St Nicholas [serial] . FABLE I. Of the Boy that stole Apples. &N old Man found a rude Boy upon one of hlaes stealing Apples, and desired him to come down ; but the young Sauce-box told him plainlyhe would not. Wont you? said the old Man,then I will fetch you down ; so he pulled en somatufts of Grass, and threw at him; but this onlymade the Youngster laugh, to think the old Manshould pretend to beat him down from the treewith grass only. Well, well, said the old Man, if neither -wordsnor grass -will do, I must try what virtue there isin Stones ; so the old man pelted him heartily withstones; wh
St Nicholas [serial] . FABLE I. Of the Boy that stole Apples. &N old Man found a rude Boy upon one of hlaes stealing Apples, and desired him to come down ; but the young Sauce-box told him plainlyhe would not. Wont you? said the old Man,then I will fetch you down ; so he pulled en somatufts of Grass, and threw at him; but this onlymade the Youngster laugh, to think the old Manshould pretend to beat him down from the treewith grass only. Well, well, said the old Man, if neither -wordsnor grass -will do, I must try what virtue there isin Stones ; so the old man pelted him heartily withstones; which soon made the young Chap hastendown from the tree and beg the old Mans pardon. MORAL. If good words and gentle means will not reclaim (Tiewicked, they must be dealt with in a more severe manner SMMM^j. m SHI FABLE Country Maid and her Milk Pail. WHEN men suffer their imagination to amusethem, with the distant and uncertain improvementsof their condition, they frequently sustain real losses,by their inattention to those affairs in which they arcimmediately concerned. A country Maid was walking very deliberately?with a pail of milk upon her head, 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
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