The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-04-09

I've run away from the little boy thai
was trrlndling me"
"Oh, that's the way to be happy, il
ita'' cried the Princess, and she lay dowr
and rolled. But she didn't get much
fun ont of her rolling only scratched
and bruised herself.
/ "Ah, that's because hadn't any one
to tronble me, she said, when she 60,
up at the bottom of the hill.
As she went up the hill once more, she
met the little boy who had been trun-
ding the wheel.
"Ah, little boy she said, "I've met
/ your wheel It has had such fun. II
went right splash into the pond down
there, and is swimming about looking Sc
/ comfortable. Please trundle me-"
The little boy was very angry at hay-
ing lost his wheel, and so behaved very
rt1dely
'sTrundle yei I'll trounce We, YOU
young hussy," he cried He was a
little coward, of course, or else he
wouldn't have talked about trouncing a
little girl.
"I'm not little hussy a little
princess, Princess Wingcarribee indig-
nantly rejoined.
&c You princess : with your clothes
y
said the little boy /; and he trotted down
the hill, painting after his truant wheel.
He stopped, when he had got little way
down, to shout back
g You say you're princess. Have
you got mother that is a queen, and
if you have, does she know you're
out?''
'.No, she doesn't" answered Princess
Wingcarribee-''i if she did, and heard
you talking like that, she'd box your
ears, you rude little boy!''
'' Then go back to her, and make your
self happy !" shouted the little boy.
Why, that sounds like sense, /" said
the Princess to herself
And she went back to the hollow tree.
and got, as she deserved to get, a good
seolding from the Queen, who was max
ing her runaway little girls moss bed.
Teaching Dog to Perform Tricks
We have taught our dog to go into
the corner when commanded in the fol-
lowing way By attracting her atten-
ton to a piece Of meat held rather out
of reach, and gradually enticing her
toward the corner, then talking to her
all the time and instructing her how to
stand, frequently repeating the word we
wish her to particularly notice, viz:
" corner. After standing second or
two We give her the meat, lengthening
the time of standing between each lesson.
Now, when we point to the place and
say corner, we find she walks in of
her own accord, and of course is re-
warded after Another of her tricks is
waltzing. This is done by holding a
piece of meat high, and moving it in a
circle, saying '' waltz, - and gently scold-
ing when she jumps. She stands up
and walks, or rather runs, upon her
hind legs, exactly as we move the meat.
Now she viii do it without meat when
we say waltz. Another. trick is lump
ing over, through and under the
back OF cane-bottomed chair.
This we taught her by holding
a piece OF meat and standing some way
behind the chair with her upon the seat;
then, showing her by pointing what we
required her to do, we said over" and
she of course jumps over for the meat;
the same '' through " the bar and
UNDER Of course she tried at first to
do everything in the manner easiest to
herself, but by practice she soon found
1t was no use. Another trick: we ar
range the chairs in semi-circle round
the room, and make her run over them
upon the seats; this was done by entic-
ing her from one chair to another. Now
we allow some distance between each
chair, and she runs round as quickly as
possible, and stands up upon the last
one, waiting for her tit-bit. A dog of
ordinary sagacity can be taught almost
anything by kindness and perseverance,:
but If you lose your temper, or are i'm
patient, they are ruined, becoming either
stubborn or nervous. The great thing
IS to talk to dogs, and encourage them.
and make companions of them.