The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1880-02-12
A BOY once took it in his head 81
That he would exercise his sled.
He took his sled into the road
And, mercy on met how be slode.
And as he slid he laughing cried, 7 2 :
What fun upon my sled to slide"
And as he laughed, before he knewed &c
He from that sliding sled was slude. :,
Upon the slab where he Was laid
They carved this Nne: "This bu va
Slodp ~ H,rchn,n0e

IL WISH you iwonld keep your mouth
shutr' exclaimed Hollemount, the den.
tist, suddenly losing patience with the
natient's ,predilectiOn to talking. "All
right, said the latter, sriting the ac-
ton to the word. And then eHofeff1-
out asked him if he would be SO Kind
as to open it again long enough for him
(Hollemout) to get his finger, out. You
never know how to please some men,
1ooS'0" 1'"'Sc''f<' .Trni9T al ga -
YOUNG 5P1NKLER lis anything but
deep. but still he has memory, for all
slang expressions. The other day, at
little social party, he mentioned the
fact that the chief clerk in the Office in
which he is employed lhd 1signed..
.'Afid you've g0tfhS vIcalcy, d hppose,
PinkeyP ''jckingi5 lnqulIed - Of the
boys. "Oh, yes" sarcastically assent
ed Pinkler; -'.Ive got the vacancy-in
my mind" eyes, that's so," giggled
the prettiest girl in the room, and then,
strange to say, everybody laughed. and
Pinkler says he can't for the life of him
see what it was that so aroused their
merriment. Tcf t
IT was reported that George w.
Childs, A. NJ. had offefea to pay the
expenses of all the foreign delegates
who are expected to come to the Pan
Presbyterian Council. which will be
held next year in Philadelphia. This
was an error only as to the extent of
the iberality of Americas obituary
bard. It could not be expected that
any one gentleman, however wealthy or
generous. could pay for the coming of
a whole caravan Of foreign Presbyte-
rians. Mr.. Childs kindly offered topay
the expenses of one. Of these foreign
brethren, and, although he is an Epis-
copalian, his offer was gratefully &C.
cepted.' Mr.. -Childs. il one of those
bountiful men whose princely benefi-
cenceis' not restricted by denomina-
tional limits. Only recently he gave a
abinet organ to Methodist Sunday
school in the city which is Justly proud
Of his good deeds. Chicago Times.
: PAINFUL revelation was made the
other day in New York court, when
some twenty or more children belong
ing to a so-called charitable institution
in that city called the Shepherds Fold,
s'ere brought into the room by the Off
GERS Of the Society for, the Prevention
of Cruelty to Children, and represented
as being the victims of a sham charity,
which, under the pretense of tend erly
caring for poor and helpless little ones.
secured the aid of the benevolent with
out stint, and cruelty abused sthe trust
confided to its charge. The warrant
upon which these children were brought
into court states all the material facts
going to show that the Shepherds Fold
had no servants or attendants of any
kind; that the children were compeA4s.
to perform all the domestic and maiuaa
labor of the household; that the, drdi
nary rules of cleanliness were neglect
ed; that the cbiIhenNwere in a filthy
condition; that they failed to receive
propery instruetioR On nsNlical attend
ance; that there was mo place to care
for them when sick; that they were mot
furnished with proper food, but only
with such as was unfit and that was cal
culsted to produce sickness, disease and
starvation