SEPT 48 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
for i\)t 1 )ou« 0 . 
HY should boys be so 
anxious to throw 
stones $ I never saw 
a boy yet who did not 
tbiuk it was a great 
thing to be able to hit 
a mark with a stone 
or apple. When 1 
was a boy I used to be 
a pretty good shot 
■with a stone. Now 
what good does all 
this stone throwing 
do? I never heard of 
but one ease where it 
did much good. A man out West tol 1 me 
that once, years ago, the Iudians chased him 
over the mountains. He used up all his pow¬ 
der and at last hid behind a rock. There was 
nothing he could use in the way of a weapon 
but a pile of stones. He threw these with 
such strength and aim that the Indians 
kept back until help came. That may be 
true, but very few of us are ever goiug to 
live among Indians, Instead of learning bow 
to fight, we want to learn how to avoid 
fighting, and it won’t make any difference 
with most of us if we never can hit a barn 
door with a stone. When we find we can 
throw a stone straight, we arc always want¬ 
ing to see bow near we can come to some 
animal without hitting it, I have known 
boys to throw stones at cows, dogs and sheep, 
and I know cases where such stones have 
done great harm. 1 know a boy who had his 
eye put out by a stone. Who ever knew of 
any good beiug done by a stone? I w ish our 
boys would stop the practice. 
Another very foolish thing that some boys 
practice is carrying a pistol. There is noth¬ 
ing more foolish than this. Boys or men 
who carry pistols are the worst kind of cow¬ 
ards, and 1 want them to know what I think 
about them. You needn’t be afraid that 
robbers and murderers are going to attack 
you. The man or boy who minds his own 
business will seldom have any trouble, and 
the one who fights with right on his side 
will always win in the end. Some boys 
read about “Buffalo Bill’ 1 aud “Texas Jack" 
and think it would be a fine thing to ride 
around all day with a rifle to fire off every 
half hour. I want my boys to look 
for something higher than that. We don’t 
want any more such men as “Buffalo Bill” 
than we cau help. 
UP WITH THE BREEZE. 
“UP with the breeze, the birds and'the bees,” 
I heard a boy sing in the morn; 
And ills hoe kept time with the merry rhyme, 
As he cheerfully hoed the corn. 
Down went the weeds and the noxious seeds, 
Aud up went the emerald corn; 
And I looked with delight at the gladsome sight, 
The work of the early morn. 
The broad greeu leaves turned to golden sheaves. 
And the field of beautiful corn 
Was gathered and sold, thus turned Into gold— 
The work of the early morn. 
Then up with ihe breeze, t he birds and the bees, 
If you wish to grow wealthy and wise, 
And merrily slug like birds In Spring, 
While your work as merrily flies. 
The poor sleepy head, who lingers in bed, 
Will have more sorrows than Joys; 
Aud when he grows old will be hungry and cold, 
So keep "wide-awake,” my boys. 
—Unknown Exchange. 
THE STORY OF A DISTRICT SCHOOL. 
A COLLEGE BOV’S DIARY. 
(Continued.) 
After much stamping aud pushing about the 
scholars settled into their seats. This confu¬ 
sion did not appear to be the result of any dis¬ 
respect to me. 1 nit it seemed to be considered 
as a regular performance. School could not 
well be opened without it. 
Two contests were at once begum Mollie 
Brawn, finding her seat occupied, proceeded 
to pull the little girl out iuto the aisle and 
brace herself firmly in the seat. The ejected 
claimant began to cry and to nil) her eyes 
with her apron. It took me several minutes to 
explain matters and compel Mollie to take 
the other seat. She got up at last muttering 
aud sha Icing her head. Her first move was to 
run to my desk and secure the large red apple 
she had given me. She seemed to fear that I 
would try to capture it from her. That I 
might get as JittJe enjoyment out of it as pos- 
sil >le, she j iroceeded to take several large bites 
from different parte of it. These filled her 
mouth so full that her eyes were almost forced 
out of her face. Then she walked sulkily to 
the other seat where she sat sullenly scraping 
her feet on the floor. The other girls sympa¬ 
thized with her as far as they were able by 
making faces in my direction. 
This trouble was hardly begun when I was 
called to settle a dispute that had arisen ou the 
boys' side. Two of the largest hoys were con¬ 
tending for a backseat. They had exhausted 
verbal argument aud were now engaged in a 
wrestling match which was rapidly degenerat¬ 
ing into a fight. A small boy. evidently the 
brother of one of the contestants, was jumping 
about in the rear of the battle seeking to get 
his brother’s antagonist by the foot and thus 
help in throwing him. 
I hod to pull hard to get the two apart. 
Then I tried to investigate the trouble. It 
was hard to decide which one was entitled to 
the seat so I proposed that they draw lots for 
it. After some discussion, in which the whole 
school endeavored to take part, this plan was 
adopted aud I prepared two sticks, which I 
held in my hand with the understanding that 
the boy drawing the shorter should find 
another seat. When the sticks were selected, 
and it was found that the largest boy would 
have to get another seat, there was a fresh dis¬ 
cussion. The loser at once declared that. I had 
said long instead of short in speaking of the 
sticks aud some of the other boys said the same 
thing. At last the discussion became so noisy 
that I became tired of it and caught the de¬ 
feated candidate by the collar and marched 
him to the new seat, where I placed him with 
very little ceremony. The effect of this abrupt 
argument was that when 1 rapped on my desk 
the entire school came to order and sat watch¬ 
ing me. Mollie Brawn bad by this time dis¬ 
posed of her mouthful of apple and sat scowl¬ 
ing fiercely at me. 
Of all the queer audiences that one is called 
upon to face, a strange school is the hardest. 
I must confess that. I felt something akiu to 
fear as I looked down upon the heavy, expres¬ 
sionless faces that met mine. It seemed some¬ 
how necessary for me to make some sort of a 
speech, yet what could I say to interest my 
audience? Before I could consider a proper 
line of argument, i found myself speaking. 
LETTERS FROM THE COUSINS. 
Dear Uncle Mark; I am a little girl eight 
years old. I havo one sister and oue brother, 
one Grandma, and she is living with us. We 
have one Grandpa. Pa. takes the Rural. We 
have five sows aud SO little pigs, five horses, 
three cows and three calves, one cat, one dog, 
IS turkeys, eight geese and a good many 
chickens. They are Buff Cochins, Brahmas 
and a few Plymouth Rocks. Ma. is canning 
pickles and tomatoes to-day. 1 like to read 
the letters from the Cosusins very much. I 
never wrote a letter to the Rural before 
and don’t know if this will be a good one or 
not. Your niece, 
ALPHA A. DENPREE. 
Johnson Co., Indiana. 
Uncle Mark: I am a boy 10 years old but 
I am a subscriber of the Rural New-Yorker 
and would like to be a Cousin. We live on a 
farm of HO acres, two aud one-half miles from 
Bay City. My brother Marty and I own 
the chickens and we have made f 10 so far this 
year. We have 25 old hens, a peacock (that 
had a tail five feet long but it is all gone now) 
and a peahen with four little young ones about 
a week old. 1 think we will take them to the 
fair. I planted all the seed that you sent me 
and the corn all came up aud I think I will 
have a good chance for the prize if nothing 
happens. Your Nephew, 
Ackerson N. Brock. 
[I would take them to the fair by all means. 
—u. M.] 
Dear Uncle Mark : We live on the bauk 
of the Mississippi River, and I have learned 
to pull a boat. If you ever come and see us I 
will take you out boat-riding. 1 have to walk 
two miles to school. I am keeping a lot of 
bird eggs. 1 have over thirty kinds. I won¬ 
der if any of the Cousins can beat that. I am 
learning to do all kinds of housework. I have 
seven brothers and three sisters, one brother 
living in Wisconsin, and one brother living iu 
Minnesota, and five at home ; two sisters in 
Wisconsin and one in Nebraska. 
Your affectionate niece, 
bertha l. banta. 
Oquawka, Henderson Co., 111. 
Dear Uncle Mark : I would like to join 
the Y. H. C. I am ten years old. Papa has 
taken the Rural for five years. He likes it 
very much, I have a little flower garden. I 
planted the Garden Treasures, but they did 
uot come up because it was so dry. Perhaps 
the Cousins would like to hear about the hail 
storm—the hail-stones were as large as turkey 
eggs. The second time it was a mile from our 
place. It entirely destroyed the grain, and in 
some places it destroyed the grass. Papa has 
just harvested. He thinks the wheat will go 20 
bushels to the acre. 
From your niece, VIDA THOMSON. 
Grant Co., Dak, 
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