Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1893-07-27
LEssoNs FRoM NATuRE.
The Little City Cousin. FIRST Day in tn

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wen teach him "a thing or t4ro3
nodded Ben
Cousin Archiea Well yes chuclsled
Ned. u guess when he goes home hen
think city chap can learn little
something on "A farm.
"IIm-m," smiled the hired man. '-Ge
needn't s'pose you're a-goin' ter dew all
the teachin They larn some mighty
Gurus things down ter them New York
skewls nowadays"
But the boys were not convinced.
They only looked at each other and
winked as they went on with their
work Ben was turning the grindstone
for the hired man 20 sharpen his scythe.
Ned was slowly pouring on the water
in tiny stream from the tin dipper.
Across the yard little Annie was
swinging on the stout gate at the end
of the gravel walk. Every time the
gate swung out beyond the hedge which
separated the farm from the grass
bordered village road the little girl
took a long look down the road;
and when. at the other end of
the exhilarating little journey, it
u
bang that would have jerlxed a less ex-
perienced rider from her position, the
child glanced up To the window where
mamma sat sewing and then to the
door of the shed near which her broth
ers were at work, and shook her small
head in a way that clearly said: Not
yet
Cousin Archie was coming from the
city to spend few weeks on the farm.
Papa had gone to the station to meet
him; mamma had cooked great pans of
cookies and doughnuts, and baked sev-
eral extra pies and chocolate LAYER
cake; and the two boys, Ben and Ned,
were prepared TO slip behind the barn
out of sight AZ "A moments notice.
At last came a glad cry from the
gate; Here they come. here they
COME" flying figure disappeared up
the road, to return seated in triumph
on her fathers knee, driving with her
small Drowned hands the noble span of
great farm-horses,
Archie has never seen COW
milted. his mother had written. "or
watched the hen with her chickens. or
seen the pigs fed. or heard the croak-
ing 81 the frogs, or picked berries. I'm
sure he viii be very happy with You.
for he is always eager to learn, and his
cousins can teach him SO much that
will be new and interesting.
such little greenie," Ben had
said, with much Importance. "Proba-
bly, he won't know a hen from tur-
key, and win think the pigs ought to
take a morning bath every day before
breakfast" Ben was thirteen years
old. and so was, of course, very wise
~ least so thought Ned. who was only
eleven. and Annie who was lat nine
just Arehics age
Want e go after the COWS with as
invited Ben. soon after Archie's arrival
that afternoon
Yes, indeed assented Archie
"Where are they?"
They're attending Il social down by
the bars, said Ben. we can't send
carriage for them tonight, so Wen
have TO go down and see them home
How funny he talks thought
Archie. lie must be a very lroll boy
am sure | shall like him, but he said
nothing
Took it all in, didn't he?" chuckled
Ned Hen learn some things before
he's a day older,
Cows look SO large when they are
coming straight toward YOU! Archie
was not in the least used to such ia
miliaritv; and although his cousins
would have been more terror-stricllen
in crossing Broadway, they were great
~ amused u see him dodge and make
for stone wall when a peaceful old
COW came louuging toward him.
Wave your arms at EN-, instructed
little Annie. You can shoe EN- most
as easy as hens"
Nov" asked Ben, (which shall
show you first the one from which we
milk molasses, or the one which gives
kerosene?'
la. h. ha" laughed Archie cor
daily. What droll boy You are
But. Cousin Ben | wish you'd Just hold
one Of their months open moment. SO
] could look down and see the gullet
where the cud goes first
What do you mean. Cousin Archie2"
Annie asked
why, you know the cow carries a
sort 81 lunch. basket around with her. "
explained Archie mcrrily. when She
finds nice clump uf grass She bites il
off and rolls il mp with her tongue into
"A ball, and packs il away in a kind Of a
pouch Then when shes where She
can't feed, She brings il up, and chews
and chews on it. and that time il goes