Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1860-03-24
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home ffsSm church to work oil day, and
then says it is wicked for me to build my
rabbit house on Sunday .....'..t.e
| Wonder why our minister bought that
pretty cane with the yellow lions head on
the top, and then asked NC for my cent u
put in tho missionary, box. Dou't l wsnt
a js.shsrp just - well as DO wanted F.
cane?
Wonder wha. makes pa tel such rice
stories 10 visitors, about his hiding the
nsster's rattan whsn hs went TO, school,
aud aboat, his running away from the
school mistress when she was going to
whip him, and then shut me up all day IN
adark room because 1 tried just onco u
be as smart as he vast 7a.ig -di 10 ~
| ,g Wonder what made papa, say that wick
ed word when Betsey upset the ink all ov.
er his papers, aud then slapped my ears
BECAUSE | said the same thing when my
kite string broke? $4,000 vg#tL.1F 10
Wondsr why mamma told Bridget the
other day to say she. was not al home
when Tommy Days mother called, and
then put me 10 bed without my supper eve
ry time tell a lie? as@a@ 1aa7s ,g.af
Oh. dear? there are lots, Of things !
want to know !! How wish l was man
9c Why is il, my son. that when you
dr"p your brf I'd and butter, it 10 always
The butter side down? r .ata3. v... -.
don, know. It hadn't ough.er, had il?
| The strongest side ought to be uppermost
had Mt il ma? and this is the strongest
butter ever seed. sn 7 be E. 4 %
Hush up; it's some Of your ants churn.
ing. .aa ca...a s.a..7 ..ts u..s ,t.
Did she churn it? The great lazy thing
What, your aunt? "'t u
No, this yere butter. To make that
poor old " 'man churn it. when its strong
enough to churn itself
Be still. Zbi. It only wants working
over.
We'll marn,. If Tsyou. when l did it, Id
put in lots Of mo|asse- r-s. =. fa#mm
You good for nothing. I've ate great
deal worse in the M ost aristocratic board
ing houses.
Well people Of rank oush, to eat it. Ti
Why people of rank2 n-.. .. ..a.,E
Cause IL = rank batter! ... .......,...
You varmint you What makes You
talk so smart?
The butter has taken the skin OF my
tongue, mother a- a .... ~ 7s.'.ar =
Zih, don't he! can't throw away the
butter. 1t don't signify.
III tell YOU marm. what I'd do with it
Keep it TO draw b'isters. You on III, 10
see the flies keel over and die, rs soon as
thev touch IL. .... zs.,.-s.r
Zibi don't exacera,e but here is twenty
five cents, so to the store and bug pound
Of fresh
A-A pious old lady Who was too anwell
TO attend meeting, used to send her thick
headed husband, to find out where the
text Was. Sol #sa "." 4
The poor Ounce was rarely fortunate
enough to remember the words of the text
or even the chapter aud verse where they
could be f,nnd-bnt one sabbath he ran
home in hot haste. and with smirk Of
- atistac.ion on bis face. informed his wife
that he could repeat every word without
,Rissing a syllable. szn- ess... z.. t...r...
The word. nre as follows /" An angel
came down from Heaven and .took a live
coal from the alter Ts 8.' =a"sH '-
"Well let " have the text" remarked
the good woman. -... s.- a.v. -.....
" Know every word Of it, just like
book, said he
~ Am very anxious to hear it," contin.
ued his wife. = 80 .@asa.
They are mighty nice WORDS" said the
husband. -m..--. r.s..
/" am glad your memory is improving,
but don't keep me in suspense, my dear"
said she.
"Ju,t get your big Bible aud I viii say
the words for know them by heart Why
! said them more than a hundred times,
on my way home
"WeIl. my dear. what are thcy7 let's
hear them" .......-..
"Ahem /" said the husband. clearing
ont his throat An hun came down
from New Haven aud took a live colt by
the tail and jerk"d him out Of the halter"
ID THE NAr,cSs wruour FlkE.-Accord-
ing TO Piny, lire ~as sor y long time an-
known 70 some of the ancient Egy p,isns,
and when Euxohus, the celebra,ed astro-
nomer. slt"wed IL to them. they were an
solu,e'y in rap,ures. The Persians, Pha
niciau,, Greeks ard several other nations.
without the use II fires. ind the Chinese
confess the same OF their prog gsnitors.-
pompaaius, Mela, Phtarch. and other
ancient authors, speak Of nations ~hc, II
the time they wrote. knew not the use OF
tits,, - hsd hut Just learned it, Facts Of
the same kind are also atte>ted by msdern
nations. The inhA Bit. n,s OF the Marian
islands, which were disc .vsret in 1851,
had no idea of fire. Never was astoui>h-
ment greater than theira when they saw il
on the descent Of Magellan. in one Of their
islands. At flst they believed it was
some kind Of animal that was Fixed to and
fed upon wood. The inhabitants Of the
Philippine aud Canary islands we're for
merly equally ignorant Africa presents,
even in our own day, some nations in this
deplora5le state.
PosrISGs.-Wheu you attend An Epis.
cppal Church, keep look eu. for the main
chants.
Tha. man lacks moral courage who
treats when he should retreat.
Some lrishmen propose to have wake
over the dead Of nigat"
.H Poverty is IL some countries, merely an
mshility 10 make ones mark.
Prize shters ar unreliable workmen,
being always on a strike.
Ta'low-chandlers are sympathetic set,
for they ore frequently in the melting
Cobblers scGr sensible to the last d,cl.
ways.
There Is . lady in New York so ignor.
ant Of all domestic work that she cannot
evan kait her brow. # az
,ss ProiAne men take n curss-ory view of
thinys.-N. r. Ere. Post.