Never Misinform a Child.

Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 381, 3 July 1889, Page 4

Never Misinform a Child.

A man makes a mistake when he deceives a child. A citizen was in the habit of being very firm with his little boy, and one day at the table, as the boy left the glass stopper out of the vinegar cruet, the father said to him, ' Put that cork back in the vinegar cruet." T>ie boy pub it back and asked mildly, *lb that a cork, papa ?' The old gentleman was half mad, and he answered, c Yes, that's a cork, and you shut> up and don'b talk back.' The boy shut up and that was supposed to be the end of it, but a few months later the man was out fishing, and having need of a 1 bobber ' he sent the boy to the house with instructions to get a cork, and be quick about it. The boy returned with the glass stopper to the vinegar cruet and handed it to the old man, with iust a trace of a twinklo in his oye. The old man remembered the cork episode, and didn't want to go back on himself, so he thanked his son, put the glass stopper on the line, and held it on the top of the water for two hours to make the boy believe it would float, but the toy was on to him, and they finally had a good laugh at the joke, and now they understand each other better.