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Title: The Nursery, June 1873, Vol. XIII.
A Monthly Magazine for Youngest People
Author: Various
Release Date: January 31, 2008 [EBook #24479]
Language: English
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THE
NURSERY
_A Monthly Magazine_
FOR YOUNGEST READERS.
VOLUME XIII.--No. 6
BOSTON:
JOHN L. SHOREY, No. 36 BROMFIELD STREET.
1873.
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1873,
BY JOHN L. SHOREY,
In the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington.
BOSTON:
RAND, AVERY, & CO., STEREOTYPERS AND PRINTERS.
[Illustration: Contents]
N PROSE.
PAGE.
The Children at Grandmother's 161
The Flying Wood-Sawyer 163
Papa's Story 167
About Bees 171
Bad Luck 174
Cherry and Fair Star 176
About some Indians 181
Playing Tableaux 183
Little Mischief 186
IN VERSE.
The Old Blind Man and his Granddaughter 165
Dixie 169
The Fat Little Piggies 178
A Song of Noses 180
A-Maying 185
The Seasons 188
[Illustration]
[Illustration: THE CHILDREN AT GRANDMOTHER'S.]
THE CHILDREN AT GRANDMOTHER'S.
[Illustration: T]HERE was once a grandmother who had fourteen little
grandchildren. Some of them were cousins to one another; and some were
brothers and sisters. This grandmother lived in an old, old cottage not
far from the sea-beach. The cottage had a long sloping roof; and there
was an elm-tree in front of it.
One fair day in June, the boys went down to the sea-beach to bathe, and
the girls went out on the lawn to play. Some of them thought they would
play "hunt the slipper."
But little Emma Darton, who was a cousin to the rest, said, "I promised
my mother I would not sit down on the grass: so, if you play 'hunt the
slipper,' I must not play with you; for in that game you have to sit."
Then her Cousin Julia replied, "Nonsense, Emma! It is a bright warm day.
Don't you see the grass is quite dry? Come, you must not act and talk
like an old woman of sixty. Come and join in our game."
But Emma said, "When I make a promise, I always try to keep it. If to do
that is to be like an old woman of sixty, then I am glad I am like one."
"You are the oldest-talking little witch I ever knew for a
five-year-old," cried Julia. "If you don't look out, you'll not live
half your days."
"I think Emma is right," said Marian, another cousin. "So, if you insist
on sitting on the grass, Emma and I will go and sit by ourselves on the
trunk of the old fallen tree."
But Julia insisted on having her game of "hunt the slipper;" and Emma
and Marian went and sat down on the fallen trunk, and looked on while
the rest played.
The next day five of grandmother's little visitors did not seem to be
well. Some were coughing, and some were sneezing, and some were
complaining of pains in their limbs.
"Why, what is the matter with you, children?" said the old lady. "If I
did not know you were sensible little girls, I should say you had been
sitting on the damp grass,--all of you but Emma and Marian."
The cousins looked at one another; but no one spoke aloud. Then Marian
whispered to Emma, "Are you not glad you kept your promise to your
mother?"
Emma looked up and smiled, but did not say a word.
DORA BURNSIDE.
THE FLYING WOOD-SAWYER.
ONE day last winter I was cutting maple-logs in the woods with a
cross-cut saw. It was about five feet long, and had a handle at each
end, so as to be used by two persons together. My brother generally
helped me; but, for some reason, he was not with me then, and I was at
work all by myself in a rather lonesome place.
I had finished eating my dinner, set my pail under a clump of trees, and
commenced my afternoon job; but, as the log was large and hard, I often
had to stop and rest a minute. While I was standing still, with my hands
upon one handle of the saw, all at once a bird came flying down towards
me; and, after resting upon the ground behind the log a few moments,
what do you suppose he did?
Whether he knew I was tired, and thought it was too hard for me to cut
the wood all alone, I cannot say; but suddenly he gave a little spring,
and seated himself right on the other handle of my saw, as you see in
the picture, grasping it with all the hands he had, and looking as
though he had come on purpose to help me saw that log through.
[Illustration]
For my part, I rather think he did help me; for, while he kept his hold
upon the other end of the saw, I _rested_ faster than I ever did before.
I stood as motionless as a statue; for I feared that any movement would
scare the bird away.
How soon I should have got through my sawing with his help, I cannot
tell. But suddenly he seemed to think of something more important; and
away he went, like a streak of sunshine, off into the woods beyond me.
I have never seen my sawyer-bird since then. I call him my "sawyer-bird"
because I don't know how else to name him. He was a strange bird to me:
but he seemed like a good friend; and I shall always remember him as he
looked when trying to help me work that winter's day.
UNCLE WILLIAM.
[Illustration]
THE OLD BLIND MAN AND HIS GRANDDAUGHTER.
SILVER-WHITE his locks are straying
As upon the bench he sits,
While his little grandchild, playing,
Round about him sings and flits.
Calmly there, and unrepining,
Waits he--he is old and blind;
But the sun is brightly shining,
And the soft spring airs are kind.
"Ah! if he could once, once only,
See the splendor of the vale!
He, so old and weak and lonely,
See the trees wave in the gale!"
Then his little daughter, pressing
Up against the old man's knee,
With her childish, soft caressing,
Filled his heart with boyish glee.
Through her eyes once more beholding
All the glories of the spring,
Now his youth once more unfolding,
Hope and joy and beauty bring.
FROM THE GERMAN.
PAPA'S STORY.
"NOW, papa, for another army story," said little Eddie, as he climbed
into papa's lap, and prepared himself to listen.
Papa closed his eyes, stroked his whiskers; and Eddie knew the story was
coming. This is it,--
One day, when we were camping in Virginia, some
of us got leave to go into the woods for
chestnuts, which grew there in great abundance.
We were busy picking up the nuts, when we heard
a scrambling in the bushes. We thought it was a
dog.
"_Was_ it a dog?" asks Eddie.
"No, it was not a dog."
"Was it a cat?"
"No, it was not a cat."
"O papa! _was_ it a _bear_?"
[Illustration]
"No, it was not a bear."
"Do tell me what it was!"
"Well, let me go on with my story, and you shall hear."
It was a fox. How he did run when he saw us! We
ran after him, and chased him into a pile of
rails, in one corner of the camp.
You see, the soldiers had torn down all the
fences, and piled them up for fire-wood. The
fox ran right in among the rails; and, the more
he tried to get out, the more he couldn't.
"A fox, a fox!" we shouted; hearing which, all
the men, like so many boys, rushed up, and made
themselves into a circle around the wood-pile,
so that poor foxy was completely hemmed in.
Then a few of us went to work, and removed the
rails one by one, until at last he was clear,
and we could all see him. With a bound, he
tried to get away; but the men kept their legs
very close together, and he was a prisoner. We
got one of the tent-ropes and tried to tie him.
_Such_ a time as we had! One man got bitten;
but after a while foxy was caught. Then what
did the cunning little thing do but make
believe he was dead! Foxes are very cunning:
they can play dead at any time.
He lay on the ground quite still, while he was
tied, and the rope was made fast to a tree.
When we all stepped back, he tried again to get
away. The rope held him fast; but he bit so
nearly through it, that we feared we should
lose him, after all.
So off rushed one of the boys, and borrowed a
chain from one of the wagons at headquarters.
With this Master Fox was made quite secure.
We tried to tame him; for, being away from all
little children, we were glad of any thing to
pet. But it was of no use; for, even when foxes
are taken very young, they cannot be tamed.
They do not attach themselves to men, as dogs
and some other animals do. He would not play
with us at all; but we enjoyed watching him, as
we had not many amusements.
One day we had to go off on a march, and left
our little fox tied to a tree. When we came
back, he was gone. We never knew how he got
away; but we were not very sorry, for he was
not happy with us. It was much better for him
to be in the woods with his own friends. If he
was smart enough to stay there, he may be
living now; but he must be a pretty old fox by
this time.
Here papa stopped; and his little boy drew a long breath, as though very
glad that the little fox got into the woods again.
MARY MYRTLE.
[Illustration]
[Illustration]
DIXIE.
DIXIE, this little dog of mine,
Had legs like a spider, black and fine,
A nimble tail, and a body slim,
And ears that would almost cover him.
[Illustration]
If you whispered to him of "birds" or "rats,"
Of "cows" or "squirrels" or "pigs" or "cats,"
He was all a-tremble with hope and fun,
Ready to hunt or fight or run.
But Dixie is older now; he shows
A gray mustache on his once black nose:
Slower his legs to frolic and leap;
And he needs a nice soft place to sleep.
[Illustration]
But he has such brown and gentle eyes,
Has love so human, and ways so wise,
Has tastes so dainty,--the wilful elf!--
That he rules all things to suit himself.
Only Flora has any fear
If he speaks too loud, or comes too near;
Yet she told me bravely the other night
She could pat the end that didn't bite.
CLARA DOTY BATES.
[Illustration]
ABOUT BEES.
[Illustration: L]OUDLY weeping, I ran to my father from the garden, a
bee having stung me in the hand. He drew out the sting, washed my
swollen hand in cool water, told me about those wonderful creatures the
bees, and promised to take me to visit a gentleman who kept many hives
of them.
So, the first fine day, we walked to a neighboring village, and found
the bee-master, as he was called, very glad to show us his little pets.
He first led us to a hive made wholly of glass, so that we might watch
the bees at their labors.
He told us there were three kinds of bees; and in the picture you may
see how they look, both when flying and when at rest. Those marked _A_
are queen-bees; _B_ are the male bees, or drones; and _C_ the
working-bees.
The most important bee in the hive is naturally the queen. She is longer
and sleeker than the others, and has a crooked sting, of which, however,
she seldom makes use. Similar in form, but smaller, are the
working-bees, whose sting is straight. The male bee, or drone, is
thicker than the others, and stingless.
"What has the queen to do in the hive?" I asked. The old gentleman
replied, "She is the mother-bee, lays all the eggs, and is so diligent
that she often lays twelve hundred in a day, having a separate cell for
each egg. That is her only work; for she leaves the whole care of her
children to the industrious working-bees, who have various labors to
perform. Some of them build cells of wax; others bring in honey on the
dust of flowers, called pollen; yet others feed and take care of the
young; and a small number act as body-guard to the queen."
[Illustration]
The bee-master next took us to a strange-looking old hive, and asked us
what it was like. I said, "The trunk of a tree." He told me I was right,
and that the wild bees still dwell in hollow trees.
He then showed us various kinds of hives, and, last of all, a glass
globe, in which the bees had built a beautiful white comb in the form of
a star, and filled it with honey. This he was to send as a
wedding-present to a bride.
He said, "The bees can make of any egg, either a queen or a working bee,
according to the food and treatment they give it. The queen requires but
sixteen days in which to come to maturity; while the workers require
twenty, and the drones twenty-four. When several queens appear at the
same time, they fight until one gains the victory."
Honey is the nectar of flowers, which they collect with their tongues,
place in their honey-bags, and deposit in cells built for the purpose,
which, when filled, they cover with wax.
Bee-bread is made of the dust of flowers, with which the bee gets
covered in collecting honey. This it brushes off, kneads into two little
masses, which are placed in a sort of basket on the joint of the leg,
where a fringe of hairs acts as a cover.
Wax is a secretion from honey, which oozes out between the rings which
form the body, and is then worked with the mouth until it is fit for the
construction of the comb. Bees also make a gummy substance for
varnishing their cells, which they procure from the buds of trees.
When we took leave of the kind old gentleman, he gave me in a basket a
nice honeycomb to take to my mother; and since that my father has bought
me a hive of bees. Every summer I plant flowers in my garden for them,
that they may not have far to go for their honey.
BERTHA.
[Illustration]
BAD LUCK.
JOHN went down to the brook to catch a mess of fish. He took off his
boots, took his seat on the bank, and threw out his line.
The fishes took John's bait. He could see them dart at the bait as fast
as he threw it in; but they did not take his hook.
While he watched them, some one touched him on the arm. It was his
sister Jane.
"How many have you caught, John?" said she. "I'll help you take them
home."
"Thank you," said John. "We shall not have much of a load. I have had
bad luck."
There were three men a mile down stream, who did full as well as John
did. Here is a sketch of them.
[Illustration]
CHERRY AND FAIR-STAR.
I COULD not have been quite six years old when I became the possessor of
a canary-bird, to which I gave the name of Cherry.
There were three children of us,--myself (the oldest), Arthur, and baby.
My father was at sea; and my mother had charge of us all in her little
house near the ocean.
Well do I remember one cold day in winter when we were all gathered in
the one little apartment that served us for nursery, dining-room, and
sitting-room. Arthur, who had overslept himself, was at his breakfast;
mother was feeding baby; and I was looking at my dear Cherry in his
cage.
Pots of hyacinths in bloom were on the table; Mr. Punch, Arthur's
Christmas present, lay as if watching the cat on baby's pillow in the
basket; and Muff, the old cat, with Fair-Star her kitten, were lapping
milk from a basin on the floor.
My dear mother had taught Muff to be good to Cherry; and Muff seemed to
have overcome her natural propensities so far as to let Cherry even
light on her head, and there sing a few notes of a song.
So, on the day I am speaking of, I let Cherry out of his cage; and he
flew round, and at last lighted on the kitten's head. At this Muff
seemed much pleased; and Fair-Star herself was not disturbed by the
liberty the little bird took.
But all at once Muff sprang upon Cherry, and, seizing him in her mouth,
jumped up on the bureau. At last it would seem as if the old cat had
chosen her time to kill and eat my poor little bird.
[Illustration]
No such thing! Our good Muff was all right. A neighbor, who had come to
borrow our axe, had left the back-door open; and a hungry old stray cat
had suddenly made her appearance. Muff saw that Cherry was in danger,
and seized him so that the strange cat should not harm him.
Cherry was not only not hurt, but not frightened. Well do I remember how
my mother placed baby on the pillows, drove out the strange cat, and
then took up Muff, and petted and praised her till Muff's purr of
pleasure was loud as the noise of a spinning-wheel.
After that adventure, Cherry and Muff and Fair-Star were all better
friends than ever.
LUCY KORNER.
THE FAT LITTLE PIGGIES.
SAID a sow to her piggies so white,
"Oh! the chilly winds whistle around,
There is ice on the old miller's dam,
And there's snow on the hard frozen ground;
But a warm, sheltered stackyard have we,
Where all day you may play hide-and-seek:
So away, little piggies, my white little piggies,
For a gambol and scramble and squeak.
"You have all had your breakfasts, I know;
For your trough was full, up to the top,
Of the sweetest potatoes and milk;
And you've not left a bit or a drop;
But, though an old sow, I'll not grunt:
So begone round the barn for a freak,
And I'll watch you, dear piggies, fat, curly-tailed piggies,
As you hurry and scurry and squeak."
[Illustration]
So at once, 'mid the fresh-sprinkled straw,
The young pettitoes scampered away;
And they rooted and burrowed and hid,
Then all quiet a minute they lay:
Soon their pink-pointed, noses peeped out;
Then their bodies, so plump and so sleek.
Oh the glad little piggies, the mad little piggies--
How they snuffle and scuffle and squeak!
GEORGE BENNETT.
[Illustration]
A SONG OF NOSES.
[Illustration: D]UNCAN has a nose,
Points my finger at it:
Has a nose the hare,
He will let you pat it.
[Illustration]
Has a nose the bull,
Soon he will be lowing.
[Illustration]
Has a nose the fox,
He is very knowing.
[Illustration]
Peacock has a nose,
Very proud he's feeling.
[Illustration]
Has a nose the hog,
Soon he will be squealing.
Tell me which of all these noses
Duncan now the best supposes.
[Illustration]
ABOUT SOME INDIANS.
LAST summer a party of Indians,--men, women, and children,--in nine
little birch canoes, came paddling down the Mississippi River, and
landed at our village in Illinois. They were of the Chickasaw tribe from
Minnesota, who are half-civilized, and speak our language imperfectly.
Indians, you must know, do not live in good warm houses as we do. They
live in wigwams, as they call their houses, which are merely a few poles
stuck in the ground, and covered with skins or blankets.
They do not provide regular meals, but live from hand to mouth by
hunting and fishing. Sometimes they have to go without food a long time.
The men are too lazy to work. They like better to strut about with their
faces painted all the colors of the rainbow.
The Indians who came to our village were very good specimens of their
race. Of course, their visit made quite a sensation, especially among
our young folks. As soon as they landed, the squaws (women) threw their
blankets over their shoulders, swung their pappooses (babies) on their
backs, and, with their little boys and girls, came up into town.
The Indian boys made some money by shooting arrows at cents stuck in a
stake. They were quite skilful. The squaws offered for sale slippers,
moccasons, and bags, which they had worked themselves with sinews and
porcupine-quills.
Their chief, a large man, whose face was painted bright red, got the use
of our town hall, and in the evening gathered his party there, and
showed us some of their dances. Two of the men beat a "tum-tum" on their
rude drums (which looked like nail-kegs); and the little and big Indians
danced or hopped around in a circle, singing, "Ye, ye! yu, yu! hi, yi!
ye, ye!"
Now and then the chief would pull out a long knife, and swing it around
his head; and another Indian would draw up his bow, as if he were going
to shoot. This was the war-dance.
We were all much amused; and our little boys and girls laughed heartily.
We gave the Indians some money to buy their breakfast, and they said,
"Yank, yank!"
When they, or a like party, come again, I will tell you more about them.
CARLOS.
[Illustration]
[Illustration]
PLAYING TABLEAUX.
THE picture of "Miss Jones" in the February "Nursery" reminded me of two
other little girls who are as fond of "playing people" as Edith May.
Nearly every day in winter, when they cannot play out of doors, these
little girls dress up to represent different characters. They call this
"Playing Tableaux;" but their _tableaux_ are something more than
pictures, as they act their parts as well as dress them.
Sometimes, for instance, one of the little girls appears as a peddler,
who is quite as hard to get rid of as a real one.
Sometimes a washerwoman comes in, and gets about tubs and clothes, and
makes all the confusion of washing-day.
Sometimes papa's great shaggy black coat covers what pretends to be
"your good old dog Tiger," who is very kind to his friends, but has
loud, fierce "bow-wow-wows" and sharp bites for those who are not good
to him.
Sometimes poor little lame Jimmy, who can only walk on crutches, comes
in to sell shoe-strings, "because," he says, "you know I can do nothing
else to help my poor mother."
Sometimes a ring at the door-bell calls our attention to the wants of a
deaf-and-dumb beggar, who makes fearful gestures till he is fed, and
then forgets that he cannot speak, and says, "Thank you!" in a very
familiar voice.
When these little girls have company, they often fit out travelling
parties for California, or a trip to Europe; and the baggage they make
out to collect would serve very well if they were "really and truly
going," as they tell us they are.
Their good-bys are very affecting as they kiss us all, and beg us write
by the first mail.
AUNT MERCY.
[Illustration: ALL FOR ONE, AND ONE FOR ALL.]
[Illustration]
A-MAYING.
WHEN the wild March winds were blowing,
Not so very long ago,
And it still kept snowing, snowing,
Piling, drifting,
Heaping, sifting,
Snow on snow,
Faithless Fanny said, "Spring never
Will be here; 'twill snow forever;
And I don't believe I ever
Shall again a-Maying go!"
April pleased her little better:
Now 'twas rain as well as snow;
Every day was wet and wetter,
Drifting, dropping,
Soaking, sopping,
Raining so,
That poor Fanny feared the showers
Would quite drown her precious flowers;
And for what, in May's bright hours,
Could she then a-Maying go?
Now the gay May sun is shining,
Pink and sweet the Mayflowers blow;
And forgetting her repining,
Her complaining
Of the raining
And the snow,
With its fitful, frosty flurries,
Fanny lingers not, nor worries,
But to field and greenwood hurries;
For she must a-Maying go.
FENNO HAYES.
LITTLE MISCHIEF.
XV.
WHAT now? Will this child never be out of hot water? What is Bessie
doing now? I will tell you. She found in one of her mother's drawers a
box; and, on opening it, she found some little round things something
like sugar-plums.
[Illustration]
She began putting the little round things in her mouth, and swallowing
them. They were not quite so pleasant as she had expected, or she would
have taken more. "I wonder what makes them taste so bitter?" thought
Bessie.
She will find that out by and by, to her sorrow.
XVI.
"What makes me feel so?" thought Bessie as she sat in the big arm-chair
in mother's best chamber, rubbing her eyes, and feeling very
uncomfortable.
She had not sat there long, before she began to cry. Her mother, who had
been wondering who could have been meddling with her pill-box, came in.
"Have you been swallowing these pills?" she asked.
[Illustration]
"Yes; but I didn't know they were pills," said Bessie.
"Well, you will be well punished for your fault," said her mother. "The
pills will make you quite sick."
And so it happened.
[Illustration]
THE SEASONS.
MARY.
How I love the blooming Spring,
When the birds so gayly sing!
JOHN.
More the Summer me delights,
With its lovely days and nights.
EMILY.
Autumn is the best of all,
With its fruits for great and small.
RICHARD.
Nay! old Winter is the time!
Jolly then the sleigh-bells' chime!
GRANDMOTHER.
Every season will be bright,
Children, if you'll live aright.
* * * * *
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contents can be found in the rest of the year's issues.
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