Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-05-02
ABOUT CHILDREN.

\ little miss of eight, on being informed
the other day that her grandmother had
made her life member of a missionary So
ciety, objected to the proceeding on the
score that she didn't want to be eaten up by
! the savaGes. She was informed that such a
fate only happened to death members.
\ singular incident occurred in a Bangor
school the other day. \ little girl pur-
chased bottle Of ether for her mother, and
! took it with her to the seminary. During
/ the session she passed 1T about to her young
/ companions, and, lin consequence of fre-
/ quent whiilS, five pupils succJmbcd to an
asthesia, and were carried home more or
1 less inscnsible while the air was 50 full Of
the volatile fluid that an unusual drowsi
ness was felt by all present:
\ pleasant little reunion was upset the
| other evening by one of the children ask
ing, in painfully audible tone, Mamma
why idld YOU tell me not to say anything
about Mr.. Jenkins's nose? He hasn't got
any
Saratoga has juvenile who last week
wrote to - Dear Grandma, Esq.
A gentleman was surprised To see his lit
tie daughter bring home from the Sunday
| school a grave treatise on 80 BackSliding
'' My child, Sc said he. e this Is too old for
/ YOU; you can t make anything Of it. -
/ know it. papa | thought it would teach
me to slide backwards"
'' Get cut Of my way-what are you good
/ iOr?' saida cross old man t0a little. bright
/ eyed urchin who happened To stand in the
way. The little fellow, as he stepped one
/ side. replied very gently - They make
men out Of ~Ich things aS We are.
In one of the primary schools of Boston
/ the other day, during reading lesson, the
name John --, Junior, occurring. the
/ teacher asked her scholars what 1t meant.
| Only one hand was rai>ed.-a little boy.
whose eyes We're beaming with the thought
of being the only one of all his mates who
| answered. The tercher asked him what it
meant, and the answer came prompt and de-
| ci-iyc '' One who was born in June.
Little Dolly Dimple lives in Gleus Falls
| I he other day baby brother came To Dol
/ ly'> home. ' Where did you get the baby,
mamma ?' asked Dolly. God gave him to
Us. " was the reply. d" Well. isn't it strange
that God should know just 'zactly what
wanted 50 had?' exclaimed the little pratt
tier. and then with a thoughtful look She
continued. " God built the whole world in
SIX days, and it couldn't have taken Him
more n two days TO make such tooty
baby ,'
\ little boy in Springfield, after his cuSto-
mary evening prayer. a night or two ago,
/ continued. " and bless mamma and Jenny
Uncle Benny" adding, after moments
| pausc. the explanatory remark, ' his name
| Is Hutchinson.
The pistol as plaything for pretty pratt
/ tiers in the nursery has caused another sur
/ cical case in Trenton, o., where a little
/ boy, aged eleven, shot hls cousin, aged six
/ with whom he was playing robber, with
/ a navy revolver considerately left where the
children could amuse themselves with it.
The following comes from Greenfield.
[ Mass There was % be an important trial
/ in the court, and gentleman connected
with one of the local papers wished to at
{ tend and report the ease. The trial wa>
| likely to last through the afternoon, and
/ the gentleman told his little boy, four or FIVE
| years old, 70 20 home and tell his mother
I that pa wouldn't be home TO dinner, A. he
/ was going to court Now. there was
/ young lady in his family, who regularly re-
/ ceved Sunday evening visits. This was the
only style of ' court that the little boy
/ knew anything about lie went home, and,
as soon a. he saw his mother, commenced
/ crying She sked him what was the mat
/ ter The little fellow, through his tears,
said his father had gone courting. And
when asked where, said he didn' know,
but he didn think his pa ought to have
/ girl anywhere.
! \ gentleman from New Haven. Ct. lately
| exhibited some sweet little games for child
rcn. One of them called the " Fly Leaf,
is done in this way Take sheet of writ
| Ing paper, cover it on one side with gum
muciagc then catch fly, turn the fly
over on its back, stick the back of the fly on
to the paper; then catch another lily. and
/ do likewise put the flies close together.
| heads all one way; keep on doing this till
/ YOU get the sheet full then turn that paper
/ over and You'll swear that paper Is alive.
/ 1t viii run all round the room. When You
| tire of this sport turn the paper over and
/ admire the movements OF the hics' legs. 1t
will be perfect fac-simile OF grass swayed
| BY zephyr. This will be cheaper than
taking the children to the country to see it.
\ little Bohemian girl has been arrested
/ in Winona. Mimi, for attempting to poison
a family of seven persons with Strychninc.