The Red Cloud chief., 1893-11-17

a Cute Boy-Thc other day (Which
wus Sunday" as Petroleum V. Nasty
would say, the good children and mum
Der of older ones, gathered together in q
certain meeting house in the south end
Of the city, for the purpose Of holding
Sabbath school. Everything passed of
quietly, as all Sunday schools ought to,
until one of the teachers. or we believe,
a certain minister, thought Of some qucs
ton that would bc easy for the average
youth to answer, and propounded it. He
said "Docs any scholar here know what
il meant in the passage Of scripture
where il says: Christ was made poor
that We might he made rich? One little
bright eyed fellow raised his hand as an
indication that he knew.
Well, what is itY asked the divine.
Johnnie, hemmed and hawed n little and
finally stammered out that the reason he
was poor. he guessed was "bccausc he
didn't get enough to eat"
The preacher had gotten n new cxplp-
nation that was not quoted in the new
version, and Jonnic was allowed to oc.
cupy his seat without being further
questioned on the subject.
WARS THE MATTER WITu UsY- Some
days since while pcrusing Il Missouri pa
per, we saw a frivolous article regarding
towns OF this section of Nebraska, as Of
very little Importance, and attempting
to extoll the old fifty years behind coun.
try of Missouri in which that paper was
published. They spoke OF our agricul.
tural districts as worthless, and referred
to grasshoppers, hot winds. etc, which
are well known to be adversitiss OF the
past tense. Will 1t DO blowing to pre-.
sent mildlysomc OF the valuable resources
OF this country? What il the matter
with this part OF the country, including
Webster county? Verify IL is one of the
finest on earth, and it is on the increase
and not the decline. See the vast lands
under cultivation. and the thousands OF
acres yet untitled. Note fhe growing
orchards, the beautiful meadows, the
spacious pastures and tho great herds of
stock. Notice the sparkling brooks, the
clear pure water, the %saluberious and
health .giviving climate. Think of the
invigorating air, the truthful. law ,abid-
ing citizens, tho Aourshing public schools
the prosperous churches, and the edify.
society we enjoy. Oh! no old Missouri
with your and and rain, your stones and
stumps. your moss-baOks and haze
brush. your illitorate back. woodsmen
ignorant pedagogues and Idoiotic dem.
o~crats; you are not our superior, and
never Cur DO.
CANT That FUNNY "'-Durinp the
ten years OF Our ownership OF the Great
Family Weekly, We have been called up.
on to do a great many things that
'secmeth queer TO the untutored mind OF
those who have not had q chance to dis.
cover the inner working Of a great Jour.
nal. For instance, pumpkins, potatoes,
.squashes, beans, old scrap iron, hitching
posts, election bets, old clothes, dried
apples, and a hundred and one other
things have been offered in lieu OF the
valuable information that is weekly Dol
tanned in the great disseminator OF truth
and wisdom. but the straw that broke
the camels back wal offered Tuesday
whom a gentleman Of the city came
"toting" a two-weeks' old calf down the
stairs into the presence OF the Big Injun
and his mighty braves, and asked to
have II credited on his paper. The
book keeper tainted. the reporter quick.
ly vaulteG into the vault, the devil
jumped for the shooting. stick, while the
calf played the ID with the compos
itors. and the editor came in lust as the
boys were having "a "bully" time getting
that calf out Of the front door.
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