Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-11-19
THE LITTLE PEOPLE.
Funny Stories About Children and
Bright Sayings Of the Same.

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Funny Stories About Children and
Bright Sayings Of the Same.
johnny, is your sister ini" 81
don't know. Lemme see-what's
your name?" "Barnes-Mr. Barnes"
"You just sit down, and I'll ask sis
whether she's home; but / don't
think that's the name.n
JOHNNY COMES UP SMILING.
Teacher-How did you read that
line, Johnny?
Johnny-Our cat has got Q kittens.
Teacher-No, Johnny, not a kit
tens.
Johnny-Well, then, our cat has
got pups.
JUST HALF THE TROUBLE.
Grocer Gin great haste)-Well,
little girl, what can do for you?
Be quick, now, I'm very busy. Little
girl Observation-Disclosures, sir, me
m-mudder sent me flor a pound of
cheese, b-but if you are very busy
you can give me only half q pound.
AN ORDINARY FALL COMPLAINT.
A little maiden down in Annapolis,
while playing in the yard, suddenly
accosted an acquaintance on the ver-
andah with: ''Oh, Mr.. Seabury, will
you please lend me a handkerchief? !?
My nose has come unblowed."
WHY SIX LEGS.
Little Clara was five years old. She
drew the picture of dog and cat
On her slate, and calling her mothers
attention to it, she said: ga cat
oughtn't to have but four legs, but /
drew it with six legs SO that she
could run away from the dog
he TOOK THE BISCUIT.
johnny said the father, as the
boy took a biscuit from the plate,
"don't you know that it is impolite to
help yourself before your eldersE'
"Why, pa, mother told me to help
myself before you" ''What do you
meant" asked the father, while his
mother looked up with astonishmen1
in every feature. "Why, 1 heard
mother tell Aunt Hannah that sh.
hoped I wouldn't take after you, ani
SO 1 thought I'd take my biscui
first"
DISAPPOINTMENT AND POLITENEss.
| Mabel Greene, six years old, ha'
, iher birthday the other day, an,
among her presents was beautifu
pair of embroidered slippers fror
her mother. A shade of disappoint
ment passed over her face as she sa'
the pretty gift. "Whatl don't 20
, like your slippers?" some one asket
+ Mable knew it would not be polite |
, complain of her mothers choic,
| ''Oh, they are very nice" said she
81 did want rubbers, but these wi
, answer every purpose"
: AN INDIRECT BLESSING.
e He wrote: ga pin is very quet
sort of thing. 1t has round hea
t and sharp point, and if you site
: pins into you, they hurts. Wome
: use pins to pin On their cuffs an
f collars, and men use pins when II
buttons is off. You can get pins II
y five cents a paper; but they ha,
= saved thousands of lives" ''Wb
It Thomas, what do you mean by that
J. asked the teacher. The boy answe
+ ed: "By people not swallowin'
e 'em."
al WHY WE DIE.
h "Mamma," he said, "what max
n people die any way?" Everybody
N got to die," said the mamma, in Il
n usual evasive way in which peor
ia answer children's questions. g
= God made people, what does he me
n by making them die7" "My Chi
" you forget that people must die
ia make room for the children that s
f. always being born. There would Z
be room for the new people if nobo
I died" ''That's so," said the lit
in fellow, contemplativeiy, "and ther
e. so many dogs"
H. FRUITS OF THE KINDERG ARTEN.
g. L want to 60 home" said brig
IT. eyed four-year-old to his teacher
ep the kindergarten school the oil
IS, day. L. was not yet 10 o'clock q
ch the teacher was prompted to as
re "What for?' t'My lunch is read
Tx said the youngster. ''Oh, l gu
not, at this time of day." remark
the teacher. ''You don't know wi
at we have lunch at our house
'er lunch is always ready came the t
nd ing response, when oil argume
IL. were declared closed. He had v
,ma1 - his case and was shortly thereal
we attaching the pies'n things in INT
ed mas pantry.
OF PIoUs JOHNNY.
~ Little Johnny Frizzletop got
,v idea into his head from attend
ng Sunday-school that he could get a
lth thing he wants by simply praying
a it. A few evenings ago while eng
': ed in his devotiohs he prayed fo
,ut baseball, q pony. a new suit Of :,
nd day clothes. shotgun, quarter
the a dollar, and various other thu
lhu which he needed. Wti;e johnny