Maurice. I am a lawyer, sir.

Mr. B. Sir, your most obedient servant. When we are rich enough to go to law, we will let you know.

Mr. B. That is a very respectable profession; as soon as our children are old enough, we shall be glad of your services. Though we are hard working men, we do not mean to be ignorant; every one among us shall be taught reading and writing. Until we have employment for you in teaching, if you will keep our accounts, and read sermons to us on Sundays, we shall be glad to have you among Will you go?

us.

O. With all my heart, sir.
Mr. B. Who comes here?

Philip. I am a soldier, sir; will you have me? Mr. B. We are peaceable people, and I hope we shall not be obliged to fight.

We will learn

to defend ourselves, if we have occasion.

Robert. I am a gentleman, sir.

Mr. B. A gentleman! And what good can you do to us?

R. I mean to amuse myself.

Mr. B. Do you expect that we should pay for your amusement?

R. I expect to shoot game enough for my own eating; you can give me a little bread and a few vegetables; and the barber shall be my servant.

Mr. B. The barber is much obliged to you. Pray, sir, why should we do all this for you? R. Why, sir, that you may have the credit of saying, that you have one gentleman at least in your colony.

Mr. B.

Ha, ha, ha! A fine gentleman truly, Sir, when we desire the honor of your company we will send for you.

EXPLANATIONS.

Wright-right-write-rite. Four words of the same sound, but differently spelled, and of different meaning.

Wright a worker in wood. The carpenter is sometimes called a housewright. Wheelwright, shipwright, millwright-the makers of wheels, of ships, and of mills.

Right-not wrong.

Write to use a pen.

Rite-a religious ceremony. The baptism of infants is a rite.

Able hands-men able to work.

CHRONOLOGY.

We say this year is 1831; this means, it is 1831 years since Jesus Christ was born. Christians are the people who believe the religion that Jesus Christ taught men.

The people of Europe, and the United States of America, (where we live,) are Christians. When Christians say any thing happened on a particular year, as Dr. Franklin was born in 1706, or General Washington died in 1799-they mean, that one was born 1706 years after Christ was born, and the other died 1799 years after Christ was born.

With plaintive cooings, lo! the turtle-dove
Laments the fate of his departed love;

His mate once lost, no comfort now he knows;
His little breast with inward anguish glows;
Nor lawns, nor groves, his throbbing heart can
charm;

Nor other love his languid bosom warm:

Oppress'd with grief, he yields his latest breath, And proves, at last, his constancy in death

MORAL.

A proper lesson to the fickle mind;
An emblem apt of tenderness refin'd;
Affection pure, and undissembled love,
Which absence, time, nor death, can ne'er re-

move.

The dove is the most gentle and loving of birds; for which qualities he ancient heathens feigned

that the chariot of Venus, the goddess of love, was drawn by turtle-doves. The constancy of the dove is such that it becomes a proverb, and when one of a pair dies, the other generally pines itself to death: so true is their love, and so far are they from a desire of changing. A very striking instance of the power of instinct, and an example worthy of imitation.

The dove and the lamb are so remarkable for their gentleness, that they have been adopted as symbols of our most holy religion, and are always represented in the sacred writings, as the most perfect emblems of virtue and innocence.

APPLICATION.

Constancy, whether in love or friendship, is cer tainly one of the most striking proofs of a grea and noble mind, as fickleness is of the contrary. Love is but a more refined, a more tender friendship; and when that love is strengthened by the more sacred ties of marriage, it ought to be equally lasting and inviolate.

! In such a state, the joy or grief of either party must be shared by the other; they must be both as one, or happiness can never be expected.

1 In order to promote this agreeing will, constancy, tenderness, and an allowance for the frailty of humanity, are indispensably necessary. When these are united, there may truly be said to be a union of souls; which is the greatest felicity on earth.

The emblem of the dove is one of those lessons drawn, from nature, whereby the best amongst us may profit; since we may well be ashamed to be

otdone, either in constancy or tenderness, by any

of the brute creation.

EXPLANATIONS

Plaintive-expressive of sorrow.
Cooing-crying as a dove or pigeon.
Glow-to feel passion of mind.
Lawn-a plain between woods.
Grove a small piece of woods.
Fickle-changeable, inconstant,
Emblem-an allusive picture.
Undissembled-openly declared.
Feigned-related falsely.

Chariot a carriage of pleasure or state.
Goddess-an imaginary female divinity.
Symbol-a figurative representation.

THE BOY AND THE BEES.

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A boy who was frequently in the habit of molesting the becs, while they were busily engaged