The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-07-05

DrOKen-nanuleu SJaDle-1Olk, helping
with all her little might She could Get
but little ON to her clumsy fork, aud it
would not stay there until she reached
the dumping place, but when it fell off,
she patiently laid down her fork, went
and picked up the load with her hands,
and placed it on. the fork again, and
perhaps would have one straw clinging
to the fork tines to throw off when she
reached the pile.
Mother" called Harry, one warm
day, prancing past the window with
baby on his shoulder, "don't worry
about Pat, she is going with US; we'll
see to her. Mamma, Patty goin'
'wimmin'." came back in sweet baby
tones. did not quite approve of the
baby taking swimming-lessons quite SO
young, so, as soon as l could leave my
baking, | went to look after her. The
beach where the bathers first take to
the water has very gentle slope,
the water not being over four
inches deep q rod from shore.
There l found my darling,
stripped to her waist and drawers,
running and splashing the water, and
out again on to the dry, silvery sands
to catch her breath.
''See Patty f'wim,'' said she, rushing
out into the lake up nearly to her
knees, then throwing herself down
upon her hands and feet, began to
creep toward shore. Quite time l had
coaNing her ladyship to come ashoI
where had dry towels and dryelethi9 !
waiting for her; but upon the propise
that she could help mamma pake
cookies she condescended to come1ome
with me.
And SO her baby life passed or The
long winters were a terrible triaIto her.
Not a day was so severe but she visited
her outdoor pets, and if she bund the
snow blowing on them orthef beds I'M
comfortable, woe unto the family until
their wrongs were righted.
The summer that she wasfour years
| old she began to reignrightroyally. 1t
was: ''Us boys are gong oV'r east with
the sheep. There are te loveliest
flowers there, mamma, for ,ou, and the
sweetest grass for the sheep and the
dear little lambs Or t was: ''Us
boys are all going to the outlet fishing.
Tom says the fish just jump out of the
water themselves there they are so
Thick
How or when the chill learned to
read | am snre [ can not tell. She
never stopped to take q lesson. She
began with the red letters on the box
of the new wagon. the letters and words
On the farm machinery. Then l heard
her spelling out the words on the out
side of the paper flour stcks as she
climbed on to the load that papa had
just brought from town. The summer
she was five she veXed the boys to death
nearly by insisting upon mixing. From
the time the cattle were yarded at even
ing until they we're turned toward the
pastures next morning, that child spent
her waking hours in the yard with her
little pail, stripping first one COW and
then another. She was Kicked heels
over head twice, but that did not alter
her dangerous practice in the least.
There was one gentle old COW that we
wished to beef in the fall, and did not
care how soon she went dry. So Patty
was told that if she would only milk old
Lady White-foot, she could milk her all
herself, no one else should touch her
Thus we compromised matters, and
still left a channel open for natural
development" We thought. of course,
the child would get the COW dried up in
a few days, but we soon had to furnish
her larger pail to milk in, and when
winter setin she had petted up the old
COW, and fed her extra, until she gave
more milk than any COW on the farm.
Meantime where were those princi-
pies slumbering that were inherited
from the most precise and ladylike of
grandmOthers?- principles ia regard to
| training young girls to indoor pursuits;
| training them from the cradle to be
housekeepers; principles about the re-
lining influence of necdlewOrk-princi-
pies which are certainly correct, but
where, in this case, has there been a
chance for application? She has had
dolls without number, but her manner
of treating them corresponds exactly
with that speech of the little girl, who
said: 50 20 is bootiful, dolly, vewy boo
| tiful, but 90 amt dot no brainsn
She never showed interest enough in
them to give them names. But every
living thing around the place had its pet
name. She could pick up q dozen
chickens any day to play with, but if
we wished one to cook she was afraid
it would make her head orhe side ache
if she had to run it down. She had a
private burying- ground where she bu.
ried all the chickens heads and all the
relics of her pets that she could get after
their demise.
Her china tea-sets are given to the
little baby chick and kittens to eat out
Of She loses her thimbles and other
work-basket appointments, and ties the
basket itself up into tree-top full OIL
hair and other material to help build
birds nests Insist upon her hemming
q towel, and she will sit down with a
great amount of spread-eagle and sew
very neatly for five minutes and then
| put her work on the dog for a horse.
| blanket. She will take off her silk sash
for bow for the neck of calf OF
sheep. She will harness herself into
the little cart or sled with her long
apron-strings and play horse with en-
thusiasm. She has no thought tc
beautify herself, but, seeing some prints
of fine horses with their names done
up into tassels, she stole into the barr
and fixed up all four horses fit tC
prance around circus ring.
! Her first Iou ot c0honl Nvos batta,