Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-05-20
LES ENFANTS,

A SMALL boy in Massachusetts, who
for the first time noticed cherry tree in
blossom, enthusiastically directed the
attention of his mother to "the popcorn
tree" ',r;
"S11ENcE is golden.' Aunt" Has
any one been at these preserves?" dead
silence.) "Have you touched them,
Jenny 2" Jemmy-"Pa never lows
ME to talk at dinner"
+" MAMMA" said Henry Thomas, q
bright little fellow over in Algiers
Mamma, have my toes got eyes?'
emo, my darling; why do you ask such
foolish question:" Because nv foot's
asleep. "-10ledo Globe.
The Boston Journal tell this: "My
DEAR" said fond father to three-year-
old, as she entered the nursery, "you
have little sister baby. ooh, let me
run and tell mamma" was the quick de-
mand OF the happy brother -
Il BOY who has to wheel sod for th e
front yard all the time he is out of school.
says that the great demand of intelligent
labor in this country is for awheelbarrow
that will lean down on the other side OF
the wheel.
A LITTLE girl of Sullivan, Moultrie
county, Mo-, has the past winter had,
first whooping cough, then chicken pox,
and few days ago took the measles. AS
she lay tossing upon her pillow she look
ed up at her father and said, "Papa,
what comes next?". 80
elbow do you pronounce s-t-i-n-g-y? 2"
Professor Stearns asked the young gen.
tleman nearest the foot of the class.
And the smart bad boy stood up and
said it depended a good deal whether
the word applied to man or bee.
Go to the head, young fellow.
SMALL but reckless boy from town IS
visiting out in the country, and has
climbed on the back of an unbroken colt.
"What ais him, Ben ?" he calls from his
unstable seat on the back Of the animal,
which is walking around on it's hands,
"what makes him stoop up sop
MAMMA seeks to console her crying
child: "Why do you cry, John? What
has hurt you?' Mamma (and he
bawls more Justify than ever, yesterday
I fell down and hurt myself" "Yester-
day! Then why do you cry. to-day 2"
"Oh, because you werenot at home yes
terday!'' i'll"
A SCHOOL teacher who had just been
telling the story of David, ended with,
*.And this all happened over three
thousand years ago" A little cherub,
its blue eyes opening wide with wonder,
said, after moments thought, "Oh
dear, marin what memory you have
got!"
Y. WILL never be hanged for his good
looks. He's as ugly as the very old
scratch. "Don't cry" said he to his
boy, who was blubbering about some
thing the other day. "Don't cry. You'll
spoil your beauty" "Papa, you must
have been perfect cry-baby when you
were little" returned the yollngster.
A CAPITAL anecdote is told of little
fellow who in turning over the leaves of
a srcap-bOok came across the we]lknown
picture Of some chickens just out Of the
shell. my companion examined the
picture carefully, and then, with grave,
sagacious look at me, slowly remarked,
They came out COS they was afraid of
being boiled" -:
EMM1E was sent to the grocer's for
pound of mild cheese. In few minutes
she returned, crying as if her heart
would break. "What is the matter, my
dear % asked her mother, somewhat
81 don't care-they were real
mean, she answered. "Who." "Why,
al Of them; they just laughed at me-
he clerks and everybody" "Laughed
1t you, my child; why, what did you ask
or o. 81 asked for a pound Of calm
cheese" she said, between her sobs.
The fact was that Emmie had learned
hat day at school that "mild," meant
,alm, " and the first chance she got she
1sed the word.
LITTLE HAROLD, five years old, became
lngry with his mother day or two ago.
He told her: he: did not love her, and
Wished she would go away. At last he
said: Mamma, I am going to kill a
oull next fall, and I wont let you have
. bit of dried beef or fresh meat or
corned beef. I won't give you any of
It. - At night, when undressing him,
she said: "Harold, do you think you
lid right in getting angry with mamma p
He made no reply, but kneeling by her
SIDE to say his little prayer, he began in
! very hurried way: "Now I lay me
Down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul
10. keep, and if I die before I wake I
pray the Lord my soul to take. Mamma,
you can have tile bull. God bless papa,
mamma. Clifton and the baby. For
Jesus sake. Amen" Getting up from
MS knees, he added: Mamma, you can
have every bit. OF chat bull" -EIoy
Times,
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