SCHOOL AND HOME GAEDENING 



Then an old sage remarked : " It's a marvel to me 



That people give far more attention 

 To repairing results than to stopping the cause, 



When they'd better aim at prevention. 

 Let us stop at its source all this mischief," cried he, 



"Come, neighbors and friends, let us rally; 

 If the cliflf we will fence, we might almost dispense 



With the ambulance down in the valley." 



' Oh, he's a fanatic," the other rejoined; 



" Dispense with the ambulance ? Never ! 

 He'd dispense with all charities, too, if he could. 



No, no, we'll support them forever! 

 Aren't we picking up folks just as fast as they fall? 



And shall this man dictate to us? Shall he? 

 Why should people of sense stop to put up a fence. 



While the ambulance works in the valley ? " 



