Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-12-08
The Little People.

ms i4VenOus ADpet!te.
Johnny was whipped at school for a
piece of mischief done by another boy.
Verdict, q misplaced switch.
AN old negro cook says: Sass is pow
eriul good in everything but children.
Dey need some oder kind of drcssin'."
"When is man a coward?" asked a
teacher OF mental philosophy. "When he
runs away from a cow" answered a
pupil.
THAT boy will make his mark in the
world some day." said parent of his
duilest child. SO he did. He never
learned to write -Ediaburq Herald.
"see, mammal" exclaimed little one,
as puss, with arching spine and elevated
rudder, struted around the table,
''see! kitty's eat so much she can't shut
her tail down"
ooh, mother, don't want 10 90 to
school to-day, I've got such bad pain
in my head" Very we'll, you shall stay
at home and take some physic." "Oh, it
don't matter; III go, then; I've got the
pam, but it doesn't hurt bit"
A little girl who resides on the hill said
nip tea, and after her parent had vainly
1mportuned her to take some more, "No,
mamma; one swallows good as some
more. "-Kingston N. Y. Freeman.
A Sunday school pupil of tender age
being asked how he liked the gentleman
who had addressed tae school, replied
"He was funny man He told about
the Handwriting On the wall and said it
was Minnie, Minnie, tickle the parson. y
"Whats the name OF your dog, sonny?"
inquired d man Of an urchin who was
leading o big Newfoundland by rope.
"Iray, sir" replied the boy. "Ah!
see" rejoined the man Then he is led
as Tray?" The boy said he guessed So.
Said mother to her little son: "There
Your toes are out OF your stockings again {;
seems to me they wear out in hurry
Giving q cornicaL leer, he said: s.Do YOU
know why stockings wear out first at the
toesi" "No" because toes wriggle,
and heels don't"
Arthur (who had been listening with
GREATNESS interest to one of granopapa's
Bible stories): "And were you in the
ark, grandpa, along o Noah and the rest
Of 'em" Grandpapa Indignantly: No,
sir, certainly not" Arthur: "Then
how is it you wasn't drowned?"
Al a recent Sunday school concert the
superintendent was talking about idols,
when, to ascertain whether the children
were understanding what he was saying,
he asked: Children, what is an idol q
Being lazy" was the quick and loud re-
spouse of one of the members of the juve-
nile class.
Scene, not far from fashionable State
street: Little girl to playmate "Say,
has your mother got q 'feller?' Second
hopeful: GA Teller? Why my mammals
married. How can she have feller?"
First speaker: ooh, that doesn't make
any difference. Has your mother cot
Teller? Mine has,
A teacher asked one Of her class what
was the first line of a piece of poetry
which described Daniels feelings on be-
ing cast into the lions den The young
ster was posed. The teacher said Come!
GOMEZ sharply. Thereat the bow ex-
claimed, hurriedly, 81 know, Miss; it
was 'Good-by, sweetheart, good-by."
Janet: Mamma, dear, what time in
the day was born?" Mamma: "At Q
o'clock in the morning. Jack: "And
what time was I born?' Mamma: mot
until s O'clock Janet: 'Ah, my birth
day is longer than yours, Jack!" Jack:
"WhaJ's the use Of being born before ITS
time to get up?"-- Punch
Punch: Juvenile (who has been in the
habit OF fetching rump steak for an in-
valid mother): Mother sent me for two
pounds of the best beefsteak, and please
to cut it tender, cause it is for my little
brother that's i'll. Butcher (kindlv):
Your brothers's a-gettin' of his little ap-
petite again, amt he, young gentleman?
The ounday-school scholar may still
increasingly Toll On with the problems in
his eatechism, and yet limp on the an
swer to the first question; but give him a
fair chance at one session of circus, and
II he can't sing the choruses of all the
clowns songs and whistle the air to the
first part, he is not American bred.-Fuz
ton 2'gmes
A Norwich teacher gave one pupil the
subject "Boy" to write upon; it was to be
treated in three parts: /. What is 1t?
9. What is its use? 8. What is it made
of? 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 made Of bones. "-N0raoich 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: 'sWell
there is one and half yards of lace at
ten cents yard; how much does that
come to2' To which the miss pertly re-
pied: "Well I'm not going to tell. 1
have to study arithmetic al the rest of
the week, and I'm not going to bother
my head with it Saturday .-Hartford
Times.
A certain little girl up town lived with
two aunts, one married, with a whole lot
of children, and lots Of worry and bother,
and the other single and having quite
comfortable time teaching school. The
child one day threw her doll aside, and
assumed an attitude of profound thought,
which was Interrupted at last bv the