The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-01-30

, IT'S a marvel OF great renown.
II blooms on the shore Of the Bollipor
Sea
In tho garden Of shut-Fys Town;
Tho fruit that II bears Is SO wondrously
sweet
CAS- those who have tasted IT say
That good little children have only TO
eat
OF that fruit to be happy next day.
When YOU got to the tree you would
have "A hard tins
To capturc the fruit which l sing:
The tree is so tall that no person could
climb
To The boughs where the sugar-pums
swing
But up in that tree sits a chocolate cat
And a gingerbread dog prowls below
And this is the way you contrive TO get
at
Thos, sugar-plum tempting you so.
You say but the word to that ginger
bread dog
And he banks with such terrible zest
That the chocolate cat is at once al
agoe,
As her swelling proportions attest
And the chocolate cat goes cavorting
around
From this Ieafy limb unto that,
And the susar-plums tumble of course.
90 the ground
Hurrah for that chocolate cat
There are marshmellows. gumdrops and
PEPPERMINT canes.
with stripings OF scarlet or gold.
And you carry away of the treasure that
rains
As much as your apron can hold
So come. E;tlc child cIddie closer 10 me.
In your dainty white nishtoap and
gown.
And I'll rock YOU away 10 that sugar
Plum Tree
In the garden Of Shut-Eye Town
EUGENE FIELD.
We Laugh Here.
Teacher giving out words to spelD-
Sell Child-S-e-l-l Teacher-No you
must say double !. not III. Now speil
seen" Child-S-e-e-n. Teacher-iaven
j lust told you to say the word double
when two letters al Ike come together? IL
punish you. Now let me hear you read
your lesson. The lesson-"Up. up. Lucy;
II is time for school.
Child reading)-Double up. Lucy; it is
lime for school
Mother-That naughty little boy went
i'm swimming when his mother told him
not TO. and he was drowned. Wilhe-But
he didn't get any whipping.
Little Jeanne, the threeyear-old pet OF
ne.ghbOr friend was playing with her
rag doll In the front room OF her home
not long since when suddenly her quick
eye rested upon one Of those large. shiny
black bugs which occasionally fly in
doors on summer nights and was now
slowly crawling along the carpet. he
little observer came run out 10 the kitchen
with great excitement. eXclaiming. Mann
fhaT1'C "A ha mar
Tor Come and see IL walk"
lie was a typical gamin. so diminutive
in stature that | had TO stOop to interro-
gate him, which did In this way:
Where do you get your papers, my lit
tie man. "Oh. / buy EN- OF Johnny
Green" And who is Johnny Green?"
Hes a newsboy-he buys 'em in the
III alley IL. What 90 you pay for
them for?" '.Ficents.. You don't make
do you sell them for?" oh, just to get
10 h0ller."
There Is curious minglng of the sa-
cred and the secular i'm the Rotations Of
"A child friend of ours. on one occasion
her mother suddenly discovered during
the evening devotions, that there had
been a corruption Of the text. and that
er small daughter was devoutly petition
ing: "Kwe-ate in me a queen o. hearts.
the Beatitudes when a course of careful
instruction elected as a final result tho
following: "Piec-ed are the dressmakers
for they call in the children of God" In
a recent inspired moment. she was heard
saying over and over TO herself: Let
your eyes so shine before men.-Current
Literature.