Saint Mary's beacon., 1870-07-14
TWO-YEAR-OLD2.


All infants appear 20 have an imperti-
nens ,ai ai.agrecsble fashion now-a-dsy :
of ssyiug ''smart" thiags on most occas.
isr. TIA, OH.r. and especially on occas-
ious when .hcy ought not 70 be saying
anything al Ill. Judging By the aver
sge ruhlIsh.d specimens of smart sayings,
Cse rising generation Of children are III
tle letter thsn ijio;s Aud the parents
nn., surely be but li:tle better than the
children. Tr IN nost cascs they are the
puslishsr, Of :he sunbursts Of infsutil
imt~~i'i,y which dssrl" ne from the pages
# cur periodicals.. I may seem to speak
With sorre heat. not 10 say suspicion Of
r~r,rnai sri,e and I DO =dmit that it
r~ssi-s me tn hear abc.t - many gifted
infants in tkcse DAYS. and remember that
ssi9srn saii anything sr:srt when ] was
chln. tried il once or twice. but il
wss re-. popular. The fsmily were not
rxr~ctInc Hril'iart remarks from me-. and
they SuaSA.d u'e sometimes ard spank-d
IN the rest Tu; il nakrs my flesh creep
and ul- hlocd run cold to think shat
tnirtt have happened to me If hal dared
g. ut;rr sure of the smart things of this
r~ncrs;ion's ''four- yesr-olds" where my
fatses sculj hear mc. To have simply
skinned re =hvr. and considered his duty
=, en e,d xoul5 have seemed to him Grim
insl isri~.ey toward onr 50 SHINING. H.
w.. n stern. unsmiliHy man. and hated
fcrns of rrccocity. III had said some
cftle th.ass Rave referred 70. aud said
thsr ia his hearing. hc would have de-
s,rcved me He wculI. indeed. He
wceld. provided shc opportunity remain
ed wi'h him Bu, i wcnld not. for l
~csld have k.a judgmcn, enough to take
e~us strvcAnsne fret aud say my smart
shisrs sfs-rvard. The fair record Of my
he has bscn tarui.hea hy juss one pun.
%, fssAe. overheard th.s, snd he hunted
nse ever four or fse townships, seeking
90 sake CIV hss If l had been full
gs~we, sf csas.e he would have been
rsshs bat. eA:ld - / vas. could noe
kscw hev xick~d . thing had done.
Inss- cs cae thsss vemarks srdinsrily
called '..ma-, tairg." sef~se that. bat it
90. ses . pan. Ss,ll. IL eamc near caus-
isr -rs,sas rartaro between my father
ana myse,f. Ny father AID mother, nv
sscse E,.Assis AID his ~ifo and one, or
sws cslssss ssrs erossat, and tho couvcr-
sassoa s~ruesi On = name fur me. vss
sv,as sAss>. wyinS soma ledia rabbsr
ssaes II vss.sss pastcras. asd endeavor-
ise % uske Q selection, for was tired Of
srysne 10 ~, nay t-s,h 90 people, hngars.
sed wsas<a % sst bold of something that
venA eaahls me 10 hurry the things
threagh anil get at something else. Dad
vcu ever uVilcc shat nuisance it vas
eutsiar vrur teeth on your nurse's fn-
rrs. Ct hc~ aek-brcskiug and ,ircscme
e wss try;ag 20 cut them ra your big
toe, Aud atd ycu never get out cf pa
sirn~e, apd wish ycur teeth were In Jesi-
rAs lrns srscre yca got them half cut
TO rne !: seemed ss 70 these things' hap
rrsea yesterday. Ard they did. TO seme
eaiaa.en. fsus I aigrcss. I was tying
there irving she fudis rubber rings. |
remcnser icckine at shs cicrk. aud ueti-
cry t.as in IN hour snd twenty minetcs
l~rali - tea w~eks Oh. and thinkiag
O. rvxc': hos h,;ls had done To ss.tit
sAe kss<>iuss ,k@s ws-e 30 uaspanngly
l.,,.l~a .,'on me. Myrf.shsr sssi :
seransn sa veea ssns. ny grand
fksarr wxs uasas.s Abraham r 'ol ts-.
ny m'sser ssi :.
AsrAh.n " SEA nasse. very
vsn. II, - nave A6sam 'sf ese ef
sn nsm
SD: Il