The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1878-12-11
The Little People.

Hds AraVenOue appetlte.
Johnny was whipped at school for .
piece of mischief done by another boy.
Verdict, misplaced switch.
An old negro cook says: sSass is pow
erful good in everything but children.
Dey need some oder kind Of dressin'."
"When is a man a cowardsp asked q
teacher OF mental philosophy. .When he
runs away from cow answered
pupil.
THAT boy will make his mark in the
world some day." said parent of his
dullest child. So he did. He never
learned to write. = Edia1urq Herald.
"See, mammal" exclaimed little one.
as puss, with arching spine and elevated
rudder, struted around the table.
"see Kitty's eat 50 much she can't shut
her tail down.
ooh, mother, I don't want to 20 to
school to-day, I've got such bad pain
in my head" Very well, you shall stay
ut home and take some physic." .Oh, it
don't matter; I'll go. then: I've got the
pain, but it doesn't hurt Bit"
A little girl who resides on the hill said
last night, after a strong swallow of cat
mp tea, and after her parent had vainly
lmportuned her to take some more, mo,
mamma; one swallows good as some
more."-Kingston N. 2. FREEMAN.
A sundsy-school pupil of tender ago
being asked how he liked the gentleman
who had addressed the school, replied;
HE was funny man. He told about
the handwriting on the wall and said it
was Minnie. Minnie. tickle the parsen.'"
"What's the name OF your dog. sonnya'
inquired man of an urchin who was
leading big Newfoundland by a rope.
TRAY, sir" replied the boy. aAh! ]
see," rejoined the man. ''TheA be is led
as Trays" The boy said he guessed 20.
Said mother to her little con: There!
Your toes are out of your stockings again:
seems to me they wear out in hurry."
Giving comical leer, he said: "Do YOU
know why stockings wear out first at the
toes3" mo" because toes vrioole
and heels don't"
Arthur (who had been listening with
breathless interest to one of grano papa's
Bible stories): "And were you in tn.
ark, grandpa, along o Noah aud the rest
of EN-" Grandpapa Indignantly: No,
sir, certainly not!' Arthur: Then
how is it you wasn't drownedl"
Al recent Sunday school concert the
superintendent was talking about idols,
Wien, TO ascertain whether the children
were understanding what he was saving.
he asked: "ChildreD, what is an idol?,
"Being lazy" was the quick and loud re-
spouse Of one Of the mem hers of the iuye.
nile class.
Scene, not far from fashionable State
street: Little girl to playmate: "Say,
has your mother got 'fellerl' Second
hopeful: "A feller2 Why my mammals
married. How can she have feller?''
First speaker: ooh, that doesn't make
any difference: Has your mother got
Teller? Mine has,"
A teacher asked one of her class what
was the first line of piece of poetry
which described Daniels feelings on be-
ing cast into the lions den. The Young
ster was posed. The teacher said Come!
conle!" sharply. Thereat the boy ex-
hurriedly, II know, Miss; il
was 'Gcod-by, sweetheart, good-by.''
Janet: Mamma, dear, what time in
The day was I born?' Mamma: "At 2
o'clock in the morning" Jack: "And
what time was 1 born2' Mamma: mo,
until s o'clock Janet: sAh, my birth
day is longer than yours, Jack" Jack:
"What's the use Of being born before Its
time to get up2"-Punch.
Punch: Juvenile (who has been In tho
habit of fetching rump stsak for an In
valid mother): Mother sent me for two
pounds of the best becfsteak. and please
to cut it tender, cause it is for nv little
brother that's ILL., Butcher (klndly):
You: brothers's a-gettin' of his little ap-
petite again, amt he, young gentleman
A Norwich teacher gave one pupil the
subject "Boy" to write upon; it was to be
treated in three parts: i. What is lit
,. What is its use2 8. What is it made
ofa The lad wrestied hard for few mo-
ments and then wandered up to the
teachers desk radiant with enthusiasm
and submitted the following: "a boy is
an animal his use is to carry in wood he
is u.ade Of bones "-Norrcich Bulletin.
A little miss of eight summers, living
On the hill, was sent to store on Main
street Saturday to purchase some lace.
After doing it up the clerk said: well
there is one and half yards of lace at
ten cents yard; how much does that
come to?' To which the miss pertly re-
Piled: "Well I'm not going to tell.
have to study arithmetic al the rest Of
the week, and I'm not going to bother
my head with it Saturday.-Harvord
Z Zines.
A certain little girl up town lived with
TWO aunts, one married, with whole lot
If children, and lots Of worry and bother
ind the other single and having quite
time teaching school. The
;hild one day threw her doll aside, and
an attitude Of profound thought
which was Interrupted at last by the
question, "Well, julia, what are you
about2' When tie child let
Dose a ten-acre lot full of crude philos-
'phy by answering: II was tinkin whey
'er, when growed up, "I'd teat stool or
u have baby."-Cincinaati 7g:=es.
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