The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1867-09-19
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Mark Tvain's" Address TO the
Sunday SChOOi.

TnEY mad Suday School Stcrcopti-
c n Exhibition uptown lat week, and
"ltl the pictures were all shown, the
! Superintendent asked m"tOaddrcss lie
children. IspOkc as follows
j shan't say very much To the little
boys ANA girls here, to-day, because /
have not much 10 say Although 1
used to be little boy and girl myseii
II great many years ago, ! d0n think
OF any thing TINT wOulG interest them
just now. 1Ja remember shat bcaut.
iul picturu you have just seen of Elinh
ana the bad boys Elijah la bald
head, und those wicked boys made n
good deal oi tun OF him, ana called him
hurd names. and before they could
think almost, two bears came out of the
woods and eat them right up Now
this should be warning To YOU nevOr
10 hOllcr at II bal | headed man when
you see him, but to just go quieuy to
lnm, lilIc little gentleman. and tell
/ him lao ought TO have Il wig. Or, it.
your father il II barrier ask him to
please buy some hair restorative. New.
cr huller ut him, and make fun Of him,
Tor wherever there is bald head
there's most always moro or less bare
about somewhere.
'Ot course you all real your library
books that you get from Sunday Srhuul
and you like them very much. Now
, you've noticed how the good boys in
them always die before they grow up
and have chance nj enjoying life lls
my belief that good toys always die
Young. !Or can 20 back on the Sun
iny School books. Therefore | don I
advise you to hc good, for you'll GER
tainiy dlc, and us ! don't care TO have
You die. Id recommend YOU TO 10 M
and get Just as wicked ar you possibly
can. Most any Insurance company
will insure your life II you're desper-
uielS wicked FJr they can afford Ia
do II, you see. And you must alway 4
be- careful, my dear children, tU love
your relations. You boys ought to be
very kind to your little sisters. once
In w tad boy who struck his sister
a blow over the eye, and although she
didn't slowly fade away ind dr in the
early summer time, when the June
roses were blowing, with words ot sweet
forgiveness on her pailid lips she rose
up and his him over the head with a
rolling pin so that be couldn't 90 10
Sunday School for mere than month
on account ut nOi being able to put his
hat on 81. love your sister. say |
never had little sister ofmv own but
rcrolect that went out oucc AMI
: loved another mans sister hut she had
n wicked father. and he burt me very
much, helping me off his ironr door
steps. Bat you ought 10 love them
aud Away obey your father and moth,
or, lfyOG father tells YOU TO 30
thing, AMI your mother tells you not tn
it don't make amy difference, you We 20,
10 obey them both. I'll Ieave it TO the
Superintendent. if the Bible don't sny
70.
"Ahi you must 90 10 school regular
. ly, too. and never play truant or my
=, thing OF that kind. used 10 know
, boy you played trunnt one day. an,
mover went 10 school at all, and wha
l was the consequence Why, the very
. next morning hiS Aunt Sarah was h.
j. aud torn by mad 'og, who chawe,
her leg all up, until she couldn't stand
and she died. Thus, you see, how
> wicked and SINFUL il il to stay ava,
;, from school. You ought To love you
e teachers very much too, and rcvcrnnc
n them When | Nchi tn school the bov
=, used to love the teacher so much tha
they couldn't bear for hIm TO 90 ont
Il minute; and they'd put shoemaker
WAX on his chair 80 as 70 hold him dowr
- And the teacher saiu hc would nevc
3, desert us, never. never, hut he wOul
>, always stick 10 us And then he use
10 get down club about four feet lonl
u with ternle on il, and 30 more st,cl
4. ing than we thought was necessary
He was II good teacher. though. an
once when / usked 10 him if he woul
whip for II thing | didn't do he sal
al No aud then | roli hin. ! hadn'I don
-, mn SUMS Bat he sald he believe
he'd Change hls mind and the doggr
- me like the nation, Still We loved thi
l teacher; wnen he died the boys wei
la no glad To gee that he had II hnnison
ut ella and they fairly shouted tor JOY.
"And, my dear children, lrt me ca,
"' t,on Won agairst the sin o. lotiirg yor
10 angry passiOr rse + htng is b.
IL business Dr. Watts, YOU know, say
w "Let dogs delightto bark and bite,
T, For tits theirnarure too
le But Satan still will have some work
A.. For idle hands TO do"
Fighting 10 very wicked indeed.
M few years ago I knew hoy who W
NJ squarlng off and daring people to fig
to him and sayIng he could lick tbeI