THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER
Tuesday, September 1, 1903.
OUR YOUNG PEOPLE
The Fly.
A fly
To my eye,
Is a wonderful thing.
He buzzes about all the day on his
-wing
A gossamer, flibberty, gibberty thing.
You wouldn't surmise v
A thing of his size
Had strength for all of the tasks
that he tries.
For instance, to-day
forfeit what musical instrument he
likes best; then require him to give-
an imitation of it.
9. Choose three flowers. Example :
Pink, Fuchsia and Lily. Two of the
party must then privately agree to
the three persons' of the forfeiter's
acquaintance, to be severally repre
sented by the flowers. Then pro
ceed: What will you do with Pink?
Dip it 'in water! What with the
Fuchsia? Dry it, and keep it as a
curiosity! With the Lily? Keep it
until it is dead, then throw.it- away !
I was reading away
Of fairies and games and the pranks Th names identified with the
tnat tney piav. flowerg &re nQW tQ be told and their
romo Ti-e fates will excite much merriment.
And then he began
On a horrible plan
Of worrying
Flurrying,
Scurrying in, .
And flicking the ends of my nose and
my chin,
Until Fd
Like to died
With wrath and chagrin,
Now I'm a big thing
The fly he was small.
He'd flop and he'd fling,
He'd buzz and he'd sing,
While I would do nothing at all
But whack at that fly
Each time he came by.
Deep wrath in my eye;
- I never could hit him however I'd
try.
I whacked for frwo hours
With all of my powers;
And when it was done
I sat weary
And teary
While he was as fresh as when he had
begun.
John Hendrick Bangs, in Septem
ber St. Nicholas.
10. Put two chairs back to back,
take ofl your shoes, and jump over
them. (The fun consists in a mis
taken idea that the chairs are to be
jumped over, whereas it is only the
shoes!)
11. It is said there s
you've loved since a boy.
Whose hand you must
give you this toy;
Iis not your father, or mother, or
sister,
Nor cousin, or friend take care not
to mis, sir, (Himself.)
American Boy.
a
person
kiss, ere I
Forfeits.
Young people are often at a loss
A Countiy Boy's Penny.
As a rule, boys who live on a farm
or m a country town, says an ex
change, are much more thrifty and
economical than city-reared boys.
Success considers this due to the
fact that, in the city, there are hun
dreds of devices to catch the pennies
of boys. There are nickle-in-the-slot
machines, fruit and candy stands,
and all sorts of contrivances to in
duce a boy to part with his small
coins. These temptations do not ex
ist to any great extent in the coun
try. There is a great difference m
for erood forfeits in their crames at
parties. In the absence of advice uP: he the, country boy and the city
r . . . . i-i boy look at a nickel, lhe country
on me suojecr, me renames uu-y b v sceg vcrv much morc in the coin
impose are sometimes vulgar, or
highly absurd, creating confusion
where innocent pleasure is designed.
The following are suggested to help
our young friends out of the diffi
culty:
1. Let the person who holds the
forfeit give out a line, and then call
upon the one who owns it to make
another line to rhyme.
2. Laugh first, sing next, then cry.
and lastly whistle.
3. Put one hand where the other
cannot touch it. (The right hand to
the left elbo'w.)
4. Stand with your heels and back
close to the wall then stand without
moving your feet, and pick up the
forfeit.
r ill
. compare your iaoy-iove to a
flower and explain the resemblance.
Thus
My love is like the blooming rose
Because her cheek its beauty
shows.
Or (facetiously)
My love is like a creeping tree
She's always creeping after me.
6. Place your' hands behind you,
and guess who touches them. You
A. J. K 1 ,1 , !
are noi 10 ue reic-aseu until you
guess right
- i. oay quizzical vuiz, kiss me
quick," nine times without a mis
take.
8. Ask the person who owns the
than the city boy; he sees greater
possibilities the nickel is possessed
of a charm. He carries his change
in his pocket, counts it over, and
wonders what he will do with it when
he gets his first dollar. His parents
instill into him, from babyhood, the
importance of saving his money and
putting it in a bank, lhe city boy,
as a rule, srets his money easier and
parts with it as easily.
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Your doctor trusts it. Then
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"I suffered terribly from indigestion and
thin blood. I found no relief until I took
Ayer's Sarsaparilla. Four bottles perma
nently Cured me"
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