Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-01-30
ANECDOTES OF LITTLE ONES.

A young mother, in despair of ever
teaching her little girl. aged 4, her letters,
ard thinking perhaps the child knew more
than she would admit, said Now, Katie,
| WON'T try to teach you to-day. You
shall be mother and teach me my letters. :"
May l really and truly be mother ?" said
Katie. Yes, my darling" Let us be-
gin, then" was the response. "You have
been very good child. to-day, and you
shall have whole holiday" and Katie
shut ND the book and ran off laughing.
Two little girls, Lily and Violet were
PLAYING in a yard where they had strung
some Irvine fer clothes line, and were
washing their dolls garments in diminu-
tive tub, and hanging them out to dry.
Along came Lily's brother, Master Jack,
the juvenile tease, and with one sweep of
his hand ierked the whole days washing
| from the line and scattered it on the grass.
Lily dubbed over in tears at once. Violet
was saddened, too, but the necessity of
playing peacemakerin the impending family
quarrel was the first thought in her mind /;
so she said, soothingly, "Never mind,
Lily let's play Jack was high wind"
My three.year old nephew wanted to
go downtown very much, when his mother
said, "No, Willie. you can't go; don't you
see how cloudy it is 2" referring to some
bright clouds floating in the sunshine.
The response came quick and pointed /:
"Oh, mamma, it amt goin' to rain. God
is Just hangin' out de clouds to dry -
You have doubtless heard of the sys-
tenn of our Southern farmers giving a
"deed of trust on everything to obtain
necessary supplies. A friend of mine who
was so unfortunate as to be in this con-
dition had bright two ear-old boy, who
had heard his father say that everything
he had belonged to Mr.. C.. The baby,
few months old, was lying on the floor
kicking up very fine pair of legs, when
Master Two-years said, critically examin-
ing them, Mighty purity legs, but dey
longs to Mr.. c."
A little boy who had attended funeral
was asked by his mother what the text
was. He replied: "He's dead, and they
went up the road" This was the boys
version Of the passage in Ecclesiastes:
Man goeth to his long home, and the
mourners 90 about the streets"
A little girl was asked by her Sunday
school teacher. "What did God make you
tor! Io wear red fedder ID my hat,
was the prompt reply.
A Sunday school teacher read to his class
that the Ethiopian went on his way re-
joicing after Philip had talked with him,
and then asked, "Why did he rejoice?"
A boy answered, because Philip was
done a teachin' him." 1t is too often that
there is great rejoicing when the lesson is
finished. Attending lecture lately, the
speaker was long, learned, hut dreadfully
tiresome. When he finished there was
loud applause. "Why," we asked, "this
loud applause because he stopped
there; he might have gone ON longer"
The little daughter of clergyman, hear.
ing her father talking of John the Baptist,
inquired what Baptist might be, and
then, care you Baptist, papa?" "No,
am Congregationalist." "What am I ?"
" You are Congregationalist, too" The
child paused moment, and then with
great earnestness, asked: "Well. what is
God!"