Sharp County record., 1883-04-12

| what you 90 to school for. 1t wol
hurt YOU to be laughed at. Keep thin
ing OF that" The boy went to scho
every day, and when he was laughed
he said TO himself Laughing won
hart me"-just as his mother had told
him-and studied his lessons ant
learned good deal. And one day the
teacher said to the other boys "Wbv
do YOU laugh at that boy for his clotnesp
You are no better for having GOOD
clothes. Where did you get Vonr
clothesP You did not make them vonr
selves. You did not earn the monnv
yourselves to buy them with. Somc
body bought the cloth, and someboJn
made them, and all you do is 10 Iy pr,t
them on and wear them out. "A Toice.
That's son So you need not fee
proud of your clothes. Clothes do nc
make anybody any better" Some
the girls and boys in that school Were
very proud of their clothes, and when
they had on nice new things, thev
would keep looking at them, and feeling
proud of them. That poor boys nanS
was Oliver, and | know a II tile stc
about him and some quite good clotha
A woman that had q great deal d
money, had boy named Edward, and
one time when Edwards clothes grew
too small for him, she sent them 10
divers mother, for Oliver. They Were
summer clothes. The first time Oliver
rut on the trousers, he found q silver
pencil in one of the pockets. Two
quite large boys were PLAYING there,
and he said to them: "Why! here's
pencil been lett in! Edwards
pencil!' The boys said: NO,
your pencil! The trousers were given
to YOU, and everything in them is
yours" He tod them Edwards
mother and Edward did not know the
pencil was there. They said: "No
matter They will think it is lost"
And one said that may be it was left in
on purpose for Oliver. Oliver said he
would 90 and ask. The boys told him
he was c0otu to 90. And one of them
sa d: sell it to me. LII give you
forty cents for it." Then Oliver
JUMPED right up off the ground and
spoke very quick: "Do you think I'll
cheat Applause Ina going to ask
about itr Applause. He went and
asked Edward if that pencil was meant
to be left in, and it was not meant to
be. Edwards grandfather gave it to
Edward, and he wanted to keep it al
ways; but he thought it was lost. They
were summer cothes, and they were
put away with that pencil in a pocket
of them, and stayed a year put away.
On had some m items put away IN
some winter clothes. Mittens are
clothes to wear on your hands, and hats
are othes to wear on your head. Once
my aunt told me a hat riddle. l will
say it
1.-TWO poor little brothers they had but one
hat,
And both wore the same one, can you guess
how was that;
Each boy have head? Oh yes! each hada
head!
And both heads had one hat on, as just has
been said.
Their grandfathor's2 No! boys hat made
for one,
Yet worn by two heads! Can you guess how
Did one boy stay in! No, nothing like
that.
Both went out together, and both wore the
hat.
Small heads? No, indeed, sir! Their heads
were not SMALL
You've not guessed my riddle, not guessed
itatal.
I'll tell you the answer: The hat was Of
straw,
As old an old hat sir, as you ever saw;
1t was torn round about, just under the
band,
And left in two parts; do you quite under
stand! .
And when these small brothers walked forth
in the town,
Why one wore the rim, and the other the
crown"
Mrs. 4. N. Diaz, IN Wide AUaEe.