The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-09-16

Well, let them talk, II won't hurt me
They not ducks and brakes, you see;
Our graces put them In a pet;
All grapes are sour one can not get.
There's only one thing where fail,
j try TO sing-its no avail;
i got a cold long time back,
And never get beyond "quackW
I'll take some lessons of the lark,
Next time hear him in the park,
Then won't folks listen with hush
The duck sings better than the thrush!
BoCKo AND THE DEER.-Bocko was
dog. He had several brothers and sis
ters, and they were all little chunky dog
like himself But they had high opinions
of themselves. Bocko was the largest
and the rest looked up to him, although
to be sure, that was not much trouble, al
they did not have to look very high
One reason why they thought SO much
of their big brother was, that he wa.
always talking of the great things he had
done, and the great things he intended
to do.
One day, the family was out of meat
The mother-dog proposed to send the
children out to neighboring town tt
prowl about the market and bring home
what they could pick up.
But Bocko opposed this plan. &c am
tired of bits and bones," he said. "There
is no reason why we should not have the
very best of meat. We have gone on in
this poor way long enough. Now, my
idea is this: You all stay at home and
take nap, and make yourselves as com
Portable as you can, and l will 60 hunt
ing. will go into the forest and kill q
deer. Then we can have the very best
meat, and all we want of it. A whole
deer will last long time."
"Oh, that will be delightful!" cried
his sisters. "But do you think you
can kill deerw
"Kill onep cried Bocko, "I should
think 50. Do you see those teeth !"
ooh, yes !" said his sisters and the
small brother; "they're perfectly awful
when you open your mouth that way"
!"And do you see that leg, and this
one, and the two others? Did you ever
see stronger looking legs than they are
You can feel my muscle, if you like"
The sisters and the small brother felt
his muscle, ard declared that with such
legs and such teeth he ought to be able
to kill deer. And the more he talked
and they listened, the more certain they
felt about it.
So they agreed to stay at home and
take a nap while he was out hunting.
The old mother did not altogether ap-
prove of the plan, but Bocko seemed so
confident about the matter, that she
thought she would let him go.
So off went Bocko to the forest as fast
as his short legs would carry him. He
had rather better fortune than most
hunters, for it was not long before he
saw a very fine deer coming leisurely
down a path in the woods.
Bocko Immediately ran toward it. The
deer looked at him and then stopped.
So did Bocko.
"Well?" said the deer.
Bocko did not make any answer. He
did not think it proper to talk to animals
that he was hunting. But he did not
know exactly what to do first. He had
never hunted deer before. So he
thought he had better bark little
That came natural to him. So he ran
close up to the deer and barked.
The deer put down his head, and then
he said:
"What are you going to do? You're
q very uncivil creature"
"No, Pm not ,,uncivil," replied Bocko,
who thought that he must answer this
time. 81 came out hunting, and not to
talk. l am going to take deer home
for my family to eat"
"And you think of taking mef" said
The deer.
eyes" said Bocko.
The deer gave'a grin. Perhaps it was
not real grin, but it looked like one.
This made Bocko angry, and he ran
close up to the deer and tried to bite Cne
Of his fore-legs.
"Look herep said the deer, stepping
back, off you bite my legs / will give
you a kick that you'll remember to the
day of your deathW
"Well, then, what am to dow ex-
claimed poor Bocko. 81 suppose I
ought to take you by the throat, but l
can't reach up"
"You'd like me 10 lay down, wouldn't
your" asked the deer.
Yes," said Bocko, promptly.
"Well, you are cool p replied the deer.
Bocko had nothing to say to this, 30
he gave another sharp bark, 30 az to let
The deer know that he still intended to
push the matter, and then ran around to
zee if he could not geta bite at the deer's
tail. But the tail was very short, and
very high up, and there was no chance
here.
Then Bocko felt provoked, and he ran
n front of the deer again.
"You're afraid to put your head down."
aid he.
cam II" answered the deer, and he
,ut his head down so low that his nose
vent between his fore-feet. This was
rot exactly the position that Bocko
Wished him to take, but he was ashamed
% ask for anything more; and so he
made a rush at tho deer to take him by
he throat.
The deer turned around 80 as to keep
his forehead toward the dog, and the mo-
nent Bocko came near enough, he stepped
onward quickly, pushed his horns under
lin, and gave him a tremendous push
hat sent him spinning into the middle
II a great barberry bush, several yards
way.
For minute or two, Bocko did not
1now what had happened to him; but
IS soon as he began to gather his senses
lbout him, he cautiously peeped out of
he bush. He saw the deer trotting
lowly away.
"He's laughingp thought Bocko to
himself, and then he crawled out of the
push. He examined his body and his
legs, and finding that nothing
vas broken, he concluded TO give up
hunting for that day, and TO go home,
When his sisters and his small brother
md his mother saw him coming, they
III rushed out to meet him.
"Oh where is the deer 2' they cried.
We are so hungry Did you leave IL
n the foresti Show us where IL is, and
We will all go get some of IL, Come,
,rave Bocko, where is itf''