Rensselaer Union, Volume 8, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 July 1876 — In a Boy’s Pocket. [ARTICLE]

In a Boy’s Pocket.

A noise one day breaking" the silence 'bt the school-roop, the offender was swiftly brought to justice and his spool confiscated. Another and another noise from the samedelinquent—this time a flic. Reflecting that economy of time might be .useful in tha case, I desired Master George to bring’ me all he had, and' reluctantly, there was poured forth such an unending stream of treasures’that I despatched an assistant for the saucer of a flower-pot in which to place them. A list is in order. A rubber ball gnawed at one side, four yards of twine, three peewees, two slatepencils, a piece of soap, a copper, six board-nails; a pickle, a flsh-hoWc, a bun, a letter which had once been pink, but ndw, alas!—five lozenges, a top, a doll’s boot with the handle in it, a gold stud weepingly confessed to be “My Mammie’s,” a patent lock, key attached ; a piece of gum with tooth impressiota, a leaf from a speller round a treacherous piece of tar, two-kite-knqbs, a scissor, « watch-key, a pipe-bowl colored and scented after the latest epicurean styfe, a shoe-string, a whistle, four scarlet beans, an inch doll, two bobbins; an Irishnin’s jackknife, a lampwick, three piece! of rainbow coal, five jackstones, a photograph, a tack-hammer, a ring, a smllct leg, a metal toe, a rabbit’s tail! Tfttal, sixty-five!— From a Teacher'« Letter.