Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 December 1891 — CHILDREN’S COLUMN. [ARTICLE]

CHILDREN’S COLUMN.

A DEPARTMENT FOR LITTLE BOYS AND GIRLS. Bomethinc that Will Interest the Jnvenlle Member* of Every Household Quaint Actions and C right Sayings of Cute Children. The Circus In the Barn. “Only three pins!” cried little Ray, “To get Into our liarn to-day, iAnd see a circus with a clown; A bareback rider, Jimmie Brown, And lemonade, a pin a glass— Bill Jones will sell It on the grass. I’m going to bo tbo ticket man, I want to sell all that I can; One for mamma, one for Bess, And six for all her dolls, I guess; And then, you know, Jane must come, too, And little Ned, and Grace, and you.” I’d not a pin, and so I went To mamma’s cushion—some were bent And would not pa=s, and I had quite A time to make tbo change just right. Then when wo all got to the door A downcast look my lad's face wore; The circus men could not agree As to who the ringmaster should be; The trapeze boy had hurt Ills head And should not act. his mother said; The clown’s Aunt Kate forgot that day The circus came, and went away, And did not sew the silver stars Upon his trousers, nor the bars Of blue and red. It was too bad, And so I told my little lad. lie said he wished he was a man. That he could carry out each plan; Rut I wished much that I could be A lad again, and once more see Those good old days when plus were made The lawful currency of trade —Doll’s Dressmaker.