St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1868-01-31
What q Little Boy thought about
Things.

Pm little boy about so many years
old | don't know whether I'm a good
little boy, but I'm afraid not, for some
times do wicked things, and once | cut
sisters kittens tail off with the chopping
knife and told her big dog came along
and bit it off and swallowed it down be-
fore kitty could say Jack Robinson, and
sister said she was sorry, and it must
have been Il very naughty dog, but my
mother didn't believe me, and said she
was afraid had told her lie, and Pm
afraid had So then she asked Inc if |
/ knew where liars went to; and | said
yes that they went TO New York and
wrote for the newspapers; she sad no
they went to the bad place where was
nuthin but lake OF fire and birthstone
and she asked me if | would like 10 90
there, and said no ; for | didn't think
thered be much skatin' or slidin' on that
lake, and the boys couldn't snow ball
each other ON shore, and she said it was
more than that, Just as though that wasn't
! bad enough, for don't think they can
play base ball nuther; then she asked
me if | wouldn't like to be an angel and
have harp, and said no , I'd rather
I be stage driver and have a big drum,
for | couldn't play on tother thing. 1t
would be jolly to be a stage driver and
have Il long whip and touch up the lead
ers and say ''g'lang there, what are yc
doin' ON :" | should like that much bet
tern'n tiyin' and then mother said there
was Il dreadful stage Of sin, and Bob
hollered and said THAT he guessed | was
on it, and then she whipped us and sent
us to bed without any supper, but
didn't care about any supper, for they
hadn't nothin' but bread and butter for
/ tea, and Bob and got up and he lifted
me in at the pantry window, and we got
a mince pie and 4 whole hat full of
dou"hnuts and they thought it was the
cook stole 'em, and sent her away the
next day. and Bob said lie was glad of it,
for she didn't make good pies, and her
dou9hnuts wasn't fried enough and some
times | do swear, for | said by goly the
other day, and sister heard me, and she
told mother. and mother said was bad
boy and would bring her gray hairs TO
the grave, and Size whipped me, but |
don't think it did her gray hairs any
good and it hurt me, and when got up
stairs said col darn it. but l said it so
She didn't hear me. and when she asked
me il | didn't think | was very wicked,
said that was afraid was. and | was
sorry Tor it. and wouldn't do so any
more, AMI then she said | was good lit
tie boy and told me about George WASH
in@ton, who cut down the apple tree and
was caught ut it. and said he did it with
his little hatchct, Just as though hadn't
heard all about it before, and didn't al
WAYS think he was a biz stupid for cut
tin wood when they had hired man
about the house. and dullin' his little
halchet. and besides ii would have been
a great deal iollier 10 let the trees be SO
he could have stole apples IN the fall. l
don't care if he was the father of his
country: he wasn't smart, aud I'll bet
vou the bows i'll our school would cheat
MN out Ot hIS eyeteeth swOppin jack
knives, and | could lick him and hardly
try, and don think he was very healthy
either for | never saw a good little boy
that wasn't always sick and had the
mumps and measels. and the scarlet fever
and wasn't coughing all the while, and
hadn't to take castor oil, and tar water,
and coulln't eat cherries, and didn't have
to have his head patted till all the hair
was rubbed Oft by everybody that came
to his mothers. and be asked how old
lie was. aEd who died to save sinners, and
what he had been studyin' at school and
how far he had got, and lots of other
conundrumS, and have 10 say his cafe
chism, no, | should not like TO be 4 good
little boy, I'd just as det' be u mngel and
/ be done with il.