American Agriculturist, for the farm, garden and household . raph. He will value that Vand sitting down to his desk he wrote a few scathinglines to his friend, Mr. Joins, who wore fine clothes at apoor widows expense, and commanded him to pay meat once, or resign his clerkship, by command of—AndrewJackson, President of the United States of America. Hisautograph,indeed! Why. that Andrew Jackson crossedthe entire sheet in letters as big and black as a thunder-cloud. When I went in to pour the tea that night. T gaveMr. Jones the note, saying, I called on the Presidentto-day. ahfl he Bent you this
American Agriculturist, for the farm, garden and household . raph. He will value that Vand sitting down to his desk he wrote a few scathinglines to his friend, Mr. Joins, who wore fine clothes at apoor widows expense, and commanded him to pay meat once, or resign his clerkship, by command of—AndrewJackson, President of the United States of America. Hisautograph,indeed! Why. that Andrew Jackson crossedthe entire sheet in letters as big and black as a thunder-cloud. When I went in to pour the tea that night. T gaveMr. Jones the note, saying, I called on the Presidentto-day. ahfl he Bent you You v* as if I had beenthe puppy under his feet. Then in his grand way—4 Queof his little notes on business, probacy. But yon shouldhave seen his face before he got to that autograph : he tried to look proud and indifferent, he tried to eat hissupper, but I pitied him. He stopped after supper, laiddown what money he had, humbly begged my pardon,and in a day or two brought me the whole sum. Afterthat, all went well with me. You see, I had these words. DON THE BABY .—Drawn and Engraved for the American Agriculturist. always in my mind—Come to me again, Mrs.—; the widowand the fatherless shall always find in me a friend.* Ican assure yon that I prized those parting words more, perhaps, than Jones did the Presidents autograph Dont ITakc tlio Baby. We hope every little girl large enough to read theAgriculturist, or to understand the pictures, has a doll tocare for, to dress and undress, to feed, and soothe tosleep, to watch over and to love. She will learn by suchpleasant play to do the same for younger brothers andsisters, and in time, perhaps, for her own dear seems to be natural to pet something resembling achild, for all over the world children have their make-be-lieve babies. The little Indian girl loves her papoosemade of bark and moss, as much a-^ you do your china orwas doll that has eyes which will moi u—when you pullthe wire. This show-that there
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