The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1873-05-01

through ,'I - sn re- oongno'e un'tl ney are old
Il must bid You fond adieu now; l
have thousands of errands to do"
"Well, goodbye"
20, the dickens, I've let my parasol"
Here it isl
night"
Then the door closed, and Nellie went
Oft upstairs a...e - &se %
The doctor gently shut the door, with q
sly twinkle in his eyes. He sat buried In
thought some little time. Now and then
q good -humorcd smile broke over his face,
and once he shook with silent laughter.
Then again his face heightened and his
brow grew dark, till at last, with pro.
found shake of the head, he sat down ia
resume his sermon: but in vain-he could
not concentrate his thoughts-not an idea
would enter his head; so he sat idly
scratching his pen on the paper, till al
last, with gesture of impotence, he
pushed back his chair, got up, shook him.
self, took his hat and went out for walk.
He got as far as the gate, when an idea
seemed. to strike him. He came back,
hung up his hat, and went in search of his
wife. For long time they were closeted
together, until time for tea. When tea
was ready, Miss Nellie came. down
equipped for the lecture. After they were
fairly seated at the table, Mrs. Hall said
My dear sir, will you have some teas''
"1n half Il jitfy, madam
Nellie looked up, but her father took
no notice.
"Rcally, this cake is quite stunning 9, !"
went on the doctor, as solemn as a Judge.
Just then his napkin fell to the floor.
Gracious, I'm n-dumbfounded," ejacu-
lated the doctor, getting it little wrong.
Nellie gazed at her father in perfect
amaZement. aE s> = 3 rvss
My dear, this sauce is STAYING. Where
did you buy it," i, -
Z" made it." said his wife, coolly.
"Oh, well, it's all tho same in German"
Nellie dropped her knife and fork
"1Ou must give me some money for the
butcher tomorrow" said Mrs. Hall.
you'll have to spell ability first"
growled the doctor savagely.
Then suddenly taking out his handker-
chief, he gave his nose a tremendous blow.
There" said he, show is that for high ~
IL know how tits myself" meekly re.
piled his wife. This capped the climax.
The knowledge that her father must have
heard the afternoon conversation was too
much for Nellie. She burst into tears, and
left the room. The sage doctor nodded
wisely to his wife, and when she had got
out OF hearing, exclaimed:
s"Thcre, wife, guess we shall hear no
more slang phrases from her"
The next day the good doctor called his
daughter into his study, and said to her:
MY dear girl, don't you see how very
foolish all these phrases ares They mean
nothing, but are exceedingly injurious to
those who use them. BY ever SO sparing a
use, ones speech gets so corrupted that a
person often makes use of one of these ex-
pressions at times, which afterward he
would be- sorry to remember. They sound
very silly to listener, and often the usage
OF them leads to something wrong. 1t is
bad enough to hear boys use them some
times, but girl is expected to be too re-
fined and ladylike to sully her lips by such
expressions. The use of them is simply a
bad habit; but bad habits, like cuts in the
bark of a tree, grow and widen with age
and if they once get firm hold, they are
hard to get rid of. Then there is great
deal in companiOnship. If we keep com.
pany, and are intimate with those who
use bad language, we are apt to make use
of it ourselves. Persons are known by
the company they keep When you see a
person using these phrases, you may be
sure that such a person knows not what is
called good society,"
such expressions as by CORY or by
darn are not only foolish but wicked
For does not the Scriptures say, Swear
not at all, neither by heaven nor by earth,
but let your communication be yea, yea,
and nay, nay, for whatsoever is more than
these cometh of evil There, my daugh-
ter" said the doctor, 1--WE have made quite
a sermon of it-so let us hear no more