The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-07-08

And the whoopin-cough!
And the fever-'n-agerl
And the smallpox, too!
That's what I'll tell mamma
Then won't she hoo-hooS
Madam Caiibrss. =
In a country far from here there once
lived a ,littl6 lady who was named
Madaia Caiibra. She was very, very
small, and oh, SO pretty She had beau
tiful plumes of feathers, and she always
wore the tidiest little dresses-blue,
green, red, yellow and all the eelors
blended. { 80 #*
In Size she was no larger than coffee
pot, and all the furniture in her house
was SO very small. She had a soup-dish
made out of walnut shell, and a tea
set and wash-dish made out of egg
shells.
Madam Calibre had prepared every
thing beautifully, but economically
Once she bought a very fine pocket
handkerchief, and then she said: /" AS 1
have not such horrid large nose as
other people, 40 hot need such large
ofie." Then she took little pair of
scissors and cut out of it twelve tiny
pocket-handkerchiefs for herself, and
these were large enough.
She had a friend who was also very
little, who was called Zantonia, and
another friend who was somewhat 1atgef
thar the tNo ladies, whose name was Sir
Brown. A s-k IA
Both of these often visited her. Sir
Brown lived in the country, where he
had everything very beautiful, and as
often as he came to the city he spoke of
I. g.
horses. Once he said to Madam Cali
bra: ~ will come tomorrow, dear
friend, and take you out riding, and then
you shall see my span."
On the following day Sir Brown
stopped at little Madam Calibra's door,
and the good little lady put on her little
hat, wrapped her little mantle around
her, and then tripped very joyfully out
to the carriage. But what was her sur
prise when she looked at the horses
What should be there instead of horses
but four large dogs
"Now, dear little friend," said Sir
Brown, "what do you think of my
horses? Oh, but that is span But /
must drive them myself, and you sha,-
go with us"
"Oh, my, my thought little Calibra,
chow can my friend keep on talking Of
his horses when they are nothing but
dogs ?" But she said nothing aloud.
Sir Brown cracked his big whip, and
the animals sped away.
After a little while Sir Brown asked ::
CHOW, dear madam, how do you enjoy
this ride2
every well," she answered, "and I
have secretly made up my mind to get
horses and carriage of my own. I
know of two small, white. reliable horses
which shall buy" ..a ...
Sir Brown showed in his countenance
that he could not bear to see others hav-
ing as good things as he owned, and SO
lie replied / "t wotld not advise yoti to
Ito SO they would cost too much money,
and, besides, where could you get a
coachman to drive them, for you surely
could not drive them yoursef?'
"Oh, as to that" said Madam. Cali
bra, II have young man in the house
who will drive me; he understands it, but
not perfectly; yet he is willing to learn,
and will send him out on the street
often, so that he may see other coach
men drive"
ga young man p said Sit Brown:
"thefi have never seen him.
"That is very likely" replied Madam
Calibra, "but he is there, nevertheless. ;"
"Ha, hal' laughed Sir Brown, "he
will upset your coach for you in fine
style" So saying, he turned round
to the right, and drove Madam Calibra
home.
Now I must tell the truth, that Mad
am Calibra bought four large white cats
ho1
them white horses. And the young man
who was to be hef c0acht1iafi was mon
key with whom she has played frequent
ly, and who was not tired of playing
tricks the ivelong day. This worthy
now must needs be taught to drive. He
wore a small green coat, and hat with
gold cord around it, and thus equippedhe
drove around the yard with his horses.
When everything was ready, Madam
Calibra asked her friend to look at hel
eqtiipage. He smiled knowingly, bui
when he went into the yard and saw the
INTO roars of laughter.
"Ha, ha, ha dear little friend, said
! he. "why, those are nothing but cats
and that is the young man, is it? ha. ha
ha If one has horses that can live on
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nuts and apples, one may we'll afford to
keep coach and four
At this Madame Calibra became very
pcevish. 81 know why it is said she
''that people call my beautiful white
horses cats, aro,ind the house, but on tho
street they go by their true flame. Die
say his horses were dogs? He is very
impolite."
The little lady put on her nice clothes
every day and went out riding with hel
white horses. And Lady zantonia said i
would not be long before she, too, woult
purchase carriage and horses.
"Oh," said Madam Calibra, ver.
thoughtfully, "they would cost too
much money !"
Certainly" said Lady Zantonia, "on
ly The carriage would for have six gra,
horses in my stable, and L understand
driving very well. P"
"Six horses |! F" cried Madame Calibra
quite astonished.
eyes, indeed said Lady Zantonia
"for L am very large woman, an'
four horses would not be enough to draw
me-"
Very soon Lady Zantonia was equippe'
and ready to show her horses
Madam Calibra had not seen them yet
but one day when she was out ridin'
she met her friend coming in her cal
riage, drawn by six large rats.
d" Indeed" said Madam Calibra, pecy
ishly, "to think of one riding behin
rats would rather stay at home
"Jacob," she called out to the coach
man, "attend to the horses go on,
say 1t is strange, but the fact is tina
my horses cannot bear the sight of rats.
The horses became ut once yer
restive, and, instead of driving on hi
way, Jacob drove directly mp to tn
gray horses, and now commenced n tel
rib1e difficulty. The ladies began I
cry; Jacob grinned with merriment
the gray horses began to squeal, nm
the white horses clawed and bit them
death.