Jes' house the other day, saying:
" h, dear Mrs. Jones! Such an ac
cient has happened. Your son got
utler a tour-horse load of pig iron
d vn the river, and it ran right over
hb. fOh, dear !" Poor Mrs. Jones
scqamed and nearly fainted, when
t14 little rascal added: "Don't cry,
1W. Jones, lbe wasn't hurt a bit."
"hy, what do you meant Bun
o"r by a four horse load of pig iron
not hurt l" " Well, you see,
th wagon was passing over the
ba ge and he was sitting under it
fiing," replied the little rascal,
shoting out of the open door.
bright little boy in Nashville,
ju three years old, is like most little
el ps of his age, some times refrac
tow. In order to curb him and make
hi a. good little boy. his mother often
tr4ted him to a peach tree " per
der." The little fellow has come
to understand any allusion to the
pe ch tree, and usually subsides when
it spoken of. A few days ago,
sit e the flowering of the fruit trees,
a gight reference was made to this
sa c tree, when the little fellow made
pe co for the rest of the day by look
in up and saying: " Why, mamma,
thq switches are covered with roses."
4 The news from all sections of the
Noth is favorable to the Democracy.
