The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-05-06

right,
To give Madam Biddy and chicks such fright?
Old Moody, not easily driven away,
Thought a breakfast of much better than
hay,
And when at the last you compelled her to yield.
With airs quite indignant she quilted the field.
And now for frolic all ready you look
Stop, stop, you bold robber: come back with my
book
Here, into the water, and bring me this stone
that's 1t, my line fellow, the very same one.
Now, lie down while on the turf at my feet
And keep very still till my task is complete
Then good-by to books, Wen be off for walk
Awhile with the birds and the flowers to talk.
Items: A Story for the Little Folks.
"Take care of the minutes and the
hours will take care Of themselves, " re-
peated Master Dick, thoughtfully as he
closed the book of wise odds and ends
which he had been reading, and fitting
himself back in his chair, gazed with
self-satisfied complacency into the fire.
A short pause, during which the loud
ticking of the clock, the CHEEKY crackle
of the fire in the great fireplace and the
drowsy purring Of pussy on the hearth
alone broke the silence. "Pretty good
advice if body would only practice it, .
he at length added with a sleepy yawn,
stretching himself back at full length,
and ending the performance by bringing
his book down upon the comfortable
with loud bang.
" Ii a body only would practice it p
repeated Sister Grlssie contemptuously;
cas- if anybody ever thought of doing
such foolish thing! Pooh If I Just
couldn't find something else more sensi-
BILE and interesting than that old hateful
book, [ would just sit and suck my
precious thumbs and read nothing. How
you continue, night after night, to sit
and read that dry stuff and not fall
asleep, is more than [ can guess. Why,
the very looks of the old musty thing,
even, make me nod"
Oh, well, presume that it will con-
tlnue to exist and do we'll, even though
1t is so unfortunate as to incur the dis
pleasure Of your most serene and royal
Hlghness," answered Dick, with mock
gravity. elm fact, fear that it will get
along great deal better without you
than you without it, to come down to
matters of fact" he added. 81 am even
OF the opinion that that very same home
ly piece of advice wouldn't come amiss
If reduced to practice by some little
risky, impatient bodies that I know of,
who are always environed on every side
by SO terrible much work that they Just
can't do anything, and whose lessons are
SO long that it is of no use trying to get
them"
" Pretty we'll put in, Master Dick, ;"
spoke up grandfather, who, doing over
his newspaper, had seemed not to notice
anything transporting 'pretty we'll put
in. Not few of us would be benefited
by putting into practical use the truth
contained in those few old-fashioned
words. Mankind are too prone to dis
couragement and faint-heartedness we
stand aghast at mole-hills as mountains,
rivulets as mighty torrents, when, if we
would summon up fortitude and deter
minedly grapple with them, they would
melt away to their real proportions, or
flee away and alright us no more. Per
severance will achieve all but impossi-
bilities, while to the weak and faint
hearted it's achievements are truly
miraculous
Gussle waited to hear no more, but.
with pettish toss Of her pert little head
and something of a pout on her rosy
lips, slipped off to her room, and, snugly
ensconced in her coy bed was soon far
away from homely, practical world of
practical people and practical books
filled with practical proverbs.
Papa had milling to do the next day.
and, as he lived off in the country
good ways from the mill, he had to start
early or be late in coming home. So.
by the first glimmering of day in the
east, he was up and stirring and had
good fire roaring in the cooking-stove.
with the tea-kettle filed and simmering
over the fire. Mamma was then
awakened to start breakfast, and, as she
was afraid that the baby would awaken
at every noise, which would call her
away and delay breakfast, she called
Gussie up to help her. So, though low
ing her morning nap dearly, as all young
folks do, Gussie cheerfully got up, and,
after making hasty toilet, pitched into
the work, "clean to the elbows" as
Cousin Bob expressed it. And most of
it she had to do, too, for with so much
noise baby was soon awake and crying,
and mother i'll tending to him couldn't
do much else. But, being a quick and
handy little girl, and knowing, as every
little girl should, how to do her work
the best and most speedily, breakfast
was soon ready and smoking on the
table; and very tempting and nice it
looked, too, though little girl did get
1t, and we guess it tasted equally good,
Judging by the way papa and the rest of
the folks ate Of it. In fact, the snowy
light biscuits, the dish Of sweet, yellow
butter, the bowl Of seasoned mashed
potatoes, the platter Of bacon, fried
crisp and sweet, together with dishes of
tempting. preserves, apple-butter and
jellies, with nice fresh pies, and over all
the arnma of tho rich oroldorn ooecno