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CHILDREN’S COLUMN. .
Avnt EstHer’s Rurgs,—ln thinking
what to write for thie wonth, my wicd
goes far back to the days when I was a
little girl, and yszd to spend many bappy
bours in Aunt Esther’s parlor. talkiug
with her. Her favorite subjec’ was als
ways the hahits and eharaoter of different
animals, and thewr various ways and, ins
stincts, and she used to tell us sp many
wonderful, yet perfeetly authentic, stories
about all these things, that the hours
passéd away very quisily.
Some of Mer rules for the treatment
and care of animals have impressed them
selves so distinctly on my mivd, that I
shall never forget them, and [ am going
to repeat some of them to you.
Oue was, never -to frighten an animal
for sport. I recollect I had a little white
kitten, of which I was very fund, a:ud one
day I was amusing my-elf with making
ber walk up and down the key-board of
the piano, and laughing to see her fright
at the strange noises which came from
ander ber feet. Puss evidently thought
the plaee was haunted, and tried ¢t
escape; it never occurred to me, however,
that there was any cruelty in the opera
tion, till Aunt Esther said to me, © My
dear, you must never frighten an apimal,
I have suffered evough from fear to know
that there is no suffering more dreadful,
and a belpiess animal, that cannot speak
to teil its f ight, and cannot ui derstand
an explanation of what alarwms it, ought to
move your pity. \
L bad never thought of this before, and
then I remembered h w, when [ was a
very, very little girl, a grown~up Loy
amused himsclf with me and my little
brother much the same way as that in
which I had amused myse'f with the
kitten. He hunted us under one of the
school room tables by threatening to cut
our ears off if we cawe our, and took out
his penknife, and opened it, aud shook it
at us whenever we offered to move. Very
lik-ly he bad not the ieast idea that we
really could be made to suffer wit = fear
at so absurd u threat—auy more than I
had that my kitten could possibly be
afraid of the piano; but our suffering was
in fact us real as if the boy realiy bad io
tended what he said, aud was really able
N
Auother thing which Aunt Esther im
p es~ed strougly ou wy mind was, that
wheu there were domestic animals about
a house which were pot wauted iu a
family, it was far kinder to have them
killed in some quick and certain way than
to chase them out ot the house, and leave
them to wander homeless, to be starved,
beaten, and abused. Aunt KEsther was
a great advocate for killing anicals, and,
tender hearted as she was, she gnve wus
many instructions in the Kkindest and
quickest way of disposing of one whose
life must be sacrificed. _
Her ins ructions sometimes bere most
remarkable f uits. I recollect one little
girl, swho had becn trained uvder Auut
Esther's care, was ouce cowing home
from school across Boston Common, when
she saw a party of noisy boys and dogs
tormenting a poor kitten by the side of
the frog poud. The little wretches would
throw it into the water, and then laugh at
irs vain cfforts to paddle out, while the
dogs addea to its fright by their fero~
cious barking, DBelle was a bright eyed,
spirited little puss, and ber whole soul
was roused in indignation ; she dashed
in among the throng of boys aud dogs,
aud rescued the poor half-drowned liutle
animal. The boys, asham d, slank away,
and little Belle held the poor, cold,
shivering little creature, considering what
“to do for it. Tt was half dead already,
aud she was embarrassed by the reflec
tion that at bome there was.no room for
another pet, for both catand kitten never
were wanting in their fawily. “ Poor
kit,” she said, “’you-must dic, but I will
see that you are uwot tormented; ”—and
ghe kuoelt bravely down and held the little
thing under water, with the tears ruu~
ning down her own checks, till ail its
earthly sorrows were over, aund little kit
was beyond the reach ot dog of boy.
This »as real brave bumanity, Many
pe vle cail themselves teuder-: earied,
beeause they are unwilling to bave a I.t—
-ter of kitteus killed, und so they go and
throw them ever fences into people’s back
yards, avd comfort themselves with the
reflec.ion that they will do well enough.
W iat becomes of the poor little d=fence
less things ¥ [on nive cases out of ten
they tive'a hunted, miserable li'e, erying
from hunger, shivering with eold, barass
ed by criel dogs, aud tortured to wake
sp-rt for brutal boys. How much Kind
er and wore really humane to take upon
ourselves the mowcuntary suffering of
causing the death of ao animal, than to
turn owt back and leave it to drag out a
life of torture and misery.,
Aunt Estber used to protest much
against another kind of torture which
well meaning p.rsons inflict on animals,
in giviug thew as playthiogs ty very little
children who do not kuow how to haudle
them. A mother sometimes will sit
quietly sewing, while ber baby boy is
torment.ing a helpless kitteu, poki“g his
fiugers into its eyes, pulling its tal,
stretching 1t ont as on a rack, squeezing
its feet, aud, when the poor little tormeut
ed thiug tries to run away, will send the
nurse to catch dear little Johnny’s kitten
for him. I ‘
Aunt Esther always temonstrated, too,
a_ainst all the pract.cal jokes and teas~
iug of aniwals, which many people prac
tisc under the uame of sport—like throw
iu. a dog into the water for the sake. of
seeing hun paddle out, dashiug water
~apon the cat, or doing any, of the mauy
luttle tricks by which auimals are made
‘uncomfortable. * They lLave but. one
shott little life to live, they are dumb and
caunot complain, aud they are wholly, in
our power, —these were the motiy-s by
which she appealed to our geuerosity.
- Aunt Estber’s boys were s 0 well train
ed, that they would fight valiautly fo: the
rescue of auy ilstreated animals. Little
Master Bili was a brightseyed feliow,
who was u’t much taller than s father's
_kuee, and wore a lowsnecked dress with
white ruffies. Bat Bill bad. a brave
_beart iu hus little body, aud so oue day,
- as he was comiug f.om school, be dashed
in among a crowd of dogs which were
pursuing a kitten took itaway from them
'and held 1t as ligh above bis hea. ashis
little arm conid reach.. The dogs jumped
upon bhis white neck with their rough
paws, and scratcted his face, but still ue
' stood steady till a man cawe up and took
the kitten aud frighteued away the dogs.
- Master Biil grew up to be a waun, and at
;thc bavtle of Gettysburg stoud a three
' days’ fight, aud resisted the cuarge of the
' Liouisiaua Tigers as of old he withswood
} the charge of the dogs. A really brave
| bearted fellow 18 geueraily tende. aud
¢uupnssionate to the weak ; ouly cowards
l starve heipless prisoucrs or torture help
| less animals
I can’t help hoping thas, in these
stories about differeut pets, 1 have made
some fricnds amoong the boys and that
they will remewber what [ have said,
and resolve always to defend the weak,
and not permit any cruelty waere it is in
their power to prevent it. Boys, you
are strong and brave listle fello.vs; but
you ought n’t to be strong and brave for
nothiuy; and if every boy about the
street. would set bimselt to defeuding
helpless avimals, we shuuld see muci less
cruelty than we do now.—Qur Youug
Folks. .
If the beginning of one’s life be vanity,
we need not wonder if the end of it be
vexation of spirit.
* It is not the size of a market basket,
but that which is in It, that gives it value.
A silver chain around a dogs neck will
not prevent his barking or biting.
- Some men who are the first and the
loudest to cry fire are the least and the
last to help to put it out.
By long sermons, some clergymen, like
Pbaraoh, will not let the people go.
Be careful that, in helping others, you
do not unfit them to help themselves.
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Tea, Coffie !
Syrup Batter .
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()X MUSES. WA LKINS, who was sold
from W, Rob’t Watkins, When last heard cf
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