The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1883-03-28

in the world to amuse the little ones ant
keep them out of misch-"
Papa, I can't get this out" said little
Tommy breaking in upon his parents re
Elections. "You fix it." And Tommy
placed on the table his fathers twenty dol
lar meerschaum pipe-a highly priced
Christmas gift-the bowl of which he had
filed with plaster, and then essayed to
crack the "moul," as his father had treated
the bottle.
Mr.. Newbanks rapidly grasped the situ-
alton, and his opinion of the recipe fell to
zero as if by magic. Seizing Tommy by
the arm, he angrily exclaimed !. "Why, you
little rasc-"
"Papai papar' cried Rosie, rushing into
the library, with her eyes full of delight,
and her dress full of the mixture, "come
out an see what Charles doin'"
"Why, Rosie" said the father, with con-
siderable asperity, "just look at your
dressi Myl myi III have to-"
"Wowi Woo 600 DOW ouch wow ~
screamed Charlie, dashing into the room
at this juncture, with blood oozing from a
war map of his left cheek, and his hair
matted with plaster. "Wow-oowoww
"Why, what in the world is the matter,
Charlier anxiously questioned the father.
"what has happenedp
And Charlie said. sit was-boo-hoo-
the cat"
Mr.. Newbanks soon discovered that the
children had literally followed the news
paper directions, and poured the plaster
into anything hollow" and If the au-
thor of the recipe had made his appear
ance at that moment he would have been
assassinsted on the spot. Charlie had dis
covered cavity in the cats ear, and de-
spite. the animals terrible splitting and
swearing, insisted upon filling it with plas-
ter, and only desisted when the feline fur
ther showed her disarprobation of the
scheme by inserting couple of claws in
the little fellows cheek.
Mr.. Newbanks was constrained to admit
that while this mode of amusing the child
rem might delight their young souls, ithad
q decidedly antipodal effect on the more
mature spirit With gloomy forbodings
he made q reconnaissance of the premises,
and found the following among other
"hollow things" which had been brought
into requisition to amuse the children and
keep them out of mischief:
Mammals seventy-five dollar japanese
vase, badly battered in the effort to loosen
the plaster; little Tommy's savings-bank,
the contents of which, when removed, de-
lighted their young souls by bearing
striking resemblance to lump of cream
candy interpersed with walnut kernels;
the waste-pipe in the bath-tub plumbers
bill for repairs, $1149; papa's curious
bronze inkstand, a relise of the Centennial
had never been soiled with ink-badIy
damaged key hole of the door Qbill for
removing the plaster, $120; Rosie's pocket
"a rather brilliant idea, but a dismal fail
ure in an artistic point of view
When Mrs. Newbanks returned home
she surprised her husband surveying the
ruins-or "mess,., as she termed it-and
from the significant manner in which she
elevated her hands and fixed her eyes
upon him he correctly inferred that she
was about to make some derogatory re-
marks, and not wishing to interrupt her
oratory or dam her flow of eloquence. he
rushed from the house with the explana-
tion that he must be at the post-ofice be-
fore the mail close, and he had only three
minutes to space. All he heard, as he shot
out the door, was,
"Just as expected"
-Harper's Magazine for April