Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-12-26
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iiubl news iDr the bows. \ Ju-Llce IN
Iowa, has decided that courting is necesSi-
Is. and that an amoIouS youth did right in
erecting his girls father from the parlor one
night, for trying TO break up his courtship.
There Is often a depth Of wisdom in the
thoughts and sayings of the little ones which
maturity has failed to fathCm, and which
those who are but children Of larger
gr1wth" might do well to apply. Such Wis
dom was beautifully excmplihed IN the case
of a little girl who once returned TO her
home from a iaunt in the woods, her face
covered with mosquito bites. " Why did
vuu mot drive them away ?' said the moth
rr. They would not 90, said the child.
why did you not kill them 20 1T would
not have been right, was the answer. Bat
] have seen Won kill them at home, urged
the surprised mother "Nes, mamma,
argued the child firmly. If they come into
my house and bite ne, kill them But if
go into the woods, that is their house, and
have no right to kill them.
Little Tommy didn't disobey mamma and
.0 in swimming did he2" No. mamma
Jimmy Brown and the rest of the boys went
in. but | remembered. and would not dis
obey my dear mamma" And Tommy neg-
cr tells lies. does he pc No. mamma, or
couldn't g to Heaven" "Then how does
. Tommy happen to gave on Jimmy Browns
~hirt2'
There Is a i3ur-yea1-old boy in san Fran
cisco who beats the heather Chinese in his
love for rats He catches them and makes a
hole almost anywhere in the body, and then
sucks the blood with the utmost relish.
sammy was reading the Bible very atten-
lively, when his father came into the room
and asked him what he had found that was
=o interesting. The boy, looking up, eager
Is exclaimed Il have found a place in the
Bible where they were all Methodists."
e." How so?' inquired the father Because"
~aid he, All the people said Amen.
Uncle James walking with niece Mary,
aged four, points to the moon, on whose disc
the dark parts show quite plainly, and says,
There Is q man in the moon, burning
brush The infantile realist puts mp her
little nose and snifs, saying, YES. | mel
the 'm0ke"
petition for the restoration of corporal
punishment in the public schools, signed by
over 200 teachers, was presented to the
New York hoard Of education. If SO large a
majority Of experienced teachers believe that
10 Is impracticable To maintain order without
corporal punishment thelr oi,hloIn Is ger
ilniy worth more more than Ihat Of those l 'i VINO
gao" n'llills YI tle do1uAl ii'eus % '.'e lul
Toe SCHOOLS ana VINO oppose corporal pui'''N-
men' merely upon theofelio GROUNDS
am not sure whether | did right or
wrong. am sure that ! meant right. 1t
was on this wise, Relieving implicitly that
iHe bending Of little homan twiss should be
-
accomplished during the early stages OF their
growth. / concluded To commence on we've
My intention was to give her a lesson IN
irmne-S. Accordingly filled box with
che-tnuts, and placed it within her reach,
aging. Now. We've. dear, you must not
touch them without my permission.
" Well, then, / desS ! II not, was the re
ply, while the hrown-eyed three-pear old
Eazei wiStiully toward the sweet temptation.
gaye her six or eight.
In my dear little potit, flank oo!'
went to my work, and laborcd with all
the cheeriulueSs of an inventor who is pretty
sure his machine is a success.
Daring the afternoon it occurred 10 my
mind that tho-e eight che-tnutS We're lasting
remarkable long time Assuming my
i.lnie-t tone Tor tile occasion, asked
We've, have you eaten all your chest
Hut-2'
NO, fink not
Come here. darling. Where do yon get
,o many"