Democratic Sentinel, Volume 20, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 December 1896 — AIRY THINGS ABOUT THE HEIR. [ARTICLE]

AIRY THINGS ABOUT THE HEIR.

Jay bank—My son has become quite a bicycle expert; rides J.W<f wheels at once. (Maypool—Thax’s nothing. My .baby rides four jut onee^Washington Ttajeee. • , , . “Well,” said the Site to the small boy, “I guess I will have to admit-that .you have me on the string. And that,” Con'tinued the kite, “is what makes me soar.”—lndianapolis Journal. ' Teacher—Tommy, 'parse discretion. Tommy (feeling his way)—Discretion—a noun—feminine. Teacher—How do you make it feminine? Tommy—lt’s the better part of valor.—Pittsburg News.. e Mother—Yes, doctor, Jamesey is that tongue-tied he can’t speak a word. What trade would you advise him to learn? Doctor—Make an artist of him, by all means. He can make signs.—Buffalo ■Times. Mr. Figg—l see that a priest in St. Ixitils made the members of his congregation deposit all their motto buttons on the altar before he would go on with the service. Tommy—l guess he was makin’ a .collection.—lndianapolis Journal. Judd—A baby grows more the first month of its life than at any other similar period of Its existence. Sometimes it gains an inch in length during this time. Spudfl—l can easily believe that, for later in life It will often find itself getting short.—Washington Times. ‘There,” said the fond father, as the political procession passed by. “Does not that fill your young soul with high aspirations "I” “You bet It does, pa,” answered the little boy. "I’m goln’ to git a broomstick and begin practicin’ for a drum major soon's I git home.”— Cincinnati Enquirer. /Tommy had been suffering from a Bine back for a day or two, and Ills mother bought a porous plaster for the same and prepared to adjust it. As the eyes of little Mabel fell upon the punctured square she exclaimed: “Oh, mamma! What are all the holes for?” “I know,” interjected Tommy; “they’re for lettln’ the pain out.”—Richmond Dispatch.