St Nicholas [serial] . ead, when she fellinto the following train of reflections : The moneyfor which I shall sell this milk, will enable me toincrease my stock of eggs to three hundred. Theseeggs, allowing for what may prove addle, and whatmay be destroyed by vermin, will produce at leasttwo hundred and fifty chickens. The chickenswill be fit to carry to market about Christmas,when poultry always bears a good price ; so that byMay day 1 cannot fail of having money enough topurchase a new Gown. Green—let me consider—yes, green becomes my complexion best, and greenit shall be. In this dress I w
St Nicholas [serial] . ead, when she fellinto the following train of reflections : The moneyfor which I shall sell this milk, will enable me toincrease my stock of eggs to three hundred. Theseeggs, allowing for what may prove addle, and whatmay be destroyed by vermin, will produce at leasttwo hundred and fifty chickens. The chickenswill be fit to carry to market about Christmas,when poultry always bears a good price ; so that byMay day 1 cannot fail of having money enough topurchase a new Gown. Green—let me consider—yes, green becomes my complexion best, and greenit shall be. In this dress I will go to the fairwhere all the young fellows will strive to have mefc* a partner ; but I shall perhaps refuse every oneof them, and with an air of disdain, toss from with this triumphant thought, shecould not forbear acting with her head what thuspassed in her imagination, when down came thepail of milk, and with it all her imaginary happi-ness. 196 GREAT-GRANDFATHER S BOOKS AND PICTURES. (Januarv. FABLE Tex and the Swalter. ARISTOTLE informs us, tliat tire followingFable was spoken by Esop to the Saimans, on adebate upon changing , c\vho were ac-cused of plundering the commonwealth. A Fox swimming across a river, .happened to beentangled in some weeds that grew near the bank,from, which he was unable to extricate himself. Ashe lay thus exposed to whole swarms of flies,which were galling him and sucking his blood, aSwallow, observing his distress, kindly offered todrxvjs them away. By no means, said the1 Fox;for if these should be chased away, which are al-ready sufficiently gorged, another more hungryswarm would succeed, and X should be robbed ofevery remaining drop of blood veins.
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