The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-07-01


| MRS. HEADACHE.-Iwa was taking walk
lately In town which sometimes visit,
when l came suddenly upon a strange
looking little house, with narrow win
dOws, in front of which were standing
crowd of queer-lOoking creatures, with
very small bodies, big heads and mouths,
and long, ugly arms.
"What can they beY' l wondered.
Perhaps elves or fairies"
/ had read about elves and fairies, and
knew that fairies are always very pretty,
and very nicely dressed in what we would
call evening dresses, but that elves are
awkward and ugly, as we'll as poorly
clothed. But these little fellows had
very nice clothes on, all made of scarlet
cloth. What and who could they be?
So / stood looking at them until the tall
est among them, by mounting on the
shoulders of another, rang the bell. Very
soon little fellow, just like them, opened
the door, and in they rushed. 1t was
evidently their home. Before the little
porter could shut the door pushed in
after them. think now it was rather
rude thing to do under the circumstances;
besides, If they had been elves they
might have changed me instantly into
white mouse, or rose-bush, or brass
door-knocker, and might never have re-
covered my own shape to this day. But,
without stopping to think of this, / went
in. The little porter ushered me into a
little parlor, where everything was very
small. Here, at a little table covered
with books and papers, sat little old wO-
man, dressed in bright green, and wear
ing spectacles.
She bowed her head. bowed mine.
Then began to make an awkward sort of
apology for the strange way in which I
was behaving; but the lady of the house
stopped me, saying:
MAKE no apologies. am Mrs. Head
ache"
"Mrs Headache" | repeated.
eyes; Mrs. Headache"
"Poor creatureW thought to myself.
81 wonder if she has headache every
day."
She really seemed to understand my
thoughts, for she answered very quickly.
"No, l have no headaches myself, in
your sense of the word, but l have the
cOntrOlUf all the headaches among chill
dren in this part of the world. Those
are my sons. 1Ook!" And looked and
saw innumerable little fellows, all busy,
some hurrying out, some hurrying
home, some waiting for orders. Mrs.
, Headache turned to her pile of books.
"Here," said she, 81 have in writing
all that they arc to do to-day. Number
496w
Number 400 came in at once.
Il want you," said his active little
mother, to take thirty-tive Ofyour broth.
, ers and 60 to the party in Grand street this
evening. There is to be fine supper SCI
out, and great deal of gas lighted, and
, great deal ofheat. The children are tc
: stay very late, and one of you will be
, needed to 20 home with every child, and
5 remain with it all day tomorrow"
"Will they show themselves to the
company asked.
"No; my children will be invisible
, but they will use their fists well, to pound
: and hammer the heads of those young
guests tomorrow"
t &C. How dreadfulp
"Not dreadful at all. Those children
;. are all disobeying the rules of Health
I which are very simple. send my little
I ones to them, not as a punishment, but
!. as warming. / heard of children''
: party Yesterday in the open air. They
!. all went home and to bed early. sem
no headaches there"
More little fellows came in for orders
= She sent them away in crowds. Some
I went to children who would play in thu
e hot sun; some, to some little boys wh(
e made themselves very dizzy sliding dOwr
a the banisters; some, to children wht
!, spent great deal of their pocket-money
i in colored sweet things which looked like
pink and yellow eggs.
"DO you think, then, that children
should never eat good things, Mrs. Head
J ache, nor play much, nor run?"
t "By no means. / want them to pla,
and run. / want them to eat good things
but no such good things, or rather bat
things, as pink and yellow and purple
r sugar-plums. / must send them m,
e warnings if they will not obey the rule
!. of Health. Some of them sit up grea
;, deal too late; some walk a great deal to,
= much; others not half enough. SOM
!. study too rd,-pore over their lesson
g when they ought to be playing. Oh !
d have great deal to do, l can tell you
P but I can always wait upon you ma'am
v | III you VAIN U1o. Jusb lcJ Ilie kHOWs
!. "By mailT inquired.
"No; by my telegraph. Sit in yer.
!. hot room, or eat anything you know Il
!, be bad for you, or sleep with your win
= dows shut down,-there are many way
. to summon me, and / will attend to tn
}, call at once, and let you have any mum
. Der of my most active children to tr.
!: their fists on the tenderest part of you
head"
1 thanked Mrs. Headache, and wen
n home just as fast as l could. - 81
; Nicholas.
= OBSERVATIONS BY MASTER BEN. SPIN
4 NER.-The reason why the 4th of July !
!, 80 short is because they signed tn
: Declaration of independence all in on
: day. If they had only went slow, ant
!, been three or four days about IL, then W,
\ would have had long pull at the fire
= works and plenty of time to make thing
!. lively most of the week.
a When your mother sends you to tn,
a grocery, with basket for eggs, in hurry
and you get into a soft game of marble
on the way, and win good many, ant
e don't come home for two hours, that's for
y getfulness. But your mother don't for
e get you when you come back.
y There Is a boy lives in the Fourth War
Q has got feet so egregious big that he can
{ play hopscotch, but then no hair-pin Cal