The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1892-12-24

that the docility of docs
cats and geese was far create
than that of school children
lie has never altered his judgment il
ms respect. He quit teaching bows
therefore, and joined an itinerant cir
Gus, to the scandalizing of his former
colleagues.
Domino met him one morning in the
empty ring of the Circus Schumann.
After talking a few minutes Durofl
said:
"And now you must excuse me for
an hour as | have class to instruct n,
this time"
"But surely you haven't gone back
to teaching" exclaimed Domino.
"No, no; you don't understand. I
have just begun teaching, in fact. The
recitation in question is by my rats
and MICE"
domino got permission TO listen to
the recitation. Duroff fetched a lead
chest and set it down in the middle of
the ring, lifted the cover little. and
then began chirping, trilling, and
whlstling on little lead flute. A
mouse stuck its head through the crack
under the cover, tumbled out and
trotted gaily over to Duroff-s feet.
Another mouse followed, and then n
big rat plunged out into the ring. 1t
marched gravely up to Duroff and
scrambled round the bottoms of his
trousers. More rats and mice fol-
lowed till some thirty were scratching
and squcaling at Duroff7s feet. The
clown stepped few yards backward
and his little flock followed. He fed
them cake and retreated again. They
followed and he rewarded them as be-
fore. Thus lie led them round the
ring several times. When three or
four of them fell behind the process
sion to play or fight, he attracted their
attention by tossing sand at them.
Finally he invited them to come I'D.
and in an instant they were on his
shoulders, in his coat pockets, and
racing up and down the back of his
head. He caught three rats by the |
tail, swung them round, and let them
shoot off into space. The instant thew
struck they were back again. They
ran back to Duroff, climbed to his
shoulders and got the same treatment
again. After an hour of this the flute
was laid aside and the rats and mice
were packed away for the day.
Duro1 was the first man to train a
pig to grunt Accomplishments to songs,
lance round a ring, and jump and
waltz to orders. lie had then also
aught rooster to crow at command.
md had instructed successfully
goose in the business of fetching and
Domino, after discussing
hese triumphs of training, askedDur-
I'll whether or not he ever tired of his
lew occupation and wished to return
0 instructing boys, as he had once
lone in the Russian high school. Dur
III did not catch Domino's exact
words, and answered:
Instruct children? Instruct ami.
mails: These are two processes which
an hardly be compared. The diff
ulties vary so-,hcre is no COMPARE
on"
''l on misunderstood me" explained
Domino. al acknowledge that your
FORK now is much more difficult"
"More difficult: More difficult"
houted Durofl, You must be crazy.
Why, it is easier, indescribably easier. [
would rather teach ten pigs than a |
inglc child. | would rather teach ,
We geese than boy. a pig or a
pose never forgets, lis never impudent, t
never noisy. But a child. With it :
Du never know where or how TO be .
in, and when YOU stop-bumps!- all c
)rgotten. New York sun. t
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