Osage Valley banner. (Tuscumbia, Miller County, Mo.) 1879-1881, 1880-12-30
Odd Sayiags Children.

Odd Sayiagssr Chilaren.
MoTuEg Gtegr1 i,sss s.lrl II .four her
letters) say w Little girl; Double
Beryl (aged fve) to elder sister:
"What sort of dog is thatP'' 20 that
Is a half-bred mastia" Beryl. ..lYhatl
half bread and half cakee''
Little boy "Giandmamma, has my
rocking horse gotrheumaiism9n Grand
mammaf No, my love. WhyP" Lit
tie boy; because its legs are stifT like
youIs.n sh
"Shal take your love to your moth
erY' said 10 little child OF three years
lady visitor WHO was going to see the
mother in-question. ''She has my love. -
was the quaint reply. tr
why, Polly said her mother,
what a time you've been. Where is
the cotton | sent yeu forP'' Polly (who
had lost the money!: You shouldn't
send little Things Ike me 10 buy tot
tenH tS@ f0ef x a
My little boy went 10 his first tea.
party when fonr years and three months
old. Upon the hostess asking him how
he liked his Tea, he replied: .sIt is very
nice. but | think it tastes very much Of
the water a'''
When rheo was five years old, she,
having been taught that ii was rude 20
stare ut people, was heard calling from
room in which sat an exceedingly
stout. Lady; I'm not staring, mamma;
but isn't she fate 80
Asuali boy went 10 see his grand.
mother. After looking eagerly round
the handsomely-furnish room where
she sat, he exclaimed, ineuiringly, 20,
grandmamma! where Is fhe miserable
table papa says You keep?ir
Mabel Ceaching her fittle brother
tho history OF Josephl; .He was made
ruler 9t e. all .the. .la@an Regie Cwhoso
a wondering look what q great big.
ruler il must have beenM
A child, sent 10 bed for some piece Of
mischief, disturbed his parents who
were sitting at dinner about half an
hour later by knock ai the door On
opening il The child was discovered in
his nightgown singing the hymn be-
ginning, Here we suffer grief and
pain.
Little Samuel. aged four, having
been i'll, the family was visited by the
Rev. -4---. After his departure little
Sammy asked: sis he God. mamna?'
Mamma: % No dear; he is God srServ-
ant" Little sammy, instantly and
with great interest: "Does he scrub,
then, mammaP'
Dicky, i've years old, bright but
spoiled, dining with his cousins and
Miss Prim, governess, objects 70 fat.
Goyerness; Kat your fat, pickey;
your cousins cat ii all they like lit,
Dickey: "They like it2'' Goveruess;
Certainly - Dickey: ''Please give
them mine.''k
Sunday-sehool teacher (about to
comment on ST.. ,Panrs directions for
the conddet-of men and-women during
divine seryice); Nov. do, ypu know
why women DO not take on their bon
nets in churchpn Small boy. s''Cos
they amt got nolooling glasses 10 put
them on again by. tagg
Mamma Con discovering that little
NonnY had pcrloined 3 ball from the
bazar); Don't YOU know, Monty, it
is very naughty 10 take what is not
your ownPi Nonny: Yes, mamma.
Mamma: why did YOU take that ball,
thenP' Nonny; "Because | couldn't
reach dolly
Child (gszing at funerals after moth
er has endeavored to explain soul
and body separation); "But the lady
can be in that queer carriage and in
Heaven. tool (Alore eNplaBation-long
pause. At lasD Mamma, think un.
derstand now-it's the feel of her that's S
gone to Heaven.
Mamma (to Sidney. who Is crying
because the baby is dying); Don't
make noise Sidney Sidney: All
right, ma; I'll dow down 20 pas room
and read the Bible" Mamma; ''But
yeu can't read. Sid Sidney: "No;
but | ioan spell the little words and
Dod'll know the big ones Ia
Little Amy. chidden for mischief,
protested that. Susan (the seryant)
had persuaded her Said papa; %Iell
me exactly what Susan said She
said, "lon push that siind, miss, u
you dare.m ''Then's my very words, "
interjected Susan, And pursued
the little culprii, 4 dared 50 ]
A four yeAr-eld Irish child, saying
her prayers at her mothers knee, hny.
ing concluded, rs usual, with God
bless papa. naIhnH, grandpas and
gFandmaInmas, nncles and aunts, etc. +,
gave a sigh, and said; 20 NANNY,
dear! do wish these people would pray
for themselves, for / am so tired OF
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