Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1904-01-21


Little Freddie's F9nd Father wa
reading the newspaper the o,he
evening when Little Freddie 20
busy with thirst for information
Teacher says that George Wash
ington was the father Of his country
Did DO have any other countries
Paw 2"
Little Freddie's Fond Father dis
continued reading and answered
oenignantly: ~ don't think I un
derstand you, my son. Explair
yourself q little more fully"
did he have any other coantrie.
for children besides this country p
No. Freddie; this was the onl,
country he had"
Teacher says that England il the
mother Of this country-read Il ou,
u poetry book TO Us. Was Ene
land George Washington's wife 2"
No, my son. The word mother
is used fguratively.
'Oh, thought they must be mar.
ried, cause OF this country being
their baby and cause they Tough,
20 much" said Little Freddie, limo
Gently.
You II go to bed IL you think Sc
freely out loud" suggested Littl,
freddie's Fond Father, warningly
as he resumed the reading of his
paper.
Little Freddie cogitated in silence
or the space OF seven seconds.
Paw" he ventured then, don't
the newspapers call England Cousin
John Bull?'
The eyes Of Little Freddie's Fond
Father were again lifted from his
reading. He laid his paper on his
knee, and unless his face was given
to lying he would rather have laid
Littio freddie there.
Then Cousin John would be Geo.
orge Washington's second cousin.
But | don't quite understand It,
Paw, cause Cousin John is England
and she was George Washington's
wife. Can man marry his second
cousin Johnp"
IF you don't stop your Internal
questions I'll give you something
more immediate to think about,
young man. I'm not an encyclope.
dia of tommyrot.
Two minutes later Little Freddie
essayed again: Who's Uncle Sam,
Paw ?"
Hes this country itself. That
will do, Freddie.
But whose uncle is he 2"
He isn't anybody's uncle Z" roar.
ed Little Freddie's Fond Father.
Some idiot invented all those foo!
relationships to torment honest peo.
pie with"
IF Uncle Sam is this country he
must be George Washington boy.
Is Brother Jonathan any kin to Un.
Gle Sam?''
1T means the same thing. That's
what the English call US. Nov,
don't let me hear another question
out Of you. I've had enough of
them"
Little Freddie soliloquized aloud
Seems kinder funny that Jonathan
can be brother to John Bull and
yet Johns only acousin to Jonathan.
And don Z see how Uncle Sam can
be an uncle TO nothing less the lit.
tie boy died that he was uncle TO-"
Then Little Freddie's thirst for
knowledge broke out on him again
Paw. are you sure George Wash
ington wasn't Canada's father, too?
A piece ! read the other day said
Canada was this country's younger
sister. Mebbe you didn't hear a.
bout it when Canada was born"
Little Freddie got no response to
this. The one addressed was trying
desperately to interest himself in q
piece of political news.
And the same piece said, Paw,
that Cuba and Hawaii were children
OF Uncle Sans. Mebbe he won't
mind not being anybody's uncle
seeing he has children of bis own.
Who's Uncle Sans wife, Paw? Is
itColumbiaf She'd be George Wash
ington s.
Little Freddie's Fond Father rose
hurriedly from his seat and grasped
Little Freddie by the coat collar.
The two disappeared into an adjoin-
ing room TO continue the study OF
rslationships.-Puck.
ssvsd From Terrible Death.