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lustre of their ample shoes was so splen- casion, when he lost one of his shoes in

did, that the moon had been puzzled whether it should or should not enter into competition with them, and venture to shine after their arrival at Lahore !

An unparalleled instance of the power of a horse, when assisted by art, was shown on the Surry railway. A number of gentlemen assembled to witness the performance, and the amount fixed on to be drawn was 36 tons for six miles, and that he should start this weight from a dead pull. Twelve wagons loaded with stones, each wagon weighing about three tons, were chained together, and a cart horse harnessed to the train. He drew the immense chain of wagons with apparent ease a distance of six miles in an hour and forty minutes. In this distance he was stopped four times to show that it was not by the impetus of the descent the power was gained. After each stop, a chain of four wagons was added, and still further, the attending workmen, about fifty, were directed to mount the wagons; still the horse proceeded without the least distress. The wagons were afterwards weighed, and upwards of 55 tons was the weight this single horse had dragged with so much ease.

I will relate one or two instances of their sagacity. Here is one of Old Tommy, an old horse known by this name in the pretty village of Rainford. This horse was famed for his great age and valuable services, but especially for the tractableness of his disposition. His sagacity was particularly shown on an oc

the pasture. Being aware of his loss, and knowing from long experience the comfort of good shoes, he lost no time, on the opening of the gate, in repairing to his old friend the blacksmith, who soon discovered and supplied his want. He then made the best of his way home, and prepared for the service of the day. It need not be added that he was a great favorite with his master, who always treated him kindly.

There is another instance of sagacity I will next relate. A horse belonging to a person in Glasgow had been ill several times, and as often cured by a farrier, who lived at a short distance from his master's residence. He had not, howevever, been troubled with a recurrence of his disease for a considerable time, till one morning, when he happened to be employed at some distance from the farrier's workshop. Arranged in a row with other horses engaged in the same work, while the carters were absent he left the cart, and unattended went direct to the farrier's door. As no one appeared with the horse, the farrier surmised that he had been seized with his old complaint. He was soon convinced of this by the animal lying down, and showing by every means of which he was capable, that he was in distress. The farrier quickly administered the usual dose, and sent him home to his master, who had by that time sent persons in all directions in search of him.

We might learn wisdom from the

LATIN LESSON.

horse, if we chose, as may be seen by the following story about his diligence and punctuality. In the spring of 1829, a ploughman was engaged in harrowing a field, when a relative of his, who had been long abroad, returned home, his purse well stored with cash. During his stay in the neighborhood, he had a particular pleasure in regaling his old comrades, and they always drank to excess. Our ploughman, who had the care of a pair of beautiful horses, on returning home one evening quite tipsy went as usual, before going to bed, to supper his horses, and give them a drink. For the drink, his practice was to let them loose, when they went by themselves to a running stream hard by, and afterwards returned to the stable. On the present evening John had forgot either to tie them up or to shut the stable door. morning intoxication had made him so sleepy that he could not get up till two hours later than usual. On going to the stable, he found the door open, one of the steeds gone, and the other standing loose in his stall. He searched everywhere in vain for the absent horse; at length he met a boy, who told him that at about half past six he observed one without halter or attendant going into a certain field. The man hastened thither, and to his surprise and joy, found the stray animal standing in a ploughed field, by the side of the harrows, from which he had unyoked him the preceding evening.

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Horses, among their other good qualities, are famed for their memory. I have

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already told you several stories illustrative of this; but there is one of the cart horse which I cannot omit.

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A person passing along the streets of Bristol recognized a horse, bestrode by a countryman, to be one which he himself had lost about nine months before. He at once seized his property, and put in his claim. This is my horse,' said he, and I will prove it in two minutes, or quit my claim.' He then caused the countryman to dismount, freed the horse from restraint, let him go at large, and declared his proof to be, that the horse would be found at his stables, which were at some distance-a fact that was proved in a few minutes, by the two claimants and several bystanders repairing to the stables, where they found the horse 'quite at home.'

Next month I will introduce to you a few ponies, very pretty little fellows for young ladies to ride.

Latin Lesson.

Stagnum means a pool,
Fluvius a river,
Arcus means a bow,
Pharetra a quiver;
Telum means a dart,

Which in air doth quiver;
Frigus means the cold,

Which does make us shiver ; Donum means a gift

Be a noble giver ;
Cor doth mean the heart,
Jecur means the liver;
Flumen, I am told,

Means a flowing river.

A New History of England,

EDWARD SECOND.

FOR CHILDREN.

EDWARD was made king of England as soon as his father was dead. He was mild and gentle, but not a very active king. He did not obey his father's wicked command, to be always at war with Scotland, but he fought one battle with the Scotch at Bannockburn, where Bruce the Scottish king conquered him by a trick. He ordered large pits to be dug between his army and that of the English, and covered them with turf and grass, so that the moment the English tried to ride over it, they all fell in, and then Bruce and his soldiers killed them easily. Edward was a weak, childish king he gave a great deal of money to an idle young man, named Piers de Gaveston, and gave him great power. This made the nobles very angry, and they murdered Gaveston. After this Edward had another favorite, Hugh de Spencer;

but the nobles did not like him better than Gaveston, and they killed him also.

Gaveston and Spencer were wicked men, and the king was very foolish to give so much to such proud idle young men; but that is no excuse for their murderers.

Edward's queen, Isabella, was a wretched woman; she went over to France to visit the king her brother, and there formed the plot to dethrone her husband. She also enticed into France her son, who was afterwards Edward the Third, and encouraged him to join with her, and to rebel against his father. With the help of the nobles she forced the poor king to give up his throne to his son, and then put him into prison. Isabella was afraid to murder him at once, lest the people should be angry; but she tried to kill him by barbarous treatment. She gave him into the care of two wicked men, who were ordered to use him cruelly; they put him into damp rooms, and would not let him sleep, gave him bad food, and made him ride out in the cold rain. One day they made him sit down by the road side, and took some water from a dirty ditch to shave him with. "You had surely better use my tears,' said the weeping king, they are warm and clean.'

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A long time before this, when Edward was king, he had asked his people to pray to God for him, 'that he might be kept in the way of God's commandments,' and the meekness with which he bore the

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savage conduct of his keepers almost inclines us to believe his prayers were answered. It was a happy thing for him, if these afflictions were indeed sent of the Lord to soften his heart.

When Isabella found that he still lived, she ordered him to be murdered. It was in the night, and his shrieks were heard a great way off, but no one could go to his help, for the castle gates were locked, and lord Berkeley, the owner, was not at home. The next morning they showed his dead body, and said he had died in the night. They wished to conceal their crime from men, but there was upon them an Eve that never slumbers, and whose justice will surely repay.

The knights templars was an order of warriors established in Jerusalem to

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quake, the most terrible ever felt in Eng-
land, also afflicted the people. So that
war, famine and pestilence were scourges
sent upon the land.

Short Lessons to be committed to memory.
EDWARD SECOND.

Character-Mild and gentle, but weak and childish.

Right to the throne-Son of Edward the First.

Death-Sept. 21, 1327, in Berkeley castle, by order of his wife.

Possessions-England and Wales.
Children-Edward, John, Jane, and

Eleanor.

Line-Plantagenet.

Remarkable Events-Crockery ware invented. Battle of Bannockburu; the

son.

Easter Salutation.

defend the holy sepulchre, and protect English defeated by Bruce.-A threethe pilgrims that came there. They were years' famine.-A great earthquake.— at first called the Poor of the Holy City, Order of the Knights Templars abolishbut afterwards Knights Templars, because ed.-The king resigns Lis crown to his their house was near the temple, hence it is that all their houses were styled temples; they were so enriched by the su perstitious world, that they possessed no less than 14,000 lordships, besides other valuable lands. These knights were all seized in one day, and being accused of infamous crimes, their property was taken from them, and they were condemned to do penance in the various monasteries. During several years of this reign, the nation was afflicted with a grievous famine; perpetual rains and cold weather not only destroyed the harvest, but bred a mortality among the cattle. An earth

THERE is a beautiful primitive custom, which once prevailed through the whole of christendom, preserved in the Greek church, to greet one another on Easterday with this salutation, 'Christ is risen.' Persons who have been estranged from each other often take this opportunity to renew their friendship. And who that thinks of his Lord's resurrection shall dare to mind earthly things, or to carry in his bosom those evil passions which Christ died to overcome?

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WHAT can we present to our young readers concerning the 'Good President,' which will show his open-hearted christian kindness so strongly as the generous sympathy he extended to the poor sailor, and which the editor of the 'Newyork Commercial' so well portrays in the following relation ?—

hand. He told me to give his kind respects to Mr Curtis, and said Mr Curtis was his friend, and would be my friend.'

Mr Curtis opened the letter, and found it to be, from its date, one of the last, if not the very last, letter written by General Harrison. It bears date on the day

when his illness commenced. The reader will see, from a perusal of it, that amidst all the cares and troubles of his high position, he was true to the humblest of his old friends.

On Saturday last, (April 10) a hardy, weather-beaten, but very respectable looking seaman presented himself to the Collector at the custom-house, and inquiring for Mr Curtis, said, General Harrison Tucker says, the General made him told me to give this letter into your own come to the dinner-table with the great

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