The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1879-11-26
NOVEMBER &c
VARIETIES

whole series of dyes from common
red cabbage.
Sin always begins with pleasure
and ends with bitterness. 1t is like
colt, which the little boy said, was
very tame in front and very wild be.
hind
Wisdom is better than riches.
Wisdom guards thee, but thou must
guard thy riches. Riches diminish
in the using; but wisdom increases
in the use of it.
A Boone county widow attempted
suicide because homely man asked
her to marry. We put this on record
as :he first instance of woman pre-
terring death to neutrality-suspicious.
Journal.
"WhY," asked a governess Of her
little charge, do we pray God to
give us our daily bread? Why don't
we ask for four or five days, or
week ?" because we want it tresh,"
replied the ingenious child.
Some one has invented a new style
of ooy's trousers, which is highly rec.
commended. They have a copper
seat, sheet-iron knees, and are riv.
eted down in the seam and have
waterproof pockets to hold broken
eggs.
A sad case.-Farmer Giles 'Be it
trew what 1 hear, sir, about the
Squire a.sendin' you to college, sir ?"
Young Squire: Yes, Giles; Pm 60
ing to Oxford to read hard" Farmer
Giles: "Dear, dear, sir Just as
you was himprovin' in your shooting
and getting on so well with your rid.
ing; [ call it regular spilin' good
eddication "-Etoo.
A small boy with big cent In his
hand stood before Michigan avenue
grocery for long time before making
up his mind to enter When asked
what he desired, he inquired: IF
boy should come here and get trusted
for stick of gum how much would
it be? ?" Zone cent" was the reply.
And if boy should come here with
the cash, how much would it be ?"
"Just the same" "Then guess I'll
get trusted" quietly remarked the
tinancier as he slipped the cent down
into his pocket. -DetroM Free Press.
s'Why don't your dad buy you a
topilike this ~ g Cause / wouldn't
have a top like that; my dads sent
off to San'cisco for top what plays
all organ like there is up at the Meth
odist church, and sings Hold the
Fort and Yankee Doodle Dandy"
"Oh, shst up yer mouth yer dad
couldn't buy top like that; cause
heard my mar say he couldn't pay
his store bill, and that your mother
had TO turn her last years alpaca
to look half way decent at church
last Sunday" "Well, 1 don't care
anyway" sobbed out the toyless boy;
our baby's got worms, and your
folks amt even got no body to have
EN-
The editor Of the Fort Plain Reqis.
ter has his office and residence con-
nected by telephone. Yesterday Mr..
Skidd, OF Little Falls, an old friend,
called on the editor and expected to
remain for dinner. The editor hur.
ried to the telephone and shouted to
his wife "Mr, Skidd will be up with
me to dinner, lay an extra plate"
"Now," said the editor, 'Mr. Skidd,
You may converse with her," AS
the gentleman was about to approach
the instrument these words were
plainly heard "You tell Mr.. Skidd
we don't keep hotel on washday."
Mr. Skidd excused himself for a few
moments, and was next seen eating
fried CLANS in the Rainbow Saloon on
the corner.-Anasterd0m Recorder.
They have kindergarten school in
Peoria, ILL.,, conducted on the most
practical system and matter-of.fact
manner. No books are used, no les
sons are taught, but the teacher and
children converse together on every
day subjects; ask each other questions.
and tell stories. 1t is supposed that
children drink in knowledge from
these conversations and carry it
away with them. In this school
nothing is hard or difficult; every
study, even the most tiresome, is
made pleasant and attractive The
mostunique course of allis geography;
the Instructions in it begin by means
of mud pies. The children are
taught the forms of countries and