Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1885-11-07
THE LITTLE PEOPLE.


respectfully, kRARUP SMITH,
Royal Inspector in North Greenland.
THE LITTLE PEOPLE.
bright sngIngs of the same.
JOHNNY COMES UP SMILING.
From the Cincinnati SUM-
Tcacher-How do you read that line,
johnny?
Johmny-Our cat has got kittens.
Teacher Johnny, not a kittens.
Johnny-WelI, then, our cat has got
pups.
JUST HALF THE TROUBLE.
From the Sacramento Bee.l
Grocer On great haste)-Well, little
girl, what can do for you? Be quick,
now, I'm very busy.
Little girl Cfrightened)-P-please,
sir, ME m-mudder sent me flor q
pound of cheese, b-but if you are very
b-5usy you can give me only half a
pound.
AN ORDINARY FALL COMPLAINT.
From the Baltimore Americana
A little maiden down in Annapolis,
while playing in the yard, suddenly
accosted an acquaintance on the veran-
dab with: "Oh, MIR. Seabury, will
You please lend me a handkerchief?
My nose has come unblowed?'
PLEASANT MEMORY OF LITTLE CLARA.
From the Rochester Democrat.l
Little Clary Abbot, whose parents
reside on SciO street, was buried yes
tesday. She was 5 years old. A few
days before her death she drew the
picture of a 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 1T can run away from the dog"
BABY EXPOSES THE SCHEME.
From the Hartford Times.l
"Will you have a piece of the pie,
Mr.. Goodman p asked Bobby's moth
er of the minister. "Thanks; no." he
replied. Bobby was asked the same
question. "N-no, | guess not" said
Bobby rather hesitatingly. The minis
ter looked at Bobby in surprise. -"I
thought all little boys were fond of
pie" he said. s'They are," replied
Bobby. IL could eat that hull pie; but
ma said if you didn't take any 1 mustn't,
an she'd save it for tomorrow"
HE TOOK THE BISCUIT.
From the Evangelist
"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 elders?' "Why,
pa mother. told me to help myself be-
fore you" -tsWhat do you mean?"
asked the father, while his mother
looked up with astonishment in every
feature. "Why, 1 heard mother tell
Aunt Hannah that she hoped wouldn't
take after you, and 30 | thought I'd
take my biscuit first"
DISAPPOINTMENT AND POLPTENEss.
[From the San Francisco Chronicle,I
Mabel Greene, six years old, had
her birthday the other day, and among
her presents was a beautiful pair OF
embroidered slippers from her mother
A shade of disappointment passed over
her face as she saw the pretty gift
"What! don't you like your slippers ?"
some one asked. Mabel knew it would
not be polite to complain of her moth
er's choice. "Oh, they are very nice,'
said she; II did want rnbbers, but
these'will answer every purpose"
| AN INDIRECT BLESSING.
From the Evangelist
He wrote: "a pm is very queer
sort of a thing. 1t has round head
and sharp point; and if you stick pins
into you they hurt. Women use pins
to pin on their cuffs and collars, and
men use pins when the buttons is off.
You can get pins for cents a paper
but it you swallow them they will kill
you; but they have saved thousands OF
lives" ''Why, Thomas, what do you
mean by that?" asked the teacher
The boy answered: "By people moi
swallowin' of Them"
FRUITS OF THE KINDERGARTEN.
From the Napa (Cal.) Register.l
'1 want to 60 home," said a bright
eyed 4-year-old to his teacher at the
kindergarten school on Randolph
street, Napa, the other day. 1t was
not yet 20 o'clock, and the teacher was
prompted to asked: "What for?' "M,
lunch is ready" said the youngster
"Oh, l guess not at this time of day.
remarked the teacher. "YOu don
know when we have lunch at oul
house-my lunch is always ready
came the telling response. when al
arguments were declared closed. HI
had won his case, and was shortly
thereafter attacking the pies'n things il
mammals pantry.
NO CHANCE FOR PLURAL.
From the Christian at Work.
Raymond is the name Of bright
3 year-Old youth who is noted for hi!
strong analytical turn of mind. One
day he had transgressed the domestic
laws in his eXuberance of spirit and
had exhausted the patience OF his moth
er. SNOW, Raymond" she said, "l
am going to chastise you; bring mt
the slippers at once" The young man
who had been put through this form
of exercise before, started toward
the place where the innocent slippers
were resting. Suddenly he stopped
and, turning to his mother in plain
tive sort of way, said: "Mamma
why do you say slippers when Eve
only got one place to whipr This
was too much for the mother aud the
young philosopher escaped punish
ment Oh this occasion.