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Enterctl ac cording to Act o f Cong re $s , i11 th e ye:ir
18 32, uy J . & J. w. P1H:NTJ S ~, Propri eto rs, in the
Clerk's Ollice ot the District Court of N<.!w-Ilampshire.

Compile r of the following work ha s no
other apology for adding to the numerous re ading
books already before the public, than h is conviction that a book of this grade is still needed .
In making this compilation, one great ohject
has been to sel ect simple and int e resting lesson !,
- consisting mostly of sh o rt an<l easy words, his experience as a teacher, havin g she wn him
that the frequent recurr e nce of long w o rd :3 is a
great hindrance to child re n in acquirin g th e habit
ofreading with facility. 'l"hey arc di scou rage cl, not only 011 acco11nt of the difficulty of read in g
them, bnt they a re in gre a t dan ge r <1 f los in g- thei r
interest in the lesson itse lf, fr om 11 ot be ing abl e t0
understand the merwin!.{ o f th e word s .
'!'he com pil e r a c knowl e dges l1im se lf greatly indebted to the Juvenile Mi scellany, a work which
should be in the hands of eve ry y •rnn ~ pe r son in
the country; rnn11y other juv e nil e hook s li:i vc been
consultcu, hut in all case s the utm ost fr eedom has
been u sed in altering and arranging t he p ieces to
suit hi s plan .
Convinced, that with an -enlightened and disc erning community, merit alone will insure sue -

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cess, no at temp t is made to point out the defects
of other work~: - if this sha ll in any respect excee<l tl1cm, the public will undoubt ed ly discover
its excellencies and patronize it - if not, let it
sink into merited oblivion.
DuU!in, Aug u ~t, 1831.

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I am very glad, my child, that you can re~d so
well. You have read in the spelling book till you
can read it 1uite wel l. Now, you must have some
other book to read in.
This book is on purpose for you - i t is foll of
p r e tty stories and verses and pictures. - I wish
you to try to re a<l it well, so that you can tell what
the sto ri es are ntout.
Some of tlie words are very e~sy - and some
are so hard that you will not know what they
mean, unless you ask your parents or your teacher to tell you.
I wish you to look at the pictures too, because
the pieces are about somethin 0er that you can see
in the pictures.

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LESSON TlilllD.

The Good Sou .

'l'lte useful Boy , wlw wu11lrl not tell a Lie.

I. There was once a little boy, a wild littfe:
boy, who like you, loved play; but lie had a mother, whom he loved better than play.

than six years of age ;
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day !1is mother was scraping some lint, and he
asked what it was good for.
~- She told him that when any person gets hurt
with a lrnife or a gun, it is used to "top t lt1_; bloo<l.
"Let me try if I can scrape some li11t," ~aid lie;
and his eyes brigltt·ened with joy when hi~ rnot!tcr
told him lie <liJ it very well.
3. "I am good for sometl1i11g, am I not, marnma ?"said lie. "Broth e r He 11ry says all tiiv good
I can do is to keep tli c bread from 1nouldin g ) but
I meau to tell him that I can sc rap e li11t. "
4 . His motlier liked to hav e l1ini cmploycJ;
so she let him take a pitcher every morning and
go after milk for his bre nld",1st.
5. One morning, hi s urot lier H e nry wish e d to
go; and lte tri e J to get tlie pitch e r uut 11f Jiis
hand- Francis would uot let go of it, lJecau sc
his mnthe1: tnlJ him to go, and Lierwcc11 them tltt..:
1-Jitcl1er was broken.
ti. He now beg-an to cry, for he Jid not like to
carry home tlie broken pitch e r in stead of some
nici~ , warm milk.
A naugl 1ty buy wl10 c~unc
along, a~ke<l him why be Jid not tell lii s mother
that he did not break it.
7 . Francis wiped his eyes, anJ stared at him
as if he did not believe any body could be so wick~
cd - '' 1 will not tell a lie,'' said he, manfufly; " mamma will not scold at me; but if J knew
she would scold, or even beat me, I would not
tell a lie."

2. 'fhis boy, at first, did uot choose to learn
either to read, or to write; but his mother told
him tliat no one can Le of use unless iie kuows
how to r ead.
3. So tlic boy thou gh t, "thi s will not du; I
wi s l1 to be of use; tl1e time may co1nc, wlicn my
motlier will wunt my help, as mucl1 as I now want
he rs .''
4. "'ell. on tliis th o ught, Harry Legan to learn
w ith all his heart , a11J lie ~jot along fast, so that
h e soon learned to rca<l well, and write, and tu
do s um s , and you shall 8CC what good came of it.
5. lI is mother ~rew olJ, and ueca me weak and
sick, l>ut li e r good so 11 took care of li e r wlic11 she
was old, as s he hacl tak e n care of ltim wh e n lie
wa s a weak cl1ild.
G. IIe now felt the use of knowing something;
for, wh e r: he was qttite a young lad, he w e ut a8 a
clerk into a shop, ;111d bis muster paiJ him good
w:1g-cs.
7. At tlic enJ of tltc week when ltis master
paid him his money, with whut joy would lie carry it home and pour it into tl1c lap of his m0tl1er.
8. And then she would smile, and her <lim eye
would brighten, and how sweet to liim was the
smile with which she thunkc<l liim.

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him he ought not to quarrel with his brother,
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I. Some rude boys had one day got a pigeon
which was lame, and its winp;s being cut, it could
not fly; so tl1ey had tied a strrng to one of its
leg-s, and put it rlown to throw stones at, that be
who hit it should have it for his own.
2. llut just as they were going to throw at it,
little Mary ran and begged them to stop, and said
she would buy th e bird. "Ho.w much," sa id she,
"must I give for it. '! "
3. "S ix-pence, " said one of the boys. "I have
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4 . So they took her money, and ~ave lier the
b ird; and s l1e took care of it, and fod it well, and
it lived with lier a lon g time in tlic l1011 !'e .
5. It would be very pleasant, if we could now
sec how cheerful tlie poor bird u sed to look upon
l\lar_v , every Jay as she fed it; and i1ow g lad was
she, as she st rnked its glossy feathers, that she
hud saved its life.
(). J-bw s hould we like to he pelted with sticks
and stones? Poo r birds can feel pain, as well as
boys and girls , and it is not ri gh t to hurt any one
of God's c r(>atures,-we should treat them with
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I. Lucy was a very kind l ittle girl. Slic never
beat her kitten, or set her foot upon an insect on
pu rpose . 8ometimes, wl:en s he was c a ti 11g her
bread and milk, a hungry fly would li g ht upon
the edge o[ the bowl, and try to drink.
2. Lucy never knocked him into the milk, to
make him struggle and drown there; bnt she
would i;ay to him,
''Drink away, my little fly,
You may drink as well as I."
3 . Her mother told li er that the little black
tong ue, with which the fly sucked up th e milk,
was like the great trunk of an elephant, and that
the fly could push it out, to reach hi :; food, and
draw it in when he had done eati11g, - only it was
so very small that she could not see it.
4. One day , when shn !ind fo11nd a <lcntl fly,
she call ed Lucy to lier and told h e r tu lo1 >k t !1rough
a glass wl1icl1 mad e tl1c fl y look ten ti111 cs ns large
ns he r e nlly wa s ; and the 11 Lu i..:y saw wh a t a c-1irious trnnk he had to unroll, wl1 e11 lie wanted Iii,.; ,.:1 1pper , and roll up agr1in when lie wisli ed to go tn ,.;lcep.
5 . When the sp ring; weath e r came, a11d tli1: su n
was warm, and the grass g reen, a i>11tt1~ rtly ll c w
into the window and lighted upon a l>t'autiful rose
bush, whi c h was sta11din~ in tl1e s1111sl 1i11 e .
6. Lucy jumped up, :rn<l cr ie d, '· 0 , wl1 a t a
p retty butterfly! Mother, may [ c at c lt him?''
Her mother told her she cou ld not to11cli him
without hurting him; and slie took down a dead
butterfly which was pinned ove r tl1e looking-glass,
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7. \Vh e n she took her fin ger off, it was cover..:
cd with finll m e al, that came from tl1e butterfly's
wings. He r motlier told her tl1at this meul was
n hunch c1f littl e tiny feathers, j11 st like tho se of
a bird, only so small that s he could not sec them.
8 . Then she ]ookrd at tli e butterfly through the
glass, nnd sl 1e co uld see the feathers very plai11ly;
and when she knew that every tou c h of h e r finger
pulled out a bunch of feathers, and hurt the butterfly , slie did not wish to take hold of him, for
sh e was a very kind-hearted g-irl.
9 . The glass that Lucy look ed through is called n magnifying glass, or microscope.

2. The pink has rai s<:rl its sweet hc:-i.rl, ::rnd
sheds a ri c h perfume 011 th e air, n11 <l the dar k vi olet sends forth :;wt::et smells frflrn its lowly I.J ed .
The air is ricl1 with sce 11ts ; t lw scene is gay with
bright co lor s .
3 . lla rk ! \vh ence comes tiiat c;o und, an(1 wl1at
is it ? It is the Le e , and it:'J 1111111 is s weet t o tlie
car, for it is the S(l \llld of ind11 stry.
4. Boys :111d girls, come and lenrn front tl1c
bee to mnke tlte rn(l:'!t of ti11re ; he is up with tl1c
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sun;' l1is gay friend, th e lark, 111nunt s in tli e air
at
break of day, j11st <t s 1 he bee peeps out, to seek
sweet herbs and tlow e rs.
5. The be e darts l1is trn11k i11to the cup of tl1 c
pu r e uu<l, and finds there on e drop of swcct juice;
he takes it liorne to liis hiv e , and ke e p:; it iu l1is
nice cell of wax.
6. Come , ye idle .boys and girls, and lea rn of
tlie be e to be huiiy, 1f yrn1 would be glad, for the
busy hnvc no rime for sighs a11d g-rn ans .
7. Time , you know, is 1>11t :rnotli c r nnm e fo r
life, and life is too dear to be lost in sloth and i<lfe·
ne;;s. Learn, then, of th e busy bee.

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Tlte Bee.

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The Little Co1card.

1. See, the rose hns burst from its green bud,
the dark pink leaves are spread out, nn<l the
brown moss in vain seeks to l1ide its bloom.

I. There was onc:e a little Loy, wl10 was n snd
coward. He w:1 s afraid of cve1y thin ~, nlm ost;
lie was even afraid of the 1w0 kids, l\:rnny and
llilly; :rnd wli c 11 tl1cy put ti.cir noses through tl1c
pales of the court, he durst not pl uck Billy liy tli e
beard.
~. What a s illy boy lie wa s ! Pray what was
l1is 11arne? Nay, intl cc<l, I :-il1all not tell you bis
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3 . 'Yell, he w as afraid of <logs, too; lie always c ri e d and ran awny, if a d og barked at
h im , if only in fmt. Littl e J ogs do nut liurt boy s ,
yo u lu1ow, but lo ve to play with them.
4. Once as thi s sirn pie boy wns walking by
him se lf, a pretty black dog cnme out of a hou se,
an<l barked, and want e J to play with him, but
he ran away. Tlie <log- rn11 nft c r him and cried
li ow-wow, !Jut lie only m ea nt to say good morrow,

So I'll not pull h e r tail, nor drive her away,
But pu ssy and I very gently will play:

h o w do you do?

3. But ['II not pinch her ears, nor trend on her
paw,
Lest I should provoke h e r to use h e r sharp claw.
I never will vex her to make he r displeased For pussy don't like to Le worried an<l teased.

2. She s hall sit by my s i<le, and I'll give he r so me

food ;
For pussy will love me, if ge ntle and good I'll pat he r soft coat, aucl the n she wil l purr,
An<l thus show her thanks fur my kindne ss to lier.

[). llu t the boy was ~ aclly fri glitcnccl and ran
away as fa :-t as he c onld, withou t looking before
him; a11<l tumbl ed int o a dirty Jitd1, and there he
lay cry ing, for he could not ~ et out.
G. Tl1cn the dn g '.\ r11t to Hal pli, th e ser vant,
nnd pulled liim l1y tl1 u con t till li e made him go
'vitli him, a11d t l1cy got him out, but he was all
over muddy, and e very body laughed nt l1im for
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from off her n e ck, and give lier ~ome mea t.
Puss loves a piece o f li g ht s, an<l milk is a trea t to
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5 . 'Ma, puss has made a scratch on James'
hand, with her claws; it bleeds; the cat m ust be
beaten.
No , my child, she wou ld not have done
so, if James had not hurt her. -He it is who mus t
take the rod .
6. Jan e , get a piece of rag an d bind up Jame s'
hand . He will not hurt puss again - lie may
stroke her coat, or give her a soft pat on the
head, but no more - she does not like it.

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Happy George.

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1. Little George was very fond of flowers, and
was always saying, " 'Ma, I do wish we lived in
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Every morninrr
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a whit e c lov e r, li e wou!d n111 !<1 p l11L:I, it up, und
c~clairn, "011, m n tl1cr, wh;it a lwa11tif'11l !lower."
:l . P e ople in Bos ton l1av e 11 ot 11111 c l1 g-ro 1llld to
s11are ' hut Geor1re's
father ,,.a,·e liin1a11ic cc about
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us lar ge as hi s pocket liauJkcrc l1icf, nnd tl1 c re he
w ould dilf from m0111i11g to 11i g l1t.
4 . . At firs t, he would st ick down fl o w e r s all in
hlussom, :rnJ cry b<'causc tl11.; l1ot s 1111 mad e them
dry up ; hut hi s motlier bou g ht hirn s ome sweet
peas , <111<1 some lup in e seeds, and ~;liowcJ him
]1ow to plnnt them ; and tuld him lie mu s t wait
pnti c ntly till they came up, a ncl not touch them
at all.
5. Sl1c told l1im rt was very silly for iJoys to
k eep in a fret IJccause thin gs did not grow so fast
a s th ey wi s hed th e m to. Sl1 P. s:1id h e m11st not
thi nk of his crardcn for a gr ea t many dnys .
6. In a fo1;ni ght he sa w littl e g-reen tliings just
nhove tl1e gro11ncl, nnd he r:tn into tl1 c l1 011 se to
tell liis moth e r of it. Every uody was glad to
~cc him so plca~cd, u c cau :;c lie wa s s uch a good
11at11re tl boy.

making them into no segay s , and s m elling their
sweet fragrance .
a. He saw, likewise, tw o little rab b it s ju:-:t ~he
color of a mou se ; they liv ed in a g reat box with
windows in it, and tl1 ey ate clover and _j111npc d
nbout like kittens. He lau g he d out lo ud wl1 cr1 li e
sn w them s hake th e ir loner s moo tl t en. rs, a11tl lie
wislicd· l1c had tl1c111 for hi 's"' own.
4 . He sa w a tliousand new things, and cape red about till li e was q uite tir e d, s o t lwt wli c u lie
went home, lie wanted to go to bed dircclly .
G. The n ~x t morning, wl1 en lie went ou t to look
o. t his flowers. li e sa w a large bnx in tl1e yan1.
Ile p ee p ed into it, and saw tli c rnom;e- clilu r cd
rabbit . He clap ped his h a nd s for joy.
() . H i ~ fotltcr he ard him, and he open e d the
w ind o w and ~a id, "those rabbi ts arc t"ur yo 11, my
Ron, bPr.:a1 1sc you (:id not tnn sc fur them wl1 e 11 }"<Jll
saw tl1em - and U<'C:l use you l1 ave IJ cc n :;o good
n boy about your g«uden."

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1. George was so good tliat his mo tlier :old
l1irn lie might go into the country tlie next time
his 'pa we nt. So th e next week !tis pnpn took
him int o the country to see his little cou s ins , and
th e re lie saw flowers in plenty.
2. There were ro ses and violets, and white
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The Beauty of lite Jl/ind.
1. Some g irl s were in th e country, ancl tli c re
they saw a ge n t le la mb - it ate th e tend er gras:-; ;
it drank wate r from the pure spa rklin g brook .
2 . And so , day IJy Jay, they snw it; - IJ11t still,
thoug h it g re w to b e a lar ge r lan1b, it only ate ,
a nJ drank , and ran about, - i t learned nothing
ns it grew older.
~. l. ucy ancl ]\'I:uy Ann can do more than the
lamb, -tl1 ey cnn thin!~; and a s th e y grow olt!c r,
they learn <laily more and more.
4 . The little girls sa w in th e morning, th e sl1i ning dew drops, - many and bright, upon a thou-

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san<l lea ves , and blndcs of g ra ss - but whil e they
yet lo ok e d on th e m, and sa id 'liuw beautiful tr
the hot s uu rose higl 1, aud l1i s rays dried th e m all
awny.
:) . B ut L ucy and l\Iary Ann had som eth ing
more beautiful tlinn the d e w of tlie morning; they
had inn oce nt th ou!,!'l1ts , a11d bright s mil es , that
lasted 1011 ge r and w~e re lovelier far than the shin·
i1w de w d rops .
"'o. Tl1e littl e girl,; s:tw a r a inbow in the sky;
Oh! the color:; we re ve ry fair ; tl1 e re w e r e red
an<l violet, yellow nnd blue, nnJ othe rs bes i<les,
that seemed to have borrowed hu es of the fragrant
flowe rs.
7. B ut the ben11tiful colors e ach faded, while
th ey y e t gaz ed upw a rd to the sky; - and in a l~t­
tle tim e th e rainbow was wholly gone. \ Vhat will
t hey see again, so beautiful as that bright rambow?
8. L ucy and l\Iary Ann have something m?re
b eautiful than the ra inbow, - sometl11n g wluch
will not pass from tlieir minds, a~ tl~o se bright
color,., but just now faded from th e ir s ight.
9 . They have the durable bcau~y .o_f loving
hearts, of pure sµirits : th ey love their fnends, they m ake th em happy every day .
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JO. Oh, a ffection is the rainbow of the mmd,
and that will fa<le and die. Dear little girls, you
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one day, he found a bird's nest in one of the low
Creos and in it were three young ones.
2. 'The old bird was sadly fri gh tened, when
Oliver stooped down to look more closely into her
snug little house, and her. notes se.emed to ask
him to O'O away and not injure her littl e ones.
3. B~t he was so much pleased with what he
had found, that he did not notice the trouble of
the old bird, till his 'ma gently called him to come
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the glad notes of the pre~ty songster, which se~m­
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1. Oliver was as merry as the birds which sang
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great rn.rt oftlic day in the garden, running about,
and roll111g on the grass; - that is, from seven
<•'clock in tlie morninir till twelv e wh en his er rand;:")
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~. 'l 'l1 e moment the cloc k struck twdve, away
he ran and Lonnced into tlic room with joy, for
he kne w lie was always w e lcome; and the old
man, taking him on his k11ee, usually nsked him
ab ou t liis lesson.
3 . C harles was not fond of liis b ook, and his
grandpa' often told him, if lie did nut learn to
relld, when he grew up, lie would be called Sir
Cha rles Dunce, and all the boys would lmwh
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. 4. Bu t Charles did nr:>t min<l it mucl1, he only
lu sse cl him, a nd said he would ]e arn his lessons
"li e n lte cuu Id find ti ni e .
5. One day he cn1ne into l1i s grandpnpa's room
and said that littl e J oh11 l,;ilison l1ad got a jacket
arlll tro\\' se r s, wliil e li e was k<!pt in p t.:tt icoats , like
a g irl, nnd there is 111y sis te r l\laria always calling
rn c l\liss Cl 1arl ey .
G. "Ind ee d, CJ1<1rle s , it is a s:H1 111ing," s:ti<l liis
g·randpa', "but it is y o11r ow11 fault. .lol111 Giu~ 011 ra 11 r co.d little s tori es :i11J l1a s li ad l1i s u e w
clo tlic s as a reward for karni11 g l1is lc.-;s 1111s so
m ; JI; \rl1ilst you are s u idle that you scarce ly
know your letters.
7 . Clin rl es felt nsl1an1ed, and lrnrw
do\Yll bis
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eve ry d ay , a nd in a few montl1 :,; lie liad tl1c pl eas ure uf IJ c in g· dressed in a ja c ket anLI truwser s ,
like .Tul1n GilJ .~0 11, au<l otlicr boys
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14. LESSON FOURT EENTH.
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1. As Flora was running- in th e ga rden, one
day, she found a little bird; sh e kn e w it was
you11rr 1 and had not yet lea rnt t o fly; for the fea ther s0were not fully grown. The poor thing had
lost it s m otlier, and wns very hun g ry.
~ - She took it gently in lier lia11d, and carri e<l
it into the house, to h e r m otlie r, who said it must
be put in n basket, a nd CeJ carefully, and perhaps
it mir!·ht be made to Jive.
3. CFlora was quite liappy wl1c11 it r ev ived, and
she thought that hy good J1ur:- i ng she coul<l rear
it, to Oy in the gard e n and s in g to lier its song of
gratitude .
4. She watcl1ed and fed l1im from Jay to dny,
till he became quite tame at1d fod from lier l1 and,
rnakin•r
a suft cl1irr1in11·
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liiin.
&. One morning, nf'tcr lie l1nd bee n with her
several we e ks, lie flew n way , tl1roug-li un open
wind ow . At first ~ li e felt so rry, a nd fcnr cd that
~lie sliuultl nnt sl'e l1i111 ag:iit1.
G. But lie r 'ma told li e~· sl ic nrn,.: t n ot blnm c tlic
little bird, even if it did 11ot ret urn, for hi s instinct t e aches l1im to fly abrn tlll and n t;s tl c am<in g
tl1 c irrcc u l>rancl1es of the tree :-: , " ·h e11 lw is ti red.
/'. But do cs iny Flora know tir e di ll'cre nc c Let wee n l1 c rse lr and tlie little bird s? They , like
I'lora, move from place to pin ce ; like lie r they
rat nnd drink, arc 11ourisli cd , and gr-ow.
8 . L ike l1c:r, too, they :;inµ: gay so nf!;<.:, and in
their way th ey talk to th e ir mat es . ' Yhy, tlic11,
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them?
9. Flora thought a great while, bat she did not
know how to answer her mother's question. She
did not know then, that it was havinrr a rational
mind that made her better than the birds of the
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been g-ood, so li e was obliged to sit tl'ionc for a
loug time.

Tltc Idle Bo?J become Industriou s,
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LESSON FIFTEENTH.

Tlte Idle Boy.
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1. Little childre n, I will tell you a sto ry. t
know a boy who has a pretty book, in which his
'ma has taught him to r ead; he is five years old,
und ought to know how to read well.
2. One bright sunny morniug his 'ma told him
to get his hat an<l book, and she would walk with
him to s ch~ol , fo r he did not like to go alone.
She gave }um a Lunch of pretty flowers to carry
to .the g:ood lady who taught him and the other
children to rend.
3. By and by they re acli e<l the scliool house,
and he gave his flowers to the Jady, whom the
scholars called aunt Mary . S lie took th e flowers, antl ki ss ing tl1e little boy, placed liim in a
pleasant scat where he might learn bis lessou.
4. Hut he was an idle boy, and he only played
with his book, so that he did not know his lesson
when tlie time came for him to recite it. 'I'he
other children went and recited their lessons, and
then how happy they felt.
5. Henry heard his companions recite their
lessons, and saw them receive aunt Mary's sweet
kiss, and then be wished he had got his lesson,

I. At last Hen ry looked a t tlie flower s which
he had brought aunt ~fo ry in th e rnornini! ; they
were still p retty , and he asked if th ey would live
till tbe nex t day. She told him th ey woul d not.
2. "Now," s~id she , "they are like good c liildren, ve ry pretty to behold; but to-mono w they
will not be like my little scholars here, fo r th ey
wi!l have lost all th ei r beauty; but you, dear
children, can keep your Jovelines:; by being
good."
3. Then lJenry beg an to think that perhaps
nobody would care fur him more .tl:an for a dead
flowe r: unl ess he was a bett e r boy, and after a
littl e time, he began to study his lesson very well.
4 . As soon as he had learned it, he wen t to
aunt Mary , and begged her to hear him say it.
"l'hen the kind lady was pleased with him, and
told him that every body w ou ld be pleased with
him and love him, if he became indu st!" ious and
good.
5 . Dear child ren, Henry did forsake his idle
ways, and if yo u were now to look into the school
room you would not see his book on the floor or
under the bench, but you would see a cheerful
little boy studying his lessons well, and learning
such things as will help to make him a wise man
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17. LESSON SEV £i\TEENTif.

The Blind ft!fan mul his Dog.

I . " P ray tell me 1 'pa,'' said George llrooks,
"why that 111:111 keeps hi:; p oor dog· tied fa::;t with
a cord; - I dare say li e would iike IJCtt cr to run
nho ut in the Innes and fields; I nm s ure l should
like i t better, cln yo u 11ot tl1i11k 1 ~11ould 'pa?''
;.!. '' l :un n ;ry cc1t;1i 11 you would," re pli ed his
fatlic r, " but you rni s takc the matter .
That
poor man is blind, and if lie had not hi s dog to
~c ad hi:u ab o u t in tl1 c ri g l1t patli, lie would full
rnto tl1e first d it c h or pit that came in his W•lJ·
3. "I k11ow tl1 c man very well; lie wa s not alway,; :"o poo r n.~ li e HOW is, :ind lie cou ld (Ince see
ns well ns a11 y body; and tlie11 l1is little dn:r ran
by l1i s s id e wlic11 lie went (Jut, a11<l if' lie went into
u hou;;e, the d•>g would li e duwu at tlie door till
h i:; lllns tcr carnc nut.
4 . "But at lc11:_rtl1 liis rnnstnr became very ill,
nnd cr11ild not work, and l1i s <·yes w <' re sore; nnd
wli< ~ ll li e g·ot ll('tf n r, 11is cy<:,; grew worse a.ncl
wo rs(', till lie coul d not sne at nil, and 11ow he i s
force d to beg liis bread frun1 l1 0 11 se to l1011se.
5 .... Now, my !" 1 ll1, 111 ~ could 11 ot <' \'Cll do that if
h e l1arl not hi s dog to lead him ; and you sec tliat
tl1e little Hn imal is not tir e d of walkinrr
,.,, s lowly
with liis old muster, l.H~ ca u :;e li e lov es tlic man who
has always Leen kind to him."
f> . (;corgc wns mucb please d with what his 'pa
lrn d to!J him, a nd wisl1ed to g iv e 11i s new s ixp en ce
to tlic rn~11 that lie min·lit buy some dinner for
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Jl!a.IJ :Mo ming.

l . 'V clcome, w e lc o me, lov e Ir l\fov?
1Vitl1 breath so sweet, and smi.les s<; <ray , 'Vi t Ii sun, and d e w, and gentle s l 1 u\\·c~·~; ,
'Velcome , welcom e , month of tluwers !
2. I Iov~ tlie Yiolet, s weet and blue,
'Vlien it drinks a drop of morning dew;
And tlie p retty w e b, which the spider weaves
All ro und and round the lupi11 e leaves.
And I love to hear, from eve ry 1;pray,
The Yrnrbling birds s ing "'V clcome May."
3. The merry calves arc full of glee,
So is tile busy honey bee;
And <;-hildren are as gla<l as tl1 cy ,
To welcome in th e fir s t of' May.
·Corne , sister , come, - away, - away!
F'or you shall be tli e Queen of May.
4 . If the first day of l\lay i s not rainy or unpleasant, there will be many happy little folkd
walking out in tl.e morning, i11 search of a flower,
o r a green branch, with which to make a garland
for their l\lay-day QueP.n.
5. Our clirna!e is so co_ld, and Spring comes so
slowly nnd caut1ously, as if she were afrai<l ''Jack
Frost" would nip her toes, that May-day in NewEngland is not apt to be so pleasant as in warmer countries.
6. B ut after a long and dreary winter, it is some
comfort to see th e little violets peeping out of the
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and ~cern half afra id of the winds as they sweep
over their lowly bed.
7 .•J unc is the S\V eetest month in the whole
year; and if our little girls , by one consent, would
celeurnte tl1e first of .lune, in stead of the first of
May, they might be more sure of a bright and
m er ry time for their frolic.
8 . Tl 1c n the air is fresh, and n1iltl, and balmy•.
and tlie fields and the trees are so co vered wit}}. 1
blossoms, a1Hl all n:iture looks so lively and bloom.:
ing, it is no wonder the Indians used to call June
'' tli'J month of flowe rs."

l !J. LESSON NINETEENTH.

Beauty soon Fades.
1. Ann was fair as the lily, und gay as the
Inrk; she thought she should always be pretty,
and was p roud of it. She thought with scorn of
those who were not so pretty. She called herself
bri'rht us the butterfly, and gay a s the tulip.
Her mother led her into the garden, and
showed her the butterfly dead; the storm had
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snappetl the proud blossom from its srnm; its
once rich leaves were spreaJ on the cold earth;
the worms were crawling over it; the ants were
feed in g upon it.
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of the fa irest face, when death shall Jny it low in
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fa irest ch e e k, and riot on the sweetest Ji p: Look,
Ann, and Je ar n a moral ir 0111 the scene."
!>. But Ann wns deaf to the vo ice of lier mot li e r. She cn11ld have le arned, fo r who c:1111wt 1
Bu t sl 1c would not le arn. She chose t o go on in
her own w a.v , nnd in a littl e while 5-lie \\ :\ ~ s i c k .
0. ~lie w ;1s uot very sicl~, hut red !-=p<•ts br11ke
out on h e r skin, and tlie fear of !us ing li e r lienuty
ma de it hard to bear. She so on g o t we ll ~1 gnin,
}1 owevcr, nn<l her foce was not spoiled: li e r skin
wnl'l as fair as before.
7. Then Ann grew more vain, a11d tlrn11ght as
i-; Ji c l1ad esc:1ped this time, she should escape ev ery time, and tl1at her bloo m would ne\'er fade .
~- IJut slie fo1111d one foe to IJeaut y wlii<.:h s!1e
co ul d not s lrnn; $lie found slie coL;ld not h e lp
growing old, a11d every year took sume of the
charrn~ rl\\.·ay fr<1m lier fair face.
~). 'Vrinldcs c ro ssed her brow, a yc:llow li11c
took the place of the red and white
her <.:h ec k,
h e r lu~ ir lost its bright gloss; - a few grey curls
only were left of it: her te eth on e by one liad
g one, an<l the pretty Ann found her:-clf an old
woman with a lung c hin and hollow cheeks.
10. "That it ~hould come to thi s!" she would
sny with a sigb. 'Vhy mourn, Ann? Did you
not wish to Ji.-e? And can you live without growina: old? Do you wish you had di erl early, in
yo~11r first bloom, with all your ('.harm s fr es h uud
bright ?
11. Even in that case, you woulJ by tl1is time
have faded in the grave, and have be e n food for
worms. Fair maids, th ere i ~ but one kind of
charm that never fades, - the charrn of the mind,
- the charm of virtue, which is as lovely in ag~
as in youth.

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LESSON T\\'ENTIETTT.

lTi11ter.

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2.
You never sa w a nrr irl so ~rrlad as s he wa,;; then
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mornin~:, she would say to h er s iste r," Ah, i\Ia"
rv, I ' m croin rr to Boston .
., 3. And wl~c11 s he la id lier head on t h e pillow-,
the Inst fJl lCst io n always wn s , " l\lotl1er, wl1 en <lo
you think we s hall go to Bost1H1 '!'~ Tl1c irJJp ortant dav c am e at Ja:; t , a n d s lie got 111to tlic st<1ge
with h 1; r fathe r and motlier.
4. Site l1ad never been inn st:1gc befo re, and nt
fi r st site wa s Cri!!lit c 11 ed , li e ·au sc tl1 c 111,r,.; cs went
s o fast, but no,tl1i11g l1appcncd, to d1i tlt('lll any
ha nn , :u1 cl t I1e y u 11 a r 1 iv e d safe Iy i u I; o st on .
5. He re they sta id thr ee week s, :wd by tha t
time, Sam ii wanted to ~o u:u:k again, a s 11111 c h as
s he ha ll wi s hed tll come . U reat joy \\a" th ere at
Jwme , when father :ind mutl1er, and little SM a h
were -,ccn.
" .A nd d id yrn 1 Ji u , c a g·nod tillle,
Sarah? And wl1at did you !iring m e ?" tlicy :1~k ­
ed all at on<.:e .
(j. " Ye s, I have h ad a fin e tirne," !'laid Sarah,
4Cand I w ill :o:oo n s how yo u what l linvc l.>rou gh t
you. '' She tl1cn op en ed li er work -f,a'.,'.',allll ,;lioweJ her brother and ,;1,;tcr s t l1 e 1r n e w tl11n µ:,.:.
7 . "Iler c, l\lary, i,;; n doll for _vo11,:' s aid she,
'' S 11 snn, h ere is a : : ilv e r t liimldc for yo u; an<l
here is n ni ce top for you, l'ran<.:i s , - it will spin,
spin, - Ult, 111.Y. hea rt, how it will s pin. " " Spin
what ? spin yarn?" sa id littl e Mary. " No, no,"
i:mi<l Francis , lnugliing, ''it will spin roun d."
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A ll co vered o'er \\'itli sn o w, -

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must wnit till n ext l\lay-dny,
To sec my violets blow.

~ . I'm ve ry sure tl1 e lcn\'f'S will peep
A~a iu nliovc tl1 c gr ound,
Altli o ug li the root is ve ry deep,
And not a leaf is fo und.

3 . 'Ma snys, s hould s h e in death rep ose,
And little Ja ne and I,
1V c, li ke o ur sweet , bu t fading rose,
Sliould on ly seem to dir..

4. I know my mother t e ll s me true,
I 'm not afra id to go
To God , who showe r s my plants wit l1 dew,
And covers t he m witl1 s no w.

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Tltc Little Trav eller.
I. Sarah lived in a town m a ny mil es from Ilos. .
ton. She ha<l a brother and two sisters. Sha
was th e youngest, and was much indulged. 'Vhen
she wa s betwee n four an<l five yearii of age, her
fathe r and m other told her they should take he.r
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1. 1. Now tell us wlint yon l1av e s een,'' sn id Su·
snn.
"011, I have seen :; 11 1.: h a g-reat 111any
tliin!!,'s ," s:1id Sarah, "that I cnn11ot tel l yo11 11alf
of th em . \V e us ed tog-e t up, and ri d1·, ve ry ea rly in tl1 1) mo1·nin'.!", wh1 :11 it wa s nlt110st dark_
2. " \ Ve onc e stopped at a tave1·11, wlie1 c a woman was VC'ry kind to u <> . Sl1e )!HYe m e a lwnutiful little rnl;bit, and I car ried it to aunt :\Iarin's ,
- :rnd it would cat c love r out of my l1and, so
pre tty.''
3 . " But where j g your rahhit now?" s aid Susan. "0!1, dear! it di e d one dav," snid th e little
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a w e a~ cl t:anie and ~1 1 cked away all it s l1lood,"
answered ~aralt. "I did not SC P the Wl!a sc l, but
I went our to fe ed rny rnbuit with clover one
mor11in'..!'. a11d it wa s d e ad."
11. " \rit tl i~ Phillis?" s nid S11san. " I forg-ot to
tell y.,u abo11t !iP.r," snid Samii.
"She is black
all ov e r , - j1 1st a~ black as Fra11 e is' sltoc. I never
saw any body beli1re, who wa s lilaek; :llld slto
has hair c urling all ov e r he r head, like vo11r doll,
1\Iary She lives with aunt i\Iaria, in Boston.
5. Their motlier th e n told tli e 1ri it wa s t~m e to
eat th e ir ~uppers, and g' to he d. ~arah w1rnted
to te ll some n1 o re stor ies, h11t her 111()tber t.,ld lier
she 11111:-;t p11t it off till morning. Tltey tLe11 went
to be d, and for more titan au lt011r, h e r tongue
went as fa st a s he r brother's top cou ld s 11i11.
6. Eve ry day, s it e tells some new wonder, that
she saw or heard, nt llostou: and if the c hildren
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stretch es up her neck, and s ay s , "Don't J•>LJ s uppose I know, when I have been ro lluston '! "
7. Sl1e think s n ow , that s ite know s a g re at
deal; but if she lives tu be older, and know more ,
she will laugh to tl1i11k how proud site wa ~ , uecause she ha<l ucen to lloston, anJ seen a negro.

23. LESSON TWENTY-TIIIRD.

Tlte Humming Top.
1. George was very fond of play, but he wns
willirw to lea rn hi s lessons , and go to schoo l.
He w~s always glad to plca::;e l11s 'pa and 'ma, and
no wond e r, for they were kind to him, an<l loved
him d e 11rly .
;?.. l311t th ey did not like to have their little srm
know only how to play ; so they b o ug·lit him many book s , and ta 11µ;ht him to reaJ, arid spell, and
write ; and, every day, if his lessons ha<l bee n.
well s ai d, they let him g•> and play with hi s compan1011 s .
3. Unc pl e as:rnt dny, George went with l1is fat her t., walk. Soon tl1ey ert11H: to a t n_v -:;l1op, and
he a:; k cd l1i s fath e r to ~o in with him, an<l st:e the
curiou ,; play things tltat w e~·e 1;i cdy ran gcJ on
the s l1 e lves and in tl1 e wimhw s .
4. \Vl1ile li e was ad111 iri11g tli e rn, n li or cam e in
and un11gl1t a l111111111i11g· t<•p, wl1i<:lt 111~ be g-an to
spin 1111 _tl1e floor. i\m111d, round flew the to p, to
Geor g e's )!r e at anlll ~ e111t : 11l; a11J lie begged hi'J
father to buy l1i111 011e 111\e it.
5. Ti se top wa s lwu g l1t, an<l a ni ce, long wliipcord; autl George liu-rrieJ lto111 c, tu prove th8
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lii:; new pluytliin~. Ile a sked , nnd
tained leav e , to sp in his top i1 ~ th e large hull; and ll1crc li e a111us e <l J1im self till it was time to go
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{;. As so on as tlic clock s truck the scl10ol hour,
t lie fa1nou:; top was put away i11 a sa fe place, and
away lie rau \\itli Iii:; cou:-in Arthur, to s clioo!.
A rtl1ur was a good boy, and liv ed i11 tl1e cou 11try.
Ile wa::; 1ww 011 a visit to Gcorµ;e, a11J shared his
arn11 :;e rn e 11t :-, ns w e ll as hi:; less; >11 s.
7. \\' Ii e 11 t It e ti t n c c:un <.: f'u l' • \rt It u r to r ct u rn ,
Le wi she d he l1:1Ll money <.:nough tD buy a liumrnin ;.~; top iikc that wliid1 l1is u11elc lia:I g i,·c n
<_; t; o:·g c. '' \'o n ;;ltall liave rni11e," ;; aid Iii:; cou:;iu;
nnd li.c ra11 for !ii:; t'avorit1 · top.
H. "Tl1er<·, t a ke it, Anl111r, " said lie," 'pa will
buy m e :1llotl1c r." "i\o,'' s aid l1is fatl1cr, "I
caunot lrny you anotlie r top, G c oq~e ; you are
free to g iv e yo111s :1way; b11t you mu s t 11ot expect
m e to buy a uotl1e r l'•ir yuu ."
9. C corgc tlto11ght a moment; lie lik1·J :'pin11i 11g lii s t!ip [J c ttn tha n uny other pla y; "but
t h c11 ," ~:1id li e , "Arthur l1 as !'ew e r play tliing-s
t l1a11 I, a11J lit: will enjoy it 111orl', - lie 11111 s t l1av c
th c t ll f' ' a 11 cl I \\' ill p 1a y wit li 111 y b a 11 i II st ca J 0 r it. "

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she is not watching, Laura eats too much, and
th e n s he is sick .
2. I don't know what makes her such a s ill y
girl. He r kitt en ·never eats a mouthful more tli nn
she wants; she leav es the nice bones of meat in
th e plate, and lies down to sleep wlien she has
eat e n enough.
~t He r Canary bird s arc n o t !.'O s illy; jf she
fill.., their cng"~ with se ed, tl1 ey will only eat what
th e y want, au<l leave tl1e r est till to-morrO\Y.
4. The busy Lee is wi se r than Laurn; sb e flies
about urnonµ; the fl o w e rs , anf1 might eat out of the

honc_y-cup s all day, if' sl1c pl eased; but !-ilte o nly
<'. nouglt t o k1~c p he r aliv e a11<l we! I, awl car ries the r e:; t liorne to i1cr l1ivc.
5 . Tltc pre tty squirrel cats l1alf a duz e n acorn :' ,
and fri s k s about a s gaily a s ii' lie had di11 e d at tl1 c
kin ;. ~;'s table . D id ym1 nev er sec a squirrel witlt
n nu t in it s paws? llow brigl1t and li1·e ly he looks.
U uw 11~ rnn s along the stone wall, ns quick as if
u bo,v had sl1ot him fro1n his pop-gun.
o. Ir lie li1·e d in a l11111 sc , made of acorns, he
would 11e1·e r n ee d to have a doUllr (;lllrle to .see
l1i1;i , fur lie \\·011ld not cat a s in.rk a c.:o rn 111or c
tl1 :1 11 l1r: \\·ante d just li cea u ;;r: tl1 ey f:1stcd !!OOd .
'i'. I d () n () t lo\' c J i tt I1: gH l:; t l1at c at t ~o mu c Ii.
I d1J 11ot tl1i11l• 1l1ey will l1a\' C ,.;rieJ1 n1sy check ,; ,
or s11cl1 liri g li t eyes, or sn c li sweet lip s , o r ~u cl1
l1:1p11y 1c111pers, a,; tlws c who cat les s . Do you,
my little read e r s ?

Do little g irl :; know
body tl1at cats t oo
guo d. Laura's mohave as ma11y 11ice

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ny <J11estions about it. His motlier was very pa·
ticnt nnd kind; nnd would always an s wer his
q11 cs tio 11s when it wa ..; proper to do so.
2. Tlie fir,,;t tit11c Francis saw an hour-glass, he
wa s much pleased. He sat and watched the little st ream run tl1ro11µ-h, aud h e wa s impati e nt, becau se it would not run fa s ter. "Let me shake it,"
said h e, "it is so lazy, it will never ~"Ct throurrh."
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"the sand mov es by little and little, but it moves
all the time . When vou look at the hands of the
clock, you think tbey go very slowly; and so they
<lo, - but they never stop.
"\Vliilc you arc at play, the sand is rurtnillg
out, grain hy g-rain; and the hands of the clock
arc movin~, second after seco nd, and when night
comes, tlic ~a nd has rnn throu g h tw e lve tim es , nnd the hand of the clock ha!:! moved ull round its
gre at far.c.
S . "Thi s is because tl1 ey do not stop to think
how much they have to do, and to calculate how
long it will take, but tl1cy ke e p at work every minut<!. \V!ien you nrc g·ctting yu11r ]c::;so 11, my son,
I wi s h you to d o so loo . "

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Tlic I11.fr111l S c!t11ol.

l. Very littl e 1liin~s arc w<:,
0 11 ! how mild \\'C :ii I ,.; l11111ld be;
Never qu;irr('I,

1 1c \· 1 ~ r li!~ lit.

Tliat w o uld l> c a sl1nck111g- :-igl1t, A11d woulJ lir c,1 k tl 1e l1appy rul e ,

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2. Ju s t lilrn pretty little la roos,
SoCtly !" kippii1 g by tl1eir dams;
We'll be gentle all the day,
Love to learn a s w e ll as play ;
And att e nd to every rul e,

Of our 11111 c li-l ovccl 111.f ant School.
:3. In th e winter, wh e n 'ti s milc.l,

1Vc rtrny rnn, Liut not li e wild;
But in s urrn11 e r we must walk,
Aud i1nprov c n11r time by talk.
'l'lien ,,. < ~ ::;l1all go nice ancl co 11l ,
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Th e Infant S chool Pair.
1. If my littl e read e rs did not p;o to the Tnfan t
School Fair, I will tell them some of tli e things I
saw th e re. I cannot tell them all I s aw beca•1se
there were so 1r1 1rny I fear tliey will uc tire<l of
hearin•r
I:' so lnnn·
,., a sto1y.
2. I 11 the fir:-t place , there were doll s of all ~izcs
and kind s . 011c wa s dr e s se d in a Tu rk is h dress,
all spri11ldcd with g-old, and a !.(l ass fcatllt'r in lier
tur ha11 ; :::ind a1111tl1e r, in a fu 11 d n :s,,; of w h1 tc sa tin, like a l\cw-York Indy, Li csides a g reat many

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3. Oh, what queer looking pin cushion~, an<l
needle book~. Some were rnn<l e like genteel Parisian bo1 i11ets, with a crown for a piu uall, and
a needle book under the rim. Some, like buttcrfliec;, with a n eedle book, sliut up between their
rich wings, and their bodies serving for an emery

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4 . And tl1 c rc were littl e black turtle s with their
bncks st11 <.:k f1ill of pin s , and an emery ball for a
head. L ittl e \' civet luttcns, too, wern si tting up
ve ry ii 11 it:tly , to li n vc pins st u <.: k into th e ir h eads.
Ilut I ca1111ot tell vo 11 l1alC tlH : tliirws .I saw.
;), Now, do lruL : g- irl,.; know'' l~tt is mc:111t hy
tl1c f11f'<1 11t Scl10 >i Fa ir ? If tl1ey do n u t, I \\·ill tell
tlie111. Jn tl1 c fir st pla ce , 1111111y i11 g-1• 11ic11is and
c hari t:dil c ladie s :rnd •rirl:; mak e :ill tl 1es1: tl1i1ws
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and on a ce rtain d :u·,
, tlil' .Y arc colledcJ to•"e
"' tlier
and s Pld .
G. All 1:1 c 111oncy wlrieli 1.ci paid for th ese pretty tl1i11~·s is tn h e given to two s<.:l11Jo!s for infants
iu tl1 e eity of Bc>s lon. Poor wom e n, wl10 have to
~;u a w:1 v fr11rn liDrnc :ill d:1y to \'.'l)rk, se nd tlieir
littl<' ('l;ildr1 ·11 t <l tl wsc s c l1u<;ls to he take11 care of,
and t:111~l1t s1l!'l1 tl1in ~s as tl1<"y can learn .
I. Tl1l'_)' l1a\·e a 11i ct~ , warm room to stay in,
·w itl1 l1 >W s1·; 1t,; le> sit on, and li ttlt: li ed,.; to s!Pe p
on w l1 1·1 1 tlll'_v are Hry 1ir<·d n11d sler·py.
'T lic
wal l..; ar 1: L'1111·r1·,·1wit11 pil'tllres of s lwcp, :111d dngs,
and <.:(J w,.:, :111d th! ll' ae lwr son11: tirnes te lls tliem
:; tori c~ a ': o11t tl1 c ...:e c r<': 1t 11rP,;.
~ . r,_ it ll l >t a g1111d tl1i11~ t{) l1nv e ~u c h i-choo)s,
wl11~ r c tl1<',.:f' po"r 1·l 1i ldr('11 1;:1 11 h1· ta l\1:11 ;;11cl1 good
care of, 1ri tL1111t lwin~· i11 any da11;_:Tr of gct.ti11g
bur11cd, or ,.:c :ild c d to cl ca tl1, o r or t!1 e 1r le arning
to s ay wick e d word s , ur figl1ting <:: acli otl1cr ?

she thou g ht of a po o r wa s her-woman, she so metimes had to do h e r wa s hing, who lived th e re .
~- \\"inter is tl1c time, above all oth e r s , wlwn
we s l1nulJ think of the poor, and thi s good lady
re solv e d to vi s it thi s hard-w(}rkinir creature to see
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:3. 1\n old t c n-fc>ot ln1ilding was p o int e d 0 11t , as
her r cs id1: 11 c c. M:wy panes of th e wi11 <ir.w were
bro].;en, and old l1at s and rugs s tuffe d i 11, to kef'p
out th e air. Th e door was lock e d, but ;; fi e wad
abl e to luuk in at tlie window.
~L 'l'lierc was not a spa rk of fire o n tl1e !i f' arth,
and on a bundle
hay, i11 one corn e r of tl1 e room,
sat t\VO child r en, - one alio11t fol1r, nnd th e othe r
two years of age . Tl1ey were wrapp e d in so me
old !!.·an11
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5. l\lr;; ll ailcy ca ll e d to the e ld est, t o o nt·n tLe
do o r, whi c h she r e adily di<l. '' lVh e rc is your
fath e r? my poor chi ldn·n," snid s he . "Ile is
siek in tli c ho s pital." "How long- has lie l1ce11
th e re ?" "A µ:r ca t while." "And wh e re is your
motlier?" "Slie lias gone out to wa s h."
ti. "Hnve you had any tliin<r
to ea t, to-day?''
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n cl11lu
us any one wl10 will read thi ::; story . ) "Lucy
keeps c rying for something to e at; but I t el l lier,
wh e n motlier nomcs home at night, we shal l have
some.''
7. A basket of shavings was all the foel in the
house; an iron pot containing some fishes' hea d s,
stood on the liearth; a quart of meal was all the
food in the closet; and a bunch of straw, covered with a horse blanket, was their only bed.
8. The eyes of the good lady filled with tears.
She had children of her own, at home; and well
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Tltc Charitable Lad!J·
I. A good lndy wa s walking through a back
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n c f's and care. ''God hns sent me to them," said
slie," <i nd I will 11r•t i'fJrg:et tl1 e 111.''
!:>. Slie sent lier ~on wir.h wood to make a fire

am a very good boy, it may be that mother and
I, and all of us will go to Heaven together. I
should like to have hold Qf dear mother's hand

for th e m, a11d sl1 e i1erself carri1·d tl11!111 fuod and
clothing-. Sl1e tl1 en l1ad 1lie111 S('flt to tlie I nfnnt
School to be we ll taken care of wlie11 ll1cir motlier
went out to wash.

wl1en I go."
5. I kissed him, an<l I knew that whether he lived to be a man, or died when he was a littl e boy, he
would always he happy, so long a s he t ho ught so
much about God. Indeed, he never seemed to
forget that
his little comforts, an d a ll t hi ngs
h e loved, were given to him by a good Father who
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that li e tho11 ~..d1t mllcli about Guel. \\' hen lie was
only four years o ld, li e nev e r liked to go to bed
without saying his prnyers. It was a pleasant
sigl1t, after lie had drnnk his howl of milk, to bear
him li sp l1is cveninl?: 11ym11.
;2. lie Jo"ed bis father, denrlv, nnJ when his
mother told him tl1nt God wns Iii ; Father in Heaven, he Jm·ed him t110; and wh<:n he awoke in

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M'!J ltfotlter's Grave.

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I. I had a mother once, like you.

tl1e morning nn<l found liis fath e r an<l mother and
him se lf all we ll nnd happy, he l<ncw wlio it was
that li:1d taken care of them in Ilic night time,
und Iii:,; littl e heart was µ;rateful to God.

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I sought my mother's bed;

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But, oh, how cold, how still she lay.
They told me she was dead.

undress him, that he might go to bed, I said,

" ·w hose boy are you, Edward?" "I am God's
boy," sni<l he; "he has lent me to my father nnd
moth e r, - but one of tliese days, · 1 shall go to
4. H e snt for some time looking out of the win~
<low, trnd winking his eyes slowly, as if he thought
of som e thing; and then he turned towards me
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Kissed from my cheek the briny de11V,
And taught my faltering tongue.

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that, aft e r a long absence from my native village,
I stood beside the sacred mound 7 beneath which
I had seen her buried.
4. Since that mournful period, great changes
had come over me
My childish years had passed away, and as I stood at my mother's grave, I
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Jess happy crenture, whosP- cheek she had so ofl.cn
kis,;ed, in her excess of tenderness.
G. It sc~med as if I l11Hi seen her but ytster.., .
<lay, - as if the sound of her voice was even th ot.
in my ca r. Tlie gay dreams of my infan1~y w re
brought back so distinctly to my mind, thnt h
it not been for one bitter r eg1et, the tear.:; I h
w o uld have been gentle and soothing-.
(j_ The circumstance may see111 ~ triflirw one.
hut the thou~lit of it, even now, agonizes my l1cor ·
lHy mot he r had been ill a long time, nnd I h
Lccomc so much used to seeing her pale face, 1\ ~
hearing lier weak voice, that I began to tliink ht ·
would not die, as they told me 5he wnuld.
7. One day, when I had lost my plaC'e in th
class, r came horne discourngcd and fretful. i
w e nt imo my mother's Cliambcr. .Slie wn s pale ,
tl1:in us ual, but she met me with tlic san1 e wi&nin"' smile as eve r.
8"'. She desired me to go down stairs and br i
li e r a g lass of w«ter. I µetti ::i iiiy asked why b
d id not call the serva nt to do it. With a look cf
mild reproa ch , whi ch l shall never forget,
:s:1i d, "and will not mv
da112l1tcr
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9 . I wen t, a11<l brought the water, bnt I did t
dti it kindly. Inskacl of smiling, and ki ss in g heft
as l was wont to do, I sa t the glass down, "'
left tlie room. 1\fter playing a sl1ort tim e, [ wr .
to IH!d without Lidding _my motlier ''good ni ~h:.
10. Btit wli e 11 alone 111 rny room, in dar kne
and in ~ilcncc, I thought liow pale she look cdi
n11d ho w her voice tr<::mbl ed, wh e n she saicl, "W ill
u o t 111_y da11gl 1tc r bring n gla ss of water for her
po<>r ~ick motlier'!'' I could not sleep, and I stol•
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She had just sunk into an uneasy slumber,

nd they told me I must not waken her .

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11ot tell nnJ one what troubled me, but went back
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12. The sun was shining brightly, when I
wo ke, nnd hurrying on my clothes, I hastened to
my mother's room. She was dead ! She never
•poke to me more - never smiled on me again
- n nd when I touch ed the hancl that used to rest
on my head in blessing, it was so cold, it made
m sfnr t.
J!3. I bowed cown, in the bitterness of my heart,
n d sobbed nt her side. I thonght then, I wish ed
. I 0t1ld ,li e , nnd li e buried with her, and old as I
now n m, I woulJ giv e worltl s , were they m in e to
ivc, could s he uut linve liveJ to tell me she fo rgave
Jn· my c hildish ing-ratitudc.
l 't. Il 11t I cannot en II her back; . and wh e n I
eta n d by lier grave, and whenever I think of her
mno ifol<l kindnc~s, the m em ory of th e rcprnvin g·
J ok ho g-nve m e , will "bite like n serpent, nnd
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He mad e t he 11 0\Yers that smell so sweet ,
In pret ty colors seen.
2. God made the sun that shines so bright,
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How thankful we should be.
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H ow sweetly has she s11nrr
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'I'l1e Blind Girl.
J. Myra
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0 er it s root tli e wootlGine climbs
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5. There they come, - - a joyous band, Boys and girls, with Jightsome feet,
Sport around her, hand in hand,
Timing to her accents sweet.
6. Does she sleep 1 O'er infant rest
Never tenderer mother bent,
Than the mother, on whose breast
Myra's pillowed cheek is leant.

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Beaming fondly on her face,
Fain would every care beguile,
Every childish sorrow chase.

8. Yet is Myra seldom gay ; Pleasant home, and mother kind.
Songs- and fi1nvers - swef't are they But poor Myra, slie is blind!

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2 . Ma ny a flow c : find s its way
, H ound he r lntt1 c e.d l1owc r to wreath e.
Gentle s t b1cczcs tl11thcr stra y ,
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:l. T reads s l1c where 'tlic wntcr3 glide ,
Sil<~ nt a s a wov e n cliarru?
One is ever at he r side,
M yra still to guard from harm.

4. 'Vhe n tlie sur~ the mountain tips,
And the morning sky is fair,
Mu sic oft from Myra's lips,

Swells upon the morning air.

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The sun shone brightly, an d

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th e st ree ts w ere cle an . As w e were w a lking nlong1

w e saw a <l o g, -the funni e s t little <log yo u ever
loo k e d a t.
2 . H e wa s n ot b ig g e r than a kitt e n, but h e was
ve ry pretty, indeed. He lrn<l a morocco collar on
h is n ec k, n il hung w ith silv e r l.mttons, that lo oked ·
like littl e he ll s . Thou ~ h he wa s so s ma ll a dog,
he se e m ed to think h e wa s very large .
3 . If he saw a ~r e al dug, h e woul<l ruu and
lia rk aft e r him. T h e g re at d o g s would s ta r e at
h im as if th e y did u o t kn o w wh a t such a little
rog ue co11 ld mean, by b e ing so sau cy ; and they
looked bac k as if th ey wanted to lau g h at him.
4 . M a ri a took a gre at fanc y to li7m . I could
not m ak e her walk alon g with m e , b ec au se she
la ug hed so mu ch to see th e sa ilor's dog . 'I'he
s ai lo r sa w th a t s he w as nl ea sed witli his doir, a nd
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came to m e , a nd a s k e d i{' I did not wi s h to Luy
l1 im for my lit tle girl.
5. He said he wa s going to se a tli e n ex t <l ay,
and h e m us t se ll t he dog, for h e d id not know
what to d o wi t h biui. So I lw ug ht ·F roli c , and
aft e r l b a d l! i\·c 11 l1i111 li Olll C ;i c t11als, a 11d play eJ
wi t h l 1i m u littl e , lie s ee m ed a s 111uc l1 at hom e , a&
if lie Ji;i d a lw ays bee u 111y do g .
li. l\la ri a wn :; so n111 c li p le a se d wi_tli him, tliut
the y we re al1u o ~ t :ilway s t og-c tl1 e r ; -Ii ~ ru11 Liy
h e r si d e w he n s li c wnlk e tl, - li e li lcpt u11 tli e foot
of h e r be d, to kee p li er foet warm, a11d if s he was
o u t of hi s s i ~ ht a ;11o rn e nt, l 'ru li c would be su
glad to ::;cc h e r wl1 e n s he c a111 e ha c k , tl1ut he
would rnn l" O UIJU au<l sliuke !ti s little silv e r uutto ns for j oy .

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LESSON THIRTY-F OURT H .

Tlte .Careless Girl.
I. R osa Demin g ,w a1> a ve ry careless g ir l. She
seldom took care uf any of her thin gs. He r fat h er bou tr ht h e r a pr e tt y m o roe co tru uk , to ke e p
her story b oo k s in, and for a few d ays, s he put
the m away in nic e o r ~l e r .
2. O ne d a y , wh e n s he had two vi s it o r s , s he to ok
them into th e bac k p orch, a n<l car ri e d the bo ok
trunk with h e r. Afte r th ey had lo uk cd throu g h
uearly all the books, the little girl s w e r e called in
to tea.
3 . R o::>a thre w u few of the ho ok s int o !lie
trunk, the lid o f ·whi c h s tood op e n, a nd left t h e
oth e r s ' lyin g u uout th e p o r c h, ove r wh ich th e re
was no ro o f. Afte r teu, Rosa. di d n ot go and
b rin g in h e r b ook s , but play e d in th e p;:i rlo ur, til l
be d -tim e .
4. I n tli e ni g l1t t l1cre cam e 011 a viole nt sto rm
of wi nd a nd raiu, wliic.;11 s poil e <l th e lrno k:i. So m e
were blown int o th e g ard e n , an J we re ly in g 011
tl1e g rav el wulli.s, a11 d in tlw llow c r lie <l .s , c o vered
Wi t h lllU d.
.
5. O thers we re s till in th e porc l1, and all w1~r e w et
throu g h and s poiled. The lca H·s w e r e torn with
tli e wind and raiu; and tlic col o r s w e re washed
off tl 1c pictures .
u. Th e red moroc c o trunk was nil ov e r stai11 eJ,
and the lid w as so s w e ll e d with th e w e t, t hat .i t
would not s hut cl ose ly any more . R<)s n. cried
whe11 s li e sa w the ruin of all her b o ok s , and li e r
pr e tty trunk .
7 . lie r fa th e r t o ld lier li e would lrny li e r n o
more, a s long as site was so very careless o f her

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things. She then resolved that she would try to
be more careful, and l am happy to inform my
little r ea de rs that s he entirely got rid of her old
habit in a s hort time.

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THIRTY-FIFTH.

Cruelty to Animals;
J. Dick Smitl1 was, in some respects, a good
boy; he lca rn eJ hi s l e~ sous well. But he was not
goo d t o cat::;, nnd do g :i, and birds; he thought they
c ou ld !lot fo c i pnin wli c 11 lie hurt them.
~. He woul d flin g a p o or kitten up, nn<l let it
fa ll so l1ard tlt a t y ou wuuld think it would kill the
poo r t lt i11~ , a nd then li e would throw it into a pond
and h a lf d ro wn it.
3 . He lt a d a dog that wa s quite fond of him,
and would go and com e ju ::; t a s he bid him ; hi11
m un e wa s Dash; he did u o t growl, nor snarl, nor
s n a p, nor bit e .
.
4 . O ne w o uld sup pose h e w o uld be kind to such
a d og· as this; but D1 1.: I\ wuulJ be at hir11, anJ throw
:,;to 11 es at him, and ti e thin g s to lii:S tail , till a t last
J);i :; li ra 11 awa y fr o n. l1irn, and found a fri e nd who
kn e w !t ow to tr e at a g ood do g-.
[) . D ic k wns ns linJ to birds; illte fu11nd a n est
h e t uo k it; wh e n there w e re e g-gs he put th e m on
u st ring-, nnd h e wa s not kind to the youug birds,
if li e f1111nd th e m in a ne s t.
G. Ile !tad a fin e Canary bird in a cage, which
h e le t di e f:o r waut of food. Aud he had two rub~
bits , but li e took no cure of them, and they got
thr o ug h th e fenc e auJ ran off.
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Boys nor girls . should ever use live t h ings
so us to give them parn.

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LE SSON THIRTY- SIXTH .

Susan first gofog to S chool.
I. "I a m glad I do not go to scho ol to -day ,''
s aid Ji ttl e Su san to her moth e r. " I am so rry t o
h ear y ou say so," repli e d he r rn o t\w r, " beca use
you w e r e n e ve r in a schoo l ro.o m, and th e r efo r e ,
do n o t know any thing about it."
2. "Oh! b ut, 'ma, they d o n o tl1in g bu ~ Few
an <l se w, a nd read and r eaJ, fr o m n wrnrn g t o
night." He r moth e r said nothin g m o r e th e n ,_ but
the ne xt mornin g , s ite was go1n ;; to se; a fri end
o f lier's, auc.I said she would c a rry S usan w1tli
he r .
:3. "'l'liis la dy , my Su san," s a icl h e r m o th e r ,
"has.thr ee dauµ;ltt e r~. bu t s h e is so kinJ a s t o t a k e
c a re o f se \•ent ef! n littl e g irls bes id e ." " O li, m o t li e r what a croo d la dy! what is he r na me ," s aid
. Ander son, " a u s we re J I1e r
S u sa' n. " H ..,e r ·nam e 1s
motli e r.
4. "She at te nds to cl1 ese childre n s ix ho urs ,
every day. They crrnnot all sit Les id c her, a s
you d o by m e , s o sh e h.a s lon g ~e:1t s ni acle , and
they sit by each oth e r, in front of h e r. Jf tli ey
talk too mu c h, or do not uelrnve w e ll, sit e put s
th e m on a b e n c h in a corner." ' ' I would not
talk at a ll," said Su s an.
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5. "This lady is not sati s fied witli t e acl1ing
them a little r e adinu
and sewing, a s I d o you.
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York, and she taught her to write him a kind
letter.
6. " Mary Hammond's father went to sea, and
this good lady sbowe<l her on a beautiful globe,
what ocean he sailed over, and what coun try he
went to, and when he wrote in a letter that he was
ut Liverpool , Mary rnn to the globe, and put her
finger on the place.
7 . " Lou isa Ross had a slate, making hou se!!
on it, one day, and Mrs Anderson said, ''Vould
you lik e to know how ma ny apple s you can huy
for a dollar, at half a cen t apiece?' Louisa sa id
she shonld : nnd the lady tol d her if she would
brin~ lier slate and pencil to h er every day, she
would tp:ich her; and now Loui sa can go to a
shop, for lir.r mothe r, with t en dollars , and not
maim any mistake."
8 . " 1 wish I kn e w so many thing;;," sa id Susan . "The little ~iris are tauµ.lit to be h ave very
politely," continued h er moth e r; "wlien we go
in, you will see them all ri se , a n d sta nd, unt il we
are seated .
9. " The"e little g-irls have a fine yanl to frolic
in, ·at twclr~ o' d oc k; they pl:i.y battlc-tloor, skipropr, and ot her plnys, cat a pi ece
bread if they
arc l1u ng r_v, and tl1 c 11, gay and l1appy, go into
school."
10. « Scl1ool? mother!" said S u sa n, "have
you been t:dki11g· about a sc ho11l ?" JlP.r mothe r
d itL not n11:;w c r then; for t!i P.y had arrived at a
doo r , where ~li e rang th e bell. On c 11t e ring a
room, Su::;an did indeeJ sec tw enty lit t le girls , as
bright as rn"e-llllds, and a kind loo king la dy.
11. "I ha ve bcc11 telling my little Susa 11 abou t
your sclwol," sai<l lier motlier to .Mrs Anderson ,
"and she i ~ quite p leased with it. Do you th ink
you could spare time to teach her too '!''

12. ''Oh, yes," said she, kis s ing Susan ki'ndly.
'' Ca n you make room for her, young- ladies?"
Tlie girls moved closer togeth e r, and Susan took
her seat.
After that <lay, she loved to go to
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37. LESSON THIRTY- SEVE.NTH.

T!t e Robin.
I. Every child has seen the robi11, and heard a
g r eat m>rny stories about it. · But perhaps , tliey
have not heard the parable, wl1icli I am go in g t o
relat e .
2. Once, on a cold winter',; day , a roLin was
pecking at tl1e door of a cottager, as if nsking hi1n
to let him in. The good cottager opened the window, a11d kindly sheltered th e pretty bad in his
dwel li rog.
It picked up the c rum')s whi c h fell from the
tabl e , and the c hil dren be-came mucli attached to
it. When Sp rin g h ad aµ:ain clothed the trci.·s nncl
buc;hes with f'rcsl 1 verJurc, th e little g11e~t flew into the nearest wood, built liis 11 e:"t, nnd filled the
air wit.Ii his warbling so ngs.
4. On th e appr on"c~ h or'winter, tl1e robin nµ-nin
came to the cot tager's hous<·, and also l1 rn 11~ht
his mate with l1irn. On seei11g tl1r:rn, !wrli the
cotta ge r and his c hil dren wer e mud1 deii:.:;lited.
G. One of the cl1ilJre11 ·mid, " Father, liow ex pressive are th e eyes of these dear little hirJ~,
they look as if they \Vish to say something."
6. 'l'he father replied, "rny ch il d r en , if the
birds could speak, they would say,' kindness wins
confidence, and love begets love.' " Litt le read-

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lesson.

39. LESSON THIRTY-NJNTH.

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Lines to a very young Cltild.

LESSON THIRTY-EIGHTH.

Jane going lo Bed.
I. The first serious trouble that Jane ever had
was in learning to go to sleep alone in her bed'.
Little babies: you know, cannot undress themselves, and go to bed; but their mother or their
nurse <loes it for them.
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2 . At first, they stay by the child, until it o-ets
fast asleep, for fear it should fall out of bed.
when children get old enough to know that they
must take cam not to foll, then they are taught to
go to bed alone.
3. When Jane's mother first told her that she
must do tl:is, she rhought it very strange, I dare
say, and perhaps even cruel, for she was not old
enong:li to lrnnw the reason.
4. \Vhcn lier mother kissed her, for "good
night," and tlie do<11· was zsliut, she felt very bad,
nnd bc~an to cry, and cried a great deal.
5. The next night, she did uot cry so much;
and very s~~n, she did not mind going to bed, any
more than it some one liad staid with her till she
wns nslcep.
ti. If ~he lind l1ad a foolish mother, who mindetl lier crying more than any thing else, I suppose
sl1c wo11ld have indulged her, and then she would
have bc.cn treated like a chilJ, until she had
~rown a large girl, and then all her friendi would
11ave been ashamed of her.

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I. 'Vith the quill of a dove,
I will write to thee, love "Will you to my billet give ear 1
I have little to tell,
But tliat we are well,
And hope you're the same, baby dear.

2. If you'JJ come and see me,
'Ve'll not di~agree,
And I'll show you my chickens and kitty :
They are lively and gay,
Throul!h the wliole of the day,
And I think tliey are wonderful witty.

3. Three years liave gone by,
Since a baby was 1,
Like you in the arms of my mother;
l\Jy eyes were as blue,
And my skin as fair tooThcre were 111a11y who loved their new brother.

4. But years, and the sun,
'l'l1eir work have begun,
To make me more wise, an<l less fair:
I shall love you, I know,
\\'lien older you grow,
And will lead you to school with great care.

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LI::S S(1N F'Ofl.T II:: T IL

Th e Lit t le Gil'l's .11rlrlr1·s s lo a B 11ttc1jly wlticlt slte
sa11• in Clwrdt.
I. Bnttcrfly, lrn1t c rfly, wl1y come yo u li e r e?
T hi s is 110 lJOw cr for yo n ,
Gr,, f' ip tlic li c1 11 (' y- drnp~ ~wcet nutl clear,
Or batl 1c i11 tl1c morning de w .

:..!. This is t li c pla ce to think o f Heaven,
This is tli c !'Ince to prny;
Yrn1 k1vc 110 ,, in s V, li e for g iven Butterfly, go away .
;3 . I ~cc God Im,; ti11~·c d yo u with lwautif"ul dies,
;\ 11 d )' 0 \Ir 11111ti1111 i ;-; !-·" r I.ICC ft ti :1 ll d j jg' J1t ;
.Di1t tli c. /lf 11J'/ j,.; tl11~ t l1i 11!-'.· 01w11 ll()W to l1i s eyes,
Tl 1e hea rt u1u ,;: t Li e p1 1rc in Iii ,; sig l1t.
-1. HI' has 111:u l<'. us tn !11\·c w hat is a iry nntl gay,
,\ 11d I " ·ill 1101 1 l 1 ':.:pi ~ 1 ' yo 11 r J, r i ~ l :t \\' illµ;s;
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2. You will oft be told in tli e Sac red Ilook,
That tl1 011 art :1 worm of'tli c d11:-;t;
Let thi s t ruth tlt e 11 b ri11 g; d 11w11 tliy ha ughty look ,
And te ach t hee t liy lt e art t o J1:;t ru:;t.

3. Ilut g ri e ve n ut; - yo u lt>t is far better than
n11n c ,
I was lntelv a worm 011 t l1 c tr<~e ;
Now I ,;oa r
tl1c ea rth witl1 the se wing:; of

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And am h appy a s happ y can li e .
4 . You, too, s hall h ave win gs, but fa r better tha u
min e ,
T!t c.71 nre su bject to sudden decn.Y; .
B ut yours will 01 1t la,.;t tl 1e wrn gs o l old t1111e,
And will s hin e through an en;1 les:-; day .
;3 . Then think n ~H tire Sahuatlt proi'a ncd t h o ugh

I'm near;
And let not m y wor<1 :; be in \'ai 11 ;
Your hea rt will lie bt~ ttcr that [ l1a\·c hec11 h e re,
If tli e lesso n I 'vc taught you r c 111 a 111.

It "; 1,; g ir c 11 l(1r J11 ,J1c r t l1i J1g::; .
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The fl Ill! c1Jly 's A nswer.

]. I've i11~t no w left tl1 e ro sy hower,
A 11 rr'a "T a 11 t, a II cl \V ( ~ t \\' it l1 de\\' ;
"" to tl 1c cl111r c h in its holiest h our,
I J1ave cmm:
To !::'11·ivc a Lrief lesson t o you .

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F OT l'Y- S J · :cn~m.

llappincs:> du es not clcpcncl on Ri ches .
1. "I think poo r c hildr e 11 mu s t li e very 1rn hap "I fl w e re poor a s tho se
c hildren who ca mt! l11:: re b c~~111~-, tl1e CJthcr <l ay,
I sho uld not ta ke tlt e lca:;t c tm1fort in the W1Hld. "
2. " My da u ghte r is mi s take n ,'' sa id li er mother. ' 1 Puor c hildre n a rc j11st as happ y as rich
ones, except wlien tlicy are suffe rin g fro111 colJ

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or hunger; and that very seldom hnppens in this
country.
3. ''Our Father, who lives in HeHven, takes
care of tliem, as well as ol' you . He has given
them hearts, and mind.3; and it is good foelings,
and good thoughts, that make both great anJ lit·
tle folks happy. It is no matter what clothes they
w~ar, what food they eat, or what toys they play
with.
4. "That little boy who came here to beg, the
other day, is a good boy ; and therefore I know
he is a happy boy. The next time I visit that
poor family, I will take you with me, that you may
see for yourself, that they are not unhappy,"
G. \Vhen they went in, one little 0irirl was build.
rng a I.10use with some dirty blocks she had picked up rn the street. Presently, tlie little boy her
mother had spoken of, came in with a saucer half
full of boileJ rice.
6. "Wl1ere have you been, John?'' asked his
older sister. ''I have been to give Tim Rowley
some of my dinner," said he . "Tim has been
out begging, nil day, without getting an.Y thing to
oat; so l gave him half my rice."
7. Then John sat tlown on a cricket, and ate
up his morsel of rice with great relish. He scraped the saucer very clean, and looked at the spoon,
ns if he wished there had been more. llut he put
.it away, with a cheerful look, and ran to 0O'et a
basket of ehips, for his mother.
8. ''\\Tell, my dear Octavia," said her mother,
as they left the house," do not these children seem
to be happy?" ''Yes, 'ma," replietl the little girl,
"their dirty blocks seemed to arnuse them as
much as my doll doe 3 me ; and John was as •Tlad
to pick up chips, as I am to ride my rocki'no-0
horse, on the piazza."

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9. "From this, my daughter, learn that God is
good to the poor as well as to the rich. He has
ordained that every boJy shall be happy that is
good; and he will help every one to be good, who
earnestly wishes to be so."

43. LESSON FORTY-THIRD.

Happy New Year.
1. "Oh, I wish you all a happy new year,"
merrily sung little Susan, very early, one cold
winter's morning, to every member of the family.
Many and many "happy new years" were wished, and mutually repeated, again and again.
2. This day, Susan learned her lessons at home,
for it was too stormy to go to school. After she
ha.d read to her 'ma, and recited her lessons, she
resumed her gay song, " Oh happy, happy new
year."
3. "And why," said her mother, "will ne w
year's day be so very happy to you?" "Because,"
said Susan, "I shall have gifts from you and 'pa;
I shall have a new doll and new picture books;
Oh, it will be a happy day."
4. Her 'ma kissed her, and said, ''Take care 7
my daughter, that you do not expect so much
pleasure as to be diimppointed, \Vh.e n you have the
pretty things.
5. " The doll and books will, to be sure, a:nuse
you, for a time, but they alone cannot make you
happy. You must try to be obedient and al ways
in good humour; it is not alway'! easy for little
girls to be in good humor, but if they take pairn1,,
they can ahvays succeed."

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6. Yo u will all ~uppose that her gaiety was not
ut all lc,;se 11 c d, wlicn s lie r ece iv ed lier loug expected g-1ft s. Ucr beautiful doll, sli e proposed

Jre ss 111 g he rself, and her moth e r assisted her in
cutting- and fitting a frock, made of blue and white
pri11t1:d cambric .
. 7. The tim e was tiiu s passing away very hap·
pil y , wl1 e n two of lie r young friends came to see
he r. Tl1e vi:;itors, IIa ni r~t a nd El le n, were much
plcas~J wi t li li er new doll, and propo sed various
new fas hions f"1> r lier dre;;s. One thing wa s tri ed
on , a nd then ano1!1 e r, till so me of the tliiuo0 s were
d irti1·d nnd tumbl ed .
~. Tl1i,:;, you will st tppo ·c wa s qui te a trinl to
S1 1:oa1 1, 1.J ut slie kept 111;!· good 11n11101.1r, and pati entl y lrnrc her trn11li les . ~lie 111en11t that the
day ~ h o1 il d he a l1a ppy o ne, if li e r goo d conduct
co uld ;nake it so . \Vu s n ot tl1i s a good re soluluti1Jn ? And was not th e vcar well u ~ "'lll1?

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/11;1· Birl!t-Day.

-'1111r l1appy yea rs have pnsse J o'er th ee ,
J Iy

si;:;te r, lured a nd de:tr;
Ctllllill!!." Oll CS e'er UC
Without a cloud, ;>r fear.

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:!. I liope, sweet cliild, that uow you 'II try,
You r little book to read;
And every day yom 11 ee dl e plyThen you 'll be good indeed.

:1. And when a great g irl you have grown,
How pleased I'll be to say,

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Upo n he r fourth birth day.

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45.

To the llummin[[-Bird.
1. Pretty little fluttering· thing,
Thou art forev e r on the wing;
T hru=-tin ~ tli y bill in ho ney-e up,
Am! drinl{iug all the s wee tn ess 11p.
2. i\'"o m at te r wh ere thou µ;oest fo r foot!;
Each blosso m has some hidd e t1 goodi\n active foot, and h11 sy bill,
C;'1 11 alway,; find it it' they will.
;~. P retty IJirJ, J' ll lie like th ee !
I ca nn ot tl y from tree to tre e ;
. : \11cl co uld l drin k the vi,1l e t de w,
'T would n e ver make me loo!.: lik e you.

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-I. H11t 1 ca n he a bu sy tl1in g-,
,\ ltho 11 µJ 1 I l1ave 11 0 sp le ndid wiu g , In c \·p n · tree I t on e a 11 fi w l
ltcfre::;l~inir food for hea rt anti mind .

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!i. Fo r mother tell s me not l1 i11 g grows,
F rom th e Magnolia to tlie Ho;:;c ,
'Vliich nrny not teac h some use ful truth,
To the inquiring mind of youth.

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4G. LESSON FORTY-SJXTIJ.

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6. " But before we can h ave its fle sh t~ e~t , or
its sk in to use , we must kill it; a nd _this_ 1s not
c ruel; it is but re pay in g tli c farme~· to r lu s ~ arc
and attfrntion in reu rin?, and feedrng ~\1e linle
lamb, till it hecom es a full grown sh eep.

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The Goat.

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1. Harry and his 'pa were walking one day,
through a pasture, where th e re were some sheep
antl lambs , antl they stopped to look at them.
2. "What inn ocent look ing creatures they are,"
sni<l Har ry, " <lo )OU not think it cru el to kill
them?" .. No, my dea r boy," said his 'pa," they
we re mndc for our use , and if they are welltreated while th ey live, it is not cruel to kill them,
bec au se it is an act of necessity .''
3. " Il ut suc h pretty creat111 es could never hurt
us," said Ha rry, "and why should w e take away
their lives?" " Beca use they nrc useful as food;
and the farmer cou ld not afford to keep them unless he co u IJ sell tlrem to pay his rent.
4 . "No par\ of t h is animal is use less, my son.
Tbe men~ is wl1at w e call mutton. Your coat is
made is made of wool , which once grew on the
bac k of a sheep. F lannel is also made of wool;
and even those stockings you have on are made of
the sumc mate rial.
5 . "Of th e skin parchment is made, and leather fo r gloves ; it is also used to cover books,
and for aprons, and sometimes it is made int()
m orocco, for shoes.

1. A goat is much like a sheep_ ; except thnt 1
insteaJ of h avin~ wool, he has hair on ~11s buc k.
Cloth is sometimes mad e fr o m th e hair of !rne
kind of goat; th e cloth i:i .cal le? Camlet. - l· me
wi gs are also made of goat s hair.
2. Goats a ppea r to have m o re sense th an
sheep, a nd are not so timid. Th ey ~an bear heat
much better than sheep, but they cannot bear
cold so well.
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3. They can climb stee p . ro ck s. or mountams,
and th ey often lea p from cliff _to cliff, without any
fear of falling. The y will .Jump fr om such a
height, that you wonltl be suq?rised to see t? cm .
They like to feed on the tops of l11gh mountains.

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4 Goats gi \· e very ri cl1 , thick milk- and people ca r ry t ltc m to sea, because they are smaller
tlta 11 c•J ws , an~!· <lo not t a k e np so much room in
tltc s lt1p s. 1' 1tlwut goa ts , tlt c p eo pl e in s hips
w~~tld ~tot !1 av e an~ milk to pnt in tl1 c ir tea .
·L Goat~ rntlk 1s al so guoJ for persons who
liave lice 11 sick ; 1t makes the m s trong and w e ll.
A lrnl is a J <J11n g- go at; there is on e ; see, how
clo~r~ ly li e is sit ti ng by the side of his mothe r;
how pretty li e look s .

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5. "'Wh at m akes tl1 e lamb love .Mary so?''
The litt le cli ildrc n cry;

"Oh, Ma ry luves th e la mb, you know,''
Th e teacher did reply.

6. '' And yo u each ge ntl e animal,
In co nfid e n ce may bi nd,
And make it follow, at yo ur call,

If you arc alway s /.:ind.

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On Kindn ess to Companions.

lVIary 's Lamb.
1. Mary !ind a little larnb,
It:> flee ce w as wl1itc ns sno w,
A nd every where tha t Mary went
The lamb wa s s ure to t>rro •
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2 . Ile followed h e r to sc ho o l, on e Jay_
_ Tl1at was agai nst the rul e .
It .11~ ade tl1e cl 1i ldre n lau g l1 and play,
lo ~c e a la1nb at s cl10ol.
3. And so tlt e teacher turn ed him out
B nt s~i ll he lin gere d ne a r,
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A 1~c~wa1 te d pa_ticntJy about,
l di Mary du! appear.
4. A nd then it ran to h e r and laid
His he a d upon lier arm,
A s if he sa id, "I'm not afraid·

You'll shield me from all h~rm."

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1. "l\fot\1 e r,'' said Juliu s, a s la: e ntcn~ d the
pa rl or , " I lin vc had n fi11e t i111 e \\'ith n1r cou s ins.
\V e played at sno w ball, :111d rn:ide a ;: n ow l10u::;e,
anJ snO \\' men- a nd a s 11ow-ni n 1111 t~1in, to11 .
2 . ' "T h ell we 111nde a r uad do11·11 t l1 c 1111iu11t ain ,
and went up a n d down " ·itli ,,.led ,; a ](Jn/! wl1ilc .
'\r:isn't tl1at g ood fun?" "J Jan: :-:i y yn11 tli uu;; l1t
so," r ep li ed !ti s 1110 1 !iC"r, "a11d I am pleased that
y<J11 r ti111e l1a :-, pa i:'sc d !:iO agT cc: dily.
3. " C om e, 111Jw, 111y :o;f111, :111d s it by me w it li
your littl e sis te r, a11d tl11uk if you l1a vc not so me
o tl1 e r so urces
pl eas 11rc , IJes id es tlt e se you liave
told . ll avc yo 11 11 ot l1ad occa s io n, a n 1id al l tliese
froli cs , t o e xercise mu c h kiudu ess t(Jwar ds your
co mpa nion s? "
4 . " I J.t1vc not bee n patient all the t ime,'' sai d
th e li t tl e Loy ; '' J s poke u11kint!ly t o my co usin,
}'rnnk, twi ce ; h ut l was sorry nftcrwards, and I
t o lJ liirn so ; tli c11 \\'e were good fri e nd s, again,
and after tltat l tri ed uot to d o wrong again, a nd
I am glad I did 11ut leave Frank in ill hum or.''

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5. "And I too nm glad, that you did not, my
son , for Frank is a guod boy, and you were right
to act ns you have done. ·wc sl 1ould always feel
willing to confess our faults, and try to repair the
injury we may have done to otl1crs.
6. '' Conti11ue, J11liu s, tlius to think and act;
and yo 11 will be l1appy, ns well ns good. Our
H eavenly Father will Jove you, if you try every
day am.I ev ery y ear, to do good, and be good,''

not use them all himself; he sells some of them,
and gives some away .
6 . "I am now spinning some wool for Mrs
Tru eman, and a s soon as I have done it, you shalJ
cnrry it home, and she will p<ty m e a bushel of
ap ple s, and you .shall have so me of th e m. .
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7. "'Viii not lhat be bett e r than cree pin g into
the orchard, like a thief, and stcali11g hi ~ apples ?" "Yes, indeed, it will," said Ha rry , Jumping wp with joy. "I am sure I shall never WH!h
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l. '' J\fo thc r, you c:rnnot guess what a sight of
npples Mr True man lrn s on l1is trees,'' said little
Hn rry. "The limbs bend almost to tile ground,
and th e fruit looks so yellow and sweet. J wish
you would give me leave to go into die orchard
and pi ck so me. "
~- "nut, Ha rry," said his moth er," you know
th e apples u1 e m>t wi i1e; and I l1<1vc often told
yo u, we mu ~ t not t nl\c :Illy thing that does not belong to 11s; it is stealing, if we do."
3. •' \\by , rnotl1 cr, J\1 r Tru eman cannot want
so m a ny him!'clf, a nd li e would ne ver miss two or
th ree ap plc:s , I am sur e." "lt is tru e , my son,
he mi ght ne ver know it, but do you thiuk that God
woul d ucvcr know it?
4. " And be1'ides, should you not feel guilty,
when you saw l\1r Tru eman, and be afraid he
woul d find you out? ' '·' e are always happiest,
my clsild, wl1cn \\ e <lo right .' '
5. "But, what can lie do with so many apples?
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Tlte Phe.:isant.
I. The pheasant is a very beautiful bi_ rd; some
think it is hand somer than a11y other bird. The
colors of its featl1ers arc very rich and bright, and
the tai l is very long and pretty.
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2. Pheasants Jo not like to be tamed, an d wtll
not Le cont ent ed, unless they can live in the
wood s and ramble aoout a s th ey please. Tliey
are fo~nd in England, hut not in this country.
3. Their wings arc short, and they cannot fly
for at a time- the tail is about as long as a ma~'n
arm. They are nry cunning birds, and w1Jl
make use of curious arts to get out of the way
when people are trying to shoot, or catch them.

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They nre not
(3 'l'hey are call ed cygnets.
wbi~e, at first, but grny.ish. If any b~d~r c~~1:~
near me wh e n I am sitting on my egfig ' . I and
es I fly at b1m erce y,
I have my yo ung on . '
tronlY inio ns , I could
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The Orphan.
1 My father an<l mother ure d e ad,
J . The swan says, my name is Swan; I am a
large bird , larger than a g-oo se. My bill is red,
Lut the sides of it ar e black, and 1 l1av e black
about my eyes . My l egs a1e dusky, but my feet
are 1ed, a nd I am web-footed .
2. My body is all white - as white as snow,
and very beautiful. I have a very long neck-I
li ve i11 rivers and lak es - I eat plant s that grow
i-i1 tli c w a ter, nnd seeds, nud little insects and
snn iJs .
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3. I do not look pre tty wh e n I 'vnlk upon the
{'!;round; but when I am in th e water, swimming
smoo th ly nlon~ , arching my long- neck, an<l <lipp in~ my white br e ast, I nm tlie most graceful of
birds. ·
4 . ] lrnil d my nest on a little islunJ, amon gst
the rce<ls and lrnsh es . I make it of sticks and long
grass, it is ve ry large and l1igh.
.5. Then I lay my eggs, whicl1 arc white nnd
, -c r y laq.~c - large r, a great deal, than a goose's
egg - and I sit upvn them for two mo11tl1s; th e n
tliey a rc hatcl1cd, and my young ones cornc out.

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·No fri e nd or re lation l hav~;
And now the cold e arth is th~1r bed,
And daisies grow over thP-1r grave.

2. I cast my eyes int o the t om b , .
The s ig ht made m e bitterly c ry'
I sa1. d ' <'n11 d is this th e dark room' r 1
\Vlicr e father an<l mother mu st ie.

3 . y' c a st my eyes ro und me again,
In hop es some prot ec tor to sec ;
Al as ! but t\1c s1:arch wa s. HI va111,
.fo r n o ne had compa ss w11 on me.

4. I cast my eyes llfl to th e . ;- ,, ,
I ornn11ed, tlim1 ~ li I sa1J iJ1Jt.. a \\ Ord,
Yet UoJ was nnt d ea f tu rn y cry ~
Th e fri e ud o f tl1 c fath e rl ess he ar<!.

0 1i , yes - and he otrraciously I s miled--·
And bid me 0 11 him to d epe n( ;
He whi s pe red, fea r not, little ~.hild,
l;-or I nm your l''ather and 1' ner.d.

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54 . LF:SSON FIFTY-F'OURTfI.

On an Infant, prepared for lite Grave ~

J . Go tot by ~Jeep, my child;
Go to thy dreamless bed,
Gentle, and un defiled,
With ble,:sin g-s on thy hend.
F r esh roses in thy hand,
Bud!> on thy pillow laid ;
Ha ste from tlii<i fearful land
Whe!"e flowers so quickly 'fade.

~. Before thy heart hath learned
In wuywnrdness to stray ;
B efore thy feet have turned
The dark and downward way.
Ere guilt hath seared thy breast.
Or sorro w wrung the tear
R ise t o thy home of rest,
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3. B ec ause thy smile was fair
Thy lip and eye so bright; •
DecnuHc thy cradle-care
Was such a f~nd ddi g l1t :
S h all love, with weak emb race
Tl1y heavenward flight detai~ ?
No, angel, seek thy place
Ami d the deathless train.

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Scriptw·e Lessons.
l . The Lord our God is one Lord. ln Him
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of the Lord arc in every place, beholdin g the evil
an d th e good.
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2. God is love; - and he that dw cllcth rn lov e,
<lwelleth in God , and God in him. Live in peace,
and th e God of lov e and peace shall be with yolt.
3. Great is th e Lor<l, and of g reat power. There is one God a nd Fa th e r of al l, wh o is a hn ve
nll and t!t rou<r h al l, and in you a ll . Fear God,
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and give g lory to.Him.
4. Jesus Christ was the son of God . He t'iays
of himself " [ am the wav, and the truth, and the
life. I a~ the light of th.e world; he th a t followeth me, shall not walk in darknei::s, but shall have
the li ght of life."
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has <Tiven us th e bes t knowl edge - the k nowledge
of G~d's will - the knowl ed..-c
of what we f'hnul-d
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do i11 this life, a nd what we may expect in another.)
(3. Let all the earth fear the Lord - le t the people of the earth stand in awe of Him. Fe ar the
L ord and serve Him in truth, with all your heart,
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for conside r how ?,reat things he has do n e for you.
7. I-10110 • t hy fat her, and thy mother. Chi)...
dren, obe~ r parents in all things, for thi ::; is
well pl emi ing- to the Lord. A wi se sou mak c th 8
g lnJ father; but a fooli"'h son is th e he :lvin ess of
h is moth e r. Hear the instruction of th y fathe r,
nnd for s:.ke not the law of thy rn o th cr.
8 . Let us love o ne another; for love is of the
LonJ . Love l\S breth.-en;
pitiful; be courteous. Love your enemies, bless th em that curffe
you, do good to them that hate you - pray for
them that injure you ; forgive them that t r espass
aga inst you.
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ye also to them likewise.

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Tiu Parable of Ifi e Tm Vi rg ins.
1. In th e t we nty-fifth c hapt e r of .St M a tthew,
is the Pa ra bl e ca ll e d tl1 e T c 11 Vir g in s . 111 the
co u11tr y wh ere o ur !:-5a viour lived, th e cu stom s of
t_li c pen.pi e , a t wcud i11 gs , futi e ra h , & c . we re diffe1~.11t, ~ ro rn . wl ia t till!)' a re in thi s c ountry .
1 c u nrg- 111 ::; w c11t out to 111 ee t n 111a11 wh o was
t o uc niarr icd . F i ve o f tli e m w e re wi se a nd fiv e
w e re fooli:;h . It \\'Us c vc 11in g, ll tHl th e~ wuntetl
hm p:; to l1 µ: l1t tli c in 011 th e ir wa y .

:3. T l1e . wi se vi rgi n s 1'11 e w tl1 ut th ey mi g ht Lo
1<cpt wu1l1 11 g t o n la te l1 o ur - tl1 cy co uld no t tcH
li o w lo 11 g - !:lO tl 1tf t ook la 111p" till et! with oi l
~1 11 d t lwy a l: o t oo k ot he r o il bes id e:; , t l1 a t if t li c
11~ t Ill' L11 11p:; lrn rn c d o ut, tl1 ey wi g ht l1av c 111 ore
oil t u 11:' c.
4 . T l1t.) foo li ~h vi rg- i11 s w ere ca r e less; tli ey o nly
t ook oil 111 t l1 c ir la111 p,;. 'fliey w e re o bli g-c d t o
wa it n l1111 g- t1111 c fo r tl 1c brideg ro o m - li e did n o t
c o1;1 L' , :111 d d1e,; c y o 11 11 g w o 1n c 11 <il l foll a s lee p.
•>· .·\ t 11111 !111 ;.!. lt t, tli Py w e r e aw alH·d - so m e o ne
ca me t 11 t( ·ll t lie 111 that th e bridc g roo 111 wu :; com-

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111 g, :rnd t l1 .Lt t l1 e y mu st g·o out to 111 cc t him. At
tlii.:; rn o 111e nt, tli ey all found that th e ir larnps w ere
going n u t .
(i. Tli c fo o lis h virg· in ,,; l1 a d no oil fur th e ir la mps,
au J t li ey uegge d s om e of th e wi se virg in s , but
~ I.icy l ~ad 11<!11c to spare ; th ey want1~ d all th ey
h . :l , lu r tli e1r o wn la m ps. Th ey th e n w e nt out
to Lny s om e oil , hut th ey co uld fi11J n o ne.
7. P c u pl e do rwt lik e to ~ell in the nigl1t. They
w e r e go ne so lo ng o n their fooli s h c rrau<l, that
the bn<l e groom cum e , and the v1rg111 s who were

8~ Th e <lo o r was tl1en shut fa st and whe n the
fool is h vir g in s re turn e d, and knoc ked, th e p€o pl e
in th e hou se di<l n ot kuow th e ir vo ice s , fur t hey
sai <l , "O pe n to us,' ' h ut th ey w e r e s hut out .
D. Thi a st o ry wa s told to s ho w , th a t pr.op lc w~ 1 0
w o ul <l a vo id mu ch troubl e a nd s ham e mu st 11rov1de
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E'ilial Piety.
1. M any y e ars a go , th e Spa ni a rds nnd D utch
were ut wa r w i1 h e a c h ot h e r; and m a n y w e ll we re
k illed on b o th s id es. At la st, t he Spa ni a r d ,,; de ~
fc ated th e ir e ue ini e:; , a nd m u r c l1 c tl into H olla nd ,
whi c h is th e c o u11try o f th e Dut c h.
~. Wh e n th e y ca me u e :u th e sma ll vil lage of
\V cstz na r, all tl1 e vill age r,,; wh o w e r e a ble, fled,
an d le ft tho se wh o we r e o l<l and s ic k, to tl u: m e rcy of th e e ne m y. At thi !:l tim e , u yo un g lad,
who se nam e wa s Lamb e rt M e l1 s s , fouud h1111 sel f
nl u nc with a fe e ble pare 11t wli o rn h e d e arl y lo vPJ .
3. The id ea of h e r d a n ge r, so fill ed hi s mi nd ,
that h e thuurrht not o f th e rn o n ey or o ther g oods
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in th e h o u se . lt wn s in th e mid st nf wint e r, and
th e w a te r s whi c h a bo und in that country , were all
cov e re d with ice.
4. H e ha d no littl e sled, or sl e <l ge at hand, but
as a lu st res o rt, he placed his moth e r on a kit d1en
settl e and thus drew her over the ice, w ith a ll the
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posing he must be carryiug- away some rich treasure. It was, indeed, a ricli treasure to him, but
not such as they were seeking for. He saw them
coming, and t ried to save his dear pl\rent, by covering her with some reeds which we:·e near.
G. But it diJ no good-they were soon found.
The Spaniards rushed upon them with eagerness,
hut saw with surprise, that the only booty they
were to expect, was a feeble woman, and a young
boy. Touched with the scene, they retired, and
suffered th e child to punme his course.
7. He arrived in safetv at a larll'e fortified
- rewarded"' by seeing
town, when his filial piety was
his beloved parent in a comfortable situation.
Ask not if God blessed the after life of Lambert
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He bas n great denl of thick yellow hair about l~s
n eck. That is liis mane. He has very iihnrp
claws. They would tear ynu in pieces.
2 . Look ar him; he is very angry. See, he
las hes his side~ with his tail ; his eyes sparkle
like tire. He roars ; how loud he roars. It is
very terrible - lw shows his sharp teeth- his
tongu e is very roug-h.
3 . 'f he lion sleeps all day in his den. When
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horses, and he would eat you too, if you were
within his reach.
4. He is called the king of beasts; he is never
tamed, or made useful to man ; hut he is sometimes taken, and kept in a safe place, a s a rlhow.
He sometimes lives seventy years.
5. He is not cruel to some animals; little dogs
--have been put iuto his den, and he has giv~n them
food and played with them. He loves Ins keeper, ~nd allows him to play with him.
6 . _.. e lives in hot countries - in Asia and Africa. The people of Africa use the lion's skin t o
sleep upon. The lioness, or female lion, is smaller than the lion, and has no mane. She looks
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Obf.y your Parent:..

I. "Let us take a boat," said John Reeves, t o
his brother, "a11d hire the man to give us a row
on the river: th\! <lily is fair, and the tide serves;
how smooth the stream is.»
2. " But/' said his brother, '' 'pn told us not to
go into a boat, when he was not with ns.'' "That
was some time a<To,"
said John, ''it can be no
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harm now." "If he said so years ago, dear John,
you ou~ht to mind - much more, a few days .
3. "I will not go; l once knew a lad who went
in a skiff, when ilis aunt told him not; the day
was as fine as this - the lake was as clear as
glass, but there came on a storm, anJ Bruce, a s
well as the boatman, lost his life. I saw them
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4. " I am g lad you told me this, dear Hal ; it
is a gooJ thing to have a fri c nJ to guide one._..
You arc not so old as I am, it is true, Lut you have
more scn>'e." "N o t more sense ," said Ben, who
then came up with them, "but he puts to a good
use what he has ."
5. My little re ade rs, remember the fourth comma ndm e nt, " Honor thy father and mother, that
thy dnys may be long in the land which the Lord
thy God ~iveth thee."

not end here. The next day, the .parents, in the ir
turn, presen t their g ifts to the child~en. .
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6. On this "cca s1on , the father conve1 ses P.nvat ely with each of his sons, and the m.other w_1th
each of her daught e r!:'. They t e ll their c~11ld1 e n
all the faults they have seen in them durrng the
year, and praise the1:1 fo~ their good conduct.. I
wish the boys and gll"ls 111 America would . make
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Christmas Pres ents.
I. The child n~ n in the North part of Germany,
have u c11s tom which pleases me much. It is usu•
ul for th e m to mnk e little pre se nts to their parentlil
at C h ris tmas tim e.
2. Fo r some time before this happy dny, the
g irl s arc as busy as so many be es, anti the boys
n rc c ar e ful to save eve ry ceut of th e ir pocket mou ey.
:1 . Tl 1C'y arc very careful to keep all their plans
sec r et ; fur they <111 11ot wish to have tl1 c ir pnrcnts
kn o w tl1f: plens unt su rpri se th ey a re preparing for
th e m, till the time arrives.
4. Tl 1e evening before Chri s tmas, they obtain
lcnvc to light one of the parlors, and here the
presents for their parents are laid out with g reat
cnrc. \ Vhen all thing-s nre ready, tl1 P- pare nts are
called in, and the dear littl e c r entu ics present
their gifts.
!>. It is a delightful scene of kisses and embraces, a11cl frolick. But the contes t of affectiou does

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61. LESSON ·slXTY-FlRST.

The Pink Bud.
l. See this pretty bud of pink,
Ilurstino- from am on!!s t th e green;
Not a mo~th has passed, I think,
Since its stem was scarcely seen .

2. But I tended it with core,
Plucked each sau cy weed that g rew ;
:Morn nm\ evening did repair,
Such atte ntions to renew.

3. So my parents 'tcnJed me,
'Ya1chcd my progress c vP- ry hour;
Strove from faults to kee p me free,
Tliat I might in virtue flow er .
4. Pretty buJ, you please tli c eye ,
A11<l yo nr odor s wee t we find;
But a chilJ like me, sho uld try
For the ~wee ts and bloom of mind.

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LESSON SIXTY SECOND.

Our Playthings.
1. Susan has a waxen doll,
With little , bright bh_.ie eyes;.
And Mary hos a •Pretty' .Poll ' \
That stuns me with its ·9.Q~_.,

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2. D~ar James has ma~e..'a· band~ome ehip, •·
With famous masts and sail• ·;
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And 'pa has bought for little Phip,
A wooden cow and. pails.

3. Ann has a glossy, purple dove·
Jane thinks her garden grand ; '
But I hove something that I love
Better than birds or land.

4 . It never speaks a word to me .
,
. al ways new ;
A n d yet ' tis
'Tis full of stories as can
be,
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And pretty verses too.

r always loved to read my book
B ut this the best of any:
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It is the MisceJlany f
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Tlie Caterpillar.

I. C~arles, clo you r~member tlte cal~
we put rn a paper box, with some mulbenylea
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2 . It is go ne; 'pa - here i1' no caterpillar. There is something in the box-what is it? I do
not know: it is a little ball of yellow stuff. Let
us cut it open, perhap s we may find the caterpillar.
3. No, liere is nothing but a strange lcokrng
grub, and it is dead I believe, for it do es not move.
,. Now it stirs; it is not dead, quite. Charles, this
· grub is your caterjillar, and that yell ow stuff is
!!ilk.
.
4. The caterpillar spun all that silk, and cover' ed itself up with it, and then it was turned into
this grub. Take it, and lay it in the sun ; we will
«;ome and look at it again, to-morrow .
5. Well, this is 'very strange I here is no grub
to be found . Did not we put it on t his 8heet of
. paper last night? Yes, and nobody has been in
the room to meddle with it.
6. No, nobody at all has been in the room: but,
is there nothing upon the sheet of paper? Yes,
here is a white butterfly: I w0nder how it came
' here, for the windows are shut.
7. P e rhaps the grub is turned into a butterfly.
, It is indeed; and look, there is the empty shell of
the grub, and here is the place where th e butterfly came out. But he is too large - this shell
could not hold him, I am sure.
8. Yes, it did, because his wings were folded
up, and he lay very snug. l t is the same, I assure you, Charles, and all the pretty butterflies,
that you see flying about, were or.ce caterpill ars,
and crawled on the ground.
9. This caterpillar, which has so puzzled yon,
is called a silk worm. Many people rear them,
and feed them with mulberry leaves, for the sake
of their silk. All the silk thread, and silk cloth
you ever saw, was spun, and wound into little
balls like this, by silk-worms.
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64.

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SJXTY-FOURTH.

LESSON SIXTY -FIFTH.

Tlte Penguin.

Tlte Sun and Moon.

J. It is a pleasnnt evening, come hith er, Chnrlet,
twd look at tlie sun. .Tl1e sun jg, in the "West.YeE , because he is going to serf• How pretty the
sun looks. vYe can Jook at him_. now; he i not
so bri1.d1t ail lie was nt dinner time, when he wat
up liigh in tl1e bri~bt sl<y.
2. And how bea11tilul the clouds nre ! There
arc c rimson cloud8, and purp,le ond gold-colored
clouds. Now, the sun goes down very fost. Now,
we can see only half of him. Now, we cannot
1tee him at all. Farewell, sun! till to-morrow
rnornrn g.
3. But now, Cliarles, turn your fnce the other
vay- to tlae East. What is it that shines so~
h ind the trees? ls it fire? No, it is the moon.
It is very IRrge, aml hnw red it is, like blood.
4. The moon is round, now; h<'cnu o it i1 f11ll
moon; but it will not be round to-morrow nightlt will lose a little bit, and the next night it 1'ill
lose a little more, and so on, till it is like youf"t>Qy,
wlien it is bent.
5. And tht>n, it will not be seen till nfter yo
e. re in bed, and it will grow less 11nd le1Sa, till io a
for tnight there will be no m0<>n at Rll to be eea.
After that, there will be a new moon, and 700
will see it in tl1e a ftnnoon.
6. I t will lie very thin, at first, but it lViJJ grow
rnunder nnn higger, every cny, till nt Jost, in !Ul*
other fortniglit, it will be full moon &f(ain, Ille•
tl1is, and you will see it rise again behind tk
trees.

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bod}' coriie nea r t wm
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Tltc P elican.

1. This is a very Ia r e bird
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and greedy. I t l .
lg .- b ' and it is very lnzv
b·· .
1as a .a1 ge . eak , an-1
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u. un .er it a
o reat ag-so large ·t11a.t :to .. ·r ': '
water. Pelicans live . ' .1 l ~1 l. h old a pa ilful of
great many fish.
near ~ !.~""Water, and catch a.
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a r e s urface of tho wacatch it, and f)U t
setel a. fibs h, tiley
down and'
\.YI wn ti 1ey l1avegot a ba..,. foll they'· rn rn1r a..,.
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1ey e at so mu. ~
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uird , an d cn 11 he ve 1
.·y e··1 -·1::; a very good natured
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ln some co au tncs th, . . . .
tl iey will 11y o t . . 1
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u .inu catc h 'l b· U' fi II f i::
carry them hon1e t() t '- .
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Salt.
1. The salt which we eat with our m e
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almos t eve ry whera. Th
f
at, is found
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contain s sal t. People c II t
o rea ocean
o ec a great deal of
ter, and µInce it so that the water will d
wad.
leave the sa lt.
ry up, no
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2. A c hild could ma ke salt in ti .
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some sa lt wate r iu u saucer an 1 us .w~y.h ako
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the sun: the water will dry up in time , an d leave
little lumps of salt sticking about the saucer.
3. Some countries are ve ry far from the sea,
but in these countries there are salt springs, or
mines of sa lt. The salt water of the springs is
boiled till it evaporates, or dries up, and leave.s
the salt.
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4. God knew that salt i'-"~uld prese rve many
thing!'!, whic h men would want to keep, and th at
it would make their food taste better; so He has
· given it to all parts of the earth, that men might
have it, every where.

68. LESSON SIXTY-EIGHTH.

Money.

1. Look at a silver d ollar. Once, th a t dollar
was in the mine. S o me people went there , an<l
found tlie l3ilver ore; they carried it, a nd put it
in a la rge oven, where there was a very hot fire .
2. The fire melted the s ilver, but did not rnelt
th e other thin gs whi c h we re mixed with it; so
the s ilv e r ran out from the dirt and stone, wlii ch
is called dross , an<l then it is pure silver.
3 . The pure s ilver is to o soft to be used by. itself, with o ut puttin g a littl e of some other m etal
with it to m a ke it hard e r. This other metal, wliich
is mix e d witli silver is called alloy.
4. Th e metal used for mon ey, is carried to a
place called the mint. There, _it is cut into s m a ll
pieces and weighed. Every true dollar w e ighs
ju.s t so much, and a half dollar weighs half ui
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, 5. Each piece of silver is then stamped.

Chil:.
dren have seen a watch seal, and have seen tha
figure on it stamped upon sealing-wax. In the
same manner, the head of liberty, the letters, and
tli e year, are st~mped upon each. piece of silver.
_6. Sal.ver, which has this stamp. on it, is called
corn. Ba:1k notes are pi:ece:i of paper, used .for
money. ::So!ne. peopl.e, who have a great d~ul of
money, pu.t 1t m. >l place called the bank; here
they keep the_ coin - but in order to have money
to use, th"'.J g1v:e people a great many pieces of
parer, wlucli have written on them the value of
all the money which is in the bank~

69. LESSON SIXTY-NINTffr

Trees and Fruit.
1. A tree bas a root that goes under the O'round.,
a great way. The roots are like legs;
tree
could not stand without them. Then the tree hna
R trunk; that i~ its body.
And it also has branche s ; tlw!<c ure its arms: they spread out very far~
C)
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:ire b ouglis: and llflOn the l>ou•rl1s
t"'
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Jea ves a nd bl< ssoms. Here is a blossom upon the
npplc-t rec. "'ill the blossom be always upon the
l ree ? No, it wdl fall off :s~•on; perhaps it will full
off to-n ighL
3. ilut then do you know what comes instcnd
of th e ulosso m ? Yes, the fruit. After the apple. blossoms there will be apples. Slrnll I come here
to-morrow and get some apples? No, you mnst
have patience - there will not. be ripe apples thi.a.
long time yet~

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4. At first, the apple is very small- not larger
tl1an n pea; it will grow larger and larger, every
day, till at last it will come to be a great apple. ·
5. But you must not eat it yet; you mu st le t it
han!!, till the sun has made it red, and you caA pull
it off easily. Now, it is ripe; it is as red as your
cheeks -you may gather it, and eat it.

70. LESSON SEVENTIETH.

Story of

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Chimney Stoeeper.

I. A man riding near the town of Readin g r
saw a chimney sweeper lyinir in the dirt, who
seemed to be in great pnin. The man asked him
what was the matter ; the poor boy answered that
be had fallen, and hurt himself badly.
2. The man was kind to him ; he ~ot off his
horse, and put the boy on it, and walked by his
side, to hold him on, till he came to Reading. He carried him to the house of an old woman 1
and se nt for a surgeon, to dress his wounds.
3. The surgeon examined the boy, and said he
had broken his arm, and hurt his le g. He then
set th e broken arm, aud dressed his ot he r bruises;
aod the man paid him for it.
4. lie also gave so me money to th e old woma n ,
to pay her for the trouble she woul d have in takinrr care of the boy, and for the fo od he would
cat, before lie coul1i be well, an<l able to work fot
11is living.
5. Then the man went to lii s hou-se, which wa~
a long way off. The boy soon got we ll, and earned his livinCT by sweeping chimnqs at Reading.
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through Reading, and his horse took fright upon

a bridge, audjumped into the river, with the man
on his back.
G. The man could not swim, and the people
who saw him fall in were afraid to jump in, and
get him out. A chimney sweeper, who was going
by, saw him , and without st0pping a moment,
th rew hims elf into the river, and saved him from
being drowned.
7. 'Vhen the man was safe on the land, and
was going to thank his deliverer, he saw that it
was the same chimney sweeper that he had taken
cure of, a few years before; and who had now exposed his own life , to save that of his benefactor.
8 . Little children, which should you like best?
the chimney sweeper who was grateful, and ventured his life to save the man who had been :SO
gooJ to him; or the man who was lmmane, '8•Dd
took cure of the boy whom he did not know,1

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1. I ntroduction,
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3. The Useful Boy' who would not tell a Lie, 8
4. Mary and her Pigeon,
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5. Kind Lucy,
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6. 'l'he Bee ,
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7. The Little Coward ,
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8 . 'f'he Cat,
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9. Hap py G eorge,
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l~ . D o not hurt the pretty little Birds,
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1 ~t Flora, and the little Bird,
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16. The [die Uoy become Industrious,
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17. The Blind .M an and his Dog,
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18. May Morning,
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rn. Beauty soon f<'ades,
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The I nfant School,
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The Infant School Fair,
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The Charitable Lady,
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L ittle E dward, .
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30. My Mother's Grave,
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31. G od made all things ,
32. 'fh e Bl ind Girl,
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3 3. The Sail or's D og,
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3,1. T he Careless G irl ,
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35. C ruelty to Animal s,
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36. Snsan first going .to School,
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37. Th e R obin,
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38 . .Tu ne go in g to Be d,
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39. L ine:: to a ve ry yo un g Child,
49
40. T he L ittl e Girl 's AJJress to a Bntterfly
whi c h she sa w in Church,
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41. T he Butterfly's A ns we r,
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4:?. H a ppiness does not de pe nd 011 Riches,
51
4 :~ . [) a ppy Ne w Ye ar,
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4,J. To my S i~te r , on he r llir th-Day,
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45. To the llum u1 in g·-l3irJ ,
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4G. ~ h ee p ,
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47. T he G na t,
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'1 \:3 . J\l ary' s Lamh,
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'1 !). 0 11 l(indness to C ompa nions,
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50. f) ,, n o t S teal,
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01. T he Phea sant,
52. T he S wan, .
5:3 T he Orphan,
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5·1. 0 11 nn l11fa11t, pre pared for tl1e Grave ,
G5 . Sc ripture L cs;; on s ,
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59. Obey your Pare nt s,
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The Pink Bud,
Our P laythings ,
T he Caterpil lar,
T h e S un a nd Moon,
61:'i). . The Pe ng uin , .
66. T he P elican,
6 7. Sal t,

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68. Mo n ~y,
69. T re es and Fruit,
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