The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1868-11-26

"fhlbS 'H' tl VI GilUidlc /
IL due, 10 sobe extent. 10 Tie
Anieriean prscr~e o bringing
children 10 the tab,, from their
jslancy. 4 New Eur-,nd laey. /
who loastcd ri eleven e.ilIren
"a very rare thing in Now p ..
land. J told me that every one q
them hadibetn brought 70 tho tai
be at seven months old, and ut the
end OF tbjrteeu months could han
/ die their forks az neatly as h,
coall! Brought 10 the table so.
soon, and bearing ell tia, goes on,
they begin ut preterualuralil
~ ago 10 Jake an interest ~
general affair, and 10 acquire ihe
ideas and lGngunee Of gro@n pcO
pie An Old d,i1er uf divinity in
Canada said that culipg one day
at.a friends house. Il iiuic girl wGs
sent 10 70 8muse bim till her man
ma was ready hc chiiG tod him
laihong other things. that sic had
been writing u parody on Kings
ley's song If "Three Flshers,' bus.
when drying it ~ the open fire, it
dropped from her hand and was
burned
"Barned' exrl~ircd sbc d "c.or;
''it had been The fire shouid
Aaye Stopped till !ou had got it our
agsip!' ,...... ....
20 no, Doctor" sid .be cli'd
gravcly, "yod cou.ln have done
that. Na're. :yoU knUY is ms.
tufo, and her laws sre ih,iJ;able! !
1t resr!y knocked tbc doc.cr o9
hi- chair.
remcmbcrione DAY Ii. dinner
this was la tie Statcot New York
being amused al ;rLc exquisite eom
biuatioh oi riarnrrsni,,n ard icrs.
lhooght an the part Oi iittl5 hoy
VI nDe. Mother" aaid he, give
me only n iittis of tito rniucc pie.
as J shalt NLh! 10 taste the pud
ding rs .-..
| The children . remarks on p0Iil
zeal sstJ"vts tickied ue most, for
ihe reason. perhaps, tha; have 50
rarely hears anything of The sort
from children at home. A small
boy OF eight viii stand up to you,
and say, What DO you lhink, cir,
0! The s:ate OF thc country!
| remember being amused, be.
yond expression, atone little bay
10 Brooklyu, who. during the tisnO
Of The inipeachment trial, began,
Que evening At supper, 10 upbraid
his father for having supported
Andrew Johnson. 't 1~
In one of my former papers |
spoke nt a little Canadian girl, who,
in the midst Of Il conversation on
politics, threw in her opinion that
Canada should have had Maine
aud phrt of New Hampshire. a
Gaze suggested by its similarity
occurred in Boston, where little
: girl. not much higher than ny
knee, with whom | was playing II
gume on the carpet, asked me.
with Il serious countenance, what
effect l thought the acquisition u
Russian America would have on
Great Britain ? l laughed, The
question was so odd, but, on seeing
the little eyes looking up into my
face in mute surprise, | recovered
myself as Suddenly as possible. aad
endeayored TO put matters right by
saying that the thing might posi-
fbly lead TO some snowbaIliGg be
tween the two nations But the
little politician ini petGcoats eyi-
deniIy thought this YVES trifing
with a grave subject, and said no
moro. .-..,-
,Tacre isone uaplcassntfe feataroin
American prccocity--it tends
mucl, more frequently than here
to pcrtness, and utter want Of rev.
erenco f9rpsrents. Papa, don't BE-
foolish" -" heard one little girl say
when her father was attempting tt
describe to me how some comica
! FrencEmGp had spoken at tt public
nesting You sill sometimes heat
. u child say to the parents, "fou
, get away or, "DoL't trouble mc
Just now Tho parent never seem
ed TO mo to feel this as a Scotch
parent would l.a"' ''
> L remember an indulgent father
@ bringing in a bunch Of grapes fol
s his little boy. Come, you are
, good fellow, after all, shid, tbs
+. child. cboerfu1ly. The paron
@. seemed TO me rather gratilied at 81
4 kind a recognition on the part . o
his sOnms7.. 5't tu -..... -t
remember ayothor brave litti'
o fellow Of tour years old, who sa
near mo at dinner on q tall slim
4 nursery chair, wipiug his mohtl
i faiterthe frst course, aud saying
30 Give the some Of -tl'at tart
y mamma, and ring the boil for Bm
# ma; | want sode frtsl, watcrl '-l
}. q Thisis cnly one case out Of ma
# fnt uist help to explain '1shat'
|, New 19nglaud lady meant wbe
II she said, II am learning TO be q &c
y cile parerU'' Parents, obey you
n children 10 all things is Hie rC'
idoa It's not, after all, so great
strotch to anticipate, os sompbod
st suggests, that we shall byHnd b
!! see on the siguboara Of som
&c Anlericaa store-"Jobn Saith
Y Father y '' .a .-.
(. Another Incident occurs to m
as in connestion with the same ii''i
q. fellow who directed his mother :
Q, ring the boil. Oup day, ynen OIL
II was over, his mamma SID to MIN
II "Wipe yonr mouth, darling
K. / Preccciry loolscd gravVIy at hc'
10 i"Say please - ,,.- t,,... -,
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