The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-11-11

A little girl i'm church, after the con-
tribution plate had been passed, COM
placently and audibly said II paid
for four, ma-was that right?"
An instance of precocity is the case
of the little boy who asked his mother
II crows were Matched from ROSTERS
eggs.
"Ahal" said Bridget, knocking over
Q prodigal chicken which had returned
after a weeks absence, ait pleases me
when chickens come home to roast"
'-Nelly, will you have some of the
turkey!" eyes, papa,o was the reply
of the four-year-old as she looked at
the stuffing, "bnt l wont have any of
the hash"
Overworked merchant "EIow shall
cOntrive to get my mind of my busl-
ness?" Well, if you try to set rat
trap, in a very short time you will for
get all about your business, and he
wondering how in hadcs-thc thing can
bite so. tsi ..LSLg IsSL4
God took his softest clay and his
purcst colors and made fragile jewel,
mysterious and caressing-the finger
of woman; then he fell asleep. The
devil awoke, and at the end of that 70
SJ lluGSI put-3 uill." SCtOS 1Lt9cs
We have heard of an old lady who
was so soSparticularly neat that she al
ways wnsbed her eggs before she broke
them into the pan to fry; and was al
ways particularly careful moreover,
to spit in the pan to see If the fat was
just exactly hot enough to fry them.
1 said to. my. little girl one day
"what d large forehead you have. 1t
it is just like your fathers, You could
drive a. pony carriage round It. 10
which her brother five years old,
said, .Yes, ma but on pas you can see
the marks of the wheels"
A little girl wlro had been very OBJ
servant of her parents mode of eXhib-
iting their charity, being asked what
generosity was, she answered, "lt IS
giving to the poor all the old stuff you
uon't want yourself
When young jeff first came 10 town
his father told him that 1t would be
polite to say to his host when being
helped to dinner, ''iIalf of that, if you
please" 1t SO happened that at the
first dinner to whiclI-ile was invited
sucking pig was7one of the dlsles--
The host pointed with his knife To the
young pOrker, asked, "Well, MIR. Jeii,
will you have this, our iavorite dish,
or haunch of mutton?" Upon which,
recollecting his first lesson, hc replied,
"Half that, ii You please, to the con-
sternation of all present.
An anxious father, says The Uou',
was consulting one of the Wall street
inagilates rs to W hat business he should !
put his son to. any boy, SIR" said he,
s.has a first-rate education and is re-
markable tru thfuI." "Idom't see much
good in thai" said the Wall street man,
jingling the double eagles in his pock-
cts, "uone of the successful men know
are truthful. Better make your boy
an apothecary; that's the only busi-
ness | know where deceit does not pay
in the long rum"
A Cambridge mother sent her small
boy into the country, and aftcra week
of anxiety has received this letter: Il
got here all right and l forgot to write
before it is a very nice place to have
fun. Afeller and l went out in a boat
and the.b tipped over AMI inaIi
got me out and was so full of water
] didn't know nothin' for long while.
The other boy has got to be buried at
ter they find him. His mother come
from Chelsea anu she cries all the time.
A hoss Kicked Inc over and have got
to have some money to pay doctor
for king my head. We arc going out |
to set an OldIbarn on fire to-niY lit, and !
I should smile ii l don't have bully
fun. / lost my watch and L am very |
sorry. / shall bring home some mud |
turtles and Il shall bring home tame
woodclIuck If I cam get cin in my !
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