The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1859-06-22
Nellie's Question.

Nellie was a bright little girl who had
never been known to sit sill ten minutes
alta time, and yet there she sa, BY my
side, on her little low stool, playing with
her doll, but without single word
What are you thinking about Nellie 2
| asked, at length, and the thoughtful
face looked up into mine as she asked
Cousin KIenie, is there a God :
why, Nellie,' said |, who made YOU
and me, and this beautiful world!
Lille says 1t happened so that it is
all chance" said the child in low tone.
Lilies father was an iafdel and the chill
dren had been discussing the belief Of
their parent.
Nellie said |, what is it that YOU
have upon your finger !! MY lhImb!e,'
she sand, wondering what that had to do
with her question. Where did YOU get
| ~ Aunt Jane gave it to me last sum.
mer.' We'll, aunt Jane bought it at the
jewellers but where did the jeweller get
1t " WHY, hc made it, was the answ er.
Nellie. the other day, as Wa, walk
ing in the fields, found thimble Now
how 10 You know bat the jewelIer found
YOURS, and that they are always Just "a
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so = Nellie was yerv ,Louoh,fnI for a
moment, and then said with a br;oht
smile, oh. because wa have some kind ot
Joint there, as we have in our elbow
You told me the other Lav il was q
hinge ioint, so we can bend our arm inst
as we can open and shu, the I'D Of 4 box
Yes, we have such a ipint where the
head io:ns the backbone: but wouIJ ,ho,
make the head turn round y NO said
the child, 'tha, makes Us bow and lean
our leads back. What doe, make il turn
roundn Think AGAIN, Nellie She ,houoht.
and then with another brirh, smile She
said, oh, such a Joint as we have at the
shoulder. You said it was lise Charles
cup and ball, only the string was so short
that the ball could not fall out, but was
held tight IN its place, but vet it could
turn round in the cup. Is not that it 2
We'll, asked, how arc YOU going to
fix the two joints 2 We must have the
two motions, up and down and around. >
NaIleS stock OF knowledge was exhaus.
ted, and she appealed 10 me 10 tell her
how it was fixed
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great many little bones asked. "A
grea. many little bones, with q soft cush
ion Of gristle between, so they will not
rub against each other said Nellie.
Yes, said !, 'and on the top of the
last little lone is tue head, Joined to i.
by hinge joint, so We can bend our
heads backward and forward, Then we
want to turn them around, but we cannot
have cup and.baIl joint there very well,
so we have another contrivance. In the
upper bone to which the head is joined,
is a hole now the little bone next be
low it has tooth on the upper side,
which is so long that it passes up into