The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-06-27
Our Young Readers.
THE MzGTcAL CURE.

THE 1kdGICAL CURE.
There lived, once on time, long while
In the country of Somewhere or other.
a gay little Prince, who was heir to the
And he had neither sister nor brother.
His hair and his eyes were a chestnut
And no matter what state was the weather.
He wore doublet and hose, and that sort II
And a fine velvet cap with a feather.
He had only one fault, but that was
enough;
Twas this-study he was not inclined to:
And when asked the reason he never would
He would answer he hadn't mind tor
He could scarce read word. and he could
AS for speiiing-he could not spell liable ="
And he could not tell nouns from pronouns,
nor yet
Say his multiplication table.
As for learning s.amo, amas, amat,"
He declared he never would do it:
Though 'onery, emery, iclSery, an,
He could say from the start quite through
it.
For you see anything that was nice to play
He had mind to learn in minute,
But the thing that looked in the least like a
task
He had not a mind to begin it.
The King was much puzzled. the Queen
very sad;
TAat the heir to the throne should decline
to learn,
Because he had not mind to.
ThAu thing must be changed" said the King.
- I will send for the Court Physician;
There is something radically wrong fear,
In his Highness, our sons, condition.
So the Court Physician arrived at the Court,
And examined the Prince, as directed;
And he said, as he solemly stroked his
"rm afraid that his brain is affected
Dare ysu s@y,' roared the King, in = burst
of wrath,
ITO monarch of my position,
That his son is Ounce? will have your
Cried the King to the Court Physician.
Next the King called council Of learned
men,
They were sagest of all in the Nation,
But they failed to suggest any remedy
After six months of deep meditation.
They We're all in despair, when in through
Came little old woman, as wrinkled
And as withered and brown as an autumn
Though her eyes like diamonds twinkled.
"Tm wishing to speak with the King" said
She
She was not at all troubled with shyness:
She struck her oak star on the stones, and
explained:
Eve cure for his Royal Highness.''
She curtesied low when she saw the King.
And said, gravely; Il have here treas
ure,
Which win cure the Prince of his playing
If such is your royal pleasure.
.'Tis a wondrous slipper; I've owned it
tt is made of magical leather,
And by faithful use of it I have brought up
Into men seven sons altogether"
Here she took the slipper from off her foot;
Said she: This is the way to apply it;
You must use it with sharp, quick blows on
the Prince,
If your Majesty cares to try it,"
She spoke and then vanished "Ah, Well"
said the King,
'They say there's no time like the pres
emit:
Twill call in the Prince and give him dose,
Though fear he viii not find it pleasant"
So he tucked up his gown, and took off his
crown,
Leaned his scepter away in the corner,
And then, lest the Queen should be scared
at the noise,
Sent fair maid-of-honor to warn her.
Alas!" cried the Queen, as she burst into
tears,
And sank into chair made of willow;
While a maid-of-honor at each of her ears
To exclude any sound, pressed pillow.
IN a minute the slaps sounded quick and
sharp;
Twas apparent his Highness.was getting
A pretty good dose for a boy who, till then,
Had had nothing at all but petting.
They set him a lesson to learn on the spot
Though his face looked exceedingly
tragic;
But he learned it by heart inside of an hour
By the aid of the slippers magic.
And he studied quite nicely from that time
on.
Twas cure, though they found it pru-
dent.
For fear of relapse, that slippershould hang
Evermore in plain sight of the student
Eleanor a. Hunter. IN Golden Days.