. sure there are nu break IN the fences
we take uur luncheon t.um the wa@"i
q and eat il ;iEtlcr the trees ll the spring
This is the >llprcmIc moment "f the day
= This is the WAY to life: this is like tn,
q Swiss Family Robinson. ANA all th,
II rest of my delightful ac'l!laim:nrc> ii
{. romance. Baked Leans. llv-uHd- Indian
- bread. dnughnIutS and cheese. pie :!E,
:. root beer What richness, Yea may
r live to dine ut Drlmoiiru'S or al Phil
e lippc'S i'll the rue Mout"rgucll III Paris
:, where the good old ThackcIay used t,
| eat as good dinner a> auyhudy. hu
YOU will get there neither doU"hmut>
d nor pie. nor root beer. nor anything ;,
II good ;iS that luncheon. ut noon in III,
old pasture. high among the Mi>;achu
ScttS hills, Nor will you ever. if yor
live to he the oldest boy in the world
II have any holiday equal To the one
II have described. But HAY" always Ic
if grcttrd that | did NOT take Il iiSh-linc
j. just to throw in the brook We passed
g know there were trout there. IIoyI
IL and Play.
! r1N YOT IFFORD IT.
5. Can You afford to work hard all day
IL and read. study, or court the NagaIir
II of society nearly all night thus WaStin.