Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1899-12-13
upon a timer pap. va. on

upon tfue pdp0 was Out
on 49, -.de lawn a-mowin' with that
com'cal little carpet-sweeper. Biddy
had just got the clothes all spread out
nice. side Of the kitchen door. Then'a
when 1t happened-just after Biddy
went In.
1t came up just as quick-a little big
whirlwind and took Biddy's clothes up
in its arms an carried 'em OF! Yes, 1t
did Papa looked right up In the air
an saw 'em a-hyin'! They went mp
twice as high as the meetin' house,
right over the steeple! You can mag
inc how they must've looked to papa,
an don't you guess he laughed? Well
you've guessed right, cause he did!
An the funniest Of all the things
those clothes did was just too perfect
ly com'cal for anything: Our night
gowns did it-Bensies an mine.
They're real long nightgowns. you
know, an they filled all full of the
whirlwind till the sleeves bulged out
round. and the rest of 'em, too, just as
II Bensie and were in 'em! And they
acted as II they were real frightened,
sailin' up there so high, an put their
arms round each other and held on td
each other! That's the way Bensie
and l do when we're frightened. Papa
laughed and laughed. and then he came
in to tell us bout it. The clothes sailed
way over into the minister's orchard
an sat down there to fest-an' that's
where Biddy found 'em!
And that's the right end of the story
to stop at. only Bensie always says
the end."-Youth's Companion.
Weeds Have Wings.
Mamma, l never knew weeds wer
SO pretty. Just look there- And
Oracle held before her mother 4 downy
white globe of the daintest texture
clinging to a stin little stem.
Isn't 1t beautifulv' said mamma
.See. the globe is made of white
wings."
"Wings?" said Oracle. wonderfully
They lock like little white stars
"Yes," answered mamma, they do
but they are really wings. Do you ses
the cluster Of little brown seeds at thu
center?'
Yes" said Oracle. looking at it care
fully.
Now" said mamma. pull one OF
them out. No. wait. Blow the globs
instead"
So Oracle blew upon 1t gently and 10
away fioated the little white star, each
carrying with 1t a tiny brown seed.
Now, do you see." asked mamma
why l called them wings7 Each Lii
| tie seed has a wing. and when the wind
blows upon 1t. 1t flies away. carryins
its seed with it, and then It drops down
sometimes n long way from the spot
where the little weed which bore it
grew, and there the little seed lies un-
| til 1t sinks into the earth, ripens, and
sends forth another weed Of the same
kind
see, too, how beautiful each little wing
is Il don't think 1 shall ever say old
weeds again. Their seed wings arv
as pretty as the flowers"
Artist Who Loved Children.
Sir Edward Burne-JOnes, the artist,
loved children very dearly. When his
small children were naughty their
mamma punished them by standing
| them for a few minutes in q corner.
] with their faces to the wall. ThiG
seemed to be quite severe punishment
to their beauty loving papa. So he had
painted in the corners where his chill
dren We're punished sprays Of flowers,
saying. III he has to go to the corner
l AM determined he shall 10y him.
self there" 1t is also ~ that the
artist, when visiting, found q child Of
his host receiving the Same punish
ment, and that he quietly aketched.
with a pencil, flying birds in the coEnsa
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