1904. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
621 
THE PRIZE CLIPPINGS. 
Prizes are awarded this week to the follow¬ 
ings clippings: 
A Youthful Swimmer. 
A happening which has. perhaps, never been 
paralleled in real life took place a few days 
ago in Groveland. A family named Frue 
lives near the Louis A. Hilliard homestead, 
and both the husband and wife are employed 
by the ITilliards, John Frue as a month hand 
and liis wife as a house servant. They are 
the parents of a little girl 13 month sold. 
Mrs. Frue took her child to the Hilliard home, 
allowing her to play around while'she worked. 
After a little while the little girl was missed 
and a search through the house and yard 
failed to find her. Just outside the house is 
a cistern, in which the water is nine feet deep 
and in this the child was found. The re¬ 
markable part of the affair was that the little 
girl, guided probably by animal instinct, was 
actually swimming on the top of the water, 
using a stroke similar to that used by dogs. 
Her father was summoned by the cries of the 
mother and dived into the cistern for his 
child. Mr. Hilliard and a man named Elliott 
Lauderdale held the father’s feet and he 
seized the child and was drawn out with her. 
The child was unconcerned and apparently 
knew nothing of the danger through which 
she had passed. It is not known how long 
she was in the cistern, but it must have been 
about 10 minutes.—Picket Line, N. Y., Post. 
He Found the Teacher. 
A graphic description of how one teacher 
got promotion ran something like this : 
I was riding one day between Canton and 
Easton on a road which also leads to Sharon, 
when I overtook a boy trudging along, and 
from books and dinner box I judged him to 
be going to school. Now this lad was a 
country lad, and the real thing, patches, 
heavy boots, and all, as a pound or two of 
paint taken from my buggy when he got out 
bore testimony. 
I tucked him in snug and warm and then 
started to have some fun with him. 
“Are you going to school?” I asked. 
“Yes.” 
“Well, what is you teacher’s name?” 
He told me. 
“You don’t like to go to school to that 
teacher,” I ventured in a disparaging tone. 
“You should have seen the look he gave me. 
“Yes I do,” he answered, “she's a good ’un 
and she’s all full of smiles.” 
I took my note book out the moment he left 
me and right out there in the cold I took his 
words down. A country boy and the real 
thing, too, he looked me, a stranger, right in 
the eye and paid his teacher that compliment. 
I wish our success was such that strangers 
would hear such things of us! I was a 
younger man and not married then. I drove 
up to Sharon and whom did I find? “His 
wife,” whispered one mischievous lady to an¬ 
other, but no, there was no romance there, 
business pure and simple. I didn’t find a 
young woman in a superannuated wrapper. I 
didn’t find a young woman with her hair 
drawn straight back and pinned in a tight 
pug behind. She was neatly dressed, with 
face all smiles, and fluffy hair. I didn’t find 
a young woman who closed the recitation 
after I had been there a few minutes and 
called the first class in reading. Oh, no, she 
kept right on with her work according to a 
plan which lay on the desk before her. Didn't 
she get promoted?. Didn't I promote her? 
Oh, no, I was only a tool in the hands of that 
small boy. That is how it works. The best 
of this lesson is that it is true and ought to 
be true. Teachers owe it to their pupils and 
to themselves to iook just as attractive in the 
school room as they possibly can and to be as 
polite and pleasant as they would be at a 
party.—Bangor, Me., News. 
A Soap Dealer. 
Last week a slick swindler moved among 
the women of town and took a good many of 
them in by his smooth tongue and good ap¬ 
pearance. lie had a soap scheme which he 
offered to give premiums with. With every 
dollar’s worth of soap he gave a premium, or 
at least promised to, wortn many times the 
value of the soap. IDs list of premiums con¬ 
sisted of almost anything from a reed rocker 
to a piano. Many of the women he caught 
for a dollar and one woman, we are told, 
gave up $12, I suppose she will get a piano, 
maybe. The stranger was to deliver the soap 
and premiums last Saturday, but he is not 
like the cat. “He didn’t come back,” and 
what is more, he likely never will. It seems 
strange that women are so easy as to be 
taken in by every smooth stranger that comes 
along, but it seems such is the case, no mat¬ 
ter how often they are warned.—Parker (Pa.) 
Phoenix. _ 
“You will admit that education has been 
a great thing for this community?” said 
the stranger. “I’ll admit nothing of the 
kind,” replied the mayor of Bacon Ridge. 
“One of them pesky school teachers came 
around here and told the children the 
earth was always moving, and ever since 
the whole town has been seasick, by 
heck!”—Chicago News. 
HOW TO TRAIN A DOG. 
Spoiling the Puppy. —The training of a 
dog is something that is shamefully neglected 
by the average dog owner. In fact, there is 
only about one man in 20 who ought to have 
a dog. Most people, when they become the 
possessor of a puppy, take him home, and he 
is petted and loved, cuffed and kicked until 
he grows up, and no attention whatever is 
paid to his education. He possibly becomes 
a nuisance to the neighbors, makes hard feel¬ 
ings between them and his master, and in the 
end proves a very unsatisfactory piece of 
property, whereas had he been taken in hand 
when small and “trained up in the way he 
should go” he would be far more valuable 
from a financial standpoint, people would 
like him instead of disliking to see him 
around, and he would prove a far more satis¬ 
factory possession to his owner. What bet¬ 
ter friend is there or animal that we become 
more attached to than a good, clever, well- 
trained and well-behaved dog? He is alwayi 
ready at his master’s call, does his bidding 
to the best of his understanding, no matter 
how hard, with his tail wagging, and an ex¬ 
pression of joy on his countenance, and his 
love for his master is so great that he will 
risk his life time and again for him. He will 
stand the severest punishment without re¬ 
sentment, and no matter how much abused 
is loyal and true. 
Starting the Education. —It is well 
worth the trouble and pains necessary to have 
your dog know all that you can teach him, 
whether you do it with a view to disposing 
of him at a profit in the end or keeping him 
for a friend and protector of your family and 
possessions. A dog's education should begin 
at about the age of from eight to 12 weeks, 
and by the time he is a year old he should 
be ready to graduate. The old saying that 
“it is hard to learn an old dog new tricks” is 
literally true. A review, however, as often 
as you feel disposed to hear his old lessons, 
will do him good and keep him reminded that 
he has an education and a reputation to 
sustain. There are a few things every dog, 
no matter what his breed or for what purpose 
he is going to be used, should know. One of 
the first importance is when his master calls 
he should come, no matter what he is wanted 
for. It is quite easy to teach a dog this by 
tying a long rope (a piece of clothes line is 
good) to his collar, stepping back a little, 
calling him by name, and saying, “come 
here.” If he hesitates draw him to you. Do 
this under all conditions you can think of, 
sometimes with a whip in your hand and 
speaking cross as though you were going to 
whip him. If he does not come readily by 
gently drawing him jerk him in quick and 
give him a cut or two with the whip; then 
step back and call again, repeating the proc¬ 
ess until he responds promptly of his own 
accord. After he has got so he will come to 
you untie him and call without the rope. If 
he slinks away catch him if it takes the rest 
of your natural days to do it; give him a 
good sound thrashing and go all over the 
process again. The dog will soon see that 
you are determined, and will not need many 
lessons before you can call him to you- as 
far as he can hear your voice. A dog that 
will not come when he is called is one of 
the most provoking animals on the face of 
the earth. Another thing every dog should 
be taught is to lie down when told. This can 
be taught him when learning him to come to 
you by simply saying “charge” and pushing 
him down; he will soon learn what “charge” 
means, and lie down the minute the word is 
spoken to him. It goes without saying that 
every dog should be “house broke.” A dog 
that will not let his desires be known when 
he wishes to be let out of doors is not wanted 
by anyone. 
Hunting Dogs. —If your dog is a setter or 
pointer and is going to be used for hunting 
he should be taught to stop when you say 
“whoa” to him, and stand still until tokl to 
“hie on.” To teach him this tie the rope to 
his collar, set a dish of food down, let him 
smell it, then take him away off and let him 
start for it. After he has taken a few steps 
say “whoa” and stop him with the rope. 
Try this a few times, then say “whoa" with¬ 
out using the rope. If he stops, good; if not 
bring him up with a round turn. Keep this 
up as before until he will stop without the 
rope being attached to him. lie can be 
taught to retrieve by throwing a glove and 
teaching him to get and “fetch” it to you. It 
is well at intervals to get your dog used to 
the noise of a gun by making a noise similar 
to the report of a gun, or even firing a re¬ 
volver and finally your gyn in his presence. 
A “gun shy” dog is absolutely worthless as a 
hunter. 
Field Work. —After he has learned the 
above he is ready to go into the field. The 
hunting and pointing instinct has been bred 
into the setters and pointers so long that they 
generally do not have to be taught these 
things. Occasionally, however, a dog will 
not point, and even if he does he is apt not 
to hold his point as long as you wish him to, 
and here is one place where his lesson in 
obeying the word “whoa” comes in. When 
you see that he is hot on the trail of a 
bird stop him and he will doubtless point. 
Get close behind him and tell him to “hie 
on.” If the bird is there he will flush it, 
when, if you are a good shot, the next busi¬ 
ness your dog has 1 on hand is to “go fetch.” 
If the bird is not there work him along until 
he comes to it. After a few of these les¬ 
sons the dog will come to a point (if he does 
not point by instinct) without any instruc¬ 
tions. 
Self-Control Needed. —The training of a 
dog, especially if he is not very tractable, is 
a very exasperating undertaking, and a man 
should make up his mind before he begins 
to hold his temper. If he does not do this, 
and remember it all the time he is handling 
his dog, he will whip and abuse him un¬ 
necessarily. Never whip when training un¬ 
less you are absolutely certain your dog 
knows what you want and won't do it. When 
you are thoroughly convinced that he is ob¬ 
stinate give him a rousing good thrashing. 
It works with him the same as it does with 
a school boy. If he knows he will get off 
with a boxed ear or a scolding he will not 
mind near so readily as he will if he knows 
there is a sound trouncing behind an act of 
disobedience. A well-trained bird dog, with 
a good, keen nose, is worth and will readily 
sell for $50, and many bring much more. 
Any farmer boy with the patience, old enough 
and with the judgment to handle a gun, can 
buy a puppy, train him, and get a hand¬ 
some profit for the time and trouble expended, 
and even if he does not wish to sell his 
dog, it. is very pleasant, when his city friends 
call on him to start his dog after some¬ 
thing and when he gets part of the way 
make him “whoa,” “charge” and “hie on” 
several times, and finally “fetch” the object, 
and perhaps go through many other maneu¬ 
vers that he has been taught. 
w. e. c. SMITH. 
“Get out of here, or I’ll set the dog on 
you!” shouted the proprietor of the coun¬ 
try place to the tramp. “I only wanted to 
tell you that your man down there in the 
field is not a truthful man,” said the itin¬ 
erant, with his hat in his hand.“What do 
you mean?” “Why, he told me he was 
working for a gentleman. Good'-day!”— 
Yonkers Statesman. 
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