Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-09-18
FLoSSY IN THE COUNTRY.
How a Little City Girl Enjoyed Suns
mer on Farm.

How a Little City Girl Enjoyed sun-
mer on Farm.
Flossy put on her big shade hat
tucked an old atlas under her arm, and
went skipping out behind the summer
house where she kept school with half
dozen sunflowers for pupils.
Now, darlings, she said, demurely.
seating herself on an old footstool shc
had lugged from the garret, and open.
ing her books with business-like air,
''hold up your boo-tul yellow heads
and say your goggerly nice, and maybe
I'll give you nice sprinkling."
"Now, Ethel Rose, tell me how blk
around is this world or hem-and-spear
on which we live composed of?' asked
Flossy, pretending to read, but repeat
ing fragmentary bits of the lessons
which brother Ben studied aloud even
ings at home.
This was Flossy's first visit to the
country, and she enjoyed the freedom
of large yard, and her daily romps
with Rover in it, but when he went to
the field with the men, she amused
herself with her school.
les, ats yight," said Flossy, com
placently, as sportive breeze danced
around the summer-house, making the
sunflowers nod their heads briskly.
Next" said Flossy, turning a leaf.
"Daisy Browneye, how many wivers
does it take to make gulferbay?"
As to what gulf or bay was, Flossy
hadn't the slightest notion.
just here the recitation in geography
was interrupted by loud aud energetic
"Cluck, cluck, clucks," accompanied by
a chorus of gleeful Peep peep. peeps.
schools 'smissed" said Flossy, slap
ping her book shut and looking expect
antly towards the currant bushes from
whence the sounds came. Presently
there appeared a large, motherly brah-
ma with feathers considerably rumpled,
who, upon seeing the little school
ma'am, stopped suddenly on one foot,
and gave a warning ''chir-r-r.r, peering
meanwhile at Flossy with first one
bright eye then the other.
80 mamma, auntie, come quick!
There's a lot of yellow pompons out in
the yard; they have got legs, and are
running after an old hem"
"Bless the child! Have you never seen
chickens before?" laughed auntie, get
ting a piece of bread and following her
excited little niece out of doors.
"Will they be big hens some time,
auntie?" asked Flossy, watching them
tumble over each other in their eager
ness for the crumbs. Occasionally old
biddy impatiently scratched in the grass
for more, kicking her small family in
all directions when they got in under
her feet.
But, auntie, they haven't got tails" !"
and after a moments pause, land there
isn't any place for one."
"Come again next fall and you will
find the missing tails in their proper
places in full and regular standing" "
laughed auntie as she returned to the
house and her sewing.
Sunflower school closed for long
vacation. Almost any hour in the day
: Flossy would be seen with basin OF
: wet msal and a spoon walding about
the yard with the eager aud expectant
/ chicks behind her.
r 'Tts well she gives them plenty OF
! exercise" said her mother, smiling, ''oi
4 80 much feeding might result in indiges
9 tlou or the gout,"
' Before Flossy had returned 10 he
cit, home, the tails had ell sproutsd II
" fine style, Caroline Mcsher. In Th'
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