LESSON LXXV. WORDS FOR SPELLING AND DEFINING. PASS'ING, exceeding; extremely. { ANʼ GLER, fisherman. 3. For science and for books, he said, 4. He ne'er aspired to rank or wealth, For, though much famed for fish was he, 5. Let others bend their necks at sight He ne'er had learned the art to "bob" 6. A cunning fisherman was he, Was sure to prove a "6 bite!" 7. All day this fisherman would sit And gaze into the water, like 8. With all the seeming innocence 9. To charm the fish he never spoke, 10. And many a gudgeon of the pond, Would own, with grief, this angler had 11. Alas! one day this fisherman 12. 'Twas all in vain with might and main 13. The jury gave their verdict, that Had caused the fisherman to be 14. Though one stood out upon a whim, To be exact about the fact, 15. The moral of this mournful tale, That drinking habits bring a man 16. And he who scorns to "take the pledge," And keep the promise fast, May be, in spite of fate, a stiff QUESTIONS.-1. In what does much of the wit of this piece consist? Ans. In playing upon words, which have double meanings. What is the moral, as given in the last two stanzas? LESSON LXXVI. WORDS FOR SPELLING AND DEFINING. TEEM' ING, fertile; productive. WI LY, cunning; crafty. SUS TAINED, upheld; supported. FIFTY YEARS AGO. W. D. GALLAGHER. 1. A song for the early times out west, A song for the free and gladsome life, With a teeming soil beneath our feet, In the days when we were pioneers, 2. The hunt, the shot, the glorious chase, The camp, the big, bright fire, and then In the days when we were pioneers, 3. We shunned not labor; when 'twas due, 4. We felt that we were fellow-men; (d) And, when the solemn Sabbath caine, And lifted up our hearts in prayer Our temples then were earth and sky; In the days when we were pioneers, 5. Our forest life was rough and rude, O, free and manly lives we led, In the days when we were pioneers, 6. But now our course of life is short; And as, from day to day, We're walking on with halting step, (p.) And fainting by the way, Another land, more bright than this, And, on our way to it, we'll soon And, while we linger, we may all QUESTIONS.-1. What scenes does the author refer to, as having transpired fifty years ago? 2. To what other land may those who have been pioneers in this world, look forward? LESSON LXXVII. WORDS FOR SPELLING AND DEFINING. AS SO CI A'TIONS, communities. As so' CI ATE, join company. CAR NIVO ROUS, flesh-eating. EX PANDED, drawn out. PE RUS' ING, reading attentively. AS SI DU I TY, diligence. CON STRUCT ING, building. INSTINCTS, natural impulses. SUB TER RANE AN, under ground. AN NI HI LA TED, brought to RE MOT EST, most distant. nothing. AN TIQ UI TY, olden times. SOCIETY OF ANIMALS. SMELLIE. 1. It is needless to remark that man holds the first rank in animal associations. If men did not assist each other, no operation of any magnitude could possibly be effected. A single family, or even a few families united, like other carnivorous animals, might hunt their prey, and procure a sufficient quantity of food. 2. Man, even in his most uninformed state, possesses the germs of every species of knowledge and of genius. But they must be cherished, expanded, and brought gradually to perfection. It is by numerous and regularly-established societies alone, that such glorious exhibitions of human intellect can be produced. 3. Next to the intelligence exhibited in human society, |