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[September, 
AMERICAN * AGRICULTURIST. 
[COPYRIGHT SECURED-. 1 
LITTLE M I S C II I E E. —Drawn 
So, Miss Mischief, our artist has caught you ! You went 
out to the bam where you thought no one would see you, 
to play your mischievous pranks and teaze the old horse. 
The artist did not t.cll 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 sccni to be fun 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! Ilorscs have 
good memories and know who treat them kindly or 
otherwise, almost as well as some human beings do. 
Old Jack, if lie is the sensible horse we take him to be, 
will some day pay you off for plaguing him. If by and 
by he should take 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. II., had a slight “onpleasantness” with 
a woodchuck, and the latter seized him by the check and 
BY Edwin Forbes FROM A Sketch BY Thomas WoRTn. —Engraved for the American Agriculturist. 
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 
lie 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 yon suppose is the trouble 
with them?” “ Chilblains, sir,” said a little six-year-old 
hoy, 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 deatli ?” “ No,” was the reply, “ he was excom¬ 
municated by a hull.” 
Answers to S*rol>lems an<l 
No. 347. “ That same old Coon” needs only to he 
turned upside down to make it show its face. Conun¬ 
drum, No. 3-18.—Tlie beggar was a woman. No. 319.— 
Tlie picture was that of ttie man’s own son. Reims 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 in 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 ono case and wrong in another, we designate 
the right answer by the number. C. Williams, D. W. 
Leitzcll, L. M. Wright, W. Pulsifer (349), S. I’. Heilman, 
A. D. Riker (3-17), G. McBride, O. W. Quinby, Jr. (348), 
Alice Bradstroet, J. M. Dorr (319), J. G. Ilerlztcr (3491, C. 
B. Villct, Alice Warren, C. B. Ovcringer, L. E. Whitney, 
G. W. Clemmcr, Jonas Bare, W. T. Jolly (348), J. A. San¬ 
ford, Bella Allen, W. C. Ellis, Mary M. Skidmore, LeRoy 
Shepard, Annie S. Budd, Lucy W. Dresser (347), “Ann 
Easyone,” L. II. Reynolds, Willie W. Darrah (request 
attended to), “Rnralist,” W. B. Haines, Ida E. Miller 
(348), II. Tudor, Frank P. Bahkstonc, W. W. Maryatt, 
J. C. Morrow, C. S. Rush, W. J. Burns, Julia A. San¬ 
born, A. D. Newton (349), F. S. Ingalls, Emma F. Gil¬ 
christ, Charlie D. Beck, J. Lclidc, C. W. Adamson, II. B. 
Wade (347), Jas. Carson, ncury Fletcher, Walter Roberts. 
