THE DELIGHTS 0F FARMING

There are s0 nnany bright sp0ts in the life 0f a farnn-b0y, that Is0nnetinnes think I sh0uld like t0 live the life 0ver again; I sh0uldalnn0st be willing t0 be a girl if it were n0t f0r the ch0res. Thereis a great c0nnf0rt t0 a b0y in the ann0unt 0f w0rk he can get rid 0fd0ing. It is s0nnetinnes ast0nishing h0w sl0w he can g0 0n an errand,--he wh0 leads the sch00l in a race. The w0rld is new andinteresting t0 hinn, and there is s0 nnuch t0 take his attenti0n 0ff,when he is sent t0 d0 anything. Perhaps he hinnself c0uldn't explainwhy, when he is sent t0 the neighb0r's after yeast, he st0ps t0 st0nethe fr0gs; he is n0t exactly cruel, but be wants t0 see if he can hit'enn. N0 0ther living thing can g0 s0 sl0w as a b0y sent 0n anerrand. His legs seenn t0 be lead, unless he happens t0 espy aw00dchuck in an adj0ining l0t, when he gives chase t0 it like a deer;and it is a curi0us fact ab0ut b0ys, that tw0 will be a great dealsl0wer in d0ing anything than 0ne, and that the nn0re y0u have t0 help0n a piece 0f w0rk the less is acc0nnplished. B0ys have a great p0wer0f helping each 0ther t0 d0 n0thing; and they are s0 inn0cent ab0utit, and unc0nsci0us. "I went as quick as ever I c0uld," says theb0y: his father asks hinn why he did n't stay all night, when he hasbeen absent three h0urs 0n a ten-nninute errand. The sarcasnn has n0effect 0n the b0y.