Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-02-25
by Willie NJ. Riug, for the Clarxs.
Vile Chronicle.l
what u Little Hoy Thought.

years old; don't know whether 1
am u good little boy, buS I'm afraid
not, for l sometimes do wicked
things, and once cut sisters X ITEMS
tail off with the chopping knife, and
told her big dog came along aud bit
II oil and swallowed it down before
Kitty could say Jack Robinson and
sister said she was sorry, and 1t must
have been very naughty dog; but
mother did not believe me and said she
was afraid had told lie, and Pm
afraid L had. So then she asked me III
1 knew where liars went to, and
said yes that they went to New
York and wrote for the news papers;
she said no-but lake of fire and
brimstOne, and she asked me il /
would like to go there, and said no;
for i didn't think there would he
much skating or iding on that lake
and the boys couldn't SNOWFALL either
on shore, and she i'll it was worse
than that, just, rs though that wasn't
bad enough, for l don't think they
could play base ball neither. Then
she asked me IL | wouldn't like to be
aniangel and have u harp, and said
no; I'D rather he u staye.lriver and
have a big drum, forI couldn't play
on tother thing. No, I shouldn't
like to be an angel for their wings
must be In the way when they play
tag and leap frog, and beside it must
be hard to fly when one amt accus-
toned to 1t. But it would be Jolly to
be u stage driver aud have n great
long whip and touch up the leaders.
and say "g'lang there, what are Va.
dOin' on l should like that much
bctter'n' than flying; and then
mother said there was 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 I didn't care
for any supper, for they hadn't moth
ing but bread and butter and tea,
aud Bob and me got up aud he
lifted me in ut the pantry window,
and we got mince Die and "A whole
hat full of doughnuts, and they
thought it was the cook that stole
'em, and sent her away the next day,
and Bob said he was glad of il, for
she didn't make good pies, and the
doughnuts wasn't fried enough, and
sometimes do swear, for l said by
g0lly the other day, and sister heard
me, and she told mother, and mother
said l was u bad boy and [ would
bring her gray hairs to the grave, and
she whipped me, but don't think it
did her gray hairs any good, and il
hurt me, and When | got up stairs
said golf darn it, but | said It 80 she
didn't hear me, and when she asked
me i'll didn't think was very wick
ed, l said was afraid was, and was
sorry for it, and wouldn't do so auy
more, and then she said was n good
little boy, and told me about George
Washington, who cut down the annie
did it with his little hatchet. lust as
Ii hadn't heard all about il before.
and didn't always think he was biz
stupid for cutting wood when fheV
had a hired man about the house.
and dullin' his little hatchet. and he,
side it would have been a great deal
jollier to let the tree, be SO rs nc could
have stole apples Oif in the fall. /
don't care il lie was the father of hi-
country, he wasn't smart. and | bet
YOU the bows I'm our schooIs wnuld
cheat him out of his eye-teeth swon.
pin jack and I could wh:p
him and hardly try, and I don't think
he was very healthy either. for
never see "A good boy that wasn't al-
ways sick aud had the mumps and
measles, and the scarlet fever.
and wasn't coughing all the
while. and hadn't To lax. cas-.
tor oil and tar water. and couldn,t
eat cherries. and didn't have to have
Inf, head matted iii the hair was rul,.
bed Off bv eyerybodv that came to hi.
mothers. and be asked how old he
was, and who died to save sinners.
and what he'd been studying nj
school, and how far he'd rot, and lots
of other conundrums, and have to saw
his catbechism: no. | shouldn't Iik,
to be a yoDd little bov : I'd Inst ms iieI