60 A Chimney Sweep.

This picture is not only pretty, but it teaches
a good lesson too. You see those nice little clean
children are not afraid of the poor black sweep-
boy, and are willing to shake hands with him.
Nowadays, sweeps are men who clean the chim-

   

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neys by poking long jointed brooms into them ;
but I daresay you have heard that chimneys
used to be swept by little boys, who climbed up
them, sweeping as they climbed; and almost
every village had its sweep-boy. This boy in
the picture was known to be a kind and merry
little fellow, and was liked by all the other