A TREASURY OF STORIES, JINGLES AND RHYMES.

NED PLUMS ALOUENS.

You will make al/owance for his spelling; his counting is
all right.

Out of this money must come all the presents they make
in the year; Birthdays and Christmas. They do not give
what other people buy for them. .

If you could be in this Plum orchard a while you would
learn many things you are not expected to learn in the city.

Patty and Ned counted twenty kinds of weeds in a walk
with me ;—dandelion, catnip, mullein, plantain, snap-dragon,
mayweed, dock, clover, smartweed, burdock, chickweed,
thistle, sheep-sorrel, pigweed, horse-sorrel, tansy, pepper-
mint, penny-royal and spearmint. All in a morning walk,
by the roadside, in the woods and by the brook.

And the birds! The country children love the birds, and
know their names and how and where they build their nests.

Louise, the big sister, is a little mother to baby, and saves
her dear mamma many steps in each busy day.

It is too bad that their Newfoundland dog, Roger, is not
in the picture. In the country, a big, faithful dog, seems part
of a child’s life. Roger hunts the weasel in the stone wall,
which catches the young chickens. Roger finds the wood-
chuck, and keeps him shut in, till Ned or his father comes.

You may be sure that wide-awake country children have
many chances to learn easily, from day to day, what city
boys and girls learn slowly, from books and tutors.

Do you wish you were a Plum?

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