DIALOGUE BETWEEN A MOTHER AND HER CHILD.

CHILD.

I SAW the glorious sun arise

From yonder mountain gray;

And as he travell'd through the skies,

The darkness fled away;

And all around me was so bright,
I wished it always would be light.

But when his shining course was done,
The gentle moon drew nigh;
The stars came twinkling, one by one,
Upon the shady sky.

Who made the sun to shine so fair,
The moon and every twinkling star?

MOTHER.

'Twas God-my child, who made them all,
By his Almighty hand;

He holds them that they do not fall,

And bids them move or stand.

CHILD.

How very great that God must be,
Who holds them in the air;
Too high, I fear, to notice me,
Or listen to my prayer.
And will he surely condescend
To be a little infant's friend?

MOTHER.

O yes, my love: for though he made

Those wonders in the sky,

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Thou never need to be afraid
He will neglect thy cry:
For little as a child may be,

A praying child he loves to see.
Behold the daisy where we tread,
That little tender thing,—
Behold the insects over head,
That flutter in the spring!—
His goodness makes the daisy rise,
And every insect's wants supplies.
He makes the little child his care,
He sees it day and night;
He hears its little infant prayer,
'Tis always in his sight.
Then let my darling always love
The God who rules and reigns above.

GOOD NEIGHBOURS.

SOLOMON says, A man that would have friends, must show himself friendly. To which may be added, If a man would have kind and good neighbours, he must be kind and neighbourly himself.

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To do unto others as we would have others do to us, go far towards the harmony and peace of neighbours.. Some rules or precepts like those which follow may also be useful.

If you have occasion to borrow any thing of a neighbour, take care always to return it as soon as you have done with it, and acknowledge the favour.

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Many books and valuable articles have been lost to the owners, for want of attention to this rule, of doing as you would be done by.

If any injury or accidental damage should happen to a borrowed article, let it be repaired so as to be returned to the owner in as good condition as it was when borrowed; otherwise acknowledge the defect, and offer compensation.

Always keep good line-fences, so that your pigs, cattle, and other things, may not trespass on your neighbour's grounds.

Let your poultry be kept up, or otherwise be prevented from injuring your neighbour's garden, corn, or other crops.

INDIGO, &c.

INDIGO is a plant that grows about two feet high. It requires a light, rich soil in a warm climate. The seeds, which look like gunpowder as to size and colour, are sown or planted in furrows, about a foot apart. The leaves of the plant are green, and the blossoms of a reddish colour, resembling pea-blossoms.

In about six weeks or two months after the seeds have been sown, the crop is ready for cutting.

The indigo plants are then placed in layers, in a large wooden vat, and covered with water.

In this state they soon ferment, and the water or fluid part appears green, but changes to blue.

It is then drawn off into another vat, and stirred until the colouring matter unites in one body.

The water being then drawn off, the blue sediment remains, which, when dried, is formed into small lumps o

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little square cakes, and put up ready for sale. The best indigo is of a dark, shining blue, and is used for dyeing.

Indigo is raised in the southern states; but far the greater portion of what is used, is imported from the British East Indies.

COCHINEAL, which is used in dyeing scarlet, crimson, and other bright colours, is an insect, seldom larger than the size of a grain of barley.

The cochineal insects are reared with care; and at a proper time of their growth, they are put into boxes well fined with coarse cloth. In this confinement, they lay their eggs, and then die. When thoroughly dried, they are put up in bags, and form an article of commerce.

Cochineal is found in Mexico, Georgia, and some of the West India islands.

MADDER is the root of a plant, and is used in dyeing a red colour. It grows in the south of Europe and in India.

WHY THE SUN APPEARS LARGER AT SUNRISE AND

SUNSET:

SOME little children, and some larger grown persons, inquire why the sun and moon appear so much larger when just rising or setting, than when they are a few hours high,

or at noon.

To answer and explain this question, we must consider that the air or atmosphere is more compact and close near the surface of the earth, than it is higher up. This is called the density of the atmosphere.

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The reason of this density of the air near the earth, is be cause the upper parts of the atmosphere press upon the lower, somewhat like a pile of loose cotton or wool. When a large quantity of these or other light substances is heaped on, the weight of the upper part presses the bottom or lower part closer together, and it becomes more compact. So it is with the air or atmosphere; and while the lower part is dense or compact, the upper part is rare or thin.

Now, when we look at any thing through a dense medium, it appears larger than when it is seen through a rare or thin medium. But we see the sun and moon, when rising or setting, through the dense part of the atmosphere that is next and near to the surface of the earth, and therefore they appear larger than when they are seen nearer perpendicular, through a rarer medium.

To prove this, let a ten-cent piece be put into a cask full of clear water. It will sink to the bottom, and then appear to be larger than when seen in the air. The reason is, because water is a denser medium than air.

The water in some of the lakes is so clear and transparent, that the bottom may be seen fifteen or twenty feet deep. In one of these lakes, an Indian was induced to dive to the bottom, in order to get a quarter of a dollar which some person threw into the water, promising to give him the money if he would bring it up. The Indian, not seeing the piece before it was thrown in, thought it was a dollar, it appeared so large. The reason of its appearing so large was, that it was seen through the dense medium of the water, which magnified it.

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