St Nicholas [serial] . days and at various hours of the night, not fired singly, but byridreds and thousands at a time. It is a part of their religious;ervances, and they expect that the din will drive off evil said he wished they would drive the evil spirit of mischiet of us boys; and I told him if he would buy us a lot of crackerswould try. But he has not yet. rhere is a Chinese boy comes to school with us, and he is rightirt at learning. He said those smashed-up letters on the packages:rackers mean all manner i>f things. I said, so they might, but I/. :w about them, becaus
St Nicholas [serial] . days and at various hours of the night, not fired singly, but byridreds and thousands at a time. It is a part of their religious;ervances, and they expect that the din will drive off evil said he wished they would drive the evil spirit of mischiet of us boys; and I told him if he would buy us a lot of crackerswould try. But he has not yet. rhere is a Chinese boy comes to school with us, and he is rightirt at learning. He said those smashed-up letters on the packages:rackers mean all manner i>f things. I said, so they might, but I/. :w about them, because St. Nicholas told me. Then he lookedred and said, Is that an evil spirit? I told him no, it was ak. Next day I showed it to him, and how it translated the funnyi labels, and he said, Thats so ! Please tell the St. Nicholas s.—Yours truly, Robert W. Hall. 1. S,—It was in the St. Nicholas for July, 1874. SPARROWS AND HORSES. SPARROWS are good-hearted little creatures afterthough they do wrangle a little among them-. God gives the grazing ox his meat, He quickly hears the sheeps low cry;But man, who lakes His finest wheat,Should lift His joyful praises high. CAN A DOG THINKP Stratford, Ontario, April 3, dear Jack: I send you a couple of true anecdotes of Buff, a four-footed friend of mine, which may interest your youngfolks. Good-bye, Jack ! May your shadow never grow less !—Yourstruly, C. W. Y. Can a Dog Think ?—Of course not, you will say; but just waittill you hear about Ruff. Ruff is a heavy mastiff, and a great Sundays, and when there are visitors, his toilet consists of a stiffwhite collar and a black neck-tie, which are quite becoming, and ofwhich he feels very proud. One night, a gentleman came to the house,and inquired for his brother Clarence, who was stopping with had never seen Buff, so he was formally introduced as Clarencesbrother. Ruff accepted the acquaintanceship, and immediatelybecame very friendly. It so happened that Clarence was
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