Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1891-11-05
For the Ellsworth American. /
For the Children.

| Dear little boys and girls IL you will
J open your eyes wide and listen hard will
tell you of two funny little children, cne a
beautiful boy with face like cherub
you would think he never, never got in
any mischief, but he does, though, about
,, every hour in the day. The little girl is
very cunning and her auntie calls her lit
tie Dutch doll Did you ever hear of such
al auntie5 You see, though, the little girl
whose name is Louise has blue eyes, long
; fair hair and so round and rol!y. Lon-e Is
devoted to her last dollie which came from
/ New York and calls it her granddaughter
+ Well, these two little children live in a
! beautiful city, but when summer time
comes, 1t is SO warm they cannot 90 out tu
,, play. 1t would make their heads ache SO
! their mamma takes them TO walk in love
ly park which is near their home; there
are two large fountains in the park in
which are kept beautiful gold and silver
there they take crackers which they break
in small crumbs for the fish TO eat; but |
Will tell you something nicer than that
their papa, whom they call Dear bov, "
is also fond of watching the fish, so he
, had large aquarium built, large enough
to hold fourteen large pals Of water and
in it he put thirtv-one silver and gold fish.
They have been swimming in the aquarium
two years and are 50 tame that when YOU
tap the wire netting which covers them,
their little heads come together in bunch
little fish tries TO get all the crumbs. Do
you wonder why we keep the netting over
them?
Well, one morning, when some one went
in the library soft gray looking some
thing was on the floor and upon picking II
up what do you suppose ii was? Why 8
poor little silver fish which had jumped
out Of the water during the night and was
dead. Was it not pity: Poor little
fish, After that we go, the netting and
now they cannot get out, but swim, swim
come home sometimes very late at night
to find them still going. Well, it grew so
very warm in the city and the children
were 50 tired their papa took nice cot
tase in one corner Of long river, one OF
the longest in the world and down they all
went, Morrison aud Louise, with two sis.
tiers anri one brother. A little older Such
happy time they had packing their
trunks putting in little hoes, rskes, shov-
els and buckets. To hold the sand. When
bedtime came on the steamer it was very
hard for them TO 90 to sleep. but after a
long time their eyes shut tightly and late in
the morning when they opened them again
we were almost at the wharf, and when
we were really there and they could run
on the beach at last, perhaps you can guess
how happy they We're. They had crab nets
and would walk along the shore SO quietly
with their eyes wide open, though, and in
minute, jump. would Morrison go, and
in his net We would see Mr. Grab caught
fast. Morrison always called them
"chabs". one lay naughty crab pinched
Morrison's little finger dreadfully so that
little drops of blood came and after that
he did not like his crab net so we'll
When these little children were put in
bed at night they were so cool and happy,
they would have a good pillow fight and
dear, dear, how they woulI tear the pil-
low-cases, One night they did not play
and | wondered what the reason could be.
SO crrpt carefully up stairs and what do
you think: Why, they were sound asleep!
The next morning asked Louise at break
fast why they were so good and what do
you think She said: Why she rolled her
big blue eyes and said so innocently,
Morrison played he was God and was
an angel so we had to be good aud go
to sleep" Then the big brother drawled.
1T is funny kind If heaven with mos
quitoeS in it," What do you think of that
for funny little children: