Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1884-01-02

cally ran in this wise:
DEAR FATHER 4 MOTHER Prof.
Whacker gave Us subject for our first
composition when we come bac after
the holidays he said we must rite an
account OF new Years Il put into it all
we saw Il herd vile we was home at
New year time so rote mine X yister-
day be gave it back to me with very
good marked onto it 4 he sed for me
not to leve it Lyin roun luce So | guess
he thort it was pretty good & guess |
will send it to You so as you see i
make some progress brush my teeth
very CAREFUL every mite Il i am entirly
out of pockit money your aft son.
TEDDY
A murmur of amused admiration
went around, and every one composed
himself with a smile for further listen
ing.
IAN ACCOUNT OF NEW YEARS.
Boys & gurls have fun at Christmas
and get presints in there stockings &c
but new Years times is for grown folks
christmas eve children has lots Of fun SO
think Grown folks ort to have fun
New years eve. | don't want to be
mean about nothin so | didn't answer
back nothin to my Sister loo wen she
called me horrid troublesome boy for
sittin down in her room after dinner
New years eve she was
'Skolding a little woman wot was a
10 toll
pink dres home somehow fixed up
wrong and she had her hair all in little
iron gridirons to make it skullup nice
the next day
Miss Lou flushed, then laughed aloud
nervously to show that she enjoyed the
joke. Uncle Joe, without so much as
a quiver of his bushy eyebrows, went
on
Rosy was sittin with her feet kurled
up under eting candy and reding a
story book in her room she sed 60 way
Teddy and ma she was in her room
having a row with Kamil the made
about her cloes and she sed go way
Teddy too, then | says were shall | go
to, and she says you may 60 to the
club and find your father. | know
were the Fenix Club is Just roun the
korner but father was busy playing
cards with some men and he sed go
and sit down my son.
so | set down Il looked at some
pictures there was two men talking Il
guess they didunt know me but they
knowed my sisters good kause one says
Charlie you 60 in for loo if you can
stand her temper & He go in for the
blondy then we will make the old man
gloss settil our bills lie brake her tenn
per if get her says charlie & will get
more capatil for the Firm.
'blondy is meek & will stay at Home
Il not interfear with me Guess says
the other felec any way we will share
the proffets.'
A funeral silence fell upon the room
Hedge looked unnaturally child-like
and unconscious Sorghum pulled his
moustache over bad imitation of a
smile.
then Father he after good vile got
up & put on his Cote to go home Il
Just Out side the door of the club
House man said some thing to father
aud father He said lots of Swear Words
that amt allowed boys in Professor
Whacker's skool & 1t was all about a
Sentiment
And father said he Hadunt Got the
money for it. SO j thort it was new
years presint that Man wanted pa to
buy him
then we went home. Mother says
to pa the gurls will look elegant tomor-
rer & they will be sure ketch some-
thing worth vile at last.
Father says they had better ketch it
pretty quick then for things is comm
to an end then all of sudden pa pounc-
ed on me & sent me to Bed.
the next day which was newyears
no boldly ct breakfast down stares but
me and father father looked splendid q
so did i. we had on our hes clothes "
the carriage was reddy to take us call
in. wen ma and the gurls came down
they were very butitul espeshully loo
tho | like Rosy best.
ma says pa what do you think of
your CHECKER Biddys and kissed him.
Pa says hmmf! And we went Out
and he banged the frunt door,
Mr.. Gloss used every vile to turn
Uncle Joe's attention, but he went on
merciessly;
Some of the Ladvs we called on was
old & some was yung. the ole ones
mosely had no necks in their dresses
& a good many had orfully pink cheeks
& dirty eyes with black Smudg under
them.
but Pa sed the Same thing evry
where's.
how charming You Are to Day says
pa to all of them IL he bowed Il bowed.
And he kinder lalTed & Bobbed roun ~
looked Silly then he come out ~ jump
ed in the carrige Il says Swear words
agen
says is it Fun to make calls pa.
Says pa it's a nusense SO says wot
makes you do it Pa
'Sosierty says pa then asked who
Sosierty was Il pa says Nusense agen
then he tells me to hold my tung
go then we went to see ugly old
woman with lots of dimons Il she
wanted to Kiss Me 4 wouldn't do it
& after Wards pa skolded me Il said
she was Misses koopons IL must al
ways kiss such Rich old lady Then
| asked pa if he was sick Il he sed he
wasunt Il i told him Herd Misses
X oopons say he was a sick Oflant
And father seG more Swear words
& made the Coach man drive me home
ma and the gurls wer in the parlor Il
so was the two men that talked A
Bout loo And rosy at the club The big
feller with the mus tash said to Rosy
she was a crewel darling & rosy She
turned her back to him.
then ma pinsed Rosys arm and said