Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1873-01-22
Our Dog Jerry as School. Master
A STORY FOR THE CHILDREN.

with Jerry, 81 have taught Jerry such
lot Of things since you have been away he
can fetch sticks out of the water, and beg
spleudidly--cOme here, jerry" taking a
piece Of bread from the breakfast tablet
'and show papa how you can beg"
Jerry accordingly, a beautiful black
retriever, which | had bought for Ned. q
few months before, sat up and looked as
demure as a four-lcgged stole can 10, till
he got the bread, when he thanked Ned
by wag of his tail.
II taught him that, papa" cried Ned.
"GoOd dog, Jerry! But Lizzia" (Ned's
sister, "helped to make him fetch the
sticks"
"Well, but" said |. rather amused
if you teach hin all this, Ned, does he
never tsach you anything in returnP'
HE, indeed Come now papa, what
can dog teach me q? And | am very
glad. dear old Jerry" tbendiug down and
claspiag Jerry, who returned the salute
by licking the boys face) "you, az any
rate, can come the school.master over
one; it is enough to have old Goggles"
(this was Ned's dreadfully irrevercnt
name for his master, whe wore spectacles)
"bothering one from morning TO night
with his y rs and h's tupto, isn't it?
What do you think, papa? old Goggles
positively makes us learn halfa page Of
irregular Greek verbs every morning now;
but We always slip them when we can"
"Ah, well my dear boy" was my mild
answered" we have all of us had TO 90
through with the same hard experiences,
suppose. But as to Jerry, do you know
think he tries TO teach you good deal,
if you have cnly the wit 10 learn a? Only
Serry is wiser than most masters; he
teaches chiefly by example"
Now this, as thought it would, pivued
Ned, whose great failing was to think
himself immensely clever.
"Indeed, papa !" he cried, rather
scornfully. And pray what is he teach.
ing me now, as he is jumping about like
that" For since we have got out of the
house, Jerry was running about like mad
dog, now running back to us and leaping
up, barking all the time and waging his
tail, till | thought it would come off.
"Oh, can't you see, Ned ?" l replied
coolly. ut is his way of giving you a
lesson against cruelty to animals"
IL don't see it Bit"
d" Why, he is barking out as loud as ha
can. See how how delighted l am at get
ing out of doors, just as you are, Ned
when you rush out Of school You see
theicis is as much difference as you thought
between you and me |, and all other an
imas, can feel pleasure and pain as your
self; so remember that, the next time you
pull poor fy's wings off,"
"Well, come, papa, am not cruel tC
animals, whatever else may be-" pro.
tested Ned.
IL don't think you arc, Ned, intention
ally answered. 'By the way, how il
the last of those little buil6nches you anc
Tom Fucle brought home, few days ago?'
"Oh, it tumbled into pan of hot water
yesterday, papa, so we were obliged tC
kill it" said the boy.
"Ah, then, that makes up the six, doe
it not =? Let us see there was this f.: ant
one you said fell out of the nest; two tht
cat got and two would't eat, you told me
because you could not feed them as wei
as the old bird did. So the whole six are
disposed of now. oh no, you arc no
cruel intentionally"
Ned began to see that | was pokinI
fun at him. so he did not answers bu
walked on sulkily, kicking down the this
ties which happened to be rank along tht
lane-side. BY and by we got to the river
where Jerry bounded in after the stick
and stones Ned kept throwing for him il
the water. We had amused ourselves fol
some time with watching him paving fol
the stones or snatching the sticks in hil
mouth, and after shaking hims elf when ht
gotback to land bringing us the recovered
treasure.
AT last Ned, who never sulked for .
long time at once, laughed and cried out
to me; "there, papa, now what lesson il
Jerry giving me now? To fetch stick.
out Of the river, suppose; but you sure
ly don't want me to learn to do that ?"
No, Ned, do not But Jerry is try
ing you now on quite different tack be.
cause he sees you have forgot already his
last lesson to you about cruelty to ami.
mails"
"Well, how am | cruel now 2"
by not remembering, Ned. that it i,
cold day for him to be SO long in ths