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Collectanea.
water treatises . Read the history of leaves , and marvel!— " Each leaf is employed in receiving and transmitting gases from the air , in certain proportions , to the plant . These great operations having been effected during the summer months , and this agency of the leaves finished , they fall to the ground , not as an useless incumberance , but to convey a large portion of fresh soil peculiarly fitted for the nutriment of vegetation . " Aud so it has been written— " The beautiful foliagewhich has cooled
, us with its shade , ancl glowed with all the splendour of fruitfulness , at length returns to the soil , in the lonely days of autumn , not to encumber it , but to administer health and vigour to a new series of vegetation , and circulate in combinations concealed from every human eye . "—Letter in Eraser .
A FRIEND IN NEED . —In one night Aretas lost his whole property through a dreadful fire ; and thereupon relative , friend , acquaintance , yea , even his own dog , forsook him . A cat only remained faithful to him , who shared his distress , and by his lamentable cries swelled still more the sufferer ' s grief . " How , " said Aretas , " art thou then my only friend in time of need ? Ah ! why am I so poor ? Yet no—there yet remains to me a morsel of bread ; come , faithful friend , share this treasure with me , it is moist with my tears . " " I hacl smelt this , " cried the animal—devoured it , and ran away !
A GENUINE LETTER OP THE OLDEN TIME . —The following is a copy of a letter sent along with a watch which required repairing : — " Friend John—I have sent thee my clock , which strongly standeth in need of thy friendly care and correction . The last time he was at thy school he was no ways reformed by thy discipline , nor the least benefited thereby . 1 perceive by the index of his mind , that he is a liar , that his motions are wavering and irregular . In the ni ght watch when he should be on
duty , I generally catch him napping ; purge him , therefore , I beseech thee , with thy cleansing stick , that he may circulate and vibrate , according to the motion that is in thee ; and draw out th y bill in the spirit of moderation , ancl it shall be faithfully remitted to thee , by thy true friend , MANASSAH SMITH . " On the 2 nd day of the week , commonly called Monday . " How TO CHOOSE A FARM . —A blind man once went to choose a farm .
When he alighted from his horse , he said to the servant man— " Tie my horse to a thistle . " " I cannot do that , " was the reply , " there are no thistles ; but I can find a dock , if you think proper : there are plenty of them . " The blind man said— " This is not the place for me , " and rode away . Thistles are a sign of good land ; docks the contrary . QUAKER ' REPROOF . —A sailor was swearing boistrously , when one of the Society of Friends passing along accosted him leasantlancl
very p y , said— " Swear away , friend , swear away , till thee get all that bad stuff ' out of thee ; for thee can never go to heaven with all that bad stuff in thy heart . " " „ OWISG t 0 a crowd of other matter , we arc unable to make room for it ! " as the editor replied at the dinner table , when he was requested to lake sonic pudding .
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Collectanea.
water treatises . Read the history of leaves , and marvel!— " Each leaf is employed in receiving and transmitting gases from the air , in certain proportions , to the plant . These great operations having been effected during the summer months , and this agency of the leaves finished , they fall to the ground , not as an useless incumberance , but to convey a large portion of fresh soil peculiarly fitted for the nutriment of vegetation . " Aud so it has been written— " The beautiful foliagewhich has cooled
, us with its shade , ancl glowed with all the splendour of fruitfulness , at length returns to the soil , in the lonely days of autumn , not to encumber it , but to administer health and vigour to a new series of vegetation , and circulate in combinations concealed from every human eye . "—Letter in Eraser .
A FRIEND IN NEED . —In one night Aretas lost his whole property through a dreadful fire ; and thereupon relative , friend , acquaintance , yea , even his own dog , forsook him . A cat only remained faithful to him , who shared his distress , and by his lamentable cries swelled still more the sufferer ' s grief . " How , " said Aretas , " art thou then my only friend in time of need ? Ah ! why am I so poor ? Yet no—there yet remains to me a morsel of bread ; come , faithful friend , share this treasure with me , it is moist with my tears . " " I hacl smelt this , " cried the animal—devoured it , and ran away !
A GENUINE LETTER OP THE OLDEN TIME . —The following is a copy of a letter sent along with a watch which required repairing : — " Friend John—I have sent thee my clock , which strongly standeth in need of thy friendly care and correction . The last time he was at thy school he was no ways reformed by thy discipline , nor the least benefited thereby . 1 perceive by the index of his mind , that he is a liar , that his motions are wavering and irregular . In the ni ght watch when he should be on
duty , I generally catch him napping ; purge him , therefore , I beseech thee , with thy cleansing stick , that he may circulate and vibrate , according to the motion that is in thee ; and draw out th y bill in the spirit of moderation , ancl it shall be faithfully remitted to thee , by thy true friend , MANASSAH SMITH . " On the 2 nd day of the week , commonly called Monday . " How TO CHOOSE A FARM . —A blind man once went to choose a farm .
When he alighted from his horse , he said to the servant man— " Tie my horse to a thistle . " " I cannot do that , " was the reply , " there are no thistles ; but I can find a dock , if you think proper : there are plenty of them . " The blind man said— " This is not the place for me , " and rode away . Thistles are a sign of good land ; docks the contrary . QUAKER ' REPROOF . —A sailor was swearing boistrously , when one of the Society of Friends passing along accosted him leasantlancl
very p y , said— " Swear away , friend , swear away , till thee get all that bad stuff ' out of thee ; for thee can never go to heaven with all that bad stuff in thy heart . " " „ OWISG t 0 a crowd of other matter , we arc unable to make room for it ! " as the editor replied at the dinner table , when he was requested to lake sonic pudding .