Jasper County Democrat, Volume 6, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 February 1904 — Object Lesson on the Cat. [ARTICLE]

Object Lesson on the Cat.

The teacher in a grammar school was giving an object lesson on the cat “Who can tell me to what family the cat belongs?” she inquired. Seven or eight of the larger children were questioned arid could not tell, so she asked one of the smaller pupils. “Can you tell us, Bobbie?” she Inquired of a small, serious little chap. “Yes’m,” piped up Bobbie; “the cat belongs to the family what owns it!” Bones. One day a little three-year-old boy was watching his mother sew whalebone in her dress. “What are they, mamma?” he asked. “Bones,” she replied. “Whose r continued the little fellow. “Mine,” she answered. He watched her a minute in amazement and then asked solemnly, “How did you get ’em out?” —Little Chronicle. My Little Gray Kitty and I. When tbs north wind whistles round the house. Piling snowdrifts high. We nestis down on the warm hearth rug. My little'gray kitty and I. I tell her about my work and play , And all I mean to do. And she purs so loud I surely think That she understands, don’t you? She looks about with her big round eyes And softly lieks my face As I tell her ’bout the word I missed And how I have lost my place. Then let the wind whistle, for what to US Matters a stormy sky? Oh. none have such Jolly times as Wa My Uttle gray kitty and II > —Angel of Peso*