The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1889-06-28
THE LITTLE SISTER.

Young Persons Who Are Great Trial to
Marriageable Young Ladies'.
Little sisters are great trial TO the
young lady with her first beau
They have such deadly habit of
telling just the secrets that their big
sister wouldn't have known for the
world, and telling them at just the
worst time they could possibly select.
And, what is more. they seem to take
a malicious pleasure in telling them.
II Mary Jane mas kept her hair
rolled up for two days, to be we'll
frizzed when Augustus calls, her little
sister win note the proceeding, and just
as Mary Jane has assured her admir-
ing swain that her hair curls natural-
ly, and that it is almost impossible to
make it stay anywhere, up will pop
the small sister. and tell the whole
story of the curl-papers, and in all
probability she will add the informa-
tion that Mary Jane puts red ink on
her cheeks to make her "pritty."
Little sisters are always cropping
out at the wrong time. They never
want to go to bed the nights when the
big sisters beau is expected, and no
amount of coaxing and candy can con-
vince them that they are sleepy.
They have eyes for every thing and
ears that would detect the slightest
whisper. and next day, at the dinner
table. the big sister will be mortified
TO death and the whole family will be
thrown into commissions by the piping
announcement from the small sister:
"Gus Jones bit our Mary Jane last
night. right into the mouth! | seen
him! And she bit him back!"
Little sisters always want to know
all the why's and the wherefores. One
of them is likely TO climb on the knee
of an aspiring young gentleman suit
or and ask him why he doesn't have
more hairs in his mustache; she would
like to ask him if he doesn't feel bad
because his nose is long, and it would
delight her dear little heart 70 impart
to him the fact that Mary Brown and
Sister Jane both said he was too long
legged for any thing but greyhound.
Small sisters will tell the family Sc
crets with most delightful candor, and
while the young gentleman caller is
waiting for the young lady Of the
family to give the final touches to her
toilet before coming down the small
sister will con6dentially make him
acquainted with the fact that papa
swears at mamma right along and
that 1--WE have old hen for dinner and
call it chicken pie" and that Sister
Jane wants to get married awfully to
some rich young fool who will keep
her without work. y
Little sisters will put molasses candy
in the chair and see you sit down on
it without a word of warning; they
win wipe their bread and butter hands
on your pantaloons; they will cradle
their kittens in your six-dollar hat;
they will pin you and your inamorata
to the chairs; they will put burrs in
your hair; they viii sift sawdust from
the cracked bodies of their dolls down
the back Of your neck; and they will
make faces at you, and yell like little
demons il you attempt to defend your
self.
Therefore, we say to you: II pos
sible, avoid going courting in families
where there are little sisters unless
you are SO deeply in love as to be per-
fectly indifferent and reckless as to
consequences. IN. Y. Weekly
Beware or him VINO meets with
friendly mien, and, in the midst OF a
cordial salutation, seeks to avoid your
glance Lavater.
II neber could have much confer
dence in de loud-talkin' pusson. It's
de biggest tree dat's de most likely ter
be holler -Arkansaw Traveller.