Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-05-14
BOYS AND GIRLS.

ed $50 you like molasses candy eh 'lf
| didn't do you s'pose I'd git up'n the night
and hook money out'd dads wallet to buy
it, and then squeeze into a barl in the alley
SOS not to let the boys see me eat it?' in
dignantly responded the lad.
The other evening when Sixth street
father boxed his sons ears as punishment
for impudence, the lad stood before him and
remarked ''See here, father, was reading
this morning that the drum of the ear is one
Of the most sensitive things in the human
system. A sudden blow upon the ear is
liable to produce deafness, and the practice
of cutting children cannot be to severely GEN.
sured. 1t is but a relic of that dark period
when man with wart on his nose was
put to death as a sOrcerer."
In the Office of one of the hotels, recently,
a gentleman snapped his finger to a boot
black. and, as he put his foot ON the box, he
said .You look like good, smart boy"
''See here, mister ~ replied the boy, as he
rose up, brush in either hand, ''Ive had
that game played on me dozen times, and
now | want to know whether this is cash
shine or whether you're going to pat me on
the head when get through and tell me
that III be Goyerner Of Michigan some
day -
Il am glad am not in that class, for they
are all Titon girls" said ten year old girl
the other day to a companion az they PASSED
out Of Brooklyn school.
The other day New York lady went 20
pay her respects to one Of the latest arrivals
on the list Of babyhood, when the following
colloquy took place between her and the
little four-year-od sister of the new conner.
81 have come for that baby now,' said the
/ lady. "lou can't have it, was the reply.
Bat I must came over on purpose, urg-
ed the visitor. 1--WE can't spare it at ALL
persisted the child, ''but III get a piece of
paper and you can cut oGt pattern"
The spelling school fever affected some of
the gamins yesterday. They talked it up
around the Post Office. and dozen or more
adjourned to an alley and stood in a row
while one Of their number pronounced words
"out of his head. Dog ''cat, boot"
''lemon, and some other words had been got
along with. when the word morocco
came into the teachers mind. The first boy
spelled it ''more-rock-O, and the rest fol-
lowed, and when the teacher filed his demur
rer they ran him over pile of barrels and bit
him with frozen potatoes, thus interrupting
harmony and breaking up the school. One
of the boys was aftervard heard saying
"N hats Spellin good tor, anyhow, unless a
feller wants TO write poetry 2'-Detr0H Free
Press.
The teacher OF district school is in the
habit Of asking his pupils to define the words
which they are given to spell. The boy who
had To wreStc with the word 'ulcer" said,
with good deal Of confidence, that it was
President Grants first name.
\ prccoci,us boy in an uptown family
was asked which was the greater evil of the
two, hurting another'> feeling OF his finger.
fle said the former. Brightly my dear
child, said the gratihed questioner, land
why is it worse 10 hurt the feelings? BE
cause you can't tie rag around them,
explained the dear child.
Detroit boys seem to advance in eiuca-
ton whether they attend school or not. \
ncwsboy. who couldn't changea l0-eent
piece year ago, was yesterday heard re-
marking Nv liliam Scott, if YOU ever cor
rugatc your brow at me in that way again,
| shall temporarily deposit my papers on the
pavement, and cause the blood to coagulate
under your left optic Hear me. William
D1roH Fra Press.
lie had a iockey-style of cap on, lea ther
band around hi> waist, his trowser-egs tuck
ed inside his boots, and was aged fifteen.
Mix and suelling-matches for babies be
exclaimed, curling hi- upper lip "but as
for me gimme baseball ''-C hioqgo Eren-
ing journal
This auec,iote WAS related by an elderly
lady Of her daughter. who had been married
many years when Mary was a little bit
Of glrl-only four years old-she noticed
white Grape on the front door bell Of house
in which two of her playmates lived; and ex-
claimed. 'Oh. mamma, | tink ore of those
'iitle girls must have died-ed, cause see her
/ clothes hIngin on the bell knob - -" At an
other time. the same little one. while eating
an apple. happened to lean her cheek upon
her hand, and feeling the movement of her
avs cried why, papa, | can feel my
works o." Daring one of the very hot days
| last Summer another girl o! about the same age
said 10 her mother. who was vigorously fan
1 min. her e. wish was made out of laths. like
a hencoop, then the breeze could blow right
| through me. You know" 4 few days after,
the father OF this child caught her dipping
dolls'> dreS, into a glass OF brandy, and in
| quirci w hat are You about, my DEAR
I'm making my dolls dress red, sir"
"Why, what put that foolish notion into
Your head You can't color red with brandy,
child" Yes, can, papa, because mamma
said it was brandy that made your nose 81
red That fond father Immediately found
an exceedingly interesting article in his
morning paper. l. was a-fat little chap
| who, as he played among the flowers in his
/ fathers garden at Washington Heights,
thought it would be glorious thing to catch
/ a bee and take 1t into the house a> sort Of
1 pet Bat five short seconds elapsed after he
/ captured n large humble bee, and then a wild,
/ shrill, blood-treezing shrek rent the blue
vault Of heaven. and the aforementioned
| stout little boy came rushing toward the
/ house with awful agony depicted on his
flushed face, and these words issuing, like
| chain lightning, from his colorless lips, "Oh
| | stung myself with humble bee Oh Oh ~
/ This child was 10 relation to the Missouri
! youngs;er OF whom a Western paper says,
! Eddie Bundle blew into the muzzle of his
I fathers revolver TO see if it was loaded.
| Could Z Idle Bundle communicate with his
/ friends in this world, his spirit would gently
whisper. 1t was