The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1883-08-01


voice read:
"Horses have four legs and run twice
as fast as boys who have only two legs.
Sometimes they run away and spill folks
out and kill them, but nobody blames the
horse if boys killed folks, they would be
hung"
"Iizzie, you may read about dolls,"
said Daisy.
"Dolls are little folks that are made for
children to play with. Some are made
of wax, and some of China and other
things, and they are all bignesses, but
their inside is most always sawdust, and
if they get broke the sawdust will run
out of them, and leave them all holler
inside"
Belle may read about-about-coal,'
said Daisy, whose list of subjects seemed
nearly exhausted.
"Coal is dirty, black stuff, that people
build fires with. Mamma says it is dug
out of the ground; but l digged and
digged one day, and made dreadful deep
hole, but there wasn't any coal there"
"Now you may all have some lunch"
said the teacher, "and visit with each
other while you eat it. You can have
mince pie and fruit cake, and eat as much
as you please, for such things don't hurt
children in this kind of school,"
"Teacher !" cried Maggie, "Jimmie
snatched part of my cake, and won't give
it back he is just as mean as he can be
sassy thing"
"Teacher |" said Belle, Lizzie Fowler
is making up faces at me and pinching
me, and l wish she wouldn't go to school
here any more.-plague take her |"
"Oh dearl" thought the little woman on
the stairs, 81 can't have Daisy play with
children who talk like that"
"Teacher said Beniie, "the mince
pie is all gone, and haven't had enough"
"Never mind" said Daisy, " it is time
to look at pictures now. Here is pic
ture-book for Jimmie, and some Wide
Awakes for Belle, and box of chromos
for Maggie, and some stereoscopic views
for Lizzie, and when you have all looked
at them, you can change about till every
body has seen them ALL"
at is pity that some of our school
committees could not sit on our attic
stairs awhile; they might get some use
full ideas," thought Mrs. Green.
"Teacher " called Jimmie, "what is
this picture about ?"
"That is the big Towel of London,
answered Daisy. 1.-TWO little princes was
smothered in it once. Their wicked uncle
did it. 1t looks more like big house
than towel, l think"
"Teacher, please tell me about this,
said Lizzie's voice.
"That," answered the teacher, " is thu
Looker-on. He's going to be killed by
those horrid snakes, and those are hi
little boys, and the snakes will kill them
too"
Mrs. Green nearly betrayed her pres
ence on the stairs by an audible laugh a
Daisy's new name for the LAGOON
, "Teacher, who's this ?" called Beniie'
voice.
"That is George Washington" reptile,
Daisy. He was the father of his coun
try, and that woman beside him is Marth
Washington, and I s'pose she was tn
/ mother of his country. They were YER
nice people, expect; they look quite sly
, ish, l think"
2 "Oh dear sighed Mrs. Green.
r "The girls may have good long re
, cess" announced Daisy.
. Then followed rush and a scramble
! and then games were proposed; the
/ played tag, and then blind.man's -buf
a and such dainty screams of mirth, an
such running, and such exclamation
when one was caught, or another escaped
, were never heard in Mrs. Green's att
2 before.
"How can so few children make s
o. much noise ?" thought Mrs. Green.
3 "Ding, dong ding, dongl' calle
t Daisy, and girls went in and boy
:, came out.
if The boys played football, and thel
IL was such running, and jumping, an
IT pounding, and yelling, as defes descril
n ton.
IS az should think there were fifty
le them," thought Mrs. Green, clapping h,
h. hands over her ears, as an empty butt
Il firkin went gathering over the floor, doir
d duty as football.
ID Then the study door below was opene
N and MIR. Green appeared on the threshold
at Emily" he called, "who is maxim
rs such an outrageous racket up there
at fellow can't write with the house comir
h. down about his ears !"
err I" am going up to put stop to it
I'd replied Mrs. Green, running up the att
r stairs but the ding, dong,' had sounde
h. the tumult subsidized, and as Mrs. Gree
re- reached the playroom, Daisy sat quiet
an on packing box, with large Sarato.
ey trunk before her, evidently doing duty
r.. a DESK no one else WAS in sight.
at "Where are all those children ?" d
,e manded Mrs. Green.
an "What children, mamma p ask
n. Daisy, innocently.
m "Why, those children who have be,
as playing up here with you, and makil
at such terrible noise" said Mrs. Gree
is staring about the empty room in utter b
to wilderment.
es "There haven't been any children he
i'd but my imaginary Ones" replied Daisy.
to But her mother continued to stare
mt credulously about the room, and ev
be looked suspiciously at the chimney as
at possible for any one to have hidden it.
ne "Did you play church and keep schc
with all those different voices yourself
AZ she asked.
ng Why, yes, mamma of course, when
was whole school, l couldn't talk Ii
ed Daisy Green all the time.'
ay "But how could you make so mu
as noise ?" asked her mother, still bew
dered.
"I "Oh that's easy enough" said Dai,
DOL "Shal | show you howl" and 8
q Jumped from her perch with n penui