Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1880-02-20
OUR LITTLE FOLKS.

no desire to visit the -Four Corners again
in order to ascertain.
OUR LITTLE FOLKS.
Little Miss Spinner.
Busy Miss Spinner stood just within view:
What was she plotting SO strange and SO newt
Spinning and weaving q web in the light:
Throwing her threads and drawing them tight
Window she had none to look on the street;
Little she cared for tie passing of feet
But. when hy's wings she heard buzzng that way,
Up hoped little Spinner and babe him good-dayi
She set him chair and invited him in;
Her tones were intended to charm and to win.
You look overcome, Mr.. Fly, with the heat;
Pray stop in moment and try cool seat"
She talked, and she famed, and she felt his hot
head,
And thought that doctor would order him bled
Mr.. Fly, feeling pleased with her words and her
care,
Did not know she was tying him fast to his chair
feing now in her power. any child can ts why
There was little hope left for that innoce. tay!
He had Just found her out, and burning with
fear,
When little boy Freddy came saun eriag Ear.
moment he stood, watching Spinner at wor>:
Then he broke up her web with quick angry jerk.
And knelt on The ground, little Spinner to hunt,
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Mr.. Fly few away, very glad to escape;
Spinner ran up vine and hid under grape:
Freddy went for the goat. with laugh his face,
And Miss Spinner's plot enied up in a race!
Young Bears.
Young bears have always been great
favorites as pets, being playful and af-
fectionate when kindly treated. They
can be trained to perform all kinds of
amusing tricks, and their antics when
playing together or with children are
very laughable. They have been Taught
to execute difficult parts in thee trical
displays, among other things, to ring
bells, pretend to fall dead when shot at,
beat the drum, and go through the
manual exercise of the soldier with the
musket. But, though playful and harm
less when young, they cannot be trusted
when their teeth and claws are full
grown. Then their good nature can
n Ut be counted on; and many instances
have occurred in which they have re-
paid friendly confidence with sudden
treachery. It must be said in their IA
vor, however, that their wildness is often
the result of bad treatment or thought
less teasing. There is story in print
of planter in Louisiana who once
picked up young cub that had either
been abandoned by its mother or had
run away from its parental den. He
carried it home and threw it down in
the yards, where it was Immediately
adopted by the little negroes. It be-
came great favor1te with them, shar-
ing their corn-bread and taking part in
all their sports. Billy"-that was the
Lame given to him-thrived and grew
large and stout, and learned to box and
wrestle with the boys so we'll that visit
ors to the plantation were always enter
tanned with these dron exhibitions.
But one day in the spring, when he had
been about year in captivity, Billy WAS
detected making free with the young
cabbages in the garden. A stout negro
man picked up branch of rose-bush
and gave the marauder playful stroke.
Filled with rage, Billy sprang upon the
man, shook him as if he had been q
bundle of straw, and bit him so severely
that he died. Billy was at once shot.
A pet that could not control his temper
better than that was considered rather
too dangerous to keep.
Fables.
The PIG AND THE RATA pig, so fat
that it could hardly move, once lolling
indolently in it's sty saw poor, half
starved rat, that, with much timid alert
ness, stole from its hiding place, aid,
after Selling one of the many grains OF
corn that lay scattered around, quickly
escaped with his prize, and with very
much the air of a beggar who had asked
for something to eat, and had then run
away, ashamed to be seen.
You poor creature" grunted the pig,
"what life you lead; half starved and
half frozen! Behold me, nowi Here
ANA person of consequence, carefully
fed and attended to, with every morn
ing fresh, sweet straw thrown to me to
make my bed soft and warm. As for
you, poor creature, it is only at the risk
of your life, by constant labor and strug
giles with your fellow-creatures, and
even by beggary, to speak of nothing
worse, that you can contrive to live at
ALL"
please to recollect," said tho rat, as
he pavsed for a moment at the mouth
OF his hole, when you heap your pity
upon me, that you receive favors and
benefits not on account of the love your
master bears you, nor on account of
your own worthiness, but because of
the use which he intends making of
you, when he has fattened you up to his
liking. As for me, I do not live in con-
slant fear of the butchers knife. and
think it is likely that I shall keep my
place in the world, poor as it is, much
longer than you will keep yours"
- The SAPLNa AND THE SYCAMORE
A tender sapling, to protect itself from
the various perils attendant upon it's
existence, had grown closely to the
trunk Of q large and powerful sycamore,
finding there security from danger.
One day, however, q terrible storm
arose, and the sycamore, in spite of its
struggles, was hurled PROSTATE upon the
earth. In its fall it not only crushed
the sapling beneath its huge bulk, but
tore it's very roots from the earth where
itgrew.
Alasl" said the dying sapling, g how
1oohsh it is to place utter dependence
lpon the strength of anotherl''
CURATE Good morning, Curley;
hope You are getting better now?"
Artisan Yes, master, thankee. am
saving up. Curate-@I am glad to
hear that. How much have you saved?"
Artisan have got penny, master,
ana am saving it till [ get another;
then l am going to have pint" LON,
EDWIN BooTH's firgt enoaoement in
London, during September, 1851,
was dismal failure. The man who
played Richnaond on the opening, in
the fight, fell back over one Of the for
Nasd nies. a man from the gallery
cried ]: Stick him. old man ha we'll de.