Marinda Branson Moore, 1829-1864_ The First Dixie Reader; Designed to Follow the Dixie Primer
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Marinda Branson Moore, 1829-1864. The First Dixie Reader; Designed to Follow the Dixie Primer.

The First Dixie Reader;

Designed to Follow the Dixie Primer:

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Marinda Branson Moore, 1829-1864

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THE
first Dixie Reader; DESIGNED TO FOLLOW

THE

DIXIE PRIMER.

BY

MRS. M. B. MOORE.

RALEIGH:

BRANSON, FARRAR & CO.

1863.

Page verso

A. M. GORMAN, PRINTER.

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PREFACE.

This little volume is intended to follow the Dixie Primer: also to
accompany a Speller, which will be brought out as early as circumstances will
permit. At no distant period we hope to complete the series of Readers.

The author hopes the book will recommend itself to Educators in the

Southern Confederacy

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NOTE TO TEACHERS.

This little work is intended as a stepping-stone from the Primer to the
large Speller. The first principles of spelling and reading, are here continued,
before the child is far enough advanced to understand properly the sounds of
letters, and the rules of pronunciation. Children frequently destroy a spelling
book or two before they are ready for such a book.

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FIRST DIXIE READER.

LESSON I.

Cat
bat
fat
mat
pat
rat
bet
get
fet
met
pet
set
bit
dit
fit
lit
pit
sit
cot
dot
got
lot
pot
sot
cut
gut
mut
put
nut
sut

A NEW BOOK.

1. See! here is a new book! Can you read it?

2. I cannot read well; but I can spell.

3. If you love to spell you will soon read.

4. Be sure you spell each word right. Some boys and girls do not take
pains to spell well.

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LESSON II.

Ban
can
fan
man
pan
tan
ben
den
fen
hen
men
pen
bin
din
fin
kin
pin
tin
bun
dun
fun
gun
pun
tun

THE NEW SLATE.

1. Bob has a new slate. Can he write on it?

2. No, but he will soon learn. His pa gave it to him. It is a nice
slate.

3. Does he write with a pen?

4. No, he writes with a bit of slate. See him make A B C D.

5. He will soon write his name. When he learns to write well, he can
have a pen.

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LESSON III.

Cab
gab
jab
nab
tab
rab
deb
feb
neb
peb
reb
web
bib
fib
jib
nib
rib
sib
bob
cob
hob
job
lob
mob
dub
cub
hub
lub
rub
tub

WHO MADE YOU?

1. Who made you, child?

2. God made me of dust.

3. For what did he make you?

4. To be good, and to do good.

5. Who loves good boys and girls?

6. Pa, and ma, and all good men.

7. Who else loves them?

8. God loves them.

9. Can you be good of yourself?

10. No, I must ask God to help me.

11. Will God hear a child pray?

12. He says he will.

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LESSON IV.

Ball

Call
fall
gall
hall
pall
bell
dell
fell
hell
sell
tell
bill
gill
fill
hill
pill
mill
doll
coll
joll
moll
poll
toll
dull
cull
gull
hull
mull
null

THE SUN.

1. God made the sun to give us light and heat.

2. It is far from us, and this makes it look so small.

3. It is quite large, and so hot we could not live near it.

4. The earth moves round the sun once in a year.

5. The heat of the sun makes the grass and corn and fruits grow.

6. God is good to make us such a sun to give us light and heat. We
should love him for his care.

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LESSON V.

Art
dart
hart
mart

part
tart
end
bend
lend
mend
send
tend
bone
cone
hone
lone
pone
tone
dine
fine
mine
pine
tine
vine

THE NEW HAT.

1. Mark has a new hat. It is a straw hat.

2. Who made it?

3. Jane made it of wheat straw.

4. It is a nice hat. I wish she would make me one like it.

5. She will make you one, if you ask her to do so. She plaits well.

6. She is a good girl to make us hats. She can spin too. She has spun me
a new coat.

7. I love to see girls work. Jane will grow up to be good and all will
love her.

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LESSON VI.

Ask
bask
cask
mask
task
best
jest
lest
pest
test
irk
dirk
kirk
mirk
quirk
bunk
hunk
junk
punk
sunk

THE FROG.

1. The frog hops. He cannot run like you can. He sleeps in the day and
hops at night.

2. Some boys kill frogs; but this is bad. They do us no harm and we must
let them hop at night.

3. The frog lives on worms and flies. He pokes his tongue out, and the
flies stick to it.

4. God made his tongue with glue on it, so he could thus get his food.

God is good, even to the frogs.

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LESSON VII.

Bale
cale
dale
gale
pale
bale
bile
file
mile
pile
tile
wile
bole
dole
cole
hole
mole
pole
use
cuse
fuse
muse
ruse
tuse

THE OWL.

1. The owl has a large head. He has large eyes too, so he can see in the
dark.

2. He sleeps all day in a tall tree, and at night he flies out to get a
hen, or a duck, or a goose.

3. He is bad to get our hens. If pa can see him he will kill him with
his gun.

4. It is not bad to kill the owl for he does us harm. His wing will make
a good fan.

5. The owl cries “who, who, who,” at night.

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LESSON VIII.

And
band
land
mand
rand
sand
end
bend
lend
mend
send
tend
bind
find
hind
kind
mind
wind
old
cold
fold
gold
mold
sold

THE COLT.

1. James had a small colt. His pa gave it to him, and he was fond of it.

2. But it was wild and his ma told him he must not go near it, lest it
might kick him.

3. But one day James got a rope and put round the colt’s neck, and then
got on his back to ride.

4. The colt did not like this, so be ran off at full speed, and James
fell off and got hurt.

5. Then he thought he would mind his ma next time.

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LESSON IX.

Back
hack
jack
lack
nack
pock
beck
deck
check
peck
reck
wreck
dick
chick
kick
lick
pick
sick
dock
hock
lock
mock
pock
sock

THE MOON.

1. Do you see the bright full moon? Last week it was a half moon, and
now it is full.

2. The moon has a dark side and a light side, and when she turns all of
her bright side to us, we have a full moon.

3. When her dark side is to us we call it new moon.

4. She has no light of her own. When the sun shines on one side it makes
it light, and as the moon keeps moving, she turns some-times one side, and then
the other.

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LESSON X.

Bark
dark
hark
lark
mark
park
berk
derk
jerk
merk
perk
yerk
cork
dork
fork
pork
work
york
duck
buck
luck
muck
puck
tuck

THE PIG.

1. See how the pig eats! He does not know when to stop.

2. He eats and eats till he looks as if his sides must burst. But still
he eats.

3. Now some boys and girls are much like this pig. They do not know when
to stop till they get sick.

4. If I were a boy or a girl, I would not eat like a pig. I would eat
like a lamb, and then skip and play, and be so happy.

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LESSON XI.

Barn
darn
earn
tarn
varn
yarn
bern
cern
fern
kern
tern
vern
born
corn
born
morn
torn
worn
burn
furn
churn
hurn
spurn
turn

THE CROW.

1. This is a large black bird. It says caw, caw, when it flies.

2. It wears a nice black dress, but it is a bad bird.

3. When it sees the men plant corn, it goes and hunts in the row, and
gets the grains.

4. The men some-times make holes in a few grains of corn, and tie long
horse hairs in them. These are put in the rows.

5. When the crow eats these the hair still stays in his throat, and is
the cause of his death.

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LESSON XII.

Arm
charm
farm
harm
marm
warm
end
bend
fend
lend
pend
vend
dine
fine
kine
line
mine
pine
cake
hake
jake
pake
wake
yake

TIME TO GET UP.

1. Come Grace, it is time to get up. Night is the time to sleep. When
day comes you must rise and wash your face.

2. God made the day for us to work, and do good. If we do not im-prove
it, He will not love us.

3. The birds are all up. One sings a song, one brings a stick for her
nest, and one goes to get a worm to eat.

4. First pray, then wash, then brush your hair. Now for a kiss!

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LESSON XIII.

Deep
keep
peep
sleep
steep
weep
deed
feed
heed
meed
speed
seed
beer
deer
cheer
jeer
leer
peer
beet
feet
meet
greet
street
weet

THE EAR.

1. Do you know why we have two ears? It is that we may hear more, and
speak less.

2. If we hear a bad thing we must not tell it again.

3. Some bad boys hear bad words, and learn to say them.

4. Girls too, hear things that are not nice, but they must not say them
a-gain.

5. God does not love boys and girls who say bad words. Christ did not
say a word that was bad or ugly, in all his life.

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LESSON XIV.

All
ball
call
hall
fall

Pall
ell
bell
cell
fell
hell
mell
ill
bill
dill
hill
mill
pill
doll
coll
holl
goll
loll
moll
dull
cull
gull
hull
mull

THE CALF.

1. You all know what a calf is. All it cares for is to go with the cow,
and get her milk.

2. You can-not learn a calf to spell. When a boy will not learn to spell
and read; and cares only for good things to eat, and fine clothes to wear, we
call him a calf.

3. Such boys will not make wise men. No one cares to have calf pay him a
vis-it.

4. God has giv-en boys minds to learn; and He ex-pects them to do it.

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LESSON XV.

Loud
proud
shroud
ounce
bounce
trounce
bound
found
hound
mound
pound
round
burn
churn
spurn
turn
fume
plume

OUR BABE.

1. We have a new babe at our house. It is a sweet babe. We call him Tom
my.

2. Bob is his nurse. Bob loves Tom-my. He says he may ride in his
wag-on.

3. Tom-my will soon learn to love Bob, and then what fun they will have!

4. God gave Tom-my to us. How glad I am to have such a sweet broth-er!

He will soon be old e-nough to play with me.

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LESSON XVI.

Chair
fair
hair
lair
pair
stair
bain
dain
fain
main
pain
vain
bean
dean
lean
mean
pean
wean
car
dear
fear
hear
near
tear

OLD AUNT ANN.

1. Here comes old aunt Ann. She is quite old. See how she leans on her
stick.

2. When she was young she did good work, but now she can not work much.

But she is not like a poor white wo-man.

3. Aunt Ann knows that her young Miss, as she calls her, will take care
of her as long as she lives.

4. Ma-ny poor white folks would be glad to live in her house and eat
what Miss Kate sends out for her din-ner.

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LESSON XVII.

Bang
dang
fang
hang
pang
rang
ding
cling
fling
ring
sing
wing
dong
gong
long
prong
song
wrong
bung
clung
hung
lung
rung
sung

HOW IT RAINS!

1. Ma, where do the rain drops come from?

2. They drop from the clouds, my child.

3. But how do they get up there?

4. Do you know what fog is?

5. It is fine drops of rain.

6. When wa-ter is in such fine drops, it is light and ri-ses up. When
they get high up, where the air is cool, they come to-geth-e r, and make large
drops. These are heav-y, and fall down a-gain.

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LESSON XVIII.

Bare
dare
fare
hare
pare
tare
cere
here
fere
mere
vere
were
ire
dire
hire
fire
mire
sire
ore
bore
core
fore
more
dore

THE NEW CAP.

1. John has a new cap. His ma made it for him.

2. It is a nice cap, and I hope he will take good care of it.

3. Some boys have no ma to make them caps. How glad John should be!

4. Poor Jim Jones has no ma, and his clothes are in rags.

5. His ma died when he was a babe, and the old cook does not know how to
fix up boys. Poor Jim Jones!

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LESSON XIX.

Daw
caw
haw
jaw
paw
saw
dew
few
hew
mew
pew
sew
bow
cow
how
mow
plow
vow
dog
cat
fox
calf
colt
dolt

DO NOT DRINK A DRAM.

1. Do you see old Mr. Smith? How sad he looks! His hat is torn and his
clothes in rags.

2. When be was a boy his pa gave him drams to drink, and be soon got to
love it.

3. When be came to be a man, he was a sot and got drunk, and beat his
nice wife.

4. Poor wo-man! She soon got sick and died, and left two small babes.

5. Now the poor old man and his boys stay there, and drink and fight. Is
it not sad?

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LESSON XX.

Bass
cass
glass
mass
pass
rass
bees
cess
less
mess
guess
tress
boss
dross
gloss
loss
moss
ross
buss
fuss
guss
muss
russ
truss

THE STARS.

1. How I love to look at the stars! Who can count them?

2. God can count them, for he made them all. They are a great way off.

3. Wise men look through a large glass, and tell us that these small
stars are as large as our sun.

4. How great God is! He holds them all by his might, and makes them run
their rounds. And yet this great God counts all our hairs.

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LESSON XXI.

Free
tree
spree
flee
glee
boo
coo
loo
moo
too
bush

Cush
push
rush
brush
eye
bye
lye
rye
sye

KA-TY DID.

1. How the Ka-ty Did does sing! How large is she?

2. She is large as a ver-y small bird. Do you know how she sings?

3. No; please tell me, ma-ma.

4. She has a small saw on each wing, and rubs them to-geth-er.

5. How strange! Can I see her sing ?

6. No, she sings at night.

7. She is quite pret-ty and wears a green dress.

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LESSON XXII.

Com-pel
dis-pel
ex-pel
re-pel
pro rel
co-pel
dis-til
ex-til
un-til
ful-fil
un-fill
re-fill
ja-pan
tre-pan
tro-jan
rat-an
di van
co-man

A CROSS GIRL.

1. Mat-ty was a cross girl. No one could please her.

2. She would com-plain at her mam-ma, and pa-pa, and her nurse.

3. Her ma’s friends did not like to go to her house, for Mat-ty was so
cross she made them feel bad-ly.

4. When she grew up her face was wry, and her eyes red. The young men
did not admire her, for they said she would make a cross wife.

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LESSON XXIII.

Bri-ar
fri-ar
li-ar
pry-or
may-or
pray-er
sa-go
bu-bo
ty-ro
ha-lo
ne-gro
un-to
ci-der
ri-der
sni-der
ud-der
rud-der
shud-der

SPRING.

1. Sweet Spring has come again! See how the snow melts and runs a-way.

2. The sun is now high-er up, and shines near-er straight down. This
makes the ground warm.

3. As the sun gets high-er the weath-er gets warm-er.

4. It is so nice to see the pret-ty flow ers of Spring! Do you not hear
the bird’s sing? See how bu-sy they are ma-king their nests.

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LESSON XXIV.

Dap per
clap-per
flap-per
lap-per
tap-per
sap-per
sel-ler
wel-ler
shel-ler
speller
tel-ler
dwel-ler
bet-ter
let-ter
fet-ter
get-ter
set-ter
tet-ter

THE GOOD GIRL.

1. A-da is a good girl. She love her pa-pa, and mam-ma, and does what
they bid her.

2. She is just four years old, but she can be-have well. She loves her
book.

3. The la-dies love to have her vis-it them, for she gives them so
lit-tle trouble.

4. When three years old, she would go to her mam-ma, and say, “‘Ell me,
mam-ma;” then she would put her head down in her lap, and say her lit-tle
prayers.

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5. Af-ter this she would kiss all, and get in her lit-tle bed, and go to
sleep.

6. A-da’s pa-pa and mam-ma are glad to see their lit-tle girl learn-ing
to be good. They hope she will grow up to be a good woman.

7. God loves good lit-tle girls. But he is angry with the wick-ed
ev-e-ry day.

8. All good people love good girls, too; but no one loves bad children.

9. Then good girls are hap-py; but bad ones are not. If I were a lit-tle
girl I would be the ve-ry best one I knew how to be.

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LESSON XXVI.

Bain
dain
fain
gain
lain
pain
bean
dean
jean
lean
mean
wean
loan
moan
groan
roan
moon
spoon
dume
fume
gume
lume
hume
tume

THE SHEEP.

1. The sheep is fine for food and for wool. Of the wool we make hats,
socks, coats, &c.

2. The beat broad-cloth is made of the sheep’s coat. Some fops when
dress-ed up, forget that they owe their best suit toa poor sheep.

3. The flesh of the sheep is call-ed lamb, or mut-ton. This is very fine
for the table.

4. Boys and girls love to look at the young lambs, and see them skip and
play.

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5. I must tell you of an old sheep and her two lambs.

6. An old ewe had a black and a white lamb. Strange to tell, she loved
the black one the best, though she was white her-self.

7. So she drove the white one a-way, and would not nurse it. Then
lit-tle Ma-ry beg-ged it of her pa-pa, and took it in the yard and fed it.

8. She called it Kate, and when Kate saw her with her gourd of milk, she
would run to meet her and bleat till she got the milk.

9. So you see Ma-ry was bet-ter to the lamb than its moth-er was. A few
boys and girls, have bad mothers, like the ewe. How glad you should be if you
have a good moth-er!

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LESSON XXVIII.

Ca-ble
fa-ble
ga-ble
ra-ble
sta-ble
ta-ble
fid-dle
mid-dle
pid-dle
gig-gle
pig-gle
wrig-gle
nod-dle
tod-dle
scut-tle
tut-tle
tur-tle
myr-tle

OLD BALL.

1. Old Ball was a large, no-ble horse, and was so do-cile, that his
mas-ter and all his fam-ily was very fond of him.

2. He would car-ry the children on his back, or draw the bug-gy, or
pull the wag-on.

3. He was so large that when the children

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rode him, they look-ed like frogs, and they often kept as much noise.

4. At last one day while Old Ball was helping Jim to draw his har-row,

Jim got con-tra-ry; and the youth who held the line could not make him turn
a-round at the end of the row.

5. So while they were stepping a-bout, the har-row turned o-ver, and

Ball fell down on the teeth.

6. In three-days he died of his wound. When the children saw Old Ball
dead, they cried as if their hearts would break.

7. I have seen some boys who put me in mind of Old Ball and Jim. A
head-strong boy will push a good one in-to danger, white he may e-scape un-hurt.

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8. But a good boy will al-ways stop the mo-ment he is told; and thus
save himself and friends much trouble.

LESSON XXIX.

A-base
de-base
in-case
mis-place
e-rase
em-brace
dis-claim
pro-claim
re-claim
de-claim
ex-claim
en-chain
com-mand
de-mand
re-mand
fore-hand
by-hand
off-hand

GOD SEES US.

1. The eye of God is up-on us all the day long. If you think a bad
thought he knows it. If you do a bad thing he sees you. You can-not de-ceive
him.

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2. Some boys and girls seem to think if no per-son sees them do a bad
thing, they are safe.

3. But God knows all, and will judge us for all we do. How sad ma-ny
will be, to have their deeds all made known in the last day.

4. The Bi-bl e tells us that such persons will call-up-on the rocks,
and hills to hide them. O that will be an awful time to the wick-ed!

5. But good people do not fear to meet God in judg-ment. They live so
they feel He is their friend; and they dread not to meet him.

6. Dear children, if you wish to be hap-py in this life and have no
fear of death; you must be good.

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7. The way to be good is to nev-er do a thing which you would not like
for your parents to know.

8. When I see children hid-ing things from their pa-pa and mam-ma, I
feel ver-y sad; for I know they are in the road to ruin. Don’t do it, children!

LESSON XXX.

Ban-quet
gus-set
rus-set
pos set
vel-vet
pal-let
bra-ver
cra-ver
do-ver
tro-ver
clo-ver
ro-ver
quiv-er
riv-er
shiv-er
sil-ver
un-der
blun-der

UNCLE NED.

1. Un-cle Ned was a good old dar-key and lov-ed his mas-ter well.

2. They liv-ed near the Yan-kee lines, and when the Yan-kee ar-my come,
old Ned

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and his wife and children, went a-way with them.

3. They told Ned that he should be free, and live like white folks; but
he soon found they had not told him the truth. He did not fare so well as he did
at home wtth his masster.

4. So one dark night he slip-ped away, and kept go-ing till he got back
to his kind mas-ter.

5. The mas-ter did not. know what to think of see-ing old Ned alone, so
he said “Ned, how come you to leave Nan-ny and the children?”

6. Ned re-plied, [“]Ah, mas-sa, dem Yan-kee no be good to poor nig-ger,
can’t stay wid nm. Ned lib wid you all his life.”

7. Then Ned and his mas-ter were both

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glad; he went to work; but he pray-ed ev-ery day for God to send Nan-ny and the
ba-bies back. I hope they have come back ere this.

8. Ned says “he wants eb -ry nig-ger to stay at home and mind his work,
and let dem Yan-kees do der own work.”

LESSON XXX.

Prim-mer
sim-mer
trim-mer
glim-mer
swim-mer
stem-mer
ev-er
clev-er
nev-er
riv-er
quiv-er
cov-er
char-nel
dar-nel
chis-el
hov-el
nov-el
mar-vel

THE LUNGS.

1. This is the part of our bod-y which con-tains the air we breathe.

2. They con-sist of two parts or lobes.

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When we draw breath, or in-hale, these fill up with air, and cause the chest to
swell out.

3. They have two sets of cells, one for blood, and one for the air.

These lie close to each oth-er, and when the blood, and air come near to-gether;
the blood turns a bright red col-or, and be-comes pure.

4. Then as it pass-es all round through the bod-y it be-comes dark
again. Thus, when the lungs get sick the whole bod-y be-comes, lean and sick.

5. Now you see how im-por-tant it is for us to take care of our lungs.

No one can have good health, when this part is weak.

6. Ev-e-ry child should learn to sit up straight, to walk e-rect. and to
nev-er let the shoul-ders stoop.

7. Thou-sands have died from it. When the lungs can not take in e-nough,
the blood

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be-comes bad, the face grows pale, and beau-ty is gone. O be-ware, girls!

8. A-gain, children should nev-er sit with damp feet. This of-ten
brings on dis-ease. While walk-ing it will not hurt much; but when you sit down
you must take off your shoes and dry them.

LESSON XXXI.

A-way
be-tray
al-way
es-say
un-say
be-wray
be-fit
re-fit
un-fit
cow-fit
out-fit
sand-pit
ad-mit
re-mit
per-mit
trans-mit
com-mit
sub-mit

THE CHATTER BOX.

1. Do you know Fan-nie Finch? She is no-ted for be-ing a great talk-er.

No mat-er who talks, Fan-nie’s tongue still runs.

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2. If she comes with her mam-ma to vis-it you, she talks on un-til her
mam-ma sends her out to play. But still she chat-ters on, and you find no time
to speak at all.

3. Now it would not be quite so bad if Fan-nie was a wise lit-tle girl.

She loves to talk too well, she does not take time to read her book.

4. So she knows noth-ing to talk about, save her dolls, her can-dy, her
fine dress-es, her pret-ty curls, &c.

5. Peo-ple soon be-come tired of hear-ing such prat-tle, and wish

Fan-nie would go home. They say she is a vain lit-tle girl, and ver-y sil-ly.

6. They al-so think she is not po-lite, be-cause she does not be qui-et,
while her mam-ma and the oth-er la-dies talk. Lit-tle folks should be seen and
not heard.

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7. I hope none of you will act like Fan-nie. While young is the time to
learn; and think when you are ol-der, you will have some-thing to talk a-bout.

LESSON XXXII.

Bor-row
mor-row
sor-row
el-bow
fel-low
mel-low
minn-ow
win now
wid-ow
meadow
fal-low
mallow
tal-low
wal-low
bar-row
far-row
mar-row
spar-row

LEARNING TO SPIN.

1. Well Ma ry! you wish to learn to spin, now I am read y. Hand me the
cards, and put the band up on the wheel.

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2. Here are some rolls, now try to spin one. Turn stead y, and draw slow
ly, now twist, and run it up on the spin dle.

3. But the wheel turns hard ly. It wants oil. Now see how much bet ter
it runs. A wheel with out oil, is like a child with out good na ture.

4. So when you see chil dren harsh, and un pleasant, you will re member
how bad ly the wheel did, un til you put the oil up on it; and then you will try
to get all to use the oil of good na ture.

5. Now my child, you have done well.— You may try a gain to mor row. I
love to have you learn how to spin.

6. As soon as you are old enough you shall learn how to weave. Then you
can

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weave your self nice dress es, and your pa pa a suit of clothes. How proud he
will be to wear a suit which your lit tle hands have spun and wove.

7. I love to see girls use ful, and then spin ning, and weav ing are so
health y.— You seldom hear of a girl dy ing of con-sump tion, who has been used
to such work Then it does not pre vent girls from pass ing through the world.

LESSON XXXIV.

Ca-ress
du-ress
e-gress
in-gress
pro-gress
dis-tress
a-mass
re-pass
un-pass
sur-pass
com-pass
im-pass
mo-rass
cui-rass
en-gross
a-miss
re-miss
ad-miss

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THE FACE.

1. The face is the in-dex to the heart of man. As you look on the face
of a clock, and tell the time of day; so you may look on the hu-man face and
read the heart.

2. If you no-tice the faces of small ba bies they look near ly a-like.

Some eyes are black, some blue, and some ha-zel; while the no-ses of some are
larg-er than oth-ers.

3. But when children be-gin to grow, and some to have bad tem-pers, you
per-ceive a great dif-fer-ence.

4. The child who has a bad tem-per, and cries, and pouts, and quar-rels,
is al-most sure to have red eyes, thick ug-ly lips and of-ten a red nose.

5. Oth-er children are too proud to cry, and sulk; but they smile a
bit-ter smile, and ut-ter a few bi-ting words; while their eyes look like those
of an an-gry snake.

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6. These tem-pers, too, tell upon the face. The lips will fit tight
to-gether, while you can al-most see the sparks of mal-ice dart from un-der the
eye-lids. Such fa-ces are not call-ed hand-some—people fear them.

7. So you see the way to have a pret-ty face, is to feel pret-ty, and
al-ways try to do right. An hon-est face, is the pret-tiest face yet. All can
have this.

LESSON XXXV.

House
louse
grouse
mouse
souse
trouse
loud
cloud
croud
proud
shroud
crowd
bout
lout
flout
spout
trout
rout

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THE CANE MILL.

1. Do you see the cane mill? It is made of i ron. It looks ver y strong.

2. Now Mr. Hicks is go ing to make sy-rup. See him poke the long canes
be tween the roll ers and; see how the rich juice runs down!

3. This is put in the large ket tles on the furn ace, and boil ed until
it is fit for use.—The scum is fed to the hogs, and makes them grow fast. See!

it takes one hand all the time to skim it well.

4. The sy rup is good food for girls and boys. It is cheap er than ba
con, or but ter and is much more whole some. Then most chil dren are very fond
of it.

5. Chil dren who live most ly on sy rup,

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are not so sub ject to croup; and it is said that per sons us ing much of it are
not apt to have fe vers.

6. Then three cheers for the cane mill! It is a fine time for boys and
girls, and the ser vants too enjoy it finely.

7. See them with their pots boil ing over the last skim ming. Some of
them will have four or five gal lons by the time the sea son closes. Well done
for the dar kies. Ma ny poor white peo ple would be glad of what they leave for
the hogs.

LESSON XXXVI.

A corn
a down
green horn
for sworn
ink horn
in form
re form
per form
trans form
mis form’

de form
con form
re turn
sun burn
con cern
dis cern
cis tern
lan tern

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THE SABBATH.

1. This is God’s day; in it, he has said, “Ye shall do no work, nor
think your own thoughts.”

2. Now if it is wrong to work, and e ven to think of com mon things, on
the Sab bath; it is wrong to play.

3. But some chil dren think it is a ga la day, when Sunday comes; so
they got on their clean clothes, and run off for fun.

4. All day long they play and whoop; and nev er once think of what God
has said.

5. If their fath er had sev en fine mel ons, and were to give them six,
and save one for him self; do you think they would touch it? I think not.

6. Well God has giv en us six days, and kept one for himself. In the six
days we

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may do what we choose, if we do not break God’s com mands.

7. But sad to say, some children, and grown people too, are so wick ed,
as to take God’s day a way from him. But I do not think they take time to think
how bad it is.

8. I hope, dear readers, you will re mem-ber to keep the Sab bath ho ly.

At tend church if you can; and if you have no Church nor Sunday school to go to,
read your Bible and pray God to make you hap py.

LESSON XXXVII.

Co coon
dra goon
la goon
ra coon
mon soon

Mush room
bride groom
tran soon
a gloom
heir loom
boon
coon
moon
loom
soon

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LULA’S PRAYER.

1. Lu la was a good lit tle girl, and loved her pa pa and mam ma dear
ly.

2. She of ten thought her pa rents might die, and this made her ver y
sad. But she soon learn-ed to pray, and she thought God would not be an gry, if
she ask ed Him to let her pa rents live to raise all their chil dren.

3. So Lu la grew up still pray ing that God would grant her de sire.

4. At length Lu la’s moth er was ta ken sick, and ma ny thought she
would die. But Lu la nursed her du ring her ill ness, and nev er gave her up.

5. She was quite ill for ma ny weeks, but still Lu Is pray ed on, and
toil ed on. At length she be gan to im prove, and to Lu la’s great joy, she got
well. Lu la was now in her teens, and took all the cares of the fam i ly on her
self.

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6. Thus she bad ma ny du ties, but she did not for get to go a way
alone, a bout sun set eve ry eve ning, and thank God for his mer cy.

7. I am hap py to tell you, that Lu la’s pa rents lived to raise all
their chil dren, and see them good and use ful.

LESSON XXXVIII.

Ap per tain
en ter tain
as cer tain
su per vene
in ter vene
un fore seen
de com pose
re com pose
in ter pose
im po lite
dis u nite
re u nite

GRAND MA.

1. Have you a grand ma? If so, how old is she?

2. Yes, I have a grand ma. She is a bout fif ty years old. All her teeth
are gone and she has to eat soft food.

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3. Do you not love to sit by her, and eat her crust? She is glad to have
some one to eat crust, for when she sees it lie by, she fears some one will
think it a large heap.

4. My grand ma tells pret ty sto ries. How I love to hear her talk of
things which took place when she was a girl!

5. But of all the sto ries, I love most to hear her talk of Jesus. She
talks so sweet ly of heav-en and how Jesus loved lit tle chil dren?

6. Do you think all grand mas are good and gentle like ours? I have seen
some wick ed wo-men who I do not think were good grand mas.

7. Quite like ly, for a bad wo man can not be a good grand ma, be cause
she does not know how God is good to give us such grand mas.

LESSON XXXIX.

Lo tion
mo tion
po tion
no tion
por tion
to tion
na tion
ra tion
sta tion
ac tion
fac tion
frac tion
lec tion
dic tion
fic tion
unc tion
func tion
junc tion

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THE DEAD BABY.

1. See that sad mother! Her lit tle babe is dead. It is not strange she
looks sad.

2. It died of croup. It was well two days a go, and could play as you
do; but now see its pale white face.

3. Take its lit tle white hand in yours and feel how cold it is. You ask
what made the ba by die. I will tell you.

4. God saw it would be best to take it to heav-en now. Per haps he
looked away in the fu-ture, and saw that the child would not be good if it grew
to be a man.

5. O may be the fath er and moth er for got to love God, and he took
their ba by to make them want to go to heaven too.

6. Now a man takes the lit tle cof fin, and all the peo ple march si
lent ly to the grave yard.

7. There in a deep hole, call ed a grave, they put down the dead bod y,
and cov er it up. Now the pa rents can see it no more.

8. Its lit tle bod y must turn to dust, but its soul has gone to meet
its Sa vior.

9. When Je sus was on the earth, he took lit-tle chil dren in his arms
and bless ed them and

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said “Suffer lit tle chil dren to come un to me’ and for bid them not.”

LESSON XL.

Sep tem ber
no vem ber
de cem ber
en cum ber
re mem ber
dis mem ber
in hab it
co hab it
pro hib it
dis cred it
de crep it
in her it

A GOOD DOG.

1. There was a man who had a good watch dog. His name was Doctor.

2. When a ny thing was put out to sun, he lay by it, and not a cat or
chick en durst touch it.

3. When the war came on and the to ries be gan to prowl a bout of
nights, Doc tor would not al low them to come near his master’s house.

4. This con duct of his made them ver y

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an gry at him, so they shot at him sev er al times, and came near kill ing him.

5. One night they sent him howl ing back un der the house, and the fam i
ly thought he must die.

6. With tears in their eyes the daugh ters spoke of his loss, for both
their broth ers were gone to the ar my, and the dog and their aged fath er, were
their only pro tec-tion.

7. They said “if Doc tor dies, we will trust in God.” But the dog got
well, and still lives to guard his mas ter’s house, and to be ca ressed by all
the fam i ly.

LESSON XLI.

Mis sive
cap tive
fes tive
cos tive
res tive
mo tive
some thing
stock ing
mid dling
sprink ling
twink ling
sap ling
dar ling
star ling
ster ling
gos ling
fat ling
bant ling

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THE SELFISH BOY.

1. Fred Har per went to our school, and was known by the name of sel
fish Fred.

2. When at school he al ways wanted the seat next the fire, if the day
was cold, or next the window if the heat was op press ive.

3. No mat ter who else suff ered, Fred would have his place; and in play
he was the same way[.] When he was at home, and the chil dren had fr uit or an y
nice thing, he would grab.

4. So you see Fred soon got the name of “sel fish Fred.” Well, when he
be came a man he still took care of self.

5. When at tea table, he would help him self large ly of the best dish,
and leave man y bits up-on his plate.

6. Peo ple soon found out that lie was not fair deal er, and they would
have noth ing to do with him.

7. He mar ried a good wife, but he was so mean and sel fish that she was
not hap py. He must have his wants sup plied, no mat ter how tired his wife was.

She soon died of neglect; but Fred yet lives.

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LESSON XLII.

GOD IS IN HEAVEN.

God is in heaven; and can hear

A feeble prayer like mine?

Yes, little child, thou needest not fear,

He listens now to thine.

God is in heaven; and can he see

When I am doing wrong?

Yes, child, he can—he looks at thee

All day, and all night long.

God in heaven and would he know

If I should tell a lie?

Yes, if thou saids’t it e’er so low,

He’d hear it in the sky.

God is in heaven; and can I go

To thank him for his care?

Not yet—but love him here below,

And thou shalt praise him there.

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LAST LESSON.

1. Now, dear children, we have gone thro’ another book. I hope you have
tried to learn it well.

2. I have tried to teach you some-thing use-ful, as well as how to spell
and read.—Is is ver-y im-por-tant to learn to im-prove what we read.

3. Some peo-ple read a great deal, and yet you would nev er find it out
un less they told you. They do not read with care, and then they do not prac
tice what they read.

4. But you see oth-ers who have gone to school but little, and have not
had as much time for reading as some oth ers; still they are much wiser. They
read with care.

5. This much for these lit-tle boys, and girls who have kind friends to
send them to school.— But what shall we say to those poor lit-tle children
whose parents are too poor to help them get an ed u ca-tion? Poor children!

6. You must look to the Lord to raise you up friends. I have known poor
children pray to God to pelp them get an ed-u-ca-tion.

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7. And soon some kind per-son would take them and send them to school.

In the Sec-ond Rea-der I must tell y of sev-er-al boys and girls who thus
pray-ed, and who made use ful men and wo men.

8. I hope now if any of you lack any thing, you will know where to go to
find it. And by all means, you must ask God to give you a new heart.

Adieu, at present.

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I’M NOT TOO YOUNG FOR GOD TO SEE.

“I’m not too young for God to see,

He knows my name and nature too;

And all day long, he looks at me,

And sees my actions through and thro.’

He listens to the words I say,

And knows the thoughts I have within,

And whether I am at work or play

He’s sure to know it if I sin.

O, how could children tell a lie,

Or cheat in play, or steal or fight,

If they remembered God was nigh,

And had them always in his sight.

Then when I want to do amiss,

However pleasant it may be,

I’ll always strive to think of this—

I’m not too young for God to see.”

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