New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-10-28
FOR BOYS AND GIRLS.
..sweetness, and ..Baby.'

brother ought not to have been so
sensitive, and it was very foolish in
him to cry, when they laughed at him.
He wasn't afraid OF them, but then
the little brother used to wonder and
wonder why they were not like the
good brothers in the story books, and
the big brothers kind of felt sorry for
him, because when they were about he
was not sociable with them, but used
to get out of their way.
You see the family lived in the coun-
try, pretty nearly alone, and the lit
tie brother had not any chance to
play with other fellows. sickly chill
dren are sometimes not very playful,
but the small boy I am writing about
had nothing the matter with him, the
only thing was that the ways Of his
brothers were not his ways. Maybe
they did not understand him, and
perhaps the youngest brother did not
want to be understood.
All the brothers were fond of ami
mails in their particular way, but
can't say that Che taste of the eldest
boys, for there were three brothers,
was a nice one. In kind OF Joint
copartnership they owned a big bull
terrier, who was, as a, dog, pretty
much OF abully. His fights with neigh
bors' dogs wereconstant. AS the bull
terriers battles were almost victor
ious FOR him the two older boys would
invariably b1ag over how "Tige'' had
laid out the other dogs. How much
Tige mad been bitten or cut up they
never tthought about. OF course the
younger brother would not have liked
to lhave had Tige whipped, but when
the'dog would come home limping and
cut,up with big scars all over him, it
WIS the youngest brother VINO always
cared for him. The boy would do his
best to make the dog comfortable,
watching him for days, and keeping
him in his kennel, for Tige was SO
plucky that the very next day after a
bad fight he would have tried his level
lbest to get into another scrimmage.
1T was quite plain to sse who Tige
liked best. He would come, being an
tobedient dog, to the eldest brothers
whenever they called hina, but rather
like an humble slave; but when the
youngest boy said, "Heue, Tige," the
dog would spring up with a bound,
wagging his tail as if he were a dear
friend and comrade,
Now there is a kind 'of unwritten
law in the country, which, though
cruel in appearance, is, however, just
enough, and that is, that all dogs
found worrying sheep must be killed.
1t is one of the bad traits Of q dog
that once he has chased a sheep he
will try and kill it, and having Killed
one, he will keep on chasing and kill
ing other sheep. lido mot offer any
excuse for dogs of this kind. Though
they may be followingout their natur-
al instincts, there is NO cure for such
Instincts but to get rideot them. Dogs
that kill sheep seem tosacquireag great
deal of cunning, SO as to hide all
evidences of their chimes. I do not
believe half the stories told of, these
sheep-killing dogs such as of their
slipping their collars, then going after
sheep all night, then ming back again
and getting their collars on again, so
that When their naaster.saw them thew
made believe that they had never
budged all night I have read of a
Newfoundland dog who, after killing
sheep all night, and covering. himself
with blood and wool, FUSED to come
home as slick and clean as could be-,
having always taken q careful wash-off
Sin a river before presenting himself to
ahis master.
Right next to the farm where the
|boys and their father lived, there was
a farmer who kept a flock ofsheep, and
The too had dog. Butch thatwas
the name Of the 0therd was snar-
ing brute, and SIX pounds heavier
than Tige, and was Tige's es-
peoial enemy. Theme lis great deal
more of discretion aboMt animals than
they are generally supposed to have.
Though Tige was as plucky as a game
cock, and that's the braYest thing
know OF, Drawer for his size than a lion,
she boys dog generally gave Butch:a
eElde berth. There Mene, of course,
many openings in the fields, and the
dogs would often face one other, and
one and the other would growl and
hurl insults at one another in,eanine
Language, but they rarely came to
blows cor rather bites.
Dragging so much about their own
dog Tigeklad induced the big brothers
to believe that he could, whip Butch,
and they had tried their best to pet up
a fight; hut to this the younger broth
er was violently opposed. .Oaee when,
by egeing on, Tiige and Butch faced one
anot her in a gap in hedge, the
younger brother had thrown himself
between them, at the risk Of being bit
ten by Butch.
Spoiled = fight, you baby said one
of the big brot theirs.
Sweetness, you ought to have 8
petticoat tied round your waist, "
cried the other brother.
Not long after that, the farmer that
had his place next to where the boys.