The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-07-25
AN OCULAR DEMONSTRATION

Grandma sat on the side porch, in
clean cap and kerchief, tanning herself
with a turkey wing. 1t was one Of those
sudden, warm days of June, which,
coming after a late spring, prove nearly
intOIerabe. 1t was Friday afternoon,
and she was expecting Tom every mo-
ment.
Tom attended Mr.. Dancey's boarding
school for boys, where he was being
fitted for Harvard He lived on New
England farm five miles from the school.
Grandma watched the lane by which he
was to come, for Tom was the light OF
her eyes he was so like his mother, her
own dead Elizabeth.
But the boy came acro 5 the fields this
afternoon, shorter way, and dashed
arourd the corner of the house and had
grandma in hi arms before she thought
OF his being in sight.
"Why, my child, "she said, smiling aud
excited, thew do you do?"
Tom threw his hat on one chair and
himself on another, and wiped the moist
ure from his forehead.
Hot, hotter, hottest, hottentot, hot.
entoter, hottentOtest, hottentOtissimo
hottentotissimus, hot as an oven, hot as
two ovens, hot as four ovens, hot as
seven ovens"
This is what Tom ratified out fast as
you would count. 1t had very queer
sound to grandma's ears, which were
somewhat hard OF hearing.
Where's FAM" he asked immedi-
ately.
"She'a walked over to Janet Brain
ards. She expected to be back in time
to welcome you,' said grandma but
when girls get together they never know
when to say goodbye, Wasn't you say.
ing something about Hottentots and
ovens?' she added, turning her ear to
receive his answer.
"Oh I" said Tom, chats a string Of
nonsense / picked up reading one day, and
laid it in the storehouse of memory, a'
Prof Dancey would say"
"Pll be bound you did y said grand
ma. "Pll warrant you learn such thing
much faster than you ever learn you,
school books"
cor than Bruno learns his lesson,
Tom added. "Here, Bruno! here" hi
called, and then he whistled
Bruno left off chasing the chicken
and came running to his master; thei
there were such demonstrations as ar
possible only between boy and dog. Ate
while, Tom conducted Bruno arounc
the house to the front door and into th
parlor. Then he closed the door AM
blinds as though on murder intent.
Then he took great armiul OF tn
books and brio ,a-brac from the center
table, and dumped them I'M disorderl.
pile on the sofa. The pretty basket wbic
overhung the table he hitched up out o
the way, thus clearing an arena 70
Bruno's drill.
Then he began whistling and snappin
bis fingers to The dog, patting, ordering
threatening, cOaxing, to induce him I
leap over the ccnter>table.
But slOu some one WAS heard calling
"Tom! Toni"
Then the door opened, and Fanny
pretty figure stood on the sill.
"Why, Tom," she said, "what ar
you doing?"
"I'm training Bruno" he answered
"TrainiDg him for what ?--the circus?
. Fanny asked.
ellis training is general rather tina
special" said Tom, in grand wa.
quoting from Prof. Dsncey. Il desig
to secure the symmetrical developmel
: OF all bis faculties--of the whole beir
to fit him for any sphere in lie
which destiny may call him. Ahem
t aim at such a discipline, that when b
3 chance in life comes, no matter in VII
. direction it may lie, he will be iour
t ready to take it," aA - H
$ "Well, l don't see why he mightr
Q just as we'll take his jumping discipli
Q over the ash-barrel as over the parl
table," said Fanny, with some pettis
J. ness.
u "He might" Tom admitted; "b
y the table-leap ia not the only exerc
that this room affords him. J desire
ls develop his combativeness by showi
9 him that other dog in the glass there. u
q "And to develop bis lungs, / 81
pose" Fanny suggested for the d
at this moment began to utter de
u growls and bsrks, as he discovered
image in the mirror