Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-06-08
Little JOhnny's Menagerie.
THE BEETLE.

One time we was 10 lunch. ana Uncle Ned
he spoke up and said: wy, Wen did you
e. come ID? We are nifty glad 10 see you. Missy,
wy did' n you lay plate for him" We ali
looked al ncie Ned but he diient say no
more, Jest went on eatin'. but Missy that's nv
sister, she begin TO asst him wOt did he mean.
when he said a other time: If we had knew
You was comm Missy wude had more cole
mutton cooked, but mPbbe YOU don't like
mutton: take pickle Then ! said who was
he tOckin Ten, and my father he said: 'sEdard,
you must let me intrupt you Ia remark there is
Snum at SOmerylIle, and another one to
Taunton and from wOt | hear both is very
Vel kep; II was you Ide take the first train
but uncle Ned he dident seem To- hear. and
KEEP on eatin, and Missy began to look like she
was gOin To cry After a wife Uncle Ned he
stlu aeih: Never mind, Missy, prapS heel
SammOns or SOme chicken Sallid, or some
thing nice And vile he was g0ckin it was a
Dttte, Wich come out from UIdrr the castor
ara ,o"ked round like sayfn: This is a nice
iamliy party, but don't feel quite TO home in
H. Can You tell me which is the nearest rode
TO the ShUgUeT baTreI?''
THE RABBIT.
RABBITS has got pink eyes, and wen we WIS in
Chicago there was a news paper witch was
printed onto pink paper. and we didPnt take
II eos IL was Republic an, but one evenin it was
lei 10 our nous by mistake, and my father he
red II and Eel asleep with il in his laps. Bimn
by he woke up sudden and see the pink news
paper lyin onto his kaneeS. and without storm
Tered: "FieT, Fier!'' Then he looked M at
the Sealin, and the curtains. and every ware
run in and said: Ware is it? ware is it,
But after vile ny father he seen how it was
and he looked Ottte foolish, but pretty soon he
SAID; Wy, here 1t IS IN the paper-a hole
block OF houses burnt up and twenty thou
sand numbered lives LOST" Wen RABBITS WocIl
they limp like they wOS broke in their legs but
MI J0i nice he has got wooden one. one
time The re was Teller huntin ware there was
plenty OF nice lat rabbits, and at mite, Wen he
was tire all most to deth but hadent GOT any
game. lie met a other Teller. witch asked him
A ~ Inn fa- no Slil No OIL
at all, COS there amt no Twin Thing 10 be seen
but Jest lame RABBITS. Maybe | amt much of a
sportsman, but bio me if AIT above shooting
poor cTltit rs wich has been shot once all red
dy.' The other Teller he laughed like he wood
bust, and ed: You ignant fool, its only lest
their fleets is sore fOlleIin you a round for the
1un OF being shot at, and you have diSSypinted
en- all day; Serve EN- rite, if We had more
spOrtSm6n like you them idle RABBITS wudent be
SO fond of huntin." My sisters yung man he
tells such oftte wOppers that line all most
ashamed. He says once to his house they had
pet rabbi, and they had a magnify lOokin
glass, WIch always hung on the wall jest
above table in the parlOr, and the RABBIT thOt
1t was jolly good fun for to lit on the table
and look al itself in the glass. One day the
table was moved over to the winder, but the
RABBIT jun pt up onto il, maybe for to see if its
ears had erode any since last time, and a don
Key Wich was standing in the street jest out
side was lOOkin in the windcr same time the
RABBIT looked out. Wen the RABBIT it seen the
6onky it jumped down on u fore Offie quick,
and went to ickin its paws and rubin en- on
It's face ike ca :, and aft vile it jumpt
back onto the table, like it sail: " Now / got
myself si, kt up bit. lie Sc g il | iOok any bet
ter But wen it looked cut agIn the donky
was gOn. and you never see snch stOnish
IA bit! Tween i and you i knO some thing
about my sisters yung man witch Hun sayin up
til Cetch her nd him TO. ether and then He
have my Teye ge,, and Billy, wich knos it
and Billy see him lOOkiR over the gate.
and jest then Mary, that's the hOuS
maid, she come in With some eggs, and
took rigl hold OF her ear and pinched it, Jest
like she was lis married wife. l never see
sech Ml,ked thing in my life and Billy. he
not bit a frs de. and said: Mister, / seen
that with my own eyes, and Bill Y he seen it
with hiSh!, But that impiden feller he looked
was dog which had seen big heavy tale that
wenever he waggled It, it fored him every
time, the tail did, and one day he was crossin
a mill race on a foot bridge wen he met a
little puppy witch he thought i00kt like him. and
he was So leased. the dog was, that he wag-
gled his tail. and it wagged him rite off The
bridge into the voter, where he was carried
under the mill weel and drowned to death
But said: "Wot has all that rigmyrOle got to
do with you pulling Mary's ear, you notify
fellew? and he said "Wel JOHNNY not yery
much, that's fack, but its ben on my mind a
good long vile, and thOt this was good time
to tel II, COS NAV be you mite be the puppy
but Billy H. says: -" Hold hard. JOHNNY Z" We
got i'm il, tite place, COS takin hold of Mary's
ear Is divorce, and maybe phgamy, too"
THE c! CITIES LINE NUIsANCE-COme. now,
what infer nal taTbaTity is this-leaving a
e!Otheslire out after dark! \ great deal of
funny cor meHt has been made upon the Gus
tom ty Ih"ughtleSS people but il is a most
SerlC Us II al er, ard il is high time the tOmfOOl.
cry was abolished. We are just as ready as
any bOdy to see the funny side of a thing but
We ave ceased to observe ANYTHING amIisinT
in b. ing Unexpectedly sawed across the meek
or raSPt d across the face by clOtheS-l line. II
is time there was legislative enactment tn
either la. z clothes lines sixty feet above the
earth, or make them leaving them out after
nlghtiai State-prlSOn OffenSe. 1t is a most
II comp eaenslble fact that clOthes-line is
alw. Us huEg across the garden path. If the
yard was t. n miles square and a path two feet
wide crept along close to the fence, and the
woms had but eight feet of line, she would
manale To cover the path. Whether this is
becals, ST. Is peryerSe, or cInnOt help 1t, We
do not know. We only know that it is so, and
that is an appalling evil. NJ home circle is
safe VIII re the custom prevails. II matters
not how 2oOd- natuTed a man is it matters not
how care ully he has been educated it matters
not h W ,Otty and noble his aSpiratiOns-the
NOM mt a clOthpS-line catches him under the
chin, especially il he has pan Of ashes i'm hi
aims. that moment he sinks with awful veloci-
ty to the level of brute, and proceeds TO ac,
out the conditions thereof at once In its pro
per place elOthesline is valuable com
pani' II, but across path after dark it is sim.
ply brut"lizing force Dan'ury Ners,
TIE CINCINNATI BONNET MovEMgNT.-Iti is
in Cincinnati that men have bold y dared to
suggest T. a. the feminine headgear shall be
ENere" left at home The Directors of the
new Nus Hall have done it, and pretty ket
Tie OF fSh thew nd themselves in. Some of the
ladies' b. We gracefully aSSented TO the sug
geStlOr, max ing up in hairdresSing what was
denied hem in the matter OF bonnet ornamen
tatlon me have StOutly refused, and have
erect. elt CANT Celebrations OF flower work or
Top o, incl bOnnets, reaching even more dir
heights han before. But now comes fear
inl atu.e In the fray. The mil liners take
me mai er up. This, our trade, is in dan
ger To ct at naught. With terrific on
sat ght th'y charge upon the ruthless Musi
eal Dlrec', r. The Directors wish that they
bau heve Oeen born, or that, if they al beer
porn, IN had never meddled with millinery
Solemn ~ Vowlng that they will never do il
again, they pull their hats over their ears faI
enough 10 save their ScalpS and DrndentI,
run away. Perhaps all this points 10 a noSsI
pc change In the style OF the b pnnet ~ fb.
present age. III the change shall he in Tho IA
feetiOn OF spreading downward or side HavS
or almost any other way, the floral OrnamaSts
and leatrery decorative works which nov
tower toward heaven We will no mourn IN,
Only admire lovely woman ali the mOre.-IPhu