Middletown transcript., 1877-01-13

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a hair
well, nobody expects girl to know
all the stuff that's in the papers" re-
marked his fair daughter.
"That's just where you're mistaken
girl Every person ought to know
what's passing around them, and be able
to express their opinions, " said the old
gentleman, putting up his razor and
going off to bed
One day last week the girl wanted a
new Fall hat, and remembering her
paternal's remarks, she hunted up q
couple of old papers aud set herself to
work to master their contents After
a couple of hours study she laid them
aside, and smiled gently to herself as
she thought how she would astonish
and please the old man, and how be
would cheerfully launch out his pocket
book and count down the ducats for the
proposed new bonnet So great was
her impatience to exhibit hel knowledge
that she could hardly wait till he had
finished his supper before she remarked:
so Tweed's got back, pa"
"Yes, dear; they've got him safe
enough at last" be replied, looking at
her with a slightly surprised look.
Il see be bad very stormy passage
IN the Herald yacht, she observed,
tinklng her knife and fork together
'Steamer Franklin you mean. not
Herald yacht . be corrected pleasantly
"And SO they put him back in Jail p
she continued.
but it's pity they didn't find the
boy with him, isn't it?''
"What boy, Nellie?" he asked
"Why wasn't he the man that stole
poor little Charley Ross p she asked
simply.
Hadn't anything more to do with
it than the man in the moon," he re-
piled, his face clouding over with dis
appointment again.
His daughter kept quiet after this
for a few moments, then as he took his
seat in the easy chair near the fire and
stroked the cat, she handed him his
slippers and remarked
$50 South Carolina's been decided
for Hayes, pa"
Eyes, that's SO, dear; I'm glad to
see you've been posting yourself lit
tie" he said, Frightening up again.
''And that'll make Tupper the Gov
ernor, won't ?" she asked innocently.
"Tupper? Lord no He's an au-
thor, child, not politician; he hadn't
anything to do with elections" he ex-
planned
"Well, wasn't Sitting Bull elected in
Florida ?" she asked.
Sitting fddlesticks why, he's an
Indian chief. GIRL" he said sadly, his
face putting on its gloomy look once
more
II didn't mean Sitting Bull, pa, l
mean Carl Blaine knew it was some
funny name," she said, seeing she had
made a mistake
Burdock groausd to himself, stroked
the cat the wrong way and made no
answer.
"And the turning boards in Louis
lana have stuffed General Sheridan"
she prattled on.
Goodness, Nellie what are you
talking about q asked Burdock, ner-
Vously
The young lady kept quiet for FIVE
minutes by the clock, then the recollec-
ton Of the new fall hat with the nodding
feathers, spurred her up to fresh effort
and she opened on him with
"Do you think there will be war in
Europe, pa?"
Il hardly know, dear Russia ap-
pears to be very firm in her demands,
and affairs over there wear rather
stormy appearance, he answered
thoughtfully.
"Well, I do hope Cuba will conquer
Turkey anyway, for think those awful
Turks are just perfectly hateful "
"Do for PHYS sake keep quiet, Nell.
till you know what you are talking
about" be said irritably.
II do know what I'm talking about,
and the paper did say that Russia was
going to help Cuba to take Ireland, " she
replied, looking as if she was going to
cry.
II believe to goodness, girl, you
know less than big, green poll-par-
rot !" he exclaimed, angrily, going out
into the kitchen to talk to his wife
Miss Burdock is still wearing her
summer hat fixed over, and an air Of
injured innocence, and informed her
mother yesterday in a burst of conf
lence-
Il wouldn't read another line of those
nasty, mean, storytelling papers if 1
had to 90 bareheaded all winter
We live in deeds not years in
not breaths in feelings, not