Jasper County Democrat, Volume 7, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 February 1905 — FOR THE CHILDREN [ARTICLE]

FOR THE CHILDREN

A Pet Alligator. It seems that if you only begin early enough it is possible to tame even the fiercest of animals. A baby alligator caught in a swamp was taken to the home of its captor in New York, and in course of time it would follow' him about like a dog. What was even more curious was that it and the cat became great chums. When pussy slept before the fire the alligator used to lay its head on the cat and go to sleep too. The only creature that excited the alligator was a fox chaineS in a yard. It did not try to bite the fox, hut lashed it with its tail. Once had the chain not broken poor Reynard would have been beaten to death. The alligator was fed on raw flesh and fhilk, of which it was very fond. When the w’eather was cold it was kept in a box with wool in it. One frosty night the wool had been forgotten, and next morning tiie alligator was dead.

Various Error*. Can you correct the mistakes in the following sentences, boys and girls? He don’t like it. He is glad, ain’t he, that you are coming? “That,” said she, handing him the box, “will prove a preventive for all your ills.” “That is bad for my indigestion,” he said ns he eyed the doughy mass that the maid placed before him. If I were him, I would try the experiment. Acoustics are a department of science relating to sound. I may regard your proposal in no other light but as an insult. To whom if not to I would you give it? Saved by a Turkey. As a gift two turkeys and a pair of bantam fowls were sent to a gentleman in New York, who placed all sous in his poultry yard. One day a hawk on mischief bent flew down at the bantam hen, which at once uttered cries of alarm. A few feet away strutted the turkey cock. When he heard the danger signal he turned and went for the hawk In gallant style, striking at it with bis spurs. At last, with a well directed blow, he sent the trespasser reeling. Meanwhile the bantam had found shelter, and the liawk soon afterward departed, thoroughly punished. But for the turkey's friendly help, however, his tiny chnm would have been converted into hawk's meat. Ruth mud the Horae. Little Ruth was looking out of the window at the baker's horse. “Mamma,” she said, “doesn’t a horse use two of his legs for hands?” “Why, no,” mamma answered. “A horse doesn’t need hands as we do.” “But, mamma,”- the little girl perslated, “I don’t see what he does when Us nose Itches.”