The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1901-05-16
ABOUT the poSros.

fonf velnmes 10 sii.
Yon unst slssys "a, TO make your eel
iszcs clesf. Miss Meriieih says TO us o.
ery dsy.
SO I erpislu. 10 NJ sesoud olsuse. ths
our dogs Ponto ,hs First, Ponto ,h'
Secood. Ponio the Ihird and Ponto ih'
| Fourth -hsve cesssi 70 live, that they o.,
90 more.
And nov tLink bsvs made my mss,
ing very clear. Indeed, We ere resdini
Mscsulsy's History 1t school. and Mis'
Meriisth has given ne the task Of wri.ius
. history OF something, or somsboiy. iol
. composition next Friday.
She ssys we nust aim TO express oul
selves rith the same purity OF spsect
snd clesrpess Of expression thsi Mscsnlsy
does AZ tboush We could
Ba, | supposs she means We must ir,
10 do so II never hurts to try TO dc
things we'll. Ths, I've found rat for my
self, besides hsvipg irqueutly hssrd y
said.
| We'll for my con position. am going To
write 'The History Of our Poutos.'
| started to write it st the top. as you
see. snd then had to work 10 kind Of
preface. to expl.in sbout Miss Meridttb
and M.csnlsy. aud oil that so that nov
I may as well begin again.
l propose 10 write the history Of onr
Pontos. from our fathers msrrisge down
to time within the memory OF rs chill
drsn. How very nuch this sentence does
soupd like Msc.nisy. do declsrsl
Ponius the First vss greet yellow dog.
and the hsudsomest OF ell the Poo,os. he
was given TO father the day father was mar
ried, snd be wss . very useful dog,
Bn, can't say IS much sbont bim as
would like to, for be. died when ] was
very Young Bu, be was ,rue. true Dog
Fs,ber says so. 4 wicked man shot bi %
10 the woods one 6sy, and be died, lesv
log Que ruecessor Popto the Second.
This deg was more like his mother
Dido than bis iittef Ponso. His tail rath
er dropped. instead Of curling over his
back, the way bis fathers tail did. A1d
be was incliued 10 be snesky snd irritable,
like his mother.
But Dido was very snesky herssIt. She
would fill pan ci sour milk, .hst mother
set out for the chickens, foil Of dirt, when
shs thought no one was looking; aud she
was 90 irritable that oncs she snapped
Of Young pnllet's head who ventured to
eat ous OF her dish.
We toos young Ponto With Us. and We
hoped thst bringing hlr, up nnder differ
en-. Influences from those Of bic mother
would throw Ground him would m AXE him
. different dog.
Bat il wss in the blood. He would
sasp and bite at everything, from sgroWn
up human being down TO common house
ay. Add the habit grew upon him, SO
that one day when be got lost mysseIi
ously disappesred-no one cared.
The moral to bs drawn from the life OF
this character 10 history -Ponto the 6sc
ond lie that il We wish to be mourued
wsen We are dead or Lost. We must be ami
able while We are alive.
Ponto the Third vas az adopted dog
that is. he was not directly in the lice OF
succession OF Ponto the First and Ponto
the Second but we gave him the family
name Of Ponso, IS we'll IS the family dog
kennel.
He was lovely dog. No ether word ex
presses i. so well. though perhaps Macsu
lay would object to the word IS not being
log appropriate Tor dog.
Bu. think there are exceptions to ev
cry rule. for Pooto the Third was lovely.
The baby ooald do anything she liked
10 him, and hs never oncs bit her. or ev
co susppsd st her.
Bat the trouble with Ponto the Third
was that be hsd no constitution. He hsd
always been delicate and small Tor toe fam
lily be belonged TO. aad, when the whoop
log congh came sround. ana we children
had 1t. Ponto toox il. too.
Hs Goa shei ss hsri ss any OF as. and
had oil the symptom, -such as red, 10
H,med eyes, snetzing, fever, and terrible
spssms Of whoopiog.
A1nt Jine wanted hin sent TO the
poand. Sac SAID II was bad eno1gh to
have Ave children co1shios oil day aud
oil night long, without having q dog lie
under her windo~. snd cough, Goo.
Bat Ne children woulint hesr TO such |
. thing. Ths Ideal Oar dear. old Pontol
We 9snt to ihs gas works Tor IN hour
every day 80 brss.h the cir Tor our
cousls, add Ponto always went With a..
We made fanny enough procession.
ss We went along the street, 6va children
snd dog. sil coughing away.
When We go. we'll. Ponto did. too; and
ths. fall. when the smsllpox was in Cnins
tors, ve ware al vscinnsted, also, snd 1t
tosk.
Bat hsvs always thought the whoop
ing cough left bis Lungs weak, for he
died. after awhile. without any special
csnse.
Bat / hsi always ihoosht be hsd the coo
sumption. be ~s so thin when be died.
AID sometimes bed c3ash.
Bsb pat ups hssd-bosfd vhea b. Was
bnrisd. sod wrote on Il.
qaies dog IL pesca."
He tsiI be wasl't going TO hsvs II: Re-
qaies cat 10 pescs. sud hare evsryone
,hias ihs OH cat vas tatiei taerc
10 Psn.0 the Fourth wsre coub,ned I'll
the srseilent traits 0f the O'hsr Pontos.
sisont ssy Of their fai'inss