Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1891-11-19
lFor the Ellsworth Americana
Children's Column.

My dear little children Did your dear
mamma read about Morrison and Louise to
you, and do you want to hear something
more about them? Well, this morning
just as we were rising from the breakfast
table, away went the door bell with such a
ring, and in came a round package with
two AMERICANS in it; looked one all
over and soon saw the little story which
you read last week. | read 1t right away
to the five children in this house. and
Louise's eyes opened wide, then wider
still, and at last she said, Funny kind of
story; seems to me it sounds like me-"
Sometimes Morrison and Louise are yery
naughty and of course we have to punish
them for fear they might do the same
naughty things again; in my room, in q
very conspicuous place, | keep pale blue,
thin glass bottle with cork stopper in it
DO you wonder what is in that pretty
oottler Quinine. | guess you have never
really tasted the very horrd white powder,
have you! 1t Fuckers your little tongue
and throat dreadfully, and you remember
it very long time. Well, when the chill.
dren are naughty | call one or both. as the
case may be, to me. and tipping the bottle
up, little quinne will cling to the stop
per; that is why | use cork instead of
glass for stopper,-see? Then put a
tiny bit of the powder on the poor little
tongue; they don't like it one bit, but we
don't Ike any other way of furnishing
them, and do you know they need very
little of it and will be good long time
Isn't that a queer way: How do you think
You would like it?
The two boys in this house are taught
to wait upon their sisters upon the prln-
ciple, 'ladies first" so one dav when il
was necessary to give both Morrison and
Louise quiniDe, Morrison's big gray ewes
looked very pleadingly in mine aud he
said ladies first, please, mamma" | guess
he got very little that time, don't you?
DO you ever have the carpets taken up
in your homes, and have bare. cool floors
all summer? We do here, but it does give
babies bad bumps sometimes, so yuess
you are glad YOU are not babies and have
bumps, are you not? Well, it is so warm
mere we have bare floors, but ,uch a bother
to put them down again, put one On the
nursery floor 4 little while ago, and | am
sure even your bright eyes could never
una Mowers, or anything on it, so gave
1t to Morrison and Louise for one of their
paythings, funny kind, don't YOU think?
You know good many days, nearly
weeks, in our winter children have to
stay in the house and Of course we must
make Them as happy ~ possible, so | gave
them the carpet and bought lot of glue
TO be ready for rainy days; they do get so
tired of TOYS sometimes, and YOU know
rainy days are 80 long and tiresome They
take newspapers and cut out the most
wonderful looking horses, cows and men
you ever saw, and such wagons. Then
with the glue they paste the horse draw
ing wagon, the wagon cow. and so on
until you see the funniest looking string
of things. 1t would make you laugh until
you would forget it ever rained and before
you know it, bedt time comes and stupid
day gone so quickly. In the nursery |
Keep large box and in it are kept the
chiidren's toys, some whole, some very,
very far from whole, mixture Of iron
toys. wooden toys, beautiful dolls, and
poor one-eyed and one-legged dolls. all
happy together. sit in my room, which
+ next to the nursery, SO | can hear the
children when at play. 50 they won't get
into mischief and if they are ever yery
quiet, | must run to see what is what,
hey are such little MONKEYS one day
lately all was still-so still couldn't i'm
agine what they were doing, so peeped
All the good ard broken toys were piled
up in the middle of the door, Louise sit
ting just rs quiet as little mouse In her
rocking chair by the pile, Morrison, equal
ly mouse-like, sitting on the floor by
Louise, and both with the funniest ex-
pressonS on their little faces, big ewes
wide open, watching the pile of things as
if they expected something to happen.
said Louise, what in the world are YOU
doing" She looked very funnilv at me
and said, Noting" | knew something
was going on so said very severely, be-
cause | was trying not to laugh, Louise,
what are you both sitting, watching those
things for?" Then her little face got
very red and she said, I'VE are only play
ing we are God and the angels and
thought maybe if we watched these things
long enough, some life might come into
them. Then We could play with them all
new over again; you member you told Us
one day God did put life in things" Don't
you think little girl who is only five
years old is very funny to say such things
to her mamma? She came in by me few
minutes ago to say Good night" and gave
my elbow-she calls it ''alli-bow"-such
big bump | jumped and said, Louise,
what are you?" II am a sweet lump Of
sugar, but funny one because | walk on
two legs, and really and truly Jumps can't
walk on legs, can they? cause they haven't
any"