THE YOUTHS CABINET.
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A mother, in a humble cot,

Who had two sons to cheer her lot,
Dealt out to each a noble egy,
Because their tears the gift did beg.
Frank, fond of favors good to eat,
From pie and cake to roasted meat,
His egg beneath the ashes placed,
For brief enjoyment to his taste ;

But Charles. a shrewd, discerning youth
Who could deny a craving tooth,
Resolved to keep his little store,
And be at pains to make it more.
With hope’s high pulses in his breast,
He put his portion in a nest;

When Nature, veil’d within the shell,
Wrought mysteries too deep to tell.

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FISHERMAN caught a very small
fish. “Very well,” said the
man, “ this will do for a begin-
ning.”

claimed the little fish, as he dangled at
the end of the line. ‘“ You cannot do
anything with me, if you keep me. It
would take twenty such to make one
dish—and such a dish! Why, it would
not suffice to make a single breakfast for
you. I beg yon, sir, to throw me back
into the water. ‘There are multitudes of

“Have mercy!” ex-

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Warm'd by the hen’s attentive wing,

The egg became a living thing.

The chick broke up the circling cell,

To see the world, with fuwls.to dwell. a
Gay with young life, she roani’d and fed,»
Where’er her mother’s prudence led,
Full-fledged at length, mature, and fair,
She well repaid the owner's care ;

She brought him eggs, and rear’d a brood,
That in her matron steps pursued.

Each after year, with joyful eyes,

He saw his wealgh still faster rise :

Until there stroll'd around the door

A flock too large to wish for more:

Then eggs and chickens he could sell,
While every day he feasted well.

   

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The Fisherman and the little Fish—A Fable.

fishes where I came from, which are
much more worthy of your attention
than Tam.” “ My little friend,” replied
the fisherman, “ you might as well stop
praying; I have made up my mind to
fry you this very evening.”

MORAL.

The thing that a man has, may be
worth more than the thing he hopes for,
but is not certain of obtaining —Perrin. —