The Red Cloud chief., 1885-04-24

With reference to the first, VIC are told
that t'the first day in Lent II called
A~atr.rkony." moreover. that '.Matri-
mony is necessary to salvatior;' and
that ''our neighbcr" is ''fhe person
next door" In geography. for instance.
- volcano is q large mountain with q
hole at the top and . fireplace At the
bottom. and sometimes the fire comes
out.at the top and destroys the cities a,
the bottom. If there are any," A water.
| shed Is q mountain like 2 cave, by which
the river flows. A s,eprc is n mount
ain in France: and last. not least. we
learn that 1--WE I'll z from London 10
Liverpool by the Brighton l. South Coas,
Line" Equally ingenious and curious
are the in grammar. One boy
discovered there are three kinds of ..gs''
the hard "g." the soft "g," and the
refugee" Beau has for the feminine,
arrow peacock. ''peacockess;" aud
German, 'Gerwor.an;' the femin ne Of
bachelor is odd maid. widow" O! COS
ling. "gandercss;' and of fox, hare"
The plura! Of colloIuy is COLLEAGUES,
colloquise:" and the chief parts OF teach.
teacher, taught"
In English history. more surprises
await us. king Stephen wa; the
first English martyr who was martyred
in England; he was burned alive in St.
Adams in Holborn." Magma Charts
was a great man. and he was called
Magma Charia because he used IN 90
about preaching" The Hep,archy
was called the United States. it appears.
at n time: and it also may not be
generally known that '.Saint Thoma, I
Beckett was a tax-gatherer. and one day
he fuarrcled with the Black Prince,
and wanted to kill him" One sapient
histOr IN observed hat the Treaty Of
Utrecht was fought between the Zulus
and the English" Some remarkable
and original information us given. too,
regarding CHANGER, Spencer and Swift.
The first named person, it sc .ms. wrote
"Hspp's Fables" the second wrote the
''Wealth of NatiOns;" while the tn ri.
who lived in Johns reign, was a great
astronomer and joker"
Blu: it is i'm sacred history that many
bright pupils surpass themselves in
leaving the region Of fact, and boldly
plnnging into n sea Of speculation. la
the opinion of on. '' the Pharisccs were
bad people who used to wash" Pontius
''Pilot' anoth"r affirmed, was one of
the Arabian Nights; and a third genius
disco cred that the Greek translation
Of tie Old Testament was called Latin"
To the question: who wrote the
Ca:cchism?" one said: ..St. Paul.
another, Moses" and a third: ..Ore
of the prophets" 10 whom id -
Philip prcach?" was one oS the ques-
tons put. TO the unicorn, was the
answer.
Here is the pith Of a talented young
ster 5 paper on the Good Samarit *"
"A ccrt;ng man went down from
jcrSlam to ]criker. and he fell amo1y
and the thOrns sprang up and
chOakei him-whereupon he gave tup-
pins to the host. and praid take care cn
and pu. him hon his hone hass.
And he past by on the other side
This and the following are not. us
might be supposed, American eXagger-
ut Ions. out authenticated instances Of
experiences.
The last specimen is in answer to tho
question: "WhO was MOses?"-..IIe
lived in a bark mid Of bulllu shes. and
he kept a golden calf and worship
bra zen snakes, and he het nothin but
iwhales and manner for forty ycaci.
He was kart by the air while riding un-
Ter n bow Of a tree and he was killed
Dy his son AbslOn AS he was hanging !
rom the bow. His end was peace
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