Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1876-04-14
BOYS AND GIRLS.

learned to answer the questions in the cate
chism by rote. One day stranger entered
TO examinine them but. unfortunately,
the boy who was always at the head of the
class was absent The stranger asked /:
who made you ?" And the boy answered :
1.-The dust OF the earth. ""Oh no !" was the
demonstration. ''God made you" NO"
was the response. "the boy that God made
isn't here
e boys ci Winnemueca, Nevada, had
some fun with a Snowman. They formed a
line from the ticket Office extending around
near corner. Each asked the price of ad-
mission. and, on being told that it was fifty
cents, shook his head, said it was too dear,
retired and fell in at the rear of the line
This was kept up until the Snowman, as
founded at the unanimity and seemingly
great number. reduced the charge, and then
every boy cleared out.
A West Hill boy. says the Burlington
Haickeye, came in to his mother the other
day with two yawning rents in his trousers.
HIS patient mother sat down, after admin
istering the necessary cOunterirrtant to re-
pair the garment, and was shocked to hear
her darling tell his sister that Mother was
an old devil. Harry" she cried. what
did you say ?" II didn't say nothing. moth
er." ''Yes you did, Harry. You said that
I was devil What did you mean by
that? ~ well, it's so, mother; cause my
Sunday school teacher told NE that nobody
but the devil sowed tares"
4 little school girl asked her teacher
what was meant by Mrs Grundy." The
teacher replied that it meant the world"
Some days afterward. the teacher asked the
geography class to which this li;tle ''bud
of promise" belonged, "What is a zone? ?"
After some hesitation. this little girl bright
ened up. and replied, Il know its belt
around Mrs. Grundy's waist "
One morning during the reeen: cold
weather Miss Lily refused t1 got up and be
washed. Her aunt, who follows the mod
ern mode OF deanng with children, and /
considers that they should always be argu- /
cd with, but never made to do Is they are
bid, IN vain exhausted her eloquence IN
describing the eXcelencies Of purlfica5on,
for the infant logiclan fairly confused her
by this ingenious antithesis Aunt Mary,
you do as You like, and let me do as ike. T.
You like to be clean and cold. | ike to he .
warm and dirty.
little fVe-year old boy heard the Bible .
story OF Samson. a few Sunday evenings ago .
for the first time. He was much impressed +
with the efficiency Of the weapon which
HhuisOu u>tu III Nlltp pi Ms NA1u-Lo-NAu1 Elf- |
hcts with the Philistines. \ day or two
after. his mother, Just before getting into
carriage. was attempting to break piece
OF candy which she had promised to divide
between the little lad and his brother
The candy was tough and resisted her Ell
iortS- In this emergency the smaller boy
looked up at the cOachman. and said SAY,
james, you haven I got the Jawb0De OF an
ass about you, have you?'
A pert little Miss residing on Eighth
street, whose mother Is a constant atten-
dant at the Holy Cross church, when asked
what pleasure she was willing to give up
during Lent, replied Going to school"
Troy Times.
In New jersey Sunday school the super
intendent approached a youth v color, who
was present for the first time and inquired
his name for the purpose Of placing 1t on
roll. The good man tried in vain to pre-
serve his dignity when the answer was re-
turned. well. mas.a calls me Cap n but
my maiden name is Moses"
Anna Cowley, only ten years old, became
a highway robber in Baltimore, waylaying
children who bad been sent on errands and
taking their money by force. In one IN
stance she met little boy who was going
to grocery withss pail in one hand and
pocket book in the other. You We lost
your money! she said and he opened the
pocketbOok to be sure that twenty-d0iiar
bill was still in 1t. She snaichc1 the bali
and ran away. In court she wa- brazcnly
lmputent, and did not seem % mind beng
sent to retJrmatory school.
Minnie has been to see me to-day. said .
a 5-year-old, land she behaved ike little
LADY," Il hope YOU did. too, said her
mother. Yes. indeed. did | turned
somersets for her on the bed "
Yesterday noon bold. bad bly 10 lives
on Columbia street went home from school
and said Dear mother, mayn't 90 10 my
bare feet this afternoon? None OF the hoy-
wear shoes in the spring. Bat his mother
said No, NY darling boy cannot let You
70 barctOOted. aud. II yDl tease me about
II. | viii waffle your tender cutlcle with
the unkind end o; a cheerful skate->trap.
So the bold bad boy closed the debate with
a sigh, and. whcn the yeas and nays weTe
called. his motion did not prevail. aud the
house soon adjourned. Bat the boy weat
out OF the yard by tie alleyWaY. and took /
of his shoes and stockings. and bid them
behind the wOodpI.e. and scliied mcrrily
Oft to school. and everybody admired his
his hat. muddy, tare feet. Butwhen he got
out of school the ground was covered with
snow, and be had very solemn time hip
pltY-hoppiug back home. and when he 80
there be couldn t tell the woodpile from
haystack. and his shoes and stockings might
As well have been in the middle OF the ocean
for all the coed they did him. So he wentIu-
to the house. and alter great deal Of hlhu--
tering be made hlsreport, which wa- tabled,
and the house went into committee OF the
whole on the state Of the boy. His mother
took the door, and after an exciting and
highly interesting session the committee
rose and the house adjourned, while the boy
rubbed such portions Of hi anatomy a he
could reach. and framed a bill for the more
perfect prevention OF chi.blains. - Bur'Hq3
ION Haulge