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"And Jane when you've finished

Your square of patchwork,

You can sit at the window,

And see the fine sport.

"So run get your sled

There's no time to stand still, And hurrah, for a coast,

On the famous Round Hill!”

John minded his brother,

And run for his sled, And took it in haste

From its peg in the shed;

Then away they all scampered For the top of Round Hill;

For aught that I know,

They are coasting there still.

AUGUSTA.

ABOUT DIRECTING LETTERS.

BY MRS. FARRAR.

"You see I have written the name near the left hand, and equally distant from the top and the bottom. On the next line below,

Mr Henry Moreton,

Tremont Street,

Boston, Mass.

but much farther from the left hand, write the name of the street, with the word 'Street' after it, beginning each word with a capital; below that write the name of the town or city, and below that the state. Begin each line of the address further and further from the left hand, so that the last word shall reach to the lower right-hand corner, as above."

“What is the use of stringing the words down so, like a flight of steps seen sideways?"

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"It is that the lines may be near together, and yet the words be very distinct; and being accustomed to see well-written directions so placed, we prefer it to any other form. Directions should be very clear and legible, or the letters may be mis-sent; and for one whe writes a large hand, it would be better to begin higher up than half way; with my hand-writing, this gives plenty of room for four distinct lines, and leaves ample space for all the post-marks on the upper half.”

"If you had to put five lines, you would begin higher up, I suppose."

• 66 "Certainly, one line higher; and when an inexperienced writer directs a letter, he should rule the paper with a lead pencil for the number of lines required, that he may be sure to make them at proper distances; if the direction is not a familiar one he would do well to write it in pencil first, to ascertain how much room each word will take up, that he may string it out properly as you express it."

"OI could never take so much pains as all that comes to! Girls may be so particular, but that will never do for boys; so pray excuse me from that, my dear cousin."

"Then you must make up for your want of patience by superior judgment, and see that your direction comes right at once, by apportioning in your mind the space each word will take up."

Whilst Anna was speaking, Henry scrawled his father's address on the "sham letter" and having made the words come very near their proper places, he showed it in triumph to his cousin, saying, "There it is, all in its place without any penciling.”

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Nobody need pencil an address which they have frequently seen written, or have written themselves, for then they know how it will come out; but if I were going to write

In the month of January, 1768, a little while before the American revolution broke out, a singular affray took place at one of the wharves in Boston. Robin Carver relates the story as follows.

Towards twilight on the tenth of this month, a sloop, named Liberty, belonging › John Hancock, and lying at his wharf, was seized by the officers of the customs. The British ship of war Romney was at this time in the stream, ready to lend them assistance. On a given signal, her boats were manned and sent to the wharf. The officers were warned not to move the sloop, but in spite of all remonstrances, her fastenings

were cut, and she was carried under the guns of his Majesty's ship.

At this event the people were exceedingly irritated. A mob soon collected, and some of the officers were roughly handled. A party of sailors, who suspected an intention to impress them on board of the ship, joined the multitude and went in pursuit of mischief. Whilst parading in the streets, they met the inspector, and treated him with much more rudeness, than he thought himself entitled to as a faithful servant of the king. The broke his sword, made rags of part of his garments, and obliged him to seek refuge in a house in King street.

The Emperor Caligula.

THESE ancient medals were pieces of gold, silver, brass, &c. similar to coins; made and distributed to preserve the memory of some important event, or fact in history. On one side of them was a portrait of the person in whose honor the medal was struck; on the other, the marks were various.—Caius Julius Cæsar was the first Roman emperor who was allowed to have his portrait placed upon medals.

The medals struck after the death of Augustus Cæsar all have the title of Divus Augustus, or a contraction of it. Thus we find on the one represented above, at the right, Aug Divi, which is Divus Augustus, somewhat abbreviated.

The ancients, as you know, sometimes wickedly honored their kings and emperors as gods. Thus Caligula, as wicked as he was, had a temple erected to his honor, and priests appointed to perform his sacrifices, and he was called Jupiter; which was the name of the very chief of their gods. The

Nero and his Mother.

picture of the medal on the left, above, represents this tyrant sitting as a deity, in a chariot drawn by elephants; and surrounded by stars. The Roman senate, as it appears, had voted him a chariot drawn by four elephants, in honor of what they regarded as some of his great deeds.

The engraving on the right represents the cruel emperor Nero, and his worthless mother drawn also by four elephants in a chariot: the same honor having been paid to them which was paid to Caligula.

Thus we see that medals and rewards are not always marks of real merit. How much inore correct is the opinion of Dr. Watts, than that of those who think a person is to be valued according to his station, his beauty his person, his dress, or his wealth. The Doctor says:

"Were I so tall to reach the pole,
Or grasp the ocean with my span,

I must be measured by my soUL.

The mind's the standard of the man." ED.

MR. BARLOW had a large Newfoundland dog, equally famous for his good nature and his love of the water. With this dog, Thomas had long been forming an acquaintance, and he used to divert himself with throwing sticks into the water, which Caesar would instantly bring out with his mouth, however great might be the distance.

Thomas had heard much about the Kamschatkan dogs and their method of drawing sledges; and he began to plan an enterprise of this kind with Cæsar.

Finding himself at leisure, one day, he began the execution of his project. He first furnished himself with some rope and a

kitchen chair, the latter of which he meant to use for a sledge. Then he flattered Cæsar into a large yard, behind the house, and extending the chair flat upon the ground, he fastened him to it, with very great care and ingenuity.

Cæsar, who did not understand what Thomas was going to do with him, quietly suffered himself to be harnessed, and Thomas, mounting his seat with an air of triumph, and with a whip in his hand, began his operations. A great crowd of little boys, the sons of the laborers in the neighborhood, now gathered round him to see him set off; and their admiration greatly increased his

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Cæsar, however, who did not understand this language, began to be a little inpatient, and to express his uneasiness by making several bounds and rearing up, as you have seen some unmanageable horses; which added very much to the diversion of the spectators. But Thomas, who thought his honor not a little concerned in the adventure, began to grow a little more warm, and after making many efforts to make his steed move on in a regular manner, he at length began to lash him pretty hard with his whip.

The blows, Cæsar did not like at all, and he immediately set forward at a furious rate, dragging the chair, with the driver on it, after him. Thomas at first kept his seat, very firmly; and even looked round upon the spectators with an air of triumph.

Unfortunately, there happened to be, not very far off, a large horse pond, which went shelving down to the depth of three or four feet. The poor affrighted Cæsar, when he found that he could not get away from his tormentor, ran as if by instinct, (for we have already told you that he was a water dog) as fast as he could towards the pond. Thomas now began to see his danger, and repent of his conduct; but what could he do? He tried all he could to pacify and restrain Cæsar, but it was all in vain ;-on he would go. At last, coming to the pond, Cæsar rushed precipitately down the bank, and in an instant plunged into the middle of the pond, with his charioteer behind him. The crowd of spectators who had followed, now came up, to witness the scene; but all their pity as well as respect for Master Thomas did

of derision. It is difficult to say which was most distressing to our unfortunate hero, the ridicule of his companions, or his unpleasant situation. But he soon came to the closing scene of his adventure, for Cæsar, after floundering about in the pond a short time, made a most violent effort, which overturned the chair, and tumbled Thomas into the water.

To add to the poor boy's misfortune, the pond, just at that time, was neither ice nor water. Thomas, therefore, as soon as he had recovered his footing, plunged along through mud and water and pieces of ice, like some amphibious animal, towards the shore. Sometimes his feet slipped, and down he went; then after a little struggling, he would get up again, and try to shake the water from his hair and clothes. Sometimes his feet stuck fast in the mud; at others, he would lose one or both his shoes in it. At last, after encountering much pain and difficulty, he reached the shore. Here he met with none to comfort him, for the spectators now laughed louder than ever, to see how he looked.

When Mr. Barlow found out what had happened (concluding, perhaps, that he had now suffered punishment enough for his folly,) he came out immediately, and led him to the house, and persuaded him to undress at once, and go to bed. He then brought him some warm drinks, to prevent the pad effects which might otherwise have arisen from such a complete drenching at an inclement season.-Here we will leave him to his own reflections.-Ed.

Soldiers in peace, are like chimnies which are not used.