LITTLE PEOPLE.

Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 211, 16 July 1887, Page 2 (Supplement)

LITTLE PEOPLE.

Mother— Now, Jimmy, put on your boots. j I'm going to take you to the dentiet's to i have that tooth out. Jimmy—Oh, mother ! can't I wait till after it's dark ? MotherWhy ? Jimmy — * Cos father said if you had your teeth taken out by gas it didn't hurt. Little girl has just returned from market. —Mother — Well, Mary Ann, didn't the butcher have pig's feet? Mary Ann— Oh, mamma, I went and looked, but I could not see whether he had pig's feet or not, for he had his boots on. A little girl sat gazing fixedly at the new bonnet of one of her mother's visitors, until the caller smilingly asked : "Do you like it, my clear V The child innocently replied: " Yes, I do. Mamma and Aunt Milly said it was a perfect fright, but it doesn't frighten me a bit." One night mamma said, as she tuckod in bed Her sweet little 5-year-old ; " The w inter drear has gone, my dear, Spring's come with its heart of gold." And when, the next day, he ran in from play A daffodil bright to bring, " See, mamma, he cried in his childish pride, "Ib found the heart of spring." [BELLS, How many kinds of bells, And the message each one tells. Who knows? who knows ? The flrst bell says, " Get up, get up !" The tea bell says, " Oh, come and sup !" The school bell says, " Improve thy youth "; The church boll says, " Come hear the Truth."' ; The toll-bridge bell says, " Opon the catcs " ; The door bell says. "A visitor waits " ; The fire bell says, " Oh, run, men, run !" The noon bell says, " Hurrah for fun !" The sleigh bells say, " Come, tako a rido " ; The wedding bells say, " Bless the bride " ; The fog bell says, " Beware ! beware !" The horse-car boll says. " Five-cent faro " ; The auction bell says, " Come and buy" ; The fish-man's bell says, •' Fish to fry " ; The play bell says, ' Come sport, como mirth " ; 'i he Christmas bells say, " Peace on earth " ; Tho bakor's bell says, " Hero's flno bread" ; The 9-o'clock bell says, " Go to bed."

Madame Valeria, supported by some of the leading 1 artistes in London, intends paying the colonies a visit during the currency of the Adelaide Exhibition now open. There is also every probability that they will visit New Zealand. Mr Radcliffe (the flautist) will accompany them.