. The ball of yarn;. LAUGHING F A M IL Y. \ .k above are cokrkct likenesses op a family after reading tbi Shillings Worth of Fun. A GOOD HINT FOR A YOUTH. An old chap in Connecticut, who was one of the most niggardly men knownin that part «rf the country, carried on the blacksmithing business very exten-sively; and, as is generally the case in that state, boarded all his own to show how much he envied the men what they ate, he would have abowl of bean soup dished up for himself to cool, while that for the hands wasset before them boiling hot. One of the boys was rather unlucky among
. The ball of yarn;. LAUGHING F A M IL Y. \ .k above are cokrkct likenesses op a family after reading tbi Shillings Worth of Fun. A GOOD HINT FOR A YOUTH. An old chap in Connecticut, who was one of the most niggardly men knownin that part «rf the country, carried on the blacksmithing business very exten-sively; and, as is generally the case in that state, boarded all his own to show how much he envied the men what they ate, he would have abowl of bean soup dished up for himself to cool, while that for the hands wasset before them boiling hot. One of the boys was rather unlucky among thehot irons, frequently burning his fingers. The old man scolded him severelyone day, for being so careless. How can I tell,- said the boy, if they are hot, unless they are red? Never touch anything again till you spit on it; if it dont hiss, it wontburn. In a day or two, the old man sent the boy to see if his soup was cool. Theboy went in—spit in the bowl: of course, the soup did not hiss. He wentback and told t
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