The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1872-04-18
How the Horse made friends with
the Umbrella.


How the Horse made friends with
the Umbrella.
i A gentleman had highly valuabl.
horse, which. but for one thing. Va.
perfectly safe for his family. Thi.
.Ione made It impracticabie for his
wife or dsughters to drive her. She
would always shy At All open umbrella.
and spring across the road. She w.s
not afraid Of anything else, aud.
though spirited, was very gentle. H.
thought for soMe time about curing
this fear. He was unwilling to whil'
the beautiful creature aud beside.,
he reasoned in this way, aud yer,
sensibly:
"Thst would not lessen her fear; il
would only give her an addi.i0nas
Cause Of terror, and she would try 4"
escape both by more violent effort"
But he concluded u give the horse
some pleasure, and connect the pleas
ure with the very object whic'l had
frightened her.
Horses are very fond Of potatoes-a.
fsnd a. curly heads are Of candy
fsnny's owner pSt several nicely
washed potatoes Into his picket, n,os
an unsbrelin. AID went Into har stall.
He off+re her potato on the point of
the closed umbrella, after giving her
one from his right hand. holding the
terrible Lice. In the other. She was
shy. but after some hesitation, took I,
"fr Presently he gave her another.
Il wing the umbrella slightly open
then little more open and SD on, TIL.
after few lessons (alwsys letting her
have the dainty. .iie learned to con.
meet it with the umbrella, aud would
allow the latter 10 be furie,i and unfurl-
ed ut her side, over her head. or uEder
her nose. Soon she liked to see her
friend bring an umbrella into her
stable.
But how she would act when out of
It was still q question. A rainy day
soon decided Il. Fanny was harnessed.
and AS soon Ms she saw man approach.
ing with an umbrella, the reins being
somewhat free. she went. Of her own
accord, towards II. no doubt expecting
= potato. She was rewarded with one
on reaching home, and never after
wards shied at an umbrella.
This IL only one Of many instances
Of the kind. The old saying, "Love
il better than fear" is as true ofdumb
animals ~ of human beings.
4 horse was cured Of kicking by
simple means. He had been whipped
repeatedly. and was nothing bettered,
tut ratl er grew worse. An old man
suggested way, aud the drivre tried
1t. He took = barrel, with both heads
in therefore toO strong to be demol-
isllrd y the hoOfsl. bored each head.
and passed q rope through. fastening
the ends to the harness, just behind
the hnrse. or course he kicked, and
he kicked half an hour steadily; but
finding that nobody cared or m. de any
stir, he left If, once for all. There
was no trouble afterwards from his
kicking In harness.
Gentleness IL better than anger, the
rule of love better, wiser, surer than
| that Of fear. Prevention, too, is better
than cure. Almost Without exception,
. trick" in an animal is the result Of
bad or thoushtless management at
some time NJ. o. johnson, IN Merry's
Museum.
1t Is q curious fact that while every
nation has . different form OF saluts.
tion, still nearly every one relates In
s0me way to the bodily well being.
When one Frenchman meets another
he asks "How do you carry yourself?'
"How do you find yourseif7'' an Iiai
Ian would say, How do you stand?"
How do you fnd yourself?' Is the
German Interrogation; How do you
fare?" is the Dutch; "How DO you per.
spire?"asks the Egyptian; the China
man wants to know "How is your
sto,nach!" Have you eaten your rice?"
the Pole. "How do you have YOURSELF;
the Russian. How do you live on ?"
while the Persian salutation IL. MAY
thy shadow never be less" Sandwich
Islanders, when they meet. say "Aio
ha," . word whose nearest English
Specification is Glove" The ancient
Jewish sslutation was very beauti-
ful one: Peace be unto thee" or
Peace be unto this house." We Eng
lish and Americans are content with
the simple inquiry. "How doyou do?"
which we are almost always In too big
hurry to stop 10 have answered.
The Davenport Democrat is respon.
sible for the following; A friend of
ours on Brady street. who sent pair
Of pants to Chicago sufferer, received
the following note. 1t Is too good to
be lost. AND very many readers will
recognize the original wearer of these
pants: THE Committee man gave
me amongst other things what he
called pair Nv pants. and 'twMi make
me pant some to wear 'em. I found
your name an where you live on one
Of the pockits, my wife lsffed 90 when
shode 'emro her that thought she
| wn,,id- have q contpshun fit. She
| wants to know II there lives aud
breathes man who has legs no big
ger than that. She sed ii there was
he orter be taken up for vagrincy for
having no visible means for support.
I couldn't get 'em on my oldest boy, %
I used 'em for gun cases. Ifyou have
another pair to spair my wife would
like to have 'stn to hang up by the
side OF the fro place to keep the tong.
in"
Tell me where q boy spends his
evenings. aud / will tell ycu what
kind OF q man he will make.
II spend mine, part In study. then
I talk with father" said james, boy
whom knew.
That 10 good way.
II wish my father would let Us talk
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