Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1878-07-14
FOR THE GOOD BOYS AND GIRLS
WHO READ THE "MORNING
APPEAL"

ny tuo WHAT WeEo AucSe
brought molasses and tar, sometimes. The
people who unloaded these ships used to roll
the barrels of tar and casks of molasses upon
the wharf and leave them there in long limos
with their hung holes up
Oae Sunday in summer, ever so many years
ago. two boys who forgot to remember the
Sabbath day and keep it holy, instead of 60
ing into the Sunday Schoolroon went down
to the wharf What do you suppose they
did there Z
They climbed over among the molasses bar
rels and got out the bung of one Of them and
helped themselves to the molasses, aided by a
long pine stick This they called iobbing
They lobbed the molasses.
While these undutiful boys were thus lob
bing the molasses which did not belong to
them, what do you think they we're getting?
They got very badly daubed, and they got
stomach-acke. Also when q sailor came
along aud caught them at their lobbing, he
got at them with piece of an old hoop. So
they got beating When they got home
one Of them that | know of got another
licking.
Now how many sins did these boys commit
And how much did they gain by committing
thsml Hadn't they better have staid in the
Sunday School and recited their lessons and
contributed their cent apiece to the Missionary
Society," What's the good of playing hockey
and stealing molasses and getting daubed and
having the belly ache and getting two lick
ings besides breaking the Sabbath How
much better is it to attend the Sunday School,
eat lozenges, get where you can soc the girls
and make secret exchanges of marbles and
buttons with the other boys and frown upon
the efforts of others to chew spit-balls and
shoot them at the map of the Holy Land
MORAL
Never lob molasses except on week day,
when you're gA your old clothes on and
there's nobody watching the barrels.
WHAT CARELESS LITTLE GIRL DID AT A
FUNERAL.
good many years ago in a little village
down in Maine, an old lady died.
The next Sunday after the old lady died
they buried her.
There were good many of the poor old
lady friends and neighbors who came to the
funeral. 1t being winter, these good people
were dressed in shawls and surtouts. When
they we're in the room listening to the funeral
services their coats and shawls were piled
upon table in the entry. Little Mary
Dodge was taken to the funeral by her
mamma who put her on top of those shawls
ard coats on the entry table.
Marys mamma had wrapped Mary all up
nice and warm in stout shawl which she
had pinned with long, red-headed shawl
pin.
There was little boy sat on the table
along side OF Mary, His name was Jacob
Moore.
While the funeral services were going on,
Mary amused herself thrusting her long, red
beaded shawl-pin down into the clothes on
which she was seated just as many another
little girl would have done.
Pretty soon little Jacob Moore gave an
awful scream 1t startled everybody and
greatly disturbed the funeral.
Mary Dodge had poked that great long
shawl-pin right into Jacobs leg She did |
not mean to hurt Jacob, but she did it all the |
same
Mary was very sorry and she didn't 60 to |
another funeral for very long time.
As to Jacob Moore he carries the scar made
by that shawl-pin to this day. 1t is small
scar, but it is there, and quite plain and
Mary knows it, How does she know i'll She
has seen it
When Jake grew old enough to go court
ing he courted Mary Dodge; and when he
reminded Mary of how she had hurt MIN she
said she was sorry and felt very tender over
his misfortunes. Tender" said Jake,
your feelings are not half as tender as my
leg" and so she, out of pity, said he had
courted her long enough and she would be
his wife to pay him for having punctured his
calf /
Who would have thought that shawl-pin
would have done 80 much execution
Do not mistake the moral OF this little
story 1t is not That every girl should prod
some boy . leg with pin; nor. yet that every
girl who sticks pin in a boy should marry
him. The real true moral is that girls should
be careful how they amuse themselves when
they are ont for days funeral,