AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
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Lessons worth Learning—A Proposal. 
Probably most of our young readers attend some 
Sunday School, and learn portions of the New Tes¬ 
tament each week. (We hope and trust that none 
feel themselves “ too old ” to go). But whether 
you live near enough to attend any School or not, 
it will be a very good exercise to thoroughly learn 
a few verses each week. Aside from any other 
benefit, the exercise will strengthen the memory, 
and on this account alone is very valuable. Below 
is a series of 52 lessons prepared at our suggestion 
by Dr. James Strong, S. T. D., (author of Harmony 
of the Gospels, etc.,) which embrace in chronological 
order , some of the leading events, parables, etc., 
from the Birth of Christ to the Imprisonment of 
Paul at Home—a period of about 61 years. These 
lessons average about 7% verses each, or 393 verses 
in all, and they would read well if placed together. 
Any one learning these in youth will have them 
stored in the mind indelibly. They are being a- 
dopted in many families and schools; we have cir¬ 
culated some thousands of copies printed in neat 
tabular form, and we have a large number of schol¬ 
ars in our own school who will learn the whole, this 
year. We invite all the young readers of the Agri¬ 
culturist to join in the exercise. We can not offer 
premiums to all who will do so, but we will make 
this proposal: One year from now, (Feb. 1868,) we 
will print, either in the Agriculturist , or in a Sup¬ 
plement, A ROLL OF HONOR, containing the 
name of every one of our readers who will this year 
learn all the lessons in this table, and previous to 
Jan. 1st, 1863 send us a certificate that it is done, 
from the teacher, parent, or other person, who shall 
hear the whole recited together in December next ; 
TABLE OF LESSONS FOE A YEAH. 
Subject. 1 Chapter. 
. 1 Angels at Bethlehem..Luke n, 
12 Visit of the Magians.Matt. Ij, 
19 Christ at twelve Years of Age. Luke u, 
26 The Baptist’s Mission.... Marki, 
. 2 Christ’s Temptation.Matt, Iv, 
9 Interview with Nicodemus... John in, 
16 Christ equal with the Father. T "’'" ” 
23 Doctrine of the Sabbath. 
2 Parable of the Sower. 
9 Calling of the Twelve. 
16 John's Imprisonment . 
23 Christ the Bread of Life. 
30 The Transfiguration. 
April 6 Necessity of Child-like temper 
13 Appointment of the Seventy. 
“ 20 Parable of the Good Samaritai 
“ 27 The Lord’s Prayer. 
[ay 4 Christ the Good Sht .. 
“ 11 Parable of the Prodiga 
“ 13 The Lord’s Supper. 
*’ 25 The Agony in Geths 
hepherd... 
_M.. . . 
8 Peter’s Denial . 
5 Christ before the Sanhedrim. 
!2 Christ before Pilate 
L3 The Crucifixion.. 
ohuvi, . S 
latt.' xviii, 
mke x, 
,uke x, 3 
mke : 
:e xxiii, 8 to 16 4 
‘ 31 Peter* John be 
Sept. 7 Community of Goods.Acts tv, 
” 14 Martyrdom of Stephen.Acts vli, 
“ 21 Conversion of Paul.Acts ix. 
“ 30 Paul begins Voyage to Ron.--- - 
Dec. 7 Storm (Turing Paul’s Passage. Acts xxvn, 13 .. 
“ 14 Paul Encourages Mariners .. Acts xxvn, 27 to 34 
“ 21 Escape from the Wreck.Acts xxvn, 38 to 44 
“ 28 Paul’s Arrival at Rome.Acts xxvlii, 11 to lb ( 
N. B. The figures In the last column denote the verse be¬ 
ginning and the verse ending the lesson—both are included. 
We ought to have printed this in the January Ag¬ 
riculturist, hut it was not completed when that 
number went to press. A little extra effort will 
bring up the four lessons for January. While learn¬ 
ing these lessons, it would be well to read the in¬ 
tervening portions of sacred history. 
Note to Editors and Superintendents. —The 
above can be published by any editor desiring to do 
so—it was copyrighted merely to stop its use for 
speculative purposes. Superintendents can obtain 
neat printed copies of the above size, or those 7x9 
inches, at cost of printing—say 25 cts. to $1 per 100, 
according to whether printed on thin or thick pa¬ 
per, or on cards. We have furnished a copy to 
every teacher and scholar in our own school. 
Ait Bntere sting- Coin. 
Our old correspondent, “Whistler at the Plow,” 
sends for the Agriculturist boys and girls, a picture 
of a copper coin he recently found in his field not 
far from New Brunswick, N. J. We find one like 
it in this City, at the store of a Nu-mis-mat-ist 
(that is a dealer in old coins and medals). He val¬ 
ues it at a good many dollars on account of its scar¬ 
city. It is, we believe, one of the first copper coins 
made in this country after the declaration of Inde¬ 
pendence, in 1776. We give an engraving showing 
the exact size, and the embossing or raised lines 
and characters on the two sides. On one side are 
13 bars or stripes, representing the thirteen colonies, 
or States, which united in the Declaration of In¬ 
dependence of Great Britain. On the other side, the 
letters USA. stand for United States of America. 
They are so closely united or blended as to form 
but one character, thus representing the Union. 
The character somewhat resembles the dollar mark, 
($,) and some have given this coin as the origin of 
that mark. We think, however, that the $ mark 
had another and earlier origin. 
Wo Boy Wholly Bad. 
“ I can’t be good, and I won’t try.”—So said a boy 
in our hearing, the other day. He is an active, 
bright boy, full of fun, and nearly, but not quite, 
half full of mischief. He is kind hearted, loves ap¬ 
probation, and from the bottom of his heart would 
like to deserve to be called a good boy. He is sen¬ 
sitive to the opinions of others, and when for the 
fun of the thing, or. carelessly, he has committed 
an error and been reproved for it, his mind dwells 
upon the reproof so much that he has come to 
think that about all he does worthy of. notice is 
bad.—A great mistake this and likely to lead to bad 
consequences. No one is in a more hopeless con¬ 
dition than he who has lost confidence in himself. 
Now we happen to know something of the heart 
of that boy. We have siudied his character for 
months, and though he has the reputation of be¬ 
ing a bad boy, we know he has many more good 
traits than bad ones, and that, if he only thought so 
himself, he has the ability to be one of the smart¬ 
est and best boys we are acquainted with. We hope 
he will see this item in the Agriculturist, and sus¬ 
pect it is in part intended for him.-Perhaps, 
reader, you may be in a similar state of mind. Tour 
parents and teachers may be so constantly oppress¬ 
ed with labor and care that they may not have the 
time, or discretion, to do more than tell you of 
your wrong deeds. But don’t get discouraged. We 
have known and eared for many hundreds of boys 
and girls, in the Sabbath school, and elsewhere, nd 
some of them were called bad by almost every 
body, but we never yet knew one who had not' 
. many more good traits than bad ones. It is so with 
i you my lad, we know it is. Remember this, and 
think more of yoqr good feelings and impulses, and 
then you will cherish these, and they will increase 
and grow. Pray don’t fall into, or remain in that 
fatal error of thinking that you are all bad, and that 
therefore there is no use of your trying to be good. 
As your friend we tell you it is not so ! 
Hare Use Boys a Tool Chest? 
Perhaps we have not said enough to encourage 
the boys to try to secure one of the premium Tool 
Chests, (See Premiums Nos. 24,25, 26). They are 
really fine, and worth working for. A good many 
boys can yet make up a club of 28 to 43 Subscribers 
and they will then have a fine assortment of tools 
of various kinds, all arranged in a neat chest, each 
one in its place. They are made by Geo. Parr of 
Buffalo who has no little reputation as a skillful 
provider of tools for boys and men too. Quite a 
number of boys, and some men also, have already 
secured premium tool chests this year. Mr. 
Parr will get up as many more as we may need. 
Rebuses. 
Rebuses, Puzzles, Enigmas, etc., all mean near¬ 
ly the same thing—something that taxes the inge¬ 
nuity to find it out. A rebus is generally applied to 
a picture puzzle, where a word or sentiment is ex¬ 
pressed by one or more pictures. Thus, a lover 
painted for his sweetheart: a rose, a hill, ah eye, a 
loaf, and a well, meaning, “ Rose Hill, I love well.” 
Rebuses generally spell by sound. Thus, in the 
January Agriculturist, page 25, we gave in 
No. 1. A watch over a ewer (pitcher), a hart (male 
deer), a fig. 2, a key, a person pouting (p out), an 
awl, and a vise. It would read: Watch over ewer, 
hart, two, key, pout, awl, vise,—or the Answer is : 
Watch ovei' your heart to keep out all vice. 
No. 2. This picture rightly read by sound, gives 
one of the most beautiful passages in the Bible. 
Try and find it out. After trying your utmost, if 
then unable to read it, you can turn to Luke ii, 14. 
But don’t be in a hurry to find the explanation. 
No. 3. This picture expresses a sentiment fa¬ 
mous in the political history of our country. We 
will leave you to read it, believing that alter the ex¬ 
planation above, of the manner of reading rebuses, 
most of our youngest friends can make it out. 
“Commodore Nutt.” 
Some of our boys doubtless feel it quite an afflic¬ 
tion to be small, and are anxious for the time to 
come when they will be grown up men. We had 
a pleasant visit with a man the other day who will 
no doubt find it quite advantageous to be so small. 
Why, he is not taller than our three-year old Charlie 
and not near so heavy. Though over 18 years old 
we picked him up in one hand very easily; he 
weighs less than half a bushel of corn. W e iorgot 
to measure him, but he will have to look up to see 
the face of Tom Thumb, certainly. Mr. Barnum has 
got hold of him, and he will doubtless soon be 
famous. He is the son of Major Nutt of Manchester, 
N. H., and as Barnum has had a general (Tom 
Thumb), he names his new protege “Commodore" 
—Commodore Nutt— perhaps also in compliment 
to the Navy, which appears to be reaping all the 
honors in the war. We commissioned onr humor¬ 
ous artist to show up the Commodore appropriately 
in the Agriculturist, ahead of all others if possible. 
