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derings and hardships here, but shall not have room. Nor shall I 

 have room to detail the account of his return to Europe, his fortune 

 restored, his marriage and occupation, till, in 1830, in the next revo- 

 lution in France, after he had been driven from her, he was made 

 king, under the style and title of Louis PHILIPPE I., KING OF THE 

 FRENCH. 



For the last seventeen years, previous to the late revolution, he 

 has been crowned with riches and honor. He had been esteemed 

 one of the wisest and best of monarchs ; especially had he distin- 

 guished himself as the friend and keeper of peace. It has been 

 thought, however, by many, that he has not fully sustained his early 

 reputation for disinterested benevolence and liberal principles. 



That he was lately obliged to abdicate his crown, and with his 

 family to quit his palace and flee his country, my readers are well 

 aware. How ARE THE MIGHTY FALLEN ! 



The Rattle-Snake. 



LOOK out for snakes ! They have had a bad reputation among 

 men, from the temptation of mother Eve to the present day. 

 Whether it was really a serpent, according to our understanding of 

 the term, which was the prompter to her transgression, is undeter- 

 mined. Many think it was ; but whether it was or not, there is an 

 enmity between him and man, and when man has the power he 

 bruises the serpent's head. 



I could bring facts to show that the serpent has no friendship for 

 man. One of the most glaring instances of his depravity is the 

 account I used to read, when a boy, of a serpent which was found 

 by a farmer, nearly frozen and almost dead. The farmer took him 

 to his house, and warmed him and fed him; and when the serpent 

 had become comfortable and animated, the farmer put him in his 

 bosom. But the wretch stung his benefactor. 



There are many sizes and descriptions of snakes, from the little 

 one in the grasp of the harvest mouse, to the sea serpent, which 

 occasionally lies off Nahant, for the gratification of visitors, or per- 

 haps more truly for the benefit of the steamboat company. 



