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Show Not so Funny as True I Tho fin uieia cannot loo fully understand under-stand that all tho livestock on h's farm . with which lie 1' brought into doilycou-tact doilycou-tact will partake more or lees oJIi.b personal per-sonal moods. If ho kieka open liio barn door in the morning nud thumps tho old mare with tlio shovel or pitchfork to let her know that lie is boss of that ranch, oven tho lions "ill bo norvoiw and out ' I ol sorts all day. . I If ho leaves the kitchen door for the barnyard singing, "Tlio Sweet Byo and ' Dye," ho will find tho cowS placidly chowlng their cud and tlio hogs grunt- ' ing contentedly in the morning sun. A horso understands when ho is sworn l -""at and it embitters a cow to threaten to break her back with a straw cutter. A jng in the pen which receives u cherry "Good moiniiig" front tho owuor.will fatten twice as fast as tlio one wln climbs up to rccoivo a blow from n club. It is co with thn fowls. Tho fanner who puts on a fatherly and benevolent ' oxprcssion as ho scatters tho grain will find ovory lien doing her bent that day - to lay an ogg to ptovu her gratitude and confidence, while tho ono who sconls and mutters and trios to knock some hen's bond oil' with a clothes prop will find himself feared and dctestod. M. Dudd in Nobruska Tanner. |