Old-time schools and school-books . aid not a word; Yet God was not deaf to my cry;The friend of the fatherless heard. O yes — and he graciously smild And bid me on him to depend;He whisperd — Fear not, little child, For I am thy father and friend. One lesson of an unusual sort was three pagesof information on various subjects under the title Common Things, and I reprint several para-graphs. The rainbow is formed by the reflection and decomposi-tion of the suns rays on the drops of falling water. Electricity is a subtle fluid which pervades most bodiesand is capable by certain operations, of b
Old-time schools and school-books . aid not a word; Yet God was not deaf to my cry;The friend of the fatherless heard. O yes — and he graciously smild And bid me on him to depend;He whisperd — Fear not, little child, For I am thy father and friend. One lesson of an unusual sort was three pagesof information on various subjects under the title Common Things, and I reprint several para-graphs. The rainbow is formed by the reflection and decomposi-tion of the suns rays on the drops of falling water. Electricity is a subtle fluid which pervades most bodiesand is capable by certain operations, of being accumulatedin certain substances to a greater or less degree. 224 Old-time Schools and School-books Ignis Fatuus is a light supposed to be of a phosphoricknature, frequently seen in mines, marshy places, and stag-nant water; from its resemblance to a candle in a lanternit has been vulgarly called, Jack with a lantern, or Willwith a wisp. People have sometimes been misled by fol-lowing these lights. Man and Horse* Mad A Horse drinking. Boy in danger. Children should be careful not toprovoke a bull, or get over into thefield where one is. Alas! for that lit-tle boy that is running with all hismiffht: see his hat flying behind him,ana the mad bull close at his heels. Part of a Page. From The New York Spelling-book. The two short reading lessons below are fromThe Young Tyro s Instructer, comprising all that isreally useful in a spelling-book to instruct a childin his native tongue. New York, 1834. A pig can eat a cat can eat a fly sat on a bee sat on a pea. Other Spellers 225 Boys must learn to spell, read, and write,And try to learn with all their might;Then they will be wise, good, and great,And, in due time, may serve the state. Ram andDam.
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