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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
[September, 
LITTLE 
[COPYRIGHT SECURED.] 
M I S C H I E F. — Drawn by Edwin Forbes from a Sketch by Thomas "Worth. — Engraved for the American Agriculturist. 
So, Miss Mischief, our artist has caught you ! Yon went 
out. to the barn when 1 you thought no one would Bee you, 
to play your mischievous pranks and teaze the old horse. 
The artist did not tell us where he made the sketch, and 
we hope that none of our boys and girls know where he 
might have made it. It may for a while Beem to be fan to 
teaze an animal which is so confined that he cannot resent 
it, but is it right? Is it not unkind to take advantage of the 
horse's helpless condition and annoy him as " Little Mis- 
chief" is doing? Look out, young lady! Horses have 
good memories and know who treat them kindly or 
otherwise, almost as well as some human beings do. 
(.>ld Jack, if he is the sensible horse we take him to he, 
will some day pay you off for plaguing him. If by and 
by he should lake a fancy to your pretty straw hat and 
spoil it with a nip, when you are not thinking of any 
danger, you need not be surprised. It is much better to 
be good friends with even the* animals upon the farm 
than to earn their ill will. There are many ways in 
which boys and girls can have plenty of fun without 
disturbing the comfort of the poor helpless animals. 
A few days ago a dog belonging to Rev. C. A. Downs, 
of Lebanon, N. H., had a slight "onpleaeantuoss" with 
a woodchuck, and the latter seized him by the check and 
refused to relinquish his hold. With remarkable pres- 
ence of mind, his dogship repaired to a brook near by, 
and sousing the woodchuck under, held him there until 
he was drowned. 
The pastor of a popular church, one Sabbath evening, 
at the Sabbath School concert, said : " Boys, when I 
heard your beautiful songs to-night I had to work hard to 
keep my feet still; what do you suppose is the trouble 
with them ?" " Chilblains, sir,'''' said a little six-year-old 
buy, which, notwithstanding the solemnity of the occa- 
sion, set the whole audience in a roar. 
At. a young ladies' seminary, recently, during an ex- 
amination in history, one of the most promising pupils 
was interrogated : " Mary, did Martin Luther die a nat- 
ural death?" "No," was the reply, "he was excom- 
municated by a bull." 
Answers to Problems mid Puzzles. 
No. 347. "That same old Coon" needs only to be 
turned upside down to make it showits face. Conun- 
drum, No. 848. — The beggar was a woman. No. 349.— 
The picture was that of the man's own son. Rebus No. 
350, — Abbreviate (A breve E (which should have been I) 
8. Rebus No. 351.— Be above fawning upon persons 
above you, or oppressing those beneath you. (Bee above 
fawn iu G upon persons above ewe, OR O pressing Those 
beneath ewe). Answers have been sent by a large num- 
ber. Owing to some change in our editorial arrange- 
ments it may happen that some who have sent answers 
have failed to receive credit for them. We trust that this 
accident will not prevent them from trying again. Where 
correct in one case and wrong in another, we designate 
the right answer by the number. C. Williams, D. W. 
Leitzell, L. M. Wright, W. Pulsifer (349), S. P. Heilmau, 
A. D. Rlker (347), G. McBride, G. W. Quinby, Jr. (348), 
Alice Bradstreet, J. M. Dorr (349), J. G. Ilertzter (349), C. 
B. Villct, Alice Warren, C. B. Overinger, L. E. Whitney, 
G. W. Clemmer, Jonas Bare, W. T. Jolly (348), J. A. San- 
ford, Bella Allen, W. C. Ellis, Mary M. Skidmoro, LeRoy 
Shepard, Annie S. Eudd, Lucy W. Dresser (347), "Ann 
Easyone," L. H. Reynolds, Willie W. Darrah (request 
attended to), "Ruralist," W. 8. Haines, Ida E. Miller 
(34S), H. Tudor, Frank P. Bankstonc, W. W. Maryatt, 
J. C. Morrow, C. S. Rush, W. J. Bums, Julia A. San- 
born, A. D. Newton (310), F. S. Ingalls, Emma F. Gil- 
christ, Charlie D. Beck, J. Lchde, C. W. Adamson, H. B. 
Wade (317), Jas. Carson, Henry Fletcher, Walter Roberts. 
