The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1863-05-08
Jiftiu at'rrklp TribNnr
About "a 0ood-ror. Nothing.

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you. You 20 and mend your stockings, or
wash the dishes, or mind the baby, or
learn your geography lesson, or mako
yuur dolls bonnet. | want you lttle
specks of girls, that are not good for
any thing in the world--,hut 20 to bed
in the middle Of the day. aud carry your
dolls hanging by the Lett lcc--you sweet
little darlings, that nobody ever writes
for. because nobody thinks y,u undcr-
stand anything. You do uudcrstaud--
so you do--and you are twice as cunning
as you will be when you grow up into
Emcrsoa's Arithm0'ic, aud h- q b1, k.c r,
kcr. baker. When was little, thcy uscd
say il YOU give rum 10 kittens, they would
never grow up into cats. Couldn't you
Just ASK yonr mother ir she wouldn't
give you quart or 80 of rum, So that you
could always stay just where you are now.
| want to toll YOU about a little girl
whose name is--wcll, make believe II is
sunny She is just your age, aud a triilc
larger than your little finger. She is
Just like YOU, too---good- Her
lcct can just trot around the house, aud
her hnhds-O, those hHnda! who, mis-
chief they can dol They tear the books
and paper; and scratch the bureaus, and
the chairs, and the tables; they break The
boxes aud the plOythiugs; aud yet they
take ittlo buyvcr's" neck, aud hug hin
fast; aud they fumblc away down iGtC
my pocket when | say they may; an,
pick up pins and pcncils--O, yes ! they
are getting to be a very nice pair OF hands
but see what they did one day:
Good-tor.nuthing uwoke in the morn
ING, aud there was nothing in the room
but her own self. Then she Lobbcd VI
with her little shining, head, and looking
around. Tue sun was streaming into th,
room, and Sunny felt so happy. that sh,
could not sit still, and she went tumbliug
all around her crib, and laughing, an,
SAYING, "coo-c coo-o.o-O-0 - for that wa
all her good for. nothing tongue could say
Then the specks Of hands went 10 worl
just as hard as they could, and pulled an,
tuggcd till they got the pillows aud al
tho CRIB clothes on the floor. Then sh
began to rock, and rock! II, d hy-0nd b,
over went the crib, and roll! bump! bump
over went Sunny on the floor too!
What did she do then! | wasn't thcr
but then think it would be like her /
look little sober for two seconds, I'll
she found out where she was, and the
lie on her back, and kick up her fat les
lsr about two minutes, and then | huv
no doubt she prOnced about fumonsly owe
the clothes and pillows, aud into th
wusu-stdIu unu Uurcau-drawer9. On
thing she certainly did, for when man
ma went up stairs TO see If her littl
girl was awake, the door was locked, an
she could not get in. OF course Sunny
good.lor.nothing little hands had bee
playing " ith the key, and stumbled int
locking it, because nobody else was il
the room. OF course the good-ior-notll
ing hands did not know how to unlock il
aud what was to be done,
"Sunny!" called her mamma.
"Coo-coo-o.o-o.o," answered Sunny
but that would not open the door.
Women, you know, never do anything
alone; so Sunny's mamma went out int
the barn, and told Sunry's papa; aud h
looked aud smiled, mi run his finger
through his hair, and then he brought
ladder, and set the bottom of il right dow
in the flower bed, and the tor Of it agalns
Sunnv's prison.
90, what is this!' cried the dasie
and tho danIdls, as the great ladder
came digging into them.
Poor little daisies and daft 81" sup
pose Sunny's papa said, or would hav
said, if he had heard them, 81 Om yer,
sorry Tor you; but then, you know, SUI
ny must c washed and have her break
fast.
SO he stuck the ladder firm into th
daisy-bed, aud went up u the top Of II
Sunny was very much surprised to SCI
her papa up there before the window, an
"coo-o-o .o-o"-cd with all her might. ThcI
papa took out his knife, and began t
chip off the putty from one Of the pain
of glass. He thought that If he could &c
one pain out, he could open the window
and then he could step in and open th,
door. But Sunny stood so close TO th'
window, and her blue eyes opened 81
wide he was afraid the putty would fly in
to them. When he told her to so away
she either did not hear or did not under
stand; and 80 mamma took several lump
of sugar from the sugar bowl, and cHlle'
to Sunny through the hey-hoIo of TIL
door
Little Sunny, do you want GONE can
dy!"
,,Coo-o-o-o-o,"ans Sunny. Tha
meant "Yes, mamma" aud Sunny,
specks of feet trotted to the door, an
mamma broke the sugar into tiny piece
and poked them through the key-hol
with darning-ueedlc, and Sunny's good
for.nothing hands picked them of th
floor when they fell; and so the littl
mink was kept awoy from the window
and papa opened it, and they all wake
in.
"Coo-o-o-o.o," laughed Sunny, not ear
ing bit for all the trouble; but such
condition as the room was in!
The last | heard of Sunny, she wa
singing loud enough 10 lead regiment
"John B'own buddy lies mo.o-o- o-o.liug i
'eg ave.
Cory. e'ory, hallaeluiahl"
Goodnight lltle good-for-nothine
You are not the salt Of the earth but
am sure you are its sugar.
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