Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1879-03-20
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Sammy, my son. what is longitude?'
"A clOfhesline, papa Prove it, nv
son. Because it stretches from pole
to pOle.'
What straits are the mast perilous?'
asked the Sunday school superinten-
dent; and little boy spoke up prompt
ly, 'Whiskey straight
How old are you? asked conductor
of little girl who was trying to ride
ON half fare. i am nine at home, bIt
10 the cars l am only six and a-haIf.'
Charles Lamb, when a little boy,
walking with his sister in q church.
yard, and reading the epitaphs, said to
her: Mary, where are all the naughty
people buried?'
Whats your OccupatiOn?' asked
visitor at the capitol of bright boy
whom he met in the corridor. The
boy happened to be page in the
House. I'm running for Congress
was the reply.
AT st. Andrews Sunday school in
Lowell, Mass, In answer to the ques-
tion, What Is the greatest church fes-
tival?' little orphan of six years
promptly responded, The Strawberry
festival
A little boy was shown the picture
of the martyrs thrown to the lions.
He startled his friends by shouting:'M MAJ
o ma! just look at that POOR little lion
way behind there. He won't get any,
One of our female teachers threaten
ed to keep an unruly boy fifteen min
utes after school. Il wish you'd make
1t half hour said the appreciatjve
youth, for you're the pretr1est teacher
in this town.
A little boy, weeping most piteously,
was interrupted by some unusual Oe-
currence. He husAed his cries for a
moment, the thought was broken.
Ma said he, resuming his sniffle,
what was 1 crying about just nOw?'
A school boy being asked by bis
teacher how he should fog him, repli-
ed: If you please, should like to
have it on the Italian system of PEN
manship-the heavy strokes upward
and the downward ones light
Mother, what is an angelo An an
gel-well, an angel is child that
flies But, mother, why does papa
always call my governess an angelo
'Well,' explained the mother, after a
moments pause, She is going to fly
Immediately
Find out your child's speciality is
the urgent advice of a phrenoIOgist.
A Boston man says: we have tried
this and find it not so easy. Sometimes
rock candy seems to be the fsvOrite,
and then again there is marked ten
dency to taffy.'
The croaking of the frogs sorely puz-
zled little fOur-year old, hearing them
for the first time. He turned his head
in all directions, till his eye finally
rested on the sky, then his face lightt d
up and he called out, % papa, just list
en- at the stars a-singing.'
A little lad in one of our Sunday
schools got politics mixed with his les
son last Sunday; for instance, when the
teacher asked who the two persons
were mentioned in the lesson, replied:
'One was a Publican and the other was
a Democrat. ."-Brownsville Clipper.
A class was being examined recently
in seabeaten town of Sussex. The sub
ject under discussion was the food.
Among the first questions put was:
How did Noah understand that there
was going to be flOod?' 'Cause, shout
ed an urchin, he looked st his almsn-
ac'
A little girl visiting neighber with
her mother was gazing curiOusly at the
hosts new bonnet, when the owner
queried, DO you like it, Lsurs?' The
innocent replied, why, mother said 1t
/, was a perfect fright, but it don't scare
me- Laura's mother didn't stay long
after that.
Two little children went to church
alone in Westfield, MSS. They became
tired during the long sermon, sud the
older one, snppOsing school rules held
good in churches, led his sister up in
front of the preacher and said. please
sir, may we go homer He said YES
and they soberly walked out.
See the moon,' said a lady to her
nephew, bright little boy of five, as
they sat looking out of the window the
other day. The mOOn,' said the little
man: 'SOu can't see the moon IN the
daytime Yes, you can,' continued
his aunt, there it is over the trees
The little fellow had to admit that he
saw it, but added: 'T'aint lighted, any
way
A teacher in one of the Westtield
public schools was started the other
day at the answer she got from one
bright little fellow. On the blackboard
was the picture of an ostrich, and the
teacher described its great strength and
power of endurance, closing by saying
it was the only bird upon (which man
could ride. i know another spoke
up little chap. We'll, what Is IT.?
"A lark Unsuspectingly, the teacher
asked, How can you prove that, john
ny?' sAll I know about it, said the
boy, SIS that mother every little while
says fathers off on lark; aud when he
comes home he looks as if ne had rode