. Biggle pet book ; a collection of information for old and young whose natural instincts teach them to be kind to all living creatures. Pets. Although getting to be an elderly man, one who likes a comfortable rocker, is fond of a hammock and an after-dinner nap, with various other signs of advancing years, yet my fond- ness for the dumb friends about me, from my favorite horse down to the little wren sitting ather door just above me, is as deep now as it ever was. In this love for the lower animals, however, 1 am only second to my good wife Harriet, whose constant thought and effort
. Biggle pet book ; a collection of information for old and young whose natural instincts teach them to be kind to all living creatures. Pets. Although getting to be an elderly man, one who likes a comfortable rocker, is fond of a hammock and an after-dinner nap, with various other signs of advancing years, yet my fond- ness for the dumb friends about me, from my favorite horse down to the little wren sitting ather door just above me, is as deep now as it ever was. In this love for the lower animals, however, 1 am only second to my good wife Harriet, whose constant thought and effort is to make every living creature as happy and contented as it can be. f^or the horses and dogs she has had watering troughs set up along the two roads which skirt Elm- wood ; in the winter she throws out seeds and crumbs for the partridges, meadow larks and now and then a stray robin. The English sparrow comes too, and I must say, confidentially, that my love for the birds is strained a little when it comes to the sparrows. Har- riet has a regular hospital for suffering and home- less cats, for lame and friendless dogs, for birds with broken legs and wings, —every creature in need of a friend finds it in her. Elmwood is full of pets. In addition to those which belong more particularly to us, Tim and his. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Biggle, Jacob. Philadelphia, W. Atkinson
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