14 BE TRUE.

me. Old meeting-houses, and bury-
ing-grounds, and solitary, shady
streets! I would soon make things
look up, or I wouldn’t stay. That
old meeting-house! I would make
a factory of it, and build a snug, trim
church, painting it white, with green
blinds, green’as green can be. Folks
must have burying-grounds in every
place; but I would put them up tg
having white stones, and iron rail-
ings, and a new picket fence. As
- for the water near the minister's, it
would be a good mill privilege, no
doubt, and the grove a good wood
lot.”

There is nothing new under the
sun, my dear boy, and the very
thoughts which have been passing
through your wise little head, have ,
passed through other heads before.