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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
[May, 
Pi._A word once spoken can not be brought back by 
a coach and four. 
AUNT SUE'S NOTICES TO C0r.ltESF0NDENT8. 
Bella C. E.— To "And out an 
anagram, " print the letters on a 
piece of card, then cut them apart 
and rearrange them into the 
original word. For instance, here 
is an anagram — " DO, PAT." 
Now print upon a strip of card (or 
paper) "DOPAT"; cut each 
letter separate, and twist them 
about until you have the original 
word, which is "ADOPT." The 
method of making or " finding out 
square-words " I described very 
thoroughly in the May number of 
the Agriculturist, 1871. 
Bessie Bennett.— Very hearti- 
ly do I exclaim " God speed 1 " to 
the women who engage in good 
works ; but in the matter you 
speak of I dread reaction. 
Thanks, for letters, puzzles, etc., 
to E. S. R., Jere P., F. S., Bessie 
Bennett, J. B. K., Robt. F. J., 
B. C. E., Minnie F. D., and W. 
H. S. F. 
All communications for the 
Puzzle-Box should be addressed 
to "Aunt Sue," P.O. Box 111, 
Brooklyn, N.Y. [and not ever to the 
office of the Agriculturist. — Ei).] 
An Impersonation. 
" An Impersonation : what is 
that? " you will say. The picture 
is an impersonation. Now, don't 
be in a hurry and think that im- 
personation is another name for 
frogs. To impersonate is to give 
an animal or other thiug the 
qualities of a person. In the pic- 
ture frogs are made to appear as 
persons, and being represented 
as doing as persons do, they look 
exceedingly ridiculous. It is just 
for the ridiculousness of it, the fun 
oi the thing, that we give this picture ; for we think it well 
to have once in awhile a nonsense picture with those of a 
different kind. We do not know but are very sure that 
this picture was drawn by a French artist. The French 
have a great fancy for these impersonations, and some of 
sects were the only inhabitants, and there carried on all 
the business and various operations that men and women 
do in this world. You may imagine that the pictures 
were very funny. There was a band of music, with 
I OUT, AND CURL AND SHAVE 'WITH CARE, AND TO BALD HEADS RESTORE THE HAIR. 
crickets and all the noisy insects playing away for dear 
life. A quack doctor, represented by a duck with his 
patient, very properly a goose, and all sorts of amusing 
things. Frogs are especially suited to this kind of im- 
personation, aud in the picture the obsequiousness of 
Making an Acquaintance. 
We like those boys on the fence, especially the oldest 
one. The good old cow has a calf, and instead of bounc- 
ing roughly into the presence of 
the frightened little stranger, 
they make their approach quiet- 
ly, and one of them brings a gift 
of welcome in his hand, with the 
hope of forming an acquaintance. 
Is there anything more awkward 
and, so to speak, unreasonable, 
than a young calf? It has no 
beauty in its early days and is ex- 
ceedingly obstinate aud stupid. 
It sccniB to know just one thing : 
that its mother's milk is its own 
property, and there is just one 
right and proper way for it to get 
it, and it takes a great deal of 
teaching and requires great pa- 
tience in the teacher to make it 
drink milk. It is not likely that 
the calf will eat the apple that the 
boy has brought, but it shows that 
the youngster knows what every 
boy and girl ought to know, that 
the way to treat all animals is to 
make friends with them from the 
beginning. The little calf does 
not meet the boys 1 advances now, 
though the mother does in her 
looks seem to try to encourage it ; 
bnt it will soon, and before long 
will be glad to have the boys pet 
it. Did you ever notice the differ- 
ence between colts that had been 
petted from the first and those 
that had been "shooed" at just 
to see them kick up their heels 
and scamper across the pasture ? 
We have seen colts not a year old 
that would come trom any part of 
a large lot when called, and seem 
to enjoy a little petting and coax- 
ing as much as a boy enjoys ap- 
proving words from his father or 
mother. When colts and calves 
hear only pleasant tones, when 
they are taught, as they soon may 
be, to look upon us as their friends, there will be little 
need of what is called "breaking" of horses or steers; 
having been always treated kindly, they may be taught 
without trouble to do what is required of them. Ani- 
mals that have become attached to you by kindness 
their artists arc wonderfully skillful at making them. We 
have seen a large French book, called " Another World," 
in which the writer pretends that in some mysterious 
way he went to some planet where beasts, birds, and iu- 
M A KING AN ACQUAINTANCE. 
the barber and the patience of his sitter are very cleverly 
done; and we must not forget to notice the satisfaction 
with which the one who has bad his "shave" takes his 
sun-umbrella, aud walks off to pleasure or business. 
appear to really wish to please you if they only know 
what you want them to do. They arc slow in finding 
this out, and need a great deal of patient showing. 
When they once understand they will gladly obey. 
