Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1861-02-07
Sayings of Children.
Democrat

Sayings of Children.
When Nellie was three and half years
old, she chanced to visit a cousin, few months
older than herself. They played harmoniouSly
for some time, but at length a dispute arose
about few beads, of which each determined
to gain possession Just as it seemed evident
that q struggle would ensue, a new idea struck
Nellie. Relinqui8hng her hold of the coveted
prize, she exclaimed, while her countenance
glowed with satisfaction, at what she felt to
be conclusive argument" Oh, Lizzie, you
should remember the Golden Rule, to be kind
to each other-give me all of them"
An artist allowed little Fannie to look over
while he drew a landscape for her. After
watching for o few moments the progress of
the picture, she exclaimed" Oh, Mr.. Wells,
do tell me how you make acay eff so beauti
ful." The artist priced the compliment, al
though the critic was only three and half
years old.
Edde's grandmama reprimanded him for
an act of diSobeience, and told him it was her
duty to let his mamma know how naughty he
he had been "Oh. no. grandmamma,' said
he, " would not trouble her with it,"
A little boy kneeling at his mothers knee,
to say his evenings prayer, asked leave to pray
in his own words, and with child-like sim
plicity, said" God bless little Willie, and
don't let the house burn up-GOd bless papa
and mamma-God bless me & make my boots
90 on easy in the morning"
Little George, AN interesting boy Of four
summers, had been taught by his mother to
pray, and she had often told him that to pray
to God was to talk to him, and tell him just
what he wanted. At night, after he had re
peated the Lords Prayer, he was accustomed
to make a short prayer of his own words
1 Though George was generally a very good
boy, and loved his parents most tenderly, yet
! it sometimes happened that he needed correc-
/ ton for, like all children, he liked to have
his own way. One day, being unwilling to
! yield to his mothers wishes, she was obliged
to punish him, for She did not wish her little
boy to grow up a wicked and unruly son. At
night, when it was time for him to repeat his
prayers, he could not forget his naughty ac
tonS and, as he had been taught he taibed
to God about it in the following manner, feel
ing all the while very serious, though his Ian
guage was so childish 90 Lord bless
George, and make him. a good boy, and don't
let him be naughty agan-never, no, never !;
because you know when he is naughty, he
sticks 10 II So r'
Would it not be we'll for some of my little
readers to make use of Georges prayer :"
BoGUs JEwELEY-The following item, which
we clip from the New Hampshire Journal Of
Agriculture, will prove particularly interesting
to those who patronize gift store" enterprises,
and such like benevolent schemes 10 put into
.La icb 10
self worth more than the price" Of the par
ticular article that is ostensibly purchased
1t would be well for the public to make note
of it
"I came through Lynn, Boston, etc, to
the little manufacturing village called \. f..
Village, and learned something about making
the bogus jewery with which the country is
flooded either by pedlers or gift-book enter
prises. One company is making ear drops of
q composition called oreide, which will sell for
gold, but is not worth so much as brass. The
other company is manufacturing g0ld CHAINS
out of German silver, brass, oreide The
process of making was interesting to me, and
may be to others. III give it The links are
cut from wire or plate, according to the kind
of chain sometimes soldered before putting
into a chain, and sometimes afterward. After
it is linked, it is drawn through machine to
even it-boed in vitriol water to take off the
scales caused by heating-drawn through
limbering machine, and dipped in acid to clean
it, after which it is dipped in solution OF
pure silver and finally dipped in gold coloring
making chain which will sell at the rate
of SIP or $I8 dozen. This is the gift-en-
terprise jewclry which is marked Lady's
z,lopdid cold chain az or 'SlO' 'GPnt'S
guard chain, $l2' etc. The ear-drops cost
less, and are often marked higher"
Nine-tenths of the jewelry displayed on our
streets is bogus matter, hardly worth shli-
ling pound, but which costs nearly as much
as the pure stuff does. The ostentatIous DIS
play of metals or precious stones, is becoming
an index of fash characters and Of persons
in the lower ranks.
A YOUNG LADY remarked the other day
that she would like to do something so as to
have her name appear in the paper. we ad'
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