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MARY’S L.AMB.
Mary had a little Iamb,
Its fleece was white as snow,
And every where that Mary went,
The lamb was sure to go.
He fulbwed her to school one day;
That was against the rule;
It made the cliildren laugh and play,
To see the lamb at scliool.
And so the teacher turned him out;
But still he lingered near,
J^nd in the grass he fed about,
Till Mary did appear.
To her he rau, and then he laid
His head upon her arm
As if to say, “I’m not afraid—
You’ll shield ine from all hatin’”
“What malfcs the Iamb love Mary so?”
The little children, cried,
“0, Mary loves the lamb, you know !”
'j’he teacher quick replied.
“If you, like Marv, are but kind,
And feed the lambs with grass,
Their love and friendship, you will find,
Are constant to the last.”
THE FOX AND THE CROW.
Id a dairy a crow having ventured to go.
Some food for her young ones to seek.
Flew up in the trees with a fine piece of cheese,
Which she joyfully held in her beak.
A fox who lived nigh, to the tree saw her fly,
And to share in the prize made a vow;
For having fust dined, he for cheese felt in
clined,
So he went and sat under the bough.
She was cunning, he knew, but so M’as 7ietoo,
And with flattery adopted his plan ;
For he knew if slic’d speak, Jt must fall from
her beak,
So bowing politely, began.
“ ’Tis a very fine day.” (Not a word did she
say.)
“ The wind, 1 believe, ma’am, is south .*
A fine harvest for peas;” he then looked at
the cheese,
But the crow didn’t open her mouth.
Sly Reynard, not tired, her plumageadmiied,
“How charming, bow brilliant its- hue !
The voice must be fine of a bird so divine,
Ah 1 let me just hear it, pray do.
“ Believe me, 1 long to bear a sweet song.”
The silly bird fi)ulishly tries :
She scarce gave- one scpiall, when the cheese
she let fall.
And the fox ran away with the prize.
MAB’S FRE;^CSfi DOLL.
It sno-ws vei'v hard, so that
Grandma says I can’t go out with
my new sled ; Scrap is fast asleep
in front of the fire ; and Cousin
■ Mary^ says it would be a good
time to tell the children about iny^
French doll.
Papa came back from France
just before Christmas, and wasn’t
I glad to see him ! He caught
me up in his arms and hugged
me very tight, and I think he
cried a little—I felt my cheek
wet. lie said : ‘My little Mab,
how fat and rosy you look—not
a bit like a faii-v ain-’ more.” 1
think papa has grown, too : but
be laughs and sa3's that Grandma
anl Cousin Mary are such little
women that ho looks like a giant
beside them.
I wt.nted to look into papa’s
trunk the very night he came ;
but grandma thought it w’ould be
best to wait for Christmas. I felt
a big lump in my throat, but I
didn’t cry, because I am too old
to cry when I can’t have things I
want.
I had only two days to w-ait,
and papa had so many tilings to
tell me about the places where he
liad been, that it didn’t seem very
long. Then, one day was Sunday,
and w'o all ivent to church in the
morning in the big sleigh. In the
afternoon, w'liile we were in the
librar}', in w'lilked Sport and
dropped a liat at papa’s feet, and
then he went back for another,
until he had got all ho could find.
It is an old trick of his to coax
some one to walk with him, and
1 think lie wanted to say': ‘I air.
glad 5'ou are homo again, sir.’
That night I went to bed very
early', but first I had my Bible
reading with grandma. It was
about the angel coming to tell the
shepherds that Christ was born ;
and then we all sang;
“While the shepherds watched their flocks by
night.”
If y'ou don’t know it, you had
better learn it.
The next morning, when I
woke, it was almost dark, but I
thought I would just look over
the foot of the bed and see what
that was in front of the fire.
There stood a cradle with some
thing wliite in it; so I crept softly
out of bed, and what did I see
but a beautiful baby doll fast
asleep ! So I took her up, and
then she opened her ej'es and
looked at me; and, when I hugged
hez', she said, “Mamma,” quite
plain. She looks just like a real
baby, only' she isn’t warm and
don’t make faces.
I took my' dear dolly' into bed
with me and sang to her ; and
then grandma found us pretty
soon, and called papa to know
what we should name her. He
said that ‘Leonie’ would be pretty,
after a little girl he knew in
France ; so tlzat is Iior name.
I heal’d grandma tell papa she
was very glad that Leonie is a
baby and not a grand lady with
a train and flounces, I am glad,
too;|because I couldn’t have rocked
a lady-doll to sleep: so when
your papa goes to Fi-anoe, tell
him to be sui-e and bring y'ou a
bcil/^ doll just like znine.
1 foi-got to say' that Sjzort and
Scrap each had their stockings
hung up with mine. Mine was
stuffed full of French bonbons ;
but Sport bad a drumstick from
the turkey in his, with a new
collar , and scrap had a drumstick
too, and a red collar with a bell
and his name on it, ‘Scrap Osboi-n;’
and I think tliey were both
pleased.
It has stopped snowing, and
grandma says that I znay wrap
up iiiid iiave a run with Sport
before tea: so good-bye, and I
wish you all a ‘Ha]zpy New Year.’
Grandma told mo to say that.-—
N. F. Observer.
X niOTJIEK’S AttlBlTIOV.
HY SHEEJ.AH,
Felicia, one of the friends of my
childhood, grew up and married
Midas. He took her to his
residence in a distant city and
for sixteen yeai's we did not meet.
But I heard of zind from them in
the meanwhile, and knew that
tliey lived in perfect elegaizce,
when at home and traveled in re
gal style, when they chose
to go abroad. At last I received
a letter say’ing that they' soon
would be in our town en passant,
and that Felicia would spendaday
with me.
I was doliglitod at the pi'ospect
of seeing hez-, but my imagination
set to work ill picturing the pam
pered daughter of fortune, as my.
feai's suggested she might be,
Midas was a professing Christian,
and her relations with the church
were unchanged; but what of that?
Her heart might be wholly filled
with the woi'ld while her head
was fixedly on the side of religion.
Sixteen years of unlimited
prosperity, I sighed, and my
mental eye r;in over severiil ladies
of the Midas family, wliom I knew
in tlie cliurches of our town.
Then I saw the modest girl of the
past transformed into tlie pompous
woman of position, who appeared
large and high-lieixded, and
cumbered with bedizeninents of
fashion. Ifut, 0 I tliought, the
sweet and pious Felicia cannot
be entirely spoiled, even by
money; and I determined to bask
in the happiness of hope.
The day' came—the hour, and,
seated in the front parlor, I listen
ed for the rattling of cari-iage
wheels and the ringing of door
bell. So intent was I thus that 1
did not notice soft sounds, until
the room door was opened, and 1
looked round to see a trim figure,
in quiet costume, step past the
servant and run towards me with
open arms.
I do not know when I spent a
happier day. Side by side Feli
cia and I sat talking—talking of
everything that concerned her and
me. I was delighted bey'ond
measni'e to find hez-, not only'
wholly' unspoiled, but vastly
improved. Years had developed,
experience and observation had
cultivated, and supei-ior social
advantages had refined, a nature
prepared to welcome the best
influences. Midas’ death had
thei-efore, done no harm, but been
a blessing to hei'. Itis notinoney,
but the love of it, whicli is the
root of evil.
I wish I could I'epeat all she
said; her conversation was so
pure, so elevated, and so unworld
ly. Size never once alluded to
wealth or position, but she did
dwell, with earnestness, upon the
great soui-ce of thanksgiving
which she found in being united
to a Christian man, who not only
did not oppose, but fi’eely con
curred with her in everything.
Wizen speaking of her cliildren
there was no boasting, no pai-ade
of their virtues or accomplish
ments, or pi-ospects. On tlio
contrai'y, she candidly portray'ed
their individualities, and seriously
consulted with me respecting
their interests. But I never shall
foi’get the sweet humility with
which .she said:
“I have liad but two objects of
ambition for them—and tliey'
know it, I have lost no oppoz'tn-
nity' of impressing it on them —
that they ought to be couvei'tod
and well educated.
Only two objects of ambition
tor her children, and these such
lack lusti-e ami old-fashioned ones
-^for I am fain to confess that
even the education she craved
was not in accordance with ])oi)-
ulzir view ! Only two ! And y-et
it seems to my poor simple think
ing, that it evez-y mother in the
hind bent all her desires, aspira
tions and prayers towards having
her childi’en educated, our coun
try would be, in the next gener-
tion the noblest upon which the
sun ever shone.—Mothers' Maga
zine.
“SAVE Alt WOKDS,"
A little five-year-old boy' over‘
heard a woi'kinau who was
repaii-ing the sitting-z'oom drop an
exclamation over some slight
znishap. “That’s the first eivcur
loord I ever heard in ziiy father’s
house,” was the grave i-ehnke of
the little boy. It so touched tlie
rough man that he went to the
mother of the boy' and confessed
his fault. While engaged on the
job he never again lapsed into
vulgarity' or jzrofanitv.
■ The boy', now a tall lad, weilds
the same influence over hi.s mates
Tlicy' understand that his part in
tlie game is ended as soon as bad
words are introduced. The
knowledge that his father’s tongue
was never polluted by' profanity,
together with liis mother's ):re-
cepts, have given this salutary'
bias to his early life.
Boys, keep free from “swear
words” of all kinds. They' do no
good whatever, but always difile
and dishonor those w ho use tluni,
and the habit once established is
a bad one to get rid of.
liOAV CHS2.e}!EEi\' At
TUB.
:E AS>M!T-i
Very often the Superintendent
hunts up poor and promising or
phans and informs them of tlie
advantages offered at the Orphan
Houses, and induces them to re
turn with him. Generally it is
best that ho should see them be
fore they start. When this is im
practicable, a formal application
should be made by some friend.
Here is one in proper form :
Edenton, N. C., )
June 2d, 187G. y
This is to certify that Susan N.
Bradshaiv is an orphan, without es
tate, sound in body and mind, and
ten years of age. Her father died in
1873 ; her mother in 18G7. I be
ing her Aunt, hereby make applica
tion for her admission into the Asy
lum at Oxford. I also relinquish
and convey to the officers of the Asy
lum the management and control of
the said orphan for four years, in
order that she may be trained and
educated according to the regulations
jrrescribed by the Grand Lodge of
North Carolina. Martha Scott.
Approved bg
John Thompson, W. M.
of Unanimity Lodge, No, 7,
The apjillcatlon should be sent
to the Superintendent and he will
either go for the children, or pro
vide for their transportation. In
no case should a community take
up a collection to send a man
with the cliildren, nor send the
children before the Superintend
ent has been consulted.
THE
OrphanB’ Friend.
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