The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1868-12-16
i Little Boys Thoughts.

ASs&-' 4 Little Boys Thoughts.
.,g"R 80 ! am a little boy about so many
p 25sars old; don't know whether
-, a. Rm . good little boy, but Em afraid
-. a. not. for I sometimes do wicked
things, and once + cut sisters kit
.1r,4sn1s tail off with the chopin
ell Ikaifs, and told her . big dog came
,.sssehg and bit it off and swallowed
20 e. down before kitty. could say
: Tack Robinson, and sister said she
g wss sorry, and it must have been
= saesrs naaghty dog, but my mo-
kher didn't believe me, and said
-osAe was afraid had told a lie, and
a Rm afraid Ihad $50 theHsshe asked
Same II ] knew where liars went to-,
- adj ssS I said yes that they went to
.l&Esw Y ork, and wrote for News
;, RaPers; she said no-they went to
s ss tAe bad place where was nothin'
absbut q lake of FIRE and brimstuu,
:, and then she asked me if I would
.s:like to go there, and / said pol
biafop I7didn't think there'd be much
.asssikatin or. slidiR' onrthat lake, and
.s:,t 1.-The boys couldn't spewball each
eastherson shore, and~she said it was
ssssss1msres sss1e tbaa that, just rs though
that Wasn't bad enough, for I don't
1esabiHk they can play base ball
I.,,snathers then she asked nae if I
,.sse6alan,t like to be an angel and
<aAavsa harp, and l said mol Ia
:tss :stsFssatbsr be q stage driver and have
"A big drum, for I couldn't play
setpthcr thing. So shouldn't like
S,ta bssan angel, their wings must
saRs ID the way whenthey go SWIM
sSuia', and play tag and leap frog !;
,and, ,besides, it must be hard to fly
when Que amt used te it: But it
would be jolly to be a stage driver,
,,aad have long whip and touch
..apths leaders, say gelang there,
sawkatFareye doin' on? 1 should
.z3ikssthat much .bettern fyin'; land
then mother said there was a
-paseadfal stage of sin, and Brother
! Bebsahollered, and said that he
'gdesssd I was ON it, and then she
.sgbippsd, us and sent Ms 70 bed
.swit6 6aat eny supper, but I didn't
,.eass about supper, for they hadn't
assoshiR But bread and butter for
.sfsa.sand Bob and 1 got up, and he
tlfed ms at the pantry window,
and we got mince pie and a
,ssESois hat, full, Of deughnuts, and
they thought it was the cook that
stole en-, snd sent her away the
next day, and Bob said. he didn't
ekre, for she didn't make good
.pies, aand the doughnuts wasn't
fried enough; and sometimes 1 do
sswear, for I said by golly, the
other day, and sister heard me and
she told mother, and mother said
seRsssbad boy, and would bring
ssaes grey hairs to the grave and
she whippedsme, but I don't think
sfssaid her gray hairs any good,
and it hurt mes and. when 1 got
.4ap stairs said gol darn it, but l
.ssasdsitseashe didn't hear nae, and
.spaeu she asked nae # i didn't
6Ahink.Iswas,very wicked, 1 said l
mas ..,sIsasla lafraid I.was, and I was sorry
sfaS g. and wouldn't do so no more;
lad then she said l was a good
aHtffs boy and told me about George
Nashingtea 1who cat down the
.-:aapse tree, and was caught at it,
,andssaid he did it With his little
'h9ehst, just as though / hadn't
heard all about it before, and didn't
always think he was big stupid
for cuttin' wood when they had a
hired man about the house, and
Dublin. his little Ratchet, and; be-
sides; it would have been a good
deal jollier to let the trees be so
he could have stolen apples OH IN
the fall. I don't care If ne was
the father of his country, he wasn't
smart, and I'll bet you the boys IN
our school would cheat him out OF
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