New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-05-23

teach him to talk, but he was poor schol-
ar, and could not even learn to pronounce
/ his own name.
| Still we loved him and continued to
! take his part against his enemies.
Papa had never said much, one way or
the other, about Jack, though he was not
| very fayoEabiy disposed toward the race
| OF crows. But when tie spring planting
| was done, he took sides with the OPPOSE
| ton.
If your tam thief pulls up my corn,
! I'll shoot him, = he declared.
| IF he troubles the young chickens, he'll
| have to go, said mamma.
| IF he SPOTS my garden IL wiring his
neck, 2 asserted grandma.
| And. as may be imagined we suffered
considerable anxiety about our pet.
One day we were eating dinner, while
/ Jack sat perched OH the post-oak near the
| door.
| Suddenly a terrible commotion occurred
| in the chicken-yard caused by a hawk
/ which had swooped down and seized
! young chicken.
| The hen-mother. however, attacked the
marauder so furiously that it was unable
| to carry off its prey Immediately, and be-
fore papa could sieze his gun and reach
I II.
| flown to the hens assistance.
| He attacked the hawk so desperately
that it dropped its prey, and a terrible
| combat ensued, in viii h Jack came of
| the victor. But not satisfied with this,
he pursued the flying enemy long dis
lance, attacking him sharply when occas-
| in offered.
| ! on may be sure we had great many
! Dr9iSaS and a SlJmntupuS for orr
fayorite, on his return.
! Hawks had for Years been a great pest
| 10 poultry raising, and even mamma es-
| pOused Jacks cause after his successful
battle with raEacious foe.
And during Jacks life not another
chicken was molesfed By the hawks, as he
| kept a vigilant watch, and attacked every
one that dared to venture near the prem
Uses.
He even won the good Will Of papa, By
keeping rigidly aioGf from the c0rn-feld;
but grandma was still fearful lest he
might do some damage to the garden.
| She was very careful of her early vege-
tables, and the garden spot was paled in,
to keep the chickens and rabbits from
making depredations on the early lettuce,
| peas and caDbages.
But no fence would keep Jack out
| Like the wind, he went wherever he
| liseth, =
Much to our r5lief, however, he did not
| offer to modest the vegetables, but did
| good service in picking up the insects and
cut-worms, which are usually such a rest
about a garden.
When he fell to devouring the squash
bugs, who were sapping the life OF the
| Boston Marrows, grandma S last preju-
! dice was 0, ercome, and she declared
| that Jack was worth in his weight in
gold.
After that she never went to the garden
without calling Jack, who would give an
answering ''caWW and hop gravely after
/ her, or percl on her shoulder with all the
confidence of a privileged favorite
AS long as he lived, Jack continued to
! grow in the good opinion of the house
hold But alas. he could not live forever.
One day he sat dropping On his perch,
and refused TO lie enticed away from it.
| He even declined the plump crickets Fred
offered him in hope, OF tempting his
| appetite.
| The next morning he was found Gead
under his perch. He was mourned sin
ce ely by the whole family, from grand
| ma Gown, and we buried him with great
ceremony under his fayorite pcst-oak.
| Tom sodded the grave, Josie planted
| mourning bride" over it, and Fred put
up a single for a headstcne, with this
| verse on it, which we all thought very
| beautiful:
Handy spandy, Jack-a-Dandy
| Loves plum cake and sugar candy.''
Golden Days.