Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-12-22
The Little Folks.

The Little Folks.
SWhere are you golngs" asked little
boy of another, who had slipped and fall
len down on the icy pavement. "Going
to get up" was the blunt reply;
Grandfather: My son, which would
you rather have when you 60 hcme-s
little brother or sistera' Grandson !:
We'll, would rather have little pony"
Whats Biography, Bills" Its tell
in OF forrir lands that we know nothin'
about by cute chaps that never seen
| en- Bill got government situation.
William Augustus. to sleepy room
mate: Come, John Henry, why don't
you get up with the lark, as dog
John Henry, grimly: Been up with him
all night"
"See here, boy, this makes the second
time I've called for you. Didn't you
hear me the first timer" No. sir"
| Then how do you know I called you
tWice?'
The other day at the Tombs court a
conclusion of it he was told that the jury
| had found him guilty. Exactly" replied
the culprit; "thats just my conviction.
Mamma" said little girl, pointing
to the telegraph wires, ''how do they
send messages by those bits of wire with
out tearing them to plecess" sThey
send them in fluid state, my DEAR"
was the reply.
| A boy who went after chestnuts on the
29th ult, broke the Sabbath, his right
leg and his suspenders = Norrssto1s, Her.
aid. Michigan boys never have any such
luck. They return home safe and sound
and fairly loaded down.
Did you ever see an elephants skin2''
asked teacher in an infant school. 81
did," shouted six-year old at the foot
of the class. "Wherel" inquired the
teacher, considerably amused at his earn
estness. "On the elephant" shouted the
prodigy, gleefully.
| A little boy in Sunday school put a
poser to his teacher. TIL lady was tell
ing her class how God punished the
Egyptians by causing the first born of
each household to be slain. The little
boy listened attentively; and, at the
| proper interval, inquired: "What would
God have done if there had been twins?'
It was in Stumptown Sunday school
a visitor, who was interrogat-
ing the children, asked the question
why was Lots wife turned into a pillar
of salta'' There was small BOY, with q
preternatural growth of head. piped
out, II s'pose 1t was because she was too
fresh.
"How many rods makes furIong?'
asked father of his son fast urchin. as
he came home one evening from school.
well, don't KNOW" was the reply of
young hopeful; "but fancy you'd think
one rod made an acher. if you got such a
tanning as / did from old Scroggins thi S
afternoon. The parent stood aghasr.
A lady who had been teachirg her lit
tie tour-year old the elements of arith-
metic was astounded by his running in
| and propounding the following problem
Mamma, if you had three butterflies and
each butterfly had bug in his ear, how
meny butterflies would you have9" The
mother is still at work On the problem.
A student was reprimanded By the
professors for his lateness at morning
prayers, and excused himself on the plea
| that the prayers took place rco late
How said the professor. as six o'clock
roo late2" Yes, SIR" replied the student
ST you had them about 4, could at
tend, but no man could be expected to
10 stay up till six.
A little girl in Philadelphia, when asked
what bad been her lesson al Sunday
school, said, at was alb; ut the rem tigers y
"Fen tigers! You m an ten lepers, don't
yous' "Well, anyhow II was about some
Of the animals at the GEOLOGICAL There
was one important word in that lesson
which had not been explained Sunday
School Times.
A farmers wife, 10 speaking OF the
srnartness, aptness, and intelligence o.,
her son, a lad SIX years cid, to lady
acquaintance, said: ',Ha can read fluent
! iy Ill any part of the Bible, repeat the
whole catechism, and weed onions as well
as his father" Eyes, mother added the
Young hopeful. land yesterday licked
Ned kaWson, threw the cat into the well
and stole old Hickeg's gimlet"
Little Allie B -, four year-old takes
great interest in the story Of Sampson
Not long since he had his ha,r cut short
IN the prevailing style, and soon after
was seen In the vain attempt to turn q
somersauit. Some one remarked allie.
you don't seem TO succeei very we'll in
turning somersaults." No he eravely
eplied; 81 am not as strong as I was; |
have lost all my hair
A gentleman observed an urchin who
had large slice of bread in his hand, and
who was crying very bitterly. My SON.
he exclaimed, "what are You crying
about2" mother won't--boo- hoo-oo-
put any butter on nv bread boo-,hoo-
oop "Oh, is that all2'' said the gentle
man. ''Come, dry up your tears and be a
man." cit amt SO much the butter, re-
torted the little urchin, Its the dispose
fion of the old woman.
The mother had ia ,ked so much about
the whooping- cough, and worried SO over
it. that the child was afraid to leave her
side. One night, after the little fellow
had been put to bed and to sleep. a jack
ass was driven past the house, and when
just opposite set up his ne haw, he-haw,
he-haw- With shrek the lirtle fellow
was out of bed, screaming at the top of
voice, THE whooping cough is coming,
mamma; the whooping cous h is coming"
He didn't catch it that time Cincinnati
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