The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1850-05-04

The Nest of Young Birds.
4 LErTEH TROM THE LATE nON, WILLIAM
WAT 10 MS DAUGHTER, EiGHr
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4 LErrEg FRoM THE LhrE nos, WILLIAM
wiGT 10 ms DAUGHTER, ElGHr
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Az DtAR LAuRAi-l would have answer
81 your lrtirr souuer, hot lIal my cGurs uur
suy cliauts hardly rtru me- nuB 90 write &,
u0ur dear mo hrren whpu,ol eli niher rHrlli'
~ creatures, yuuhu owr Our iirsl duties
Bu hive not loved ynu the less for not
writing 20 you; on the contrary, ! hive been
thinking uf you with lliu greatest affection,
aud pmyilg Tor sou on ny landed kuors,
.i,Ill and uiurniug. humbly hegR,ug Of God
thit iir wauld bless NGd with health and lup-
plurss, hnd make yoH 49, ornament 10 your
SEX nnd blessing 10 your parents. Bui w
aust no, hr lil,s llG man lhul prayed 10 Her
cubes "a help his wagon on of tho mud, mud
~as too lazy 20 lry Ia help hlm-gli-no, We
-unH Ice llnuRidGili ny or very best 10 learn
uur hnuka, unI ln Lu g0Hd; mud then " We
"l,l upon our Father ~ Heaven, Tie will help
49, | Hu very Glad your lnlln Grammar n
hecouin,g easier Ia yuu. u viii be more aud
moro pm, tie mnrc ou give your who'll mind
toii. God has been very kind IN blessing
..st..l ACKNOWLEDGMENT n would
IN tttfii n Nnu To- neglect Hucli great bless
iug, nud suilpr your mind 20 90 10 ruin IN
,lcnd nriuprnylug It hy study, mud making
1T hrrnitiul, No. well Hs useful, "a yoirsell aud
uhrr-. II would be- almost NJ Ind M IL would
hr Ter uuclr CHlrll "a ho 30 lHly, hlmsolL
,Td - suffer hiH lultnrurH to bo 20 lazy, ns "a
irt hrs firh loW lands rlm up NIL in weeds, in-
-'end Of corn, and 30 have no bread o. give
ls ihmily, aud let Them nll alnrve aud die
Now your mind " 49, fich As Uncle CuhellH
ipwgrouud;nnd nll that your mother aud father
Hdt Of sou, s, tilhl you Will not hc 10 idle ns
40 lcl IL run iu weeds, hut lhnl you VIII be I'M
,kfHrnus aud sludious. and 80 your MUD
''ll hriug "a fac crop uilnlli mud ilowors,
Eutu,nsc hero wAh u uchi ill OF beautiful
yonng birds 80 young HAT they could not y
aud help themselves, mud they were opening
their lullo mouths aud crying for something
60 one aud drink, mud their pntnnt7 would not
turing ihcm ANY lking, but were To- let them
cry ~ lr0iu unruing AL uighttill they starry
ri and iif.rl. Would not g4ey NI tury sssckgd-
i.s,saisS Now your mind II this nest, nr
more beautiful and mclodinus iliru any ca
unry bird in lhu wufll; there sit- fancy, aud
ycasun nud mcmory md judgment, ALI viii
iIrir iittr t,y.ft,l- fi'fuzi iarHard mai of ilie
io-i, aud crying NJ hurd ~ they can Cor some.
dining to eat aud drink. win you not love
,our father and mother for Tyiug To feed
ibGm with books mud learning, the. only kind
~ NEST mad drink they love, aud without
which those sweet liito youngsters must IN
q, G,w ycnrs, inug their heads aud die z Nay
'yll you not do your very hest 10 hep your
NAhcr and mother u feed them, that Alcy
,nny grow M, get i,ll suit of tine GLOSSY
ieuhcrs. and cheer the h0pso with their
s.dtss And, moreover, would II not to- very
yvrUUg-tu t-rri suTrr of them otly t''s s'a
.rrst siaryr You are Very FIND, wtrrT-yuu
get new story hook, OF running through il
az fast rs on can, Just for the sake uf know
'ug s-i,-' L"rr""ad io.tlis onc. nndfilHt one;
iu dung tinS YOU Rru only feeding one OF The
tour birds have mentioned, that h, fancy,
which to hc EURO IN the loudcSi singer among
chem, nnd will please you most while you
Src thus feeding and sluiiing ihncy ,-rcason>
Judgment are starving; aud yet, hy-nnd-hy,
you viii think thcir notes much softer aud
,wetier tGnu those Of fnucy, although not 50.
doud, and Wild, and varied, Therefore you
ought to feed those other birds, too; they ent
- great deal slower Than mucSi they require
lhg gruius 90 hr itottrdrd ~ II iHeF'BT before
ihey cpn get my food from them; That is
whcu yog read pretty story, you must not
l0laj,-oVcr titus fast us YOU eau, lust 10 lCurn
what happcncd:but You must stop every now
and then, Md considerably one of the per
sons you are reading Cf, is so much beloved
and another 70 much hated. ] his surI Oi
consideration pounds tho grain in mortnr,
and fccds reason and Judgment. Then you
htusl determine tiat you will no. forget that
story, but that you Will try to rcucn,hor ev-
cry part Of it, HAT You mny shupc your own
runri,iet-t,y- t'y--dainE -ihnse rood actions
which tho story has told you VIII make poo-
pie love you, aud avoiding those cyil ones
which you find viii make them hnto-you.--
This is feeding memory and Judgment both
ut once Memory, too, Is remarkably fond
ola M-bd of Lnlin grammar: and though the
food " hard to come ~, Yet the swcctlttlc
bird must not starvr. The rest orlhcm could
do nothing without her; for, it she was to die
they would never sing ugWn,-ni lcas, no,
lsweetly.
----- NuuI AlIrclinuaic Gulllcr.