The Penn's Grove record., 1883-08-25

With heart aglow and eyes ablaze
lie drew much nearer than before;
When, TO his horror and amaze,
He saw ITO Let" upon the door.
Country boys at the age of fifteen
average about one inch taller and seven
pounds heavier than city boys of the
same age.
CAT AND CHICKENS "A correspond
ent, writing from DEBORAH, Iowa, vouches
for the truthfulness of the following
narrative, he having been an eyewit-
ness of the, singular facts which it
exhibits An old gentleman and his
wife, who resided in the suburbs of {
western city, take great delight in
raising chickens. Last spring, as the
setting season came round, he pro-
cured a dozen eggs laid by hens of a
valuable breed, to put under his favoi-
lite plymouth" She sat OH them for
two weeks, Matched the chicks, brought
them off, and then died of chicken chol-
era. The chicks were placed in a
basket by the kitchen fire, where, one
afternoon when the family was away
visiting, they were found by tom, 1.-THE
large black cat, a pet of the household.
One by one, Tom lifted each chick out
of the basket and placed it on his own
bed ia the kitchen corner. When the
old folks returned what was their sur
J prise to see their pet cat curled up and
surrounded by the contented orphan
brood. Tom was allowed to car for
them, and when they were large enough
to run in the yard, they would follow
him wherever he went. In due time
the brood was ready for the gridiTop.
The head of a killed chicken was n OF
! Toms perquisiteS; but when he was
offered the head of one of his ~decapita-
ted chicks, he took it, carried it to his
bed, lay down near it, and howled. That
was his lament over the death of his
adopted children.
SPANKING A PRoFESSoR.-True as
the proverb is which asserts that "a
good beginning makes a good ending
yet it does not deny that, in exceptional
cases, there may be a good ending to
that which began badly. An incident
which occurred in a western college
Illustrates the possible existence of these
exceptional cases: A tall and muscular
young student, named Henly, entered
the sophomore class without taking the
freshman course, and was therefore I'M
acquainted with the college professors.
He measured six feet and five inches in
his stockings, and soon became a terror
70 the unlucky freshmen who happened
to encounter him. One winter morning
as the sephomores were winding tneil
way to recitation along a narrow patti
slioyeled i'll the snow, they met a party
of freshmen. AT once there began .
tussle as to who should have the right
of way. In the amusing fray Henly
became prominent, picking up the fresh
men with either hand and tossing then
into the snow banks. The last man OF
the line of freshmen was a dapper little
exquisite in aplug hat. Henly laughing
ly picked him up,and laying him over hi,
knee, spanked him soundly, and then pu'
him into the snow, hat first. What was
his dismay, as he entered the recitation
room, to learn that the little exquisite
was MI. Taylor, the Greek professor
He sought counsel from his intimate
friends, and they determinedto go witt
him to the professor and beg pardon fol
the offense. AT the close of the reeita'
lion they went to the professors room.
and Henly began to speak, when the
righteousness of the affair overcamt
him, and in spite of his fear of the pro
lessor and his desire for pardon, hi
laughed till he cried. With just indig
nation, Prof. Taylor demanded an ex
PLANTATION. But the little mans wratf
only increased Henly's laughter, and al
last the student had to retire with the
apology unmade. AS soon as he had
recovered himself he was thoroughly
frightened, and again sought Prof
Taylor to explain his conduct. To hi.
surprise, the professor not only forgav'
him, but became his friend. 1t wa
said by the members of Henly's class
when he took Greek, that Prof. Taylor
though the most impartial of teachers
had one favorite. The fellows also founl
it rather dangerous to speak ~disparag
inoly of Prof TAYLOR in Henly,s pres