The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1884-01-09
Wednesday, Jan. 8, 1884.
FUNNY SAYINGS OF CHILDREN.
Cute Remarks of the Youngsters About
Various Things.


A splendid specimen of childlike re-
proaeh was the reply of a little urehin,
who, with his brothers and sisters, were
always scolded by their grandfather when
ever they dared to invade the precincts of
his library. {. Would you like to go to
Heaven, BERTHE - his mother asked of him
one evening, when she had been reading to
him Mrs. Hemans' beautiful verses on the
Better Land g No, mamma" was the
quick response. 8 You wouldn't like to go
to Heaven, my soni Why? Why,
grandpapa will be there. won't he ~
9 Yes hope he will . q Well, when he
sees us children, he'll come scolding along
and say; Whew whew what are you
all here for?' No, mamma don't want
TO go to heaven if grandpapa is going to be
there
Some remarkable answers are sometimes
given by children in response to questions
put to them in school, At school at
Wallsend, near Newcastle, the master asked
class of boys the meaning of the word
appetite" and after brief pause one
little boy said: q know, sir. When Pm
eatin' Pm Apply and when I'm done, I'm
tight.
As an instance OF juvenile precocity we
may mention the stratagem employed by
little six-year old fellow whose mother had
told him that it was impolite to ask for cake
or other things which he might see being
prepared while visiting other peoples
houses. Calling at a house in the neigh
borhood where cake was being made, he
eyed the precious composition very wistfully
for some time without speaking, but OF last
he yentured to say in an undertone i:
" Mother says it's not polite to ask for cake"
No." was the reply, it does not look
well for little boys to do So" " But she
didn't say must not eat piece in case you
gave it to me-" was the unensweroble re-
joinder.
OF a similar kind was the suggestion of q
little girl who while at party had left upon
the table half an orange. On passing the
house the next morning she thought of the
orange, and feeling like finishing 1t she en-
tered and said to the lady: g Mrs. M,
I left part of an orange here last night, aud
| have called to see about it. If you can
not find it you needn't trouble yourself
about it, as whole small orange will do
Just as well.n
Children, If permitted, will sometimes try
to argue n question, but il is seldom that
they venture on closing an argument when
it is particularly addressed to them. A GER
tain Aunt Betsy was, however, trying TO
persuade her little nephew to 60 to bed, and
by way of argument said that all the little
chickens went to roost at sunset. d" Yes,n
replied the boy, " but the old hen always
goes with them.n
little girl who had heard that every ono
was made of dust was one day standing at
the window, and appeared to be very intent
ly watching the eddies of that staple OF
creation rs they We're whirled up by the
wind. Her mother, observing her, asked
her what she was thinking about, and she
responded in n very serious tone Il
thought, mamma, that there was going to
be another little girl" This, however, waa
not SO precoeious an answer as that wrung
from another little girl who was reproyed for
playing with the boys, and was told that
being seven years old she was too big for
that now, : Why, grandma she replied,
/" the bigger we grow the better we like
'sm." III
Some children are often amusing by reason
of their conceit as in the case of the young
French gentleman of the nature nge of five,
who, ON being told that the baby wanted to
kiss him, said Yes he takes me for
his papa ~ Chambers Journal