man's trouble, there rushed by him, with loud shouts, a large party of boys, in a sleigh drawn by six horses.

13. "Turn out, turn out, old fellow;' 'Give us the road, old boy;'What will you take for your pony?' Go it, frozen-nose; What's the price. of oats?' were the various cries that met his ear. 14. "Pray do not frighten my horse,' exclaimed the infirm driver. 'Turn out then, turn out,' was the answer, which was followed by repeated cracks and blows from the long whip of the grand sleigh, with showers of snowballs, and three tremendous hurrahs from the boys who were in it.

15. "The terror of the old man and his horse was increased, and the latter ran away with him, to the imminent danger of his life. He contrived, however, to secure his reins and to stop his horse just in season to prevent his being dashed against a loaded

team.

16. "A short distance brought him to his journey's end, and the house of his son. His old horse was comfortably housed and fed, and he himself abundantly provided for.

17. "That son, boys, is your instructor; and that old fellow, and old boy who did not turn out for you, but who would gladly have given you the whole road, had he heard your approach-that old frozennose, was your master's father!"

18. Some of the boys buried their heads beneath their desks; some cried; and many hastened to the teacher with apologies and regrets without end. All were freely pardoned, but were cautioned that they should be more civil, for the future, to inoffensive travellers, and more respectful to the aged and infirm.

19. Aged persons should be treated with the greatest deference and respect, simply because they are old. A parent should be treated with peculiar

regard simply because he is a parent. Others are entitled to superior respect merely from the station they occupy.

20. A clergyman is entitled to particular regard on account of his office. The young should conduct themselves towards him with becoming modesty and deference. Parents should speak of him with respect, if they would have him do their children good, by his superior knowledge of truth and duty.

21. A teacher must be treated with respect by parents, or he will be of little or no use to his pupils. His employment must be regarded as one of the most important and honorable professions.

22. Parents should require their children to obey their teacher, and to show him the same respect as they themselves demand. When this cannot be done, it is better to remove them from the care of the teacher. Parents should consult, too, with the teacher of their children, and join with him in enforcing what is right.

23. To our superiors in knowledge, we should, in all modesty, ever yield due deference. To superior goodness, all should bow with the deepest veneration. To be good is better than to be great.

24. All reverence the goodness of Washington more than the mighty power of Napoleon. True goodness is often found in the most humble situations. But wherever found, it should draw forth the purest homage of our hearts.

25. It is a mistake, to suppose that we abase ourselves by showing due deference to our superiors. Nothing is more noble, or more truly graceful, than the nice observance of all those little rules that should regulate our intercourse with them.

FORGIVENESS.

1. WHEN on the fragrant sandal tree
The woodman's axe descends,
And she who bloomed so beauteously
Beneath the keen stroke bends,
E'en on the edge that wrought her death
Dying she breathes her sweetest breath,
As if to token, in her fall,

Peace to her foes, and love to all.

2. How hardly man this lesson learns,
To smile, and bless the hand that spurns;
To see the blow, to feel the pain,
But render only love again!

This spirit not to earth is given -
One had it, but he came from heaven.
Reviled, rejected, and betrayed, .

No curse he breathed, no plaint he made,
But, when in death's deep pang he sighed,
Prayed for his murderers, and died.

MORAL AND SELECT SENTENCES.

1. THE character of the person who commends you is to be considered, before you set much value on his praise.

2. The only benefit to be derived from flattery is, that by hearing what we are not, we may be instructed in what we ought to be.

3. The lips of talkers will be telling of such things as do not at all concern them, but the words of such as have understanding are weighed in the balance. The heart of fools is in their mouth, but the tongue of the wise is in their heart.

1. AFTER Ellen had gone, Mr. Lawson returned to the front part of the store, and taking up the vest, brought it back to where an elderly man was sitting, and holding it towards him, said, by way of apology for the part he had taken in the little scene, "That is a beautiful article for a gentleman to wear, isn't it?"

2. The man made no reply, and the tailor, after a pause, added, “I refused to pay her, as a matter of principle. She knew she couldn't make the garment when she took it away. She will be more careful how she tries again to impose herself upon customer tailors, as a good vest maker."

3. "Perhaps," said the elderly gentleman, in a mild way, "necessity drove her to undertake a job that required greater skill than she possessed. She certainly looked very poor."

4. "It was because she appeared so poor and miserable, that I was weak enough to place the vest in her hands," replied Mr. Lawson, in a less severe tone of voice. "But it was an imposition in her, to ask for work she did not know how to make."

5. "Mr. Lawson," said the old gentleman, who was known as a pious and good man, 66 we should not blame with too much severity the person who, in extreme want, undertakes to perform a piece of work for which he does not possess the requisite skill.

6. "The fact that a young girl, like the one who was just here, is willing, in her extreme poverty, to labor, instead of sinking into vice and idleness, shows her to possess both virtue and integrity of character; and that we should be willing to encourage, even at some sacrifice.

7. "Work is slack now, as you are aware, and

there is but little doubt that she had been to many places seeking employment before she came to you. It may be that she and others, depending on the meagre returns of her labor, were reduced to the utmost extremity.

8. "It may be, that even their next meal was dependent upon the receipt of the money, that was expected to be paid for making the vest you hold in your hand. The expression of her face as she turned away, her lingering step, her drooping form, and her whole demeanor, had in them a language which told me of all this, and even more.”

9. A change came over the tailor's countenance. "I didn't think of that," fell in a low tone from his lips.

10. "I did not suppose you did, brother Lawson," said his monitor. "We are all more apt to think of ourselves than of others. The girl promised the vest this evening; and so far as that was concerned, she performed her contract. Is the vest made very badly?"

11. Mr. Lawson took up the garment, and examined it more carefully. "Well, I can't say the work is so very badly done. But it is dreadfully soiled and rumpled; and it is not as neat a job as it should be, nor at all such as I wished it."

12. "All this is very annoying, of course; but, still, we should be willing and ready to make some excuse for the shortcomings of others. The poor girl may have had a sick mother or sister to attend to, which constantly interrupted her; and under such circumstances, you could hardly wonder, if the garment should come some soiled from under her hands.

13. "All this may be the case; and if so, you could not find it in your heart, to speak unkindly to the poor creature, much less to turn her away angrily, and without the money she had toiled for so earnestly."