The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-12-10
Nice Iuquisitive ChiIdreu.

If the first-born OF Egypt were livery
children, with a tendency TO ask ques-
tons. / look upon Herod as beneyo-
lently wise man, whose acts have been
msconstrued, and whose acts have been
Lyililied. A vast amount of nonsensical
interrogatives, which would have both
cred the patriarchs, and perhaps stopped
the wheels of that paternal style OF gov
ernment, he spared that generation.
The other day, in an ungratetul mo-
mcnt, ! accepted the charge and custo-
dy of a young gentlemen who wore half
CATERS and Charles III hat and feather.
His sponsors in baptism had given him
one name, circumstances another. HIS
latter appe,lation, Cluster" His age,
rs he informed me, was going on
seven" When he had made up his
mind that we were TO be left together,
he eyed me inadvertently for moment,
and then immediately commenced the
following system of torture:
What was my name, and my brothers
and nv fathers name, and why9 Did ]
ever have any lille boys! What was
the reason. if / didn't have any little
bows. didn't have any little girls: All
ti,;s pat as one question, with 10 stops,
and Gradual rising infection.
Was chem buttons gold i'll my sleeve,
aud why' How much did they cost !
De; they cost one hundred and fifty dol
lars. If they didn't cost one hundred
aud fifty dollars. what would be the
price OF a gold house with gold inrn-
lure and gold staircaSel Did | ever
see a house with these auriferous pccu-
, l;.uiiies9 No.
What hen would he tho cost Of sill
Yer carriage and gold harness' What
,Jcn would he the cost of a lcaden car.
race with iron harness. And why'
Did know why the flies walked on
tie cciliu4? Could walk on the cell
in.l Not fl had one man TO hold my
head aud another my legs? Why
conl,rt /. Couldn't if was q giant
, Did ever see giant? Was person
atty acquainted with any? Did | eve
see them eat!
1 How far was it TO New York; Was i
. million Of miles! If he (Buster) hat
, ~; Gloon. and should start of. would
, he get there Tonight Nor next night
| Dor next week? and why
soon found out that this why wa
: simply form of closing oil questions
E Ike ,he usual note of Interrogation.
r WHAT was NY business, and did
+, know any stories: and whys
This afforded plan Of relief | in
| SANITY started into an animated histO
=, - ofmy previous life and adventure:
: invested all my relations and friend
: with supernatural attributes, and mad
myself creation of something be,weel
Il Genius and Robinson CruSOe. / mad
he most astonishing voyages, and saw
most remarkable occurrences. l drew
HE. ally from the Arabian Nights ant
Baron MunchauSen. Whenever | saw
he open momh address itself 20 mo
ton. as tho 'twould speak" l blouSh
- " Ro. or q Couius, or a casEet of dia
monGs. and took away the unhapp,
! cuild's breath. In the midst of the an
mated description of my last voyage L
the noarhound Islands, and my adven
{ tn.c> in the damp caves, where the can
: dies hung in long stalaciities, the par
EMS happily returned. | hurriedly re
: ceived their thanks and left. But
!. nave the secret satisfaction of KNOWN!
IA, all that pent-up torrent of ques
, Ions burst upon the unhappy father
| sud that geographical inquiries lie
, :; riding the locality of the FLOATING
islands" the Blanc Monge Archipela
2 go" and 1.-The valley of Cream Cakes,
will be henceloith his dreadful lot t
5 meet aad answer,