Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-11-07
Wits in the Bud.
Children are embryo philosophers.

Children are embryo philosophers.
As the tiny plant foreshajo We the flower
kof the garden or the tree of the forest,
40 the child foreshadows the man, and
the early developments of the mind in.
dictate the latent philosophical capabili.
ties. A little boy once stood thought.
fully gazing into the sky. and, upon his
father inquiring what he was looking
for. was found philosophizing on how
God got him down here when he was
made up in the sky" 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 funeral when
came away p
~ presume there was no funeral"
said the mother.
WELL" sail the child" presume
they all felt bad"
A little girl, who had fallen out Of
bed, said at first -" 1t was because
slept too near the place where got in. :"
Then, correcting herself. she said !:
"No; it was because slept too near
the place where fell out T.
A little boy was asked if he had q
good memory. mo-" said he, but
have q good forgeteney."
A shrewd little fellow lived with an
uncle who barely afforded him the
necessaries of life. One day the two
were ont together and saw very thin
grey L~un,l, and the man asked his
nephew what made the dog 80 poor.
II expect" replied the hoy, "he
lives with lis uncle"
A little boy running along caught his
toe in something aud fell on the pave
ment.
Never mini, my little fellow. it
won't hurt Tomorrow" said by.
SANDER.
, 70 which the boy replied -" Then I
won't cry tomorrow"
A mother was telling her little
hopeful among other things. of the
leopard that cannot change its spots ;"
he. however. insisted to the contrary,
declaring that - when it is tired of one
spot it can change to another"
A little girl found shelless egg
under the currant bushes in the garden,
and in high state of excitement
brought it and showed it to her aunt
"See, aun,ie, said she, what I found
under the currant bushes? And l
know the old hen that laid it. I'm just
going to put it back in the nest and
let her finish It'll"
A friend OF the writer, who resides
in billy district, was one day not long
ago walking out with her little nephew,
child of seven. They observe. q
strong little pony drawing its load Wig
orously and quickly up an incline. At
length Harry asked -" ia it,
auntie, that ponies can 80 faster than
horses?" Then he paused o moment,
aud answered himself, 81 think I
know-they haeeat 80 much Of themselves
to carry"
Another friend very recently over
heard the following dialogue, the
speakers being her little daughter,
Maggie. about four years old, and her
little son Wilfred, two and o half.
Master Wilfred had pervously re-.
quested his sister to go with him into
another room for some purpose. the
: om in question being at the time un-
occupied. This proposition not meet
ing with Miss Maggies approval, as
she was just then otherwise engaged,
she promptly said =" There are no
lions there, and there are Nc tigers
there go yourself. Wilfrel. And, be
side." she added, "you will not be by
yourself; Jesus Christ will be there"
Twill he?' queried little Wilfred !;
and, apparently satisfied, lie went alone
on his expedition.
A laxative girl often annoyed her
mother by making remarks about visit
ors that came to the house. On one
occasion gentleman was expected,
whose nose had been by some accident
hattened nearly to his face. The
mother cautioned her child beforehand
to say nothing about this popularity.
Imagine her CONSERVATION when the
little one exclaimed in the gentleman's
presence MA, you told me not to
say anything about Mr.. Smiths nose ;
why, he hasn't got any u
The confidence child has in what is
said by its parents is we'll illustrated in
the following: A little boy, disputing
with his sister, argued his point in this
way IL is true, for ma says 80. And
II ma says SO it Is 80, even if it amt so II
The following is an instance of kind
OF drollery one would scarcely expect
in very little child. The writer has q
brother who stands not far from six feet
lin his stockings ;" and, as he is we'll.
built man. the said hose, knitted Of
good thick wool, for winter wear, are
rather immense articles. This big
brother has two little girls, one named
Ethel, the other Nellie still called
Baby-two years old. One day, short
time ago, mamma, having occasion to
visit tue kitchen, Miss Ethel, who was
With her must needs 60 too; and what
ould she spy but her paps's stockings
. HsDsing up to dry. Turning her eyes
upon her mamma with most comical
expression in them, che said" Are
those Baby's little socks. mamma?
The Roman Catholic Church in the
eastern countries Of Asia, where Prot
estantism has q comparatively feeble
footing, and where little more than
half q century ago it lad scarcely any