Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-07-04
CUR YOUNG FOLKS.

WASHINGTON 2 FIRST CORRESPONDENCE.
Here are two letters that were written by
two boys who became great and good men.
Now, while we are about to commemorate
the anniversary of our nations birth. il is
pleasant 10 look back to the days when
th0se'tWo great patriots We're only boys like
the rest of us.
The first letieris from Richard Henry Lee,
who spoke so boldly and acted SO brayely
for our country in the time OF her great
peril and need:
" Pa brought me two pretty books fall OF
pictures he got them in Alexandria they
have pictures Of dogs and cats and tigers
ard elefants and ever so many pretty things
cousin bids me send you one of them it has
picture of an elefant and q little idian boy
on his back like uncle JOS sam pa says If
learn my tasks good he viii let uncle 10
bring me to see you will you ask your ma
to let you come to see me.
"RIcHARD HENRY LEE"
TO this letter Washington sent the fol
lowing reply:
Dear Dickey I thank you very much
for the pretty picture book yOu gave me.
Sam asked me to show him the pictures,
and l showed him all the pictures i'll it +;
and I read to him how the tame elephant
took care Of the masters little boy, and put
him on his back and would not let any
body touch his masters little son. | can
read three or four pages sometimes without
missing : word Ma SAYS l may go to sec
Won and stay all day with you next week
if it be not rainy She says ! may ride my
pony Hero if Uncle Zen viii 20 with me
and lead Hero. I have little piece OF
poetry about the picture book you gave me,
but ! mustn't tell you who wrote the
poetry.
&c. WIS compliments 10 K. Il. /.
And likes his book fun we'll
Hcnceforth viii count him his friend,
And hopes many happy days he may end
Your good friend,
GEORGE WASHINGTON
u am going to get 4 whip top soon and
you may see it and whip il.
IN less than half a century after writing
this child-letter, this same George Wash
ington stood before a vast aSsembLage Of
people. and, with his hand upon the Bible
took the oath IS the first President Of the
United States.
dent Of the Emitted States" shouted one
who stood near and the people caught up
and repeated the shout. But the first one
10 clasp Washington's hand was his life
long friend Richard Henry Lee.-.6t. Mich
olas.
CUNNING THIEF.
We are used to seeing monkeys kept only
IS Pets or as curiosities, but in Africa and
Asia they are sometimes trained to serve
their masters III many ways. They are 50
given TO mischief, however, that they can
never be very trusty servants.
An example OF this is shown in the story
told of balloon which had been left IN
charge OF the kitchen while his master
went of Tor while. On the stove was q
pot III which chicken was being boiled.
The babOon sat very quietlyfor some time i;
but at las his curiosity got the better OF
him, and he lifted the lid from the pot.
Well, YOU can guess the rest. The chicken
smelled good. 50 he smeled again then he
took a little taste then he took another
taste, and, behold when Sir Baboon had
finished tasting there were only some bones
left.
When he had eaten the chicken up, it
seemed 10 occur to the baboon that his
master might be angry when he looked
into the empty pot What to DO to avoid
the certain punishment that was in store
for him was the greedy fellows great con-
Germ now.
He sat in the doorway, looked very much
cast down, when suddenly q bright idea
seemed to strike him and he hurried
quickly buL Steaitnl!y 70 = IClO not lar
away, where number Of crows were feed
ing. He drew as near to the crows as he
could without Tightening them, and then,
hiding his head, remained as motionless as
a log Of wood. in q little while the incau-
tous crows approached so close to him that
he was able b. quick movement, to
capture one OF them.
In 4 second he had wruug the crows
neck, and was on his way home again.
Once there, and seeing no signs of bis
master, he triumphantly tossed the crow,
all unplucked, into the pot, and then sat
down, quite satisfied that his theft would
never be discovered. No doubt it was al
ways a mystery to that baboon how his
master discovered that the crow in the pot
was not the chicken he had left there