The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1872-04-18

NO. Is.
How the Horse made friends with
the Umbrella.
A gentleman had a highly va,uab,.
horse, which, but for one thing. war
perfectly ssfe for his family. Thu
alone made 1t imprscticabie for his
wife or daughters to drive her. She
would always shy at an open umbrella.
aud spring across the road. She w.
not afraid Of anything else. aud.
though spirited, was very gentle. HI
thong ht for some time about curing
this fear. He was unwilling to whil
the beautiful creature aud beside.,
he reasoned in this way, aud yer,
sensiblJ:
THAT would not lessen her fear; il
would only give her an additional
Cause of terror, aud she would try 4"
escape both by more violent effort"
But he concluded to give the horse
some pleasure, and connect the pleas
ure with the very object whicl had
frightened her.
Horses are very fond Of potatoes-a>
fond as curly. heads are Of candy.
Fsnny's owner put several nicely
washed potatoes into his packet, h,o.
an umbrellas. AID went intn her stall.
He offrre her potato on the point of
the closed umbrella, after giving her
one from his right hand, holding the
terrible oijec. in the other. She was
SHY. but after some hesitation, took II
off. Presently he gave her another.
Ii wing the umbrella slightly open
then little more open and SD on. TIL.
After few lessons always letting her
have the dainty. .l,e learned to con.
meet il with the umbrella, and would
allow the latter TO be furie,i aud unfurl-
ell ut 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
1t was still question. A rainy day
soon decided II. Fanny was harnessed.
and US soon rs she saw man approach
ing with an umbrella. the reins being
somewhat free. she went. of her own
accord, towards It. no doubt expecting
u potato. She was rewarded with one
on reaching home, and never after.
wards SHE'D ut an umbrella.
This IL only one Of many instances
Of the kind. The old saying. "Love
is better than fear" is as true ofdumh
animals ~ of human beings.
4 horse was cured of kicking by y
simple means. He had been whipped
repeatedly. and was nothing bettere.i,
but ratl er grew worse. An old man
suggested = way, and the drivre tried
it. He took barrel, with both heads
In therefore too strong to be denol-
ishrd y the hoOfs). bored each head.
and passed rope through. fastening
the ends to the harness. just behind
the horse. OF 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. 10 better
than cure. Almost Without exception,
. trick" in an animal is the result oi
bad or thouehtless management ut
some time NJ. O. johnson, IN Me,ry's
Museum.
1t Is . curious fact that while every
nation has different form Of saluta.
ton, still nearly every one relates in
some way to the bodily well being.
Whon one Frenchman meets another
he asks How do you carry YOURSELF"
How do you find yourself?" an Ilal
Ian would say. "How do you stsnd?"
How do yoa find 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
stonache" Have you eaten your rice?'
the Pole, How do you have YOURSELF;
the Russian. "How do you live on ~
while the Persian salutation Is. MAY
| thy shadow never be less" Sandwich
Islanders. when they meet. say "Alo
ha," a word whose nearest English
Specification Is "lore." The ancient
Jewish salutation was . very beauti-
full one Peace be unto thee" or
Peace be unto this house." We Eng.
lish and Americans are con tent with
the simple inquiry. "How doyou do?"
which we are almost always In too big
a hurry to stop to 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
he 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 'twoi make
me pant some to wear 'em. found
your name an where you live on one
OF the pockets. my wife laffed SO whe,,