Lincoln County advocate. (Canton, Dakota Territory, [S.D.]) 1876-1877, 1877-01-17

Sit over the fire. When he had don
that, he thought the COW might pei
haps fall off the the hatch and breal
her legs or neck. So he got Up on tn,
house to tie her up. One end of tn,
rope no made fast to the cows neck
and the other he slipped down tn
chimney and tied round his own thigh
and he had to make haste, for the wa
ter now hogan to boilin the pot, and b.
had still to grind the oatmeal.
So he began to grind away; but Will
he was hard at it, down fell the COW of
the housetop after all, and as she fell
she dragged the man up the Gimme,
by the rope. There he stuck fast; ant
as for the COW she hung half way
down the wall, swinging between heav
en- and earth, for she could neither ge
down nor up. 's "a '.|
And now the goody had waited sew
en- lengnths and seven breadths for hel
husband to come and call her home tt
dinner but never a call they had. A
last she thought she'd waited Ions
enough, and went home. But when sht
got there and saw the COW hanging il
such an ugly place, she ran up and GU
therope in two with her scythe. But al
shesdid this down came her HUSBAND
out of the chimney; and so when hi
old dame came inside the kithen, there
she found him standing on his head ir
the porridge pot.
Baby-Life in China and Hindoostan
The bare-headed baby of China, moi
quite SO grave as his Asiatic cousins, il
still a contented little traveller, whethe,
he rides on the back Of mamma, or il
tied on mat to sleep, or exposed be-
side the door in bamboo cage, or fas.
tened'to his gilded baby.chair, to teach
him to sit up. The most important
moment in his young life is when, at
the age Of one year, he decides his flu
ture destiny in a curious way. He is
carefully dressed in new clothes, and
seated in the middle of a large sieve,
in which are placed many articles,
among which are money-scales, a brass
mirror, writing utensils, books, silver
and gold ornaments, and fruits, while
the anxious parents stand by to see
which object will first attract his sober
black eyes. If he takes up a book or
pencil, he is destined to become q
scholar; if the glitter gold or silver at
tract him, his fate is to amass wealth;
if fruits suit him best, he will incline to
spurn the rice of his fathers table, and
feast upon delicate puppy-stew, or
bird's-nest soup.
At two years of age he will dress like
his grandfather Of eighty, and look like
that old gentleman seen through the
small end of an opera-glass. When he
first enters school, he will bring, not a
spelling-book and slate, but two candles,
a few sticks of incense, and small
quantity of mock money (made of pa
peri, to be burned before piece of pa
per having the name Of Confucius writ
ten upon it. Thus the little Chinese
traveller is launched on his school-life.
The little traveller on the shore of the
Gauges has very diff erent life. Bath
ed every day in the sacred stream, or
in jar of its water; scrubbed with its
holy mud-ears, eyes, and mouth;
thoroughly purified from all sin, as his
parents devoutly believe-how can he
help being better than other babies?
He is jolly, happy baby, bright as the
sunshine of his native land; not
troubled with clothes if he belongs to
the poor classes; but wrapped in gor-
geous silks of scarlet and blue, loaded
with jewels, and Weighed down by enor-
nous gold-embroidored turban, if he
happens to be prince. -
This little Hindoo traveller sleeps in a
basket hung from the roof, and rides
out on mammals hip; and, what seems
dreadful to us, he learns to smoke be-
fore he can walk, his mother often tax
ing cigar from her own lips and put
ting it into his. If his life-journey is
cut short, his body is carried to the
grave in his basket-cradle, which is COW
cred with fringeu canopy and hung
from a pole On the shoulders of men,
and left at last upside down on his last
resting-pIsce.-&. Nicholas for January.