The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1873-07-02

short distance from this city, was say
ing the Lords Prayer a short timo
ago at his mothers knee, and after
he had finished it his mother said,
"New, Sandy, ask God tc make you a
good boy" The child raised his eyes
to his mothers for a few moments, as
if in deep thought, and then startled
her with the following reply: "It's
no use, ma He won't DO it. I've
asked him heap Of times"
A woman found occasion to call
upon a dentist to have her teeth filed
Among those filed we're two front
snes, and when in pleasant mood
the lady's face shone with smiles,
while polished gold glittered from the
upper incisors. These were observed
with admiration by her niece, who by
and by seriously remarked: "Aunt
Mary, l wish | had copper-toed teeth
like yours"
One day a little girl about FIVE
years old, heard a preacher of a cer-
tain denomiL ational order praying
Justify, till the roof rang wiIh the
strength of the supplicatiOn. Turn
ing to her mother. and Reckoning the
maternal ear down to speaking dis
tance, she said, Mother, don't you
think il he lived nearer to God he
wouldn't have to talk SO loud"
A little shaver was told by his
mother the other evening at the table,
that he could not have any meat, as
it WAS not good for him, when he
somewhat astonished her by quoting
a verse from Sun lay school lesson
imam can not live by bread alone"
and added: "Now, ma, l don't think
little boys can either" The Juvenile
had the best Of that argument.
The New London gentleman who
has been making frequent use of pos
tai cards as a means of quieting pro-
fuse correspondent of his has received
the following request by letter: "please
don't Send me emmy more of those
cards for this reason l like to reed a
letter addrest to me the furst one 'af-
Ter it leves the ritter"
An old lady selling eggs in Savan-
nah, Georgia, asked, as is usual,
What's the news ?" THE latest, "
said the obliging clerk, ais that the
Yankees have got the Modocs." The
old lady struck her knuckles on the
counter and exclaimed: 81 hope the
last Of 'em will die with il ~
A fond father recently wrote I'll
generally takes twenty years of train
ing to eradicate the word nice from
woman's vocabulary. The falls Of
Niagara, the Psalms of David and the
progress of the human race were all
nice to my eldest daughter till she
got married"
There is petty theft in Vassar Col
Iege presumably a young lady student
or servant, who has, since December
last, picked up unconsidered trihes oI
cash to the amount of about 500
Nothing but money is taken, and
among the five hundred girls she has
thus far escaped detection.
When n Main man has too talka.
tive wife he tells her he is going tc
Amananqua!asogowmengotonga hunt
ing, and in his absence has his friend.
call at the house and inquire his
whereabouts, When he returns the
faithful wife is exhausted and doesn'
want to speak for month.
Mrs. Partington, while looking at a
picture of Washington in a window
saw the name of the artist-Mr
Green-in the corner of it. Aftel
admiring it for sometime. she a
length remarked, "Well, Mr.. Greer
is not such bad looking chap, aftel
all ?"
A lady who put on her new bath
ing dress at home, and stood before {
glass to see how she looked in it, hal
changed her mind about geing TO sea
and thinks she will go to the noun
tains instead. where she can wear {
swiss peasant costume.
In reply to refusal by his parents
to take small boy TO church, "be
cause he was too small" the latte
replied, "Well, you'd better tax,
care Of me now, for when | get biggel
| may not want to CO." The philoso
pher attended church that day.
(Irate parent)-"O! yer don't wan
10 go into business, don't yer? o ye
want to be clerk in the posthnrfce
do yer? Post.hOrfce, indeed Why
all you're fit for is to stand outsid,
with your tongue hout, for people t.
wet their stamps on Punch.
My oldest daughter, about eight
IAN up with earnestness and said
Mother, have | got any children ?
Why, no. Why do you ask ?