Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1886-03-13

i CHILDREN's CHITCHAr.
well, my young gentleman, and how
would You like your hair cut?" "Oh.
hike paPa's, please little round
hold at the top"
First boy. II say Jimmy, there's no
water. It's frozen everywhere" Second
boy: "Bullyl Maybe we won't have
to wash ourselves till the middle of
spring.
Grandpa: ''Tell me, Ethel, why do Won
have six buttons on your gloves?" Ethel:
''Yes, grandpa. dear, will tell YOU. The
reason is, if had seven buttons. or Eve
they would not match the six button.
holes"
| He was hopeful youth who asked
his mother why she did not print the
stories. she told him. "You tell nice
stories, mamma" he continued, ssonly
some of them have good many ands in
them
He was persistent little boy who
told his mother, who thought he was too
young to wear trousers; that '.he would
be willing to go without pockets if he
only could wear something that had
legs"
A small boy, the son of gifted
clergyman in his state, was heard one
night addressing the following petition
to his Maker: 30 God, please bless
mamma, and please bless papa; but the
less you have to do with Aunt Marie the
better. Amen
mamma, what does it mean when it
says, The shades of night were falling
fast?'" ''You should try and figure out
those things for yourself, johnny" 81
know now. It means when sister Jane
pulls nown the parlor blinds, then Gus
Smith comes in to spend the evening.
eh?"
Mrs. Jones-"Did you take Johnny to
school, Jeremiah?" Mr. Jones-'sI did
excellent school it is, Matilda. The
scholars are models of department; the
curriculum is first-class, and the pro-
fessor man of ability. At least that il
the way he struck me-" Johnny with
a groan )-"You ought to have stayed
about an hour, and seen how he struck
me-"
Little Ethel had Just commenced to
study her cdtechism, and her mother
was hearing her say it. snow, Ethel"
her mother commenced, '.what must you
do before You you can have you sins for
given?" II des," said Ethel very though
fully, Il DIES 1 must go out and commit
the SIM
''Are you enjoying your dinner?"
asked Bobby of the minister, who was
taking Sunday dinner with the family
'.Yes. Bobby" responded the minister.
mamma said this morning she thought
you would, as she didn't suppose that,
with your small salary and big family,
you get much to eat from one weeks end
to the other"
Papa, did you ever smoke when You
was boy?" asked ten-year old lad
who was vigorously chewing coffee to
disguise the vile odor of a cigarette which
chung to him still. eyes, once," replied
the father, as he shifted the smell of to-
bacco in the air. "What did your papa
say?' asked the boy with usual interest.
HE didn't say word, my son; but this
is what he did when he found it OUT
When the temperature of his scion was
several degrees hotter than the ambient
A Sunday school teacher was telling
her children how the devil goeth about
like roaring lion, seeking whom he may
devour; and after the lesson was through,
she added that those who wished could
ask questions. At once little boy spoke
up, and asked how fast the devil could
run. "Hush! Johnnie" said the teacher,
''such questions are very profane."
"Well, don't CARE" said Johnnie; she
can't outrun pa, anyhow, cause heard
pa tell man down the street the other
day that he caught the devil the night
that he came home from the lodge"