The Washington critic., 1888-04-21

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MD(aluN 10 60 upstairs and sit with
N1sSESSAssT the child Tho little girl
M(AANAN one day look her grand
AN fAther TO Il corner OF the
| W ed room, aud showed hint
- some alphabet bricks nv
! (&E ranged TO spell out, "J
| <5 want you tu get me boE
OF paints" Next day he
| brought the paints from town, but len
| them in hls ovcrCnat pocket when hG
! went up to see hts little girl. She didn't
| say anything, but she took him TO the cor
| ncr again. and he read, "l thank you,
grandpa. for the box of paints" She htt
! faith IN him.--lTold by Mr. Moody
MATIEarATfcAL.
Visitor Well, nv lill!c man have
| you any brothers,
Freddy--"Ncs, have one bat my
sister Stella has two"
! Nisitor--"Why, how can that bc2'
Freddy Gn some astoni5hmcnl Me
| and my little brother, OF ccourseN n Grip.
Tur LAST LETTER.
Teacher 10 liye.ycarold Johnuy)--
Repeat the letters OF the alphabet.
Johnny repeats from A toH.
Teachcr-Thars right. johnny, but
| there's one more. What is the last letter
of the alphabet
| Bowery Urchin-i know, teacher; ict-
ter go, Gallagher
| APT LITTLE SCHOLARS.
"Who discovered America ~ asked
teacher of u class OF very young pupils.
This startling information was instantly
youchsaied Christopher Columbus;
and nc was born in bO0t from which
il will be seen that the small scholar had
been noticing the shape of Italy on the
map.
The same class had a lesson ia the
I ~ IA.
story of the cherry tree and hatchet.
| Closing the books, the teacher asked,
"What did George Washingtons father
say when he found his favorite tree cut
down." In her excitement the same
child W no told of the boot, rose from her
seat, brandished her right arm men
acingly aud exclaimed "Who cut down
my cherry tree? | means 10 whip him,
don't care who it was Because, she
added as she took her seat "Til bel
that's what he did say, don't you, Miss
Two small boys, aged seven, were
heard, on their return from Sunday
school, discussing tine story of the iaN OF
man. One spoke of the great sorrow OF
our first parents upon being driven trOm
the gates of Paradise by the angel who
guarded them. But lob, rcmon,,
dIdnt they jump over the ience2'-[N-
Y. World
DIALOGUE IN CLASS ROOM.
Professor calling the ROLL Todd!
Anyone know why Todd isn't here to-
day ?'
, Small boy on the back sea. He's
: very sick, sir. The doctor says he's got u
digestive chill
, Professor--"Been eating too much ice
I cream, maybe
f WHERE Is THE rop?
? | Nfr,n 1,aJ apsnyp1 har ,,nuy fn,. hailnnt,
for several days, then she hit it against
3 the stove and II vanished. She gazcd
5 wonderingly into the air u moment, thea
: got down to look under the stove, saying:
]. .'Wheres the pop gone 2'--l Detroit Free
{ Press,
!, Az UTTER IMposstBILtrY.
/ A little child in one Of Albany's public
/ schools was rebuked the other day for
r using slang expression and excused
o herself by replying: "Woll, my brother
said it," The teacher said: Your brother
ought to be moro careful of his Language"
"Oh, - said the little one, apologeiicaNy,
!. !'you know you can't stop boys from
bringing slang into the house. Can yonF'
L Albany Express.
! FREE AGENCY.
e. mamma having been very i'll IN the
r.; spring, presume some one had told hiCi
that God had sent the illness, for in th,
summer after partaking little too freely
:, Of watermelon, he came and stood by nay
y side and looking very uncomfortable
said: God didn't send this stomach
ache, did he2 That's my own business
COS ate too much watermelon. -
now SHE SETTLED HIN.
If A little girl in the lower part of thi
city was playing "tea party" and gen
o. | ilautat, bn nl,iqgtpl n
several of the imaginary yiands which
+, she brought hun, complaining that they
h were poorly cooked, too salt, stale, &C
After several efforts TO please him the
20 small hostess lost her patience and, lay
ing down a plate of mythical daiuue-
c i" Eat what's that, and you'll get morI
awhile ago"-l Kingston Freeman.
NOTIFYING OMISSION.
One of Che pleasures of extreme you'll
is to walk in pride in rubber boots, Th,
naughty yet indifferent air with which
{ the rubber booted small boy will swasl
through quarter of n mile of gutter
must be seen to he appreciated. As the
. | listener was making his way past one ol
the city schools the other day, lac saw be-
| fore him two mdgets OF girls wearing
rubber boots beyond their years. These
little girls were walking through tue pud
dies in their way with the evident pride
of conqueriug heroiues.
"Why Mary Jane" said the larger, 'II
r. you didn' forget that puddle at the cross
iSo did " said Mary Jane, mortified
~ don't know what's coming over me,
~ | and turning about she retraCed her step,
and twice l'araded through the forgotten
puddle before reiOiuing her companion, ~
q Boston Transcript
TIRED or HER BNTlt.
Nellie did nor like to be washed, Que
morning while being prepared for school
=, She was watching an older sister washing
y dishes. she said Mamma. wouldn't you
" think the dishes would get tired Of being
washed so often |'-L Exchange.
THE poETrc TEMPERAMENT.
Two little urchins were gazing with uu
8 disguised admiration at The floral displa!
made in the window of O fremont stree
u establishment the other day, and one rc
a marked TO the other
. "Bill, whatd yer do il yer had all tina
shop fun o. flowers ''
"Do? I'd lust roll myself up in en-
and 20 to sleep forever '' rhapsodiaed TN
poetic youngster II Boston Budget.
ENOUGH ron ONE DNy,
> "Ma" inquired Bobby as he prepare,
IL himself Tor his nightly orisous, why di'
le you spank me to.day-because didn'
Sc mind youY'
ID "Yes Bobby and to make you q 600
H. | lttle boy
le "Thcn guess won't ask God {
nj make me good little boy conclude