Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-10-26
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| somebody has been hunting tor the
'Footprints Of Vanished Races" He
might look in the sawdust after the close
of go-as-you please tramp MATCH NO.
Picayune.
| A little boy once stood gazing thought
fully into the sky, and, upon his father i'll
quiring what he was looking for, was
philosophizing on chow God got him
down here when he was made up IN the
sky"
A little boy running along caught his
toe in something and fell on the pave
ment "Neve, mind my little fellow it won't
hurt to morrow said a by stander, To
which the boy replied: "'Ther won't
cry to morrow"
A little girl who had fallen out of the
bed said at first: cit was because I slept
too near the place where I got in" Then
correcting herself she said: "No," it
was because I slept too near the place
where fell out.
A little fellow four years old, prayed
thus for himself: 80 Lord, bless George
and make him good boy; and don't let
him be naughty again, never, no never!
Because you know when he is naughty
he sticks to it so.
A mother was telling her "little hope
1ul' among other things of the leopard
that cannot ''change its spots;' he, how
ever, insisted to the contrary, declaring
that "when it is tired Of one spot is can
change to another"
A teacher defines conscience as ''some-
thing within you that tells you when you
have done wrong. chad it once" spoke
up young towhead of six summers, "but
they had to send for the doctor. "--Bing-
hampton Republican.
Finally, another little fellow, who,
like many children, found his boots a
very troublesome part of his toilette,
prayed: go God, bless father and
mother and sister Nanny. and please
make my boots 60 on easy"
The confidence child has in what is
SAID by s.parents is we'll illustrated in
the following: A little boy, disputing
with his sister, argued his point in this
way: "It is true, for ma says so. And if
ma says so, it is SO, if it amt so.
A shrewd little fellow lived with anIun-
Gle who barely afforded him the necessa-
ries Of life. One day the two were out
together and saw very thin greyhound
and the man asked his nephew what
made the dog so poor. II expect" replied
the boy, che lives with his uncle"
A little girl was also puzzling herself
about her transference from heaven to
this mundane sphere, and questioned her
mother: Did God and the angels have a
funeral when came away?' II presume
there was no funeral" said the mother.
"Well,' SAID the child,"I presume they all
felt bad"
A little girl found a shelless egg under
the currant bushes in the garden, and in
a high state of excitement brought it and
showed it to her aunt. 'See, auntie,''
said she, "what found under the currant
bushes? And 1 know the old hen that
laid it. I'm just going to put it back in
the nest and make her finish it'll"
Lord Cokeburn was seated one day On
the hillside of BonalIy with Scotch
shepherd, and observing the sheep repos::
ing in the coolest situation, be observed
to HIM, "John, if were a sheep I would
lie on the other side of the hill" The
shepherd answered, SAY, my lord, out if
we had been sheep ye wad have had
MAR sense
A friend Of the writer, who resides in a
billy district, was one day not long ago
walking out with her little nephew, a
child OF seven. They observed strong
little pony drawing its load vigorously
and Quickly up an incline. At length
Harry asked: "How IS it, auntie, that
ponies can go faster than horses?" Then
he paused moment, and answered him
self, II think know-they haven't so
much Of themselves to carry!"
Children will sometimes add to their
usual prayers, petitions for something
they particularly desire. A very little
boy, who lived with his aunt, had very
often been told by her of the fine time
coming when he should be big enough to
go to school and carry his dinner in a
little basket on his arm. One night,
when he had finished "Now I lay me
down 70 Sleep" ETC., Eddie asked bis
aunt to teach him the "big prayer" She
accordingly said "Our Father" for him,
stopping very often that he might repeat.
When she said, "Give us this day our dali
iy. bread,' Eddie drawled out, half
asleep, "Give us is day, our daily bread,
and b-a-s-t-e-t, too.'
A little girl one day said to her moth
er: "Papa calls me good, auntie calls
me good, and everyone calls me good
but I am not good" ~ am very sorry"
said the mother. $50 am T." said the
child; "but have got very naughty
think" "a naughty whatr' my think
is naughty inside of me-" And on her
mother inquiring what she meant, she
said: "Why, when I could not rlde yes
terday, l did not cry nor anything; but
when you was gone I wished the carriage
would turn over and the horses would
run away, and everything bad. Nobody
knew it; but God knew it, and He can
not call me good. Tell me, mamma,
how can be good inside of me?''
Another friend very recently overheard
the following dialogue, the speakers being
her little daughter, Maggie, about four
years old, and her little son, Wilfred,
two and half. Master Wilfred had ner-
vouslY requested his sister to 20 with him
into another room for some purpose, the
room in question being at the time unoc-
cupied, This proposition not meeting
with Miss Maggie's approval as she was
otherwise engaged, she promptly said:
'There are no lions there, and there are
no tigers there; 60 by yourself, Wiltrcd
And beside" she added, "you will not
be by yourself: Jesus Christ will be
there will he?' queried little Will
fred; and apparently satisfied he went
alone on his expedition.
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