Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-03-28
FOR THE BOYS AND GIRLS.
Trouble in the Household.

FOR THE BOYS AND GIRLS.
Trouble in the Household.
By PRUDY.
Heigh hoI the worlds full of trouble,
Little folks know it we'll;
W no has been here. while the trim little mother
Went her chickens to sell?
Ali it was you. with your meddlesome fingers,
Dear little laundering Belief
Heigh no! there's the milk for Miss Dolly
Spilled. every drop on the floor;
The COWS ale away in the woods and the mead
How can we get any mores s
And what will you say to the prim little mother.
There she comes! in at the door.
Heigh no p cries Maggie, the mother.
- w hat in the world is to pay?
A9thlng goes right in parlor or kitchen
AS sure as l. am away"
Poor little Belle, with her meddlesome fingers.
Never word can she say.
How should she know that the one-legged dolly.
Asleep in grandfath er's chair
Was threatened with Group, and musn't be lifted
Except with the greatest of care?
Tick took r. says the clock. little mother
Learn to bear and forseari"
Umbrella.
A gentleman had highly valuable
horse, which, but for one thing, was per-
fectly safe for his family. This alone
made it impracticable for his wife or
daughters to drive her. She would al
ways shy at an open umbrella, and
spring across the road. She was not
afraid of anything else, and, though
spirited, was very gentle. He thought
for some time about curing this fear.
He was unwilling to whip the beautiful
creature; and besides, he reasoned in
this way, and very sensibly:
"That would not lessen her fear; it
would only give her an additional cause
of terror, and she would try to escape
both by more violent effort" But he
concluded to give the horse some plea
sure, AMI connect the pleasure with
the very object which had frightened
her.
Horses are very fond of potatoes-as
fond as curly-heads are of candy.
Fanny's owner put several nicely
washed potatoes into his pocket, took
an umbrella, and went into her STALL
He offered her potato on the point of
the closed umbrella, after giving her
one from his right hand, holding the
terrible object in the other. She was
shy, but after some hesitation, took it
off. Presently he gave her another,
having the umbrella slightly open !:
then & little more open; and so on, till,
after few lessons always letting her
have the dainty, he learned to connect
it with the umbrella, and would allow
the latter to be furled and unfurled at
her side, over her head or under 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 question. A rainy day soon
decided it. Fanny was harnessed, and
as soon as she saw man approaching
with an umbrella, the reins being some
what free, she went, of her own accord,
toward it, no doubt expecting a pota-
to. She was rewarded with one on
reaching home, and never afterward
SHE'D at an umbrella.
This is only one of many instances of
the kind. The old saying, Love is
better than fear" is as true of dumb ami
mails as CT human beings
A horse was cured of kicking by
simple means. He had been whipped
repeatedly, and was nothing bettered,
but rather grew worse. An old man
suggested a way, and the driver tried
~ 41o tooA d odiIelj Will ootn ueaus
IN therefore too strong to be demol-
ished by the hoofs), bored each head,
and passed a rope through, fastening
the ends to the harness, just behind the
horse. Of course he kicked, and he
kicked half an hour steadily; but find
ing tn t nobody cared or made any stir,
he left off, once for all. There was no
trouble afterward from his kicking in
harness.
Gentleness is 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 thoughtless management at
some time.-M. O. johnson, in Merrys
Museum.