Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-06-16
CHILDREN,S CORNER.
stories for the Young Folks.
COOLING THE THFRMOMETFp

AA>0 LIN IdEhMOMETEK.
One winters day boy thought ne d
play trick on the pretty school mis-
tress, and make her think the room was
tearfully cold. So he put his face close
TO the thermometer, under pretense of
seeing where the mercury stood, and
then very slyly blew upon it as hard as
be could. Then he went to his seat
pretending to shiver, as if he felt very
cold. The school mistress, seeing him
sh1ver, instantly walked to the place
where the thermometer hung.
What does this mean !" she ex-
claimed. "The mercury stands at 80
degrees. Open the windows I"
Inc boy stared, as we'll he might. He
hadn't cooled the thermometer at all,
but had sent the mercury up to more
than summer heat.
=" Very queer" thought he. "When
| want to cool my porridge, I blow it.
Why don't the same thing cool a ther-
mometer, I'd like to know 2"
BIRDS NEST IN HEAD OF CABBAGE.
Shouldn't you consider a cabbage
head rather a queer place for bird 8
nest? I thought SO when bird-friend
OF mine, who has travelled good deal,
told me it.
There is an island named Jersey, that
belongs to England, but lies nearer the
French coast. (Our state of New Jer-
sey was named after it, On this island
cabbage-stalk had grown to the height
OF sixteen feet, and in it's top was a
magpie's nest. A magpie is not very
tiny bird, you must understand. He is
almost, ii not quite, as big as a crow.
This cabbage was rather tall of its kind,
but the stalks frequently grow to a
height of from ten to twelve feet.
Walklng-sticks are very commonly
made of them. The bird didn't say
whether or not these cabbages were
good for anything besides walking
sticks and places for birds nests; but T
suppose they must be good to eat, or
people would not cultivate them.
THE MONKEY AND THE LOOKING GLASS.
A lady writes to st. Nicholas the fol-
lowing story:
I want to tell you about Jocko, a
bright, mischievous little monkey,
which my friend, Mrs. c., brought
from India. She says: Gle liked
6 DING to sea, and was great favorite
with the sailors. He would run up the
mast and look down with an air of tri-
umph, as much as to say, See how
much better 1 can do it than you! I
made him suit of clothes, little blue
trousers, red jacket and sailor cap.
He was delighted with it, and when I
went On deck always came to meet me,
ready for frolic. He often played
tricks upon the sailors, but never took
any liberties with me. One day, car
ried looking glass on deck, and called
Jocko to come and look in. He was
wonderfully pleased to see what he sup
posed was another monkey. He jab-
bered at it, and expressed his delight
in sundry contortions of his queer
little face. Almost all animals are
social in their nature, anG suffer from
loneliness when separated from their
kind. At last he stopped his antics,
and stretched his arm around the mir
ror to feel the back of it. The instant
he discovered the deception he flew in
to terrible passion. He seemed to
understand at once that it was no living
monkey, and he thought I meant to
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from terrible scratching. He never
forgot it, and from that time we ceased
to be friends, for monkeys are slow to
forgive what they think an insult.
Whenever I walked on deck the sailors
had to keep him out of sight. I was
sewing in my room one day, when he
found his way there, and flew at me so
furiously that, if my screams had not
brought help, I think he would have
killed me. Nevertheless, I mourned
for Jocko when he died, for I never
ceased to hope that we should be friends
again in time.''