Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1872-02-23
The Rain-drop.

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There was once q farmer, who had az
large field. ui He plowed itfandisoweds its
with. corn, and narrowed it ,andweededls
it.with great care; and on this field hes
depended for the support OF, his family.
But after he had work ed so hard he Saw
the corn wither and droopi for wan'tofie
rains and he-thought he should dose histt
CROP, 6.r.,. ~. al, .s,gE. s-a,Ac 1ed,o aNs
day to look at his corn, and see if thereN
was any hope Of rain. i,'gi 10 ayaV sh3 Boa
One day, as he stood thereWlooking SatSa
the sky, and most in despair,s two littledt
rain n-drops up in the clouds. over his =,
head s W him; and one "said to the
hertz" Look t'that poor cfarmerS94o %
feel sorry for bin - hel has taken isuohas
pains with his field Of. corn, and now ,itsN
all SFyans up wiSh bfS% S0pa y o0 oF F BOO
aWell,' said theeother, s@lbut YOU 'areos
only. a little, rain-drop; what .canoyouos
do? You can't even wet one hillock.nob
"Well". said the first, "to be sure, -.
can't do much; but can cheer the
farmer little, at any rate, and am res9o
solved tosdo my BEST HI tryy Hi gotS
to the field to show, my goodwill if Ian
can do no more ; so here co." And
down went Che rain.drop, and came pat \
on the farmers nose and then fell aon3'e
lonAl Alstalk ofscornoy ,asm9il W .bsliav
""Dear. me I, said the farmer, putting 70
Ibis hand to his nose, whats that ? cAea
rairi.drop? Where did that drop come y
FRONT? l. do believe we shall have aais
showerp 3ayaigoa7no9n4 ri a.aF lRa1s b9sa
; The first rain-drop, had no sooner 76l
started, than the second one said ~
"Well, if you &c, believe i win 60, ~
too soahefe i cometh and down droppetpoO
the rain-drop on another stallgo % 7RliGliA
Byrthis time a. great many rain sdropswsN
had come together to hear what their >,
conlpaanions We're talking about; and.
when they heard them, and bsawo themS'sS
going ito cheer the farmer, and water y
the corn, one, of them said a'fH ryousih
are going on, SO good an errand III Co.,
too;" and down he came.
p "And I,n said another, S" and Land les "
and II, and so on, till q whole showeriRs
of them came, and the corn was waTs,a
tered and it grew, and ripened, all be-
cause the first little rain-drop 'EdeterS"E
mined to doswhat it could. aiAlsaoHINs snos
= Never be discouraged, children, be-DAs
cause you can't do much, 4, Do. what you. -,
: ".smo11s10
i 1e;Trr Drownine the squirrel.s & al sidT
q, When / was about six years old, one a "
morning, going to school, ground
SQUIRREL ran into his hole in the ground 10
before 1ne;i they like TO dig holes inifdi
some open place where, ,ftheylcan putgl3b
out their head to see if, danger is ynear..sU
| thought, now shall have fine fun.
As there was a stream Of water just at '''
hand, L determined to pour water into hna
the hole till it should be full, and force ai
the little animal to- come out, so that, l,oro
might kill it. | was soon pouring wa
ter upon the poor squirrel. | could wv
hear it struggle and said, Ah my
fine fellow, will soon have you out,
now"
Just then | heard voice behind me-; al
+" Well, my boy, what have syoua sgetA
~ turned and saw @ o one Of my neigh
bors,, a good old man; With long white 0ns
locks, gTns5 0G 31iysq 70 Ti5di 70 fIsq isasl
ot g. WE'LL" saidoI, J" there background 81
squirrel in here, and, | am going TO IN
sad he: H@Jonathan, whensI was u M
little boy, more than fifty years ago, i1i .
was engaged one aay,jqst', as YOU are Snl
drowning a squirrel !, and "a old man., nam, so
such as | am, came along, and said To ii,
me. gSiYou are a little boy; now If yon' 'lsp
were down in az marrow hole likesthatsq ui
and,I should dloomesand.p pour waterdown binl
upon YOU, would you not think 4 was va
cruel 2. God made the little squlrrel,
and his life is as sweet to- it you. NV
,Whv torture to death little innocenti oH
creature that God has made e,lnT HslI
added, - 1 have neyer forgottep tbatru,.
and never shall. Now, my dear boy,
i want YOU to remember this as long asio'q q
YOU live; and, when tempted tosHde- wad
stroy nanya littlel animalni ornobird, N TO ials
think what, + have said ;s Goo. does not ,i,r
allow us to kill his creatures for our,
pleas1re.si ""'' D'' "aDV'u' ""@'" - 80
i, Sfore than forty years. have since ilis
passed, and Lhaye, neverf orgotteaWhatd %
the good man said, nor have have eyer vss
wantonIy killed the least animal Tor
amusement Since Now, YOU see 1t Is s@''
ninety years since this advice was first sni
given, and it has, not lost its effect IyetyR
no y many little ere lures il has, saved ,sli
from being tortured, to death cannot
tell, but | have no doubt a great mum go
Der, and believe my whole life has sfis'
been influenced bv it., ~ ara yad4 ,gaa a9di
ysdA Housekeeping School.M 70 s'ga eh'
The training of women in the dutiestns
of domestic economy, is attracting great -,
attention. in England, and an institution
is soon to be established under the
patronage of the Ear. of nShaftesbury Y
and other distinguished philanthropists,
for the purpose of teaching the art of
housekeeping. Lessons in cookery and
baking bread are to be given, and lee
lures are to be delivered on food, cook