THE GOOD SCHOLAR

Joseph West had been told,
That if, when he grew old,
He had not learned rightly to spell,

Though his writing were good,

"Twould not be understood:

And Joe said, "I will learn my task well."

And he made it a rule

To be silent at school;

And what do you think came to pass?
Why, he learned it so fast,

That, from being the last,
He soon was the first in the class.

SELECT SENTENCES.

Never ask other persons to do any thing for you, which you can as properly do for yourself.

As soon as you have learned to work well, try to work quick.

If we do not take pains, we must not expect to excel in any thing.

Attentive and industrious people can always find time to do what is proper for them to do.