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i>l 1 S C E L, L A N Y 



THE ART OF MISEDUCATION. 

 Lesso.n 1. — How to niiiki^ yourself oilious to eliil- 



tire 11. 

 Rule 1. — You incitj make them hale you, l-j treal- 



i.'jg- them unjusUij. 



Little Cliarlottf was going out iiilo her father's 

 oreharil. It was full of viol(!ts. — ' Oli !' cries 

 Charlotte full of joy, 'what beautiful little flow- 

 ers ! I will gather my apron full autl make a nose- 

 gay for inotlier.' Slie iuiinediately knelt down 

 and with great industry gathered her apron full, 

 then she sealed herself under an apple tree and 

 made a handsome nosi'gay. Here it is !' said she, 

 ' now I will run and carry it to my dear mother. 

 How she will he delighted to kiss me!' To in- 

 crease the pleasure of her motlier, she crept slily 

 into the kitchen, took a china plale, put the nose 

 gay on it, and went on a full leap down the stair: 

 to find her mother. But Charlotte stumbled, fell 

 and broke the China plate into a hundred pieces, 

 and scattered her nosegay ail around. Her mother 

 who was in the room near by, heard the noi 

 and immediately sprang to the door — when she 

 aaw the broken plate, she ran back, seized a thick 

 rod, and willinut inquiring a word about the ti 

 ner in which the plate was broken, came to the 

 child. Terrified, both by the fall and on account 

 of the broken plate, and half dead witli fear of 

 the rod, liille Charlotte could oidy ejaculate 'dear 

 mother! dear mother !' But this was of no scr. 

 vice to her. ' You liit'e wretch !' said her mother 

 'break a beautiful plate — will you ?' — and elms, 

 tised her severely. Little Charlotte was offended 

 when she found herself treated with such opei 

 injustice. She did not forget fjr a long tiuiH, and 

 never again brought n nosegay to her mother. 



Rdle 2. — Take no }mrl in the pUasiires of you 

 children, show no feeling in the caresses you be 

 stow 0)1 then, and you will soon make ihtni in 

 different <5 you. 



An agreeable, nuirried couple had their heads 

 10 full of business and enterprises, that they con- 

 sidered every moment lost vliich they devoted to 

 conversation with their children. The husband 

 was busy with calculations of profit, aiul the wife 

 was always planning how to maintain their style 

 of living, and increase their arlides of dress. 

 Any interruptions from their children were con- 

 sidered as injuring their prospects. If little 

 Nicholas skipped up to his father with his A, B, C 

 book, and said, 'Look, father! the pretty monkey 

 has got an apple in his paw !' he received (or an 

 answer, • Don't disturb nie !' He ran to his 

 mother and she sent him away. Then he went 

 with his book in his hand to Sally, the cliainher- 

 'maid, and she knew how to tri'at him better — she 

 Iauglie<l with him over tlie monkey, showeil him 

 the wolf and the hare, and udd him how the widl 

 devoured sheep, 'and how good roasted 

 hares tasted.' His dear sister Mary treaied liirn 

 in the same way. She knew his secrets, and en- 

 tered into all his joys. If his father and mother 

 were to journey three months, he woiilil care noth- 

 ing about it ; but if little Mary was absent one 

 day from home he would sub and cry. — Salz- 

 man. 



A farmer observing his servant a great while at 

 breakfast, said, 'John, you make a long meal.' — 

 ' ' Master,' said he, ' a cheese of this size is not as 

 goon eat as you think of!' 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



Extraordinary Instinct in a Bird. — The Ratel, 

 (an animal resembling tlie badger) as well as the 

 native inhabitant of the Cape of Good Hope, is 

 sometimes guided in its search after honey, by n 

 little bird, the Cuculus Indicator, or Honey 

 Cuckoo, which it seems has sagacity enough to 

 know tiiat both men and beast are loiiil of the 

 tempting spoil. This little creature, alihuugh in- 

 capable of storming a hive in its own person, takes 

 advantage of the propensity of others, who are 

 better lilted for the task, and invites the Hottentot 

 or Ratel to follow it by a ])<'ciiliar note, which they 

 both ecptally understand. Having thus secured 

 their attention, it flies slowly on before them, alter- 

 nately baiting for them to come up with it, and 

 then taking another flight, still admonishing them 

 by its warning voice, until it arrives at the spot 

 where the hidden treasure is deposited, then it 

 suddenly ceases to be heard, but remains quietly 

 perched on a tree in the vicinity, waiting for a 

 share of the plunder, which it usually receives as 

 a reward for its interested services. 



Remains of a .Mammoth S,-c, found in England. 



A lecture was lately delivered to the Philosopliical 

 and Literary Society of Chatham, England, by 

 Robert Dodil, Esq. on ih -jaw and teeth of a Mam- 

 moth, and of so'me other Fossils, fonnil in a Flint 

 quarry, in the neighborhood of that town. After 

 liBving given an explanation oftlie different fossils, 

 which had been rliseovered in that neighborhood, 

 Mr Dodd proceeds to show, that ' a great revolu- 

 tion or catastrophe has ccmipletely altered the face 

 of the earth in that part.' And he adds, ' the repeti- 

 tion of the usual phenomena of nature for a thou- 

 sand centuries would not have produced these 

 effects.' Fjxcepting volcanic phenomena on a 

 large scale, we know of no exisiing power, he says, 

 capable of [M-odncing such effi-ets. The present 

 geological appearances, arc biicli as indicate the 

 nctimi of an enormous and sudden power, opera- 

 ting as great and sudden chamjes. The cause he 

 believes to be, a power acting from the central re- 

 gions of tht! globe, towards its circumference, ele- 

 vating the siraia, and in the focus of its action not 

 only raising, but shattering and loosening them ; 

 thus rendering them a prey to the flood occasion- 

 ed by the convulsion. 



Ladies in town and country compared. — City 1.-.- 

 dies boiust of being more delicate tlian country 

 maidens. The one breathes an air politely wiiii 

 many thousand breaths ; the other inhales a breeze 

 freshened over the new mown hay. The one 

 drinks water from the sewer mingling pump, or 

 through impure pipes frotii the open horse pond ; 

 other pours it from the moos-covered bucket, 

 or dips it from the pure spring. The one walks 

 over the hard pavements, along the dusty pile of 

 bricks, the other trips over the soft grass aloii" 

 the graceful rows of trees. The one is pale and 

 sickly from watching at the evening concert ; the 

 other is ruddy a:ul healthy from rising with the 



iioiniug birds. The one is the lily of the green- 

 house ; the oilier is the rose beside the stone wall. 

 In the city is seen the ingenious and handy work 



f man ; in the country are traced and hallowed 

 the stately steppings of the Almighty. 



Excluding and Including. — A wag one day ask- 

 ed his friend, ' How many knaves do you suppose 



e in this street besides yourself!'' ' Besides my- 

 self ?' replied the other, in a heat, 'do you mean 

 to insult me ? ' ' V/cll, then, ' said the first, 'how 

 many do you reckon including yourself?' 



Dec. 21, 1831. 



.Inimal sagacity.— There is now in the possession 

 of Mr Crosb%orthe White Hart Inn, VVidcombe, a 

 <log oftlie French poodle breed, whose sa;;acity and 

 intelligence are such as to lival the most superior 

 faculty in man. He will fetch any specific su.n of 

 money from the till, which he will open and shut 

 himself ; and will fetch and replace any article of 

 wearing apparel or other thing that he is desiied, 

 from any drawer or cupboard,' which ne will open 

 and close himself; he will fetch an ottoman and 

 place it in the most proper position for his mistress', 

 feet, with great politeness and much thoughtful e.x- 

 amination ; he will put boots, shoes, and other littera 

 out of sight upon the slighlost bidding, and with a^' 

 rapidity of movement that would put any domestic 

 to the blush. It is worthy of notice that Philip (his 

 name) is not quite twelve mouths old, and that he ' 

 has acquired all his knoiUedge and usefulness with- 

 out a heaiing.— Bath Herald. 



Two Yankees met in a tavern, and after mutu- 

 al glances, and a half recognition, advanced to 

 shake hands ; yet both hesitated, anil neither 

 coiihl call the otlnr by name. Said one of tbeiti 

 ' Seems to ine I have seen you somewhere.' 

 ' I think it likely,' said the other, < for I have often 

 been there.' 



In the pursuit of knowledge, it is a mistaken 

 idea, that we are not to attend to the daily claims 

 on our attention, of fond endearments, filial and 

 fraternal obligations. He who rises above, or 

 nejilecls these, will find ihat the possession of 

 knowledge will only render the savage more to 

 be dreaded. — Gen. Farmer. 



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