The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-05-27
The Little People.

"Oh, pa I" cried a little fellow upon
seeing a trout for the first time, "it's
got the measles, hasn't it ?"
When a Quincy little girl noticed the
thunder for the first time, she inno-
Gently asked her mother what made
God growl SO F!
A boy of four, taken to church for the
first time, listened to the organ for a
ew moments and then said: "When
will the organ man let the monkey
out ?"
1t was q little fellow who had to live
and learn who asked his mother if bees
had sg linters in their tails when HE
bare feet came down upon a yellow
hornet,
Ada Gagged four), who was doing
something, and was told to desist by
her mother. Mother-"Ada am to
speak to you again ?" Ada Yes,
ma, you may if you like"
A little girl went into a drug store
the other day and said to the proprietor
in a half whisper: "If n little girl haint
got no money, how much chewing-gum
do you give her for n~othingp"
A little girl, aged three, went 10
church lately to see a christening.
When, on her return, she was asked
what she thought of the baby, she re-
Piled; at was a good baby; it did not
cry when the gentleman washed its
head"
swell, Ethel, DEAR" said an uncle to
his little five-year. old niece, "it you
like your new toy, come and put your
arms around my neck and give me a
kiss" Tie little maiden complied, but
rs she did 80, she remarked "Oh,
uncle, how l do spoil your
A lecturer was explaining to a little
girl how a lobster cast his she'll when he
had outgrowni 1t. Said he: What do
you do when you have outgrown your
clothesp You cast them aside, do you
not" ooh, no." replied the little girl,
1--WE let out the tucks."
A little girl went timidly into a store
at Bellaire, Ohio, the other morning,
and asked the clerk how many shoe
strings she could get for five cents
"How long do you want themP" he
asked. II want them to keep" was
the answer, in a tone of slight surprise.
A pretty anecdote is told ola little
girl to whom the unseen world is very
real, "Whcre does God live. mammal"
she asked one evening after saying her
prayers. HE lives in heaven, my dear,
in the celestial city, whose streets are
paved with gold" ooh, yes, / know
that, mamma" she said with great So
lemnity, but what's his numberp"-
Harper'S Young People.
A little girl was drawing from q card
a pattern too difficult for her, conse-
quently was making sad work of it and
getting very tired. Her mother told her
she had better lay that aside and take a
more simple one. She turned with grea;
earnestress and SAIL: Mamma, didn't
God, when he created the world, finish
one thing before he commenced On an
otherPn She was told that he did.
swell, she said, "then I'm going to-"
A little boy, four years old, having
often been told it was wrong to ask for
anything at the table, was down at des-
sert. After patiently waiting for some
time without being noticed he x
claimed: Mamma, please may ! have
an orange if / don't ask for itP" "Yes,
dear" was the reply. But after a con-
siderable interval the little fellow, not
getting his orange, again adore ssed BIZ
mother with: "Please, mamma, I'm
not asking for an orange" This time
he was duly rewarded.