Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-05-03
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mark Twain, the California humofist.
tells the following story Of the bad little
Once there was a bad little boy w whose
nname was Jim-th6ngh if you will notice,
eyo1 will find that bad little boys are nearly
all called James In your Sunday School
books. It was very strange, but stillsit was
true, that this one was called Jim. He
didnithaVe any sick mother either-a sick
mother who was piOus and had the con-
sumption, and would beglad to lie down in
the grave and be at rest, but for the strong
love she bore her boy, and the anxiety she
felt that the world would be harsh and cold
btDward him, when she was gones Most of
the bad boys in the66unday School books
tAre named james, al1q have sick mothers to
teach them to says : New / lay me deWn to
sleep, etc., and sing than to sleep with
sweet plaintiYe voices, and kiss, them good
night and kfieeI down by the bedside and
-. But it was different with this fell
dow. He was named Jim, and there wasn't
aDything the matter with his mother-ho
constipation or anything of that kind She
was ra6hersetout than otherwise, and she
uwas not pioUs; moreovers she was not AK
,tioue on Jina's account; sflessaid If he were
TO break his neck, it wouldn't be much loss;
sehe always spanked him to sleep, and she
never kissed him good night; on the con-
trary, she boxed his ears when she was
ready to leave him. - a-1A.t. -s'>'@A
Once this little bad boy stole the key to
the pantry, and slipped in there and helped
himseff1 to some jam and filed the vessel
with tar so that his mother wouldn't know
tlle difference; but all at once q terrible
feeling didn't come-over him, and some
thing didn 't.seem to whisperto him, .Isit
right TO disobeY my mother? Isn't it sim
mi To do, thfsl Where do bad little boys
20 to who gobble up their good, kind. moth :
.e.rs, lam ?''.s And then he didn't kneel down
All alone aud promise never to be wicked
any more. and rise up with a light, happy
heart, and 90 and tell bis mother all about
lit and beg her forgiveness and be blessed
by her with tears of pride and sthankfu ..
: ness in her eyes: No; that is the way with
all other bad boys in the books butit.h hap
,TS1st,ed otherwise with this jim, strangely
fgebon1fl. He ate the jam, and said it was
sbuIIV. in his sinfuL vulgar way; and he
nut IN the tar, and said that was bully too,
and laughed and observed that. the " " "eg Old
woman would get up and snort z when sne
found it out, and whenshe d1d znnd lt out
:hedenied knowing any thing about tlG; ana
sEle Whipped him severely, anu ne ola tne
herying shimself-s Every thing about TINS
hoy was eurious--eFefy thing aturned ont
-SlfffefentIy with him from the way It does
with the bad Jameses III the books. Once
he climbed up Farmer Acorn's apple tree
to steal apples, and the limb didn't break,
and be .didf' fall down and break isaElb,
and Get torn by the farmers great dog, and
tneo ianpuish on 2sick bed for weeks and
-SeberIt and become good. Oh mo- he stole
nss rdahy apples as be wanted, ana cane
down alE right, and ne was aiisTeady LOT me
dog. TOO, and knocked him 1endWays 9atha
rock when he came to tear him esn-ii14A