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THE SPIRIT OF WINTER The Spirit of Winter is with us, making its presence known in many different ways -sometimes by cheery sunshine and glistening snows, and sometimes by driving winds and blinding storms. To many people it seems to take a delight in making bad things worse, for rheumatism twists harder, twinges sharper, catarrh becomes more annoying, and the many symptoms of scrofula are developed and aggravated. There is not much poetry in this, but there is truth, and it is a wonder that more people don't get rid of these ailments. The medicine that cures them-Hood's Sarsaparilla is easily obtained and there is abundant proof that its cures are radical and permanent. NEW YORK to-too-two late for the car, so I walked. I was to be out alone. papers. I went You paid walk. small the store buy 1 Will you give me cents for a stamp? stamps for me, EDUCATIONAL PUBLISHING COMPANY SAN FRANCISCO I Each year the little colony of Pilgrims down by the sea grew larger and stronger. 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A new life of the poet is also included. cies always on hand. Established 24 years. Wants competent Teachers for applications received DIRECT from 17 Bowls, dippers, skimmers, and bottles were made from queer fruit called gourds that grew in the garden. Brooms were made from the birch trees. Big mats were braided from the flags that grew in the streams. 18 Little girls were just as busy as little boys. They made candles and soap.* They helped to spin the flax and bleach the cloth. They carded wool. They it and dyed the cloth for their win spun ter Sunday-go-to-meeting gowns. 19 They made big patch-work quilts out of bits of calico sewed together, over and over. They knit mittens and stockings until their poor little backs and fingers ached. 21 There were skates made of wood, with iron runners. And there were long sleds. One kind was made of a narrow board on two sets of runners. This was called a double-runner. 22 Of course, children went to school. In the very first days, the school house was some big kitchen. Here, the teacher did housework while she taught her little pupils their A, B, C's. 23 By and by school-houses were built. There were no maps or globes. The boys did long sums on their slates. They read, spelled, and wrote. Their pens were goose quills. Their ink was made from herbs. 24 Little girls were not taught much. A little reading, and much sewing and spinning would do for them. 25 One little girl loved to study so well that she used to run away from her long seams and her stockings. She sat on the steps of the school-house and heard the boys study and recite their lessons. 26 She could hear plainly. The lessons were studied out aloud. The teacher could tell by the voices whether or not every one was at work. 27 the horn books. These were made of little The smallest boys and girls had pieces of wood, with a piece of paper on one side. On the paper were A, B, C's, and the Lord's Prayer. 28 A sheet of horn was spread over the paper. It was so thin that the letters this. showed through. The horn book had a handle. A hole was bored through A string went through this hole. So the horn book could be worn around the neck. 29 The next reader was the New England Primer. In this were the A, B, C's, some short prayers, and some stories in rhyme. There were little pictures, too. 30 Sometimes a woman taught the school. She carried a knitting needle, to point out the letters and words. She often wore her thimble. When children were naughty. she rapped their heads with the thimble. 31 Sometimes naughty children wore cards, which told what they had done. Some cards said "Tell Tale," or "Idle Boy," or "Dunce." 32 Sunday was a long, hard day. The children were roused in the morning by the tap of a drum. They all marched to church with their fathers and mothers. The men carried guns for fear of the Indians. 33 The church was dark, and often The sercold. The prayers were long. If a child mons were dry and hard. didn't get naughty, he did get sleepy. 34 Then along came the terrible tithing man. He carried his stick. On one end was a rabbit's tail. On the other was a rabbit's foot. He gave the naughty girl or boy a rap on the head with the sharp end of the stick. 35 If a tired mother fell asleep, he tickled her face softly with the rabbit's tail. 36 When church was over there were hymns to learn, and sermons to read and talk about. One couldn't even laugh on Sundays in those days. TEACHERS REWARDED for conducting a Larkin School Club. Endorsed by School Boards. BOOK-CASE-FREE. This handsome, Solid Oak, Glass-door Bookcase and many other articles can be obtained by any school free of cost, by our co-operative plan. Special Inducements to Teachers. Free Blotters. 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