The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-07-08

And the whoopin-ooughi ~,Itey4
And the fever-'n,agerl
And the smallpox, tool
That's what IN ted mamma ihtNf
Then won't she boo-hoo?
Madam CalibFas
In a country far from here there once
lived 4 little lady who was named
Madam Calibra. 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 celors
blended. ,.ta -xsJ
In size she was no larger than q coffee
pot, and eli The furniture in. her house
wAs SO very small. She had a soup-dish
madeaout Of walnut shell, and a tea
set and wash-dish made outpof egg
Shells.
Madam Calibra had prepared every
thing beautifully, but economically.
Once she bought o very ane pocket
handkerchief, and then she said: Gas I
hare not such a horrid large nose as
other people, I do not need such a large
one.'"sl Then, she took a little pair Of
scissors and cut out of it twelve tiny
Observation-Disclosures for herself and
these were large enough. q s9.2et
She had a friend who was also very
little, who was called Zantonia, and
another friend who was somewhat larger
than the two ladies, whose name was Sin
Brown Rstgs3GfIH EUIbRaI
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
his fine carriage ahd. beautiful brown
HORSES Once he said to Madam Cali
bra: ct will come tomorrow, dear
friend, and take you out riding, sHa then
you shall seeusy snah.n
On the following day Sir Brown
stopped at little Madam Calibra's door,
FAD the good little lady put on her little
hat, wrapped her little mantle around
her, and then Hipeed very loyfuly out
DO the cpEFihSa. 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, 'swhat do you think. of my
horses9 Oh, but thai Il, u sPan But /
must drive Mem myself, and you sha,.
GO with us" 81
sob, my, N.Y." thought little Calibre,
show can my friend keep Oh talking of
his horses when they are nothing but
dogs9" But she said nothing aloud.
Sir Brown cracked his big whip, and
the animals sped away,
After Q little while Sir, Brown asked :
"Now, dear niadam, how do you enjoy
this ride ?"
have secretly made up my mind to get
/ 11nrCac or1E ~ o1-r,o ~a-%4f rnHy t11u1n - I
know of two small, white, reliable horses
which | shall buy vi g1l9f
Sir Brown showed in his conntehanee
that he could not bear to see othefs BAY
ing as good things as he owned, and sc
he Replied III would not advise you o
Ito so; they would cost too much money,
and, besides, where eouldAsoh get 9
coachman to drive them, for you surely
could r6s drive them yourself? {" ba
10 "Oh, as to that said Madam Cali
bra, "Ihave a young man in the house
whoawnl drive me; heunderstands it, but
not perfectly; yet he is willing 10 learn,
ind Will send him out on the stree
ufteA, so that he taayisee other coach:
IA toung Man S said 5if Brown
..stKenf Have neTer Seen him" i6
aThat is very likely" replied Madam
Calibra, 'fbut he is there, nevertheless
"Ha, hat' laughed Sir Brown, "h'
will upset your coach for you in fin,
style" So saying, he turned fount
to the right, aad drove Madata ealibr'
liotie. ~.
Now + must tell the truth, that Mad
am Calibra bought four large white cat
and put red harness on them, and callet
them white horses. And the young ma
who was to be her goodman was a MOI
key with JShom she has played frequent
", and who was not tired of playin,
tricks the hyelong day. This worth,
now must needs be taught to drive. H
wore a small green coat, and a hat wit
goldcordaround it, andthus equippedh
drove around the yard with his horses
When everything was ready, MadaI
Calibra asked her friend to look at he
e~uuipage. He smiled knowingly, bu
when he went into the yard and saw tn
uorses and the icoaehman, he broke OF
INTO roars of laughter. 1o7aa5 sHt
"Ha, ha, ha dear little friend" sal
he, ".why, those are nothing but cats
and that is the young man, sit? ha. hi
tia IF one has horses that a 1--we o
milk, and a coachman that can be fed o
nuts and apples, one may well afford t
keep a coach and four
At this Madame Calibra became yer
peevish. "I know why it is, said sh
:'that people call my beautiful whit
horses cats, around the house, but on th
street they go by their true name. Di
I.say his horses were dogs? He is vel
impolite.'
The little lady put on her nice clotht
every day and went out riding with ht
white horses. And Lady Zantonia said
would not be long before she, too, woul
purchase a carriage and horses.
"Oh," said Madam Calibra, vel
thoughtfully, "they would cost tc
much money I"
Certainly, said Lady Zantonia, "ol
lythe carriage would for I,have six gra
horses in my stable, and I understan
driving very WELL"
"Six horses p" cried Madame Calibr
quite astonished.
eyes, indeed said Lady Zantonia
"for L am a very large woman, al
four horses would not be enough to dra
ME"
Very soon Lady Zantonia was equippt
and ready to show her horse
Madam Calibra had not seen them We
but one day when she was out rld11
she met her friend coming in her ca
riage, drawn by six large rats.
"Indeed," said Madam Calibra, pee
ishly, "to think of riding behir
ratsl 1 would rather stay at HON
Jacob" she called out to the coac
man, "attend to the horses ; go on,
say! It is strange, but the fact is tn
my horses cannot bear the sight of rats
The horses became at once We
FESTIVE, and, instead of driving on |
way, Jacob drove directly up to t
gray horses, and now commenced a te
rible difficulty. The ladies began
cry Jacob grinned with merrimen
the gray horses began to squeal, 81
LS;Sa LarSos nlnIued and hit them