Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 October 1891 — Childish Chatter. [ARTICLE]

Childish Chatter.

Old Lady (in drug store to small boy)—What am I to take this medicine in, sonny? Sonny—Take it in your mouth, mum; ’taint to be rubbed on.—New York Ledger. “I don’t want ter!” cried Sammy, aged 2. “Don’t want to what?” asked his mother. “Don’t want ter want ter,” replied Sammy, with a sad little howl.—Harper’s Young People. “There, you naughty hoy, you’ve dropped your bread on the new carpet with the butter side down.” “Zat's all yight, mommer; ze tarpet was swep’ zis mornin’.”—Harper's Bazar. Boy —“ Say, mister, please give *me five cents’ worth of castor oil,, and give me very short measure, too.” Druggist—“ Short measure? Why?” Boy—“ Why, I’ve got to take it myself.—Brooklyn Life. Willie (who has eaten his apple)— Mabel, let’s play Adam and Eve. You be Eve and I’ll be Adam. Mabel —All right, Will. Willie—Now you tempt me to eat your apple and I’ll .aocumb. —Peoria Herald. “Well, Tommy,” said a visitor, “how are you getting on at school?” “First rate,” answered Tommy. “I ain’t doing as well as some of the other boys, though. I can stand on my head, but I have to put my feet against the fence. I want to do it without being anywhere near the fence, and I guess I can after a while.”—Jewish Messenger.