plastered, and fitted up throughout with seats. It had six large folding-doors. The front windows were made in imitation of sashes, whilst those in the back resembled venetian blinds. It was a large, respectable, and strong building, and the whole was completed without a single nail, or any iron work whatever. It is large enough to hold nearly 3000 persons. "In the erection of this chapel, a circumstance occurred which will give a striking idea of the feelings of an untaught people, when observing for the first time the effects of conversation by writing. As I had come to the work one morning without my square, I took up a chip, and, with a piece of charcoal, wrote upon it a request that Mrs. Williams would send me that article. "I called a chief, who was taking charge of his portion of the work, and said to him, 'Friend, take this; go to our house, and give it to Mrs. Williams.' He was a singular-looking man, very quick in his movements, and had been a great warrior; but, in one of the numerous battles he had fought, had lost an eye; and, giving me a most remarkable look with the other, he said, 'Take that she will call me a fool, and scold me, if I carry a chip to her.' 'No,' I replied,' she will not; take it, and go quickly; I am in haste.' Seeing me to be in earnest, he took it, and asked, 'What must I say?' I replied, 'You have nothing to say; the chip will say all I wish.' With a look of great wonder and contempt, he held up the piece of wood, and said, 'How can this speak? I desired him to take it smartly, and not to spend so much time in talking about it." QUESTIONS:-1. Who tells this story? 2. Who was he? 3. What is that? 4. Where did it happen? 5. What were the people about to do? 6. Tell all you know about the building, its size, and fittings. 7. How long did they take to complete it? 8. How many people did it hold? 9. What sort of building was it? 10. What little matter very much surprised these ignorant people? 11. Relate - that is, tell-what took place. 12. What is charcoal? 13. What a chip? 14. Whom did Mr. Williams call? and what did Mr. W. say to him? 15. Describe this chief. 16. How did he feel at being sent on this errand? and what remark did he make? 17. Relate the rest of the conversation. WORD LESSON :— ar-range'-ments con-ver-sa'-tion nu'-mer-ous un-taught' cir'-cum-stance con-tempt' oc-cur'-red ve-ne'-ti-an com-men'-cing e-rec'-tion com-ple'-ted hun'-dred con-ve'-ned re-mark'-a-ble war'-ri-or sing'-u-lar won'-der move'-ments sup-pli'-ed wri'-ting LESSON XII. The Speaking Chip.-Part II. ar-ri'-ving, coming to. per-plex'-ing, puzzling, vex- pro-ceed'-ing, ongoing. re-solv'-ing, determining. shout'-ing, crying aloud. skill. "ON arriving at the house, the chief gave the chip I had sent with him to Mrs. Williams, who read it, threw it away, and went to the tool-chest; whither he, resolving to see the result of this wonderful proceeding, followed her closely. On receiving the square from her, he said, 'Stay daughter, how do you know that this is what Mr. Williams wants?' Why,' she replied, 'did you not bring me a chip just now?' 'Yes,' said the astonished warrior; but I did not hear it say anything.' 'If you did not, I did,' was the reply; 'for it made known to me what he wanted, and all you have to do is to return with it as quickly as possible.' With this the chief leapt out of the house, and, catching up the strange, perplexing piece of wood, ran through the settlement with the chip in one hand and the square in the other, holding them up as high as his arms could reach, and shouting as he went,-See the wisdom of these English people; they can make chips talk-they can make chips talk!' "On giving me the square, he wished to know how it was possible thus to converse with persons at a distance. "I gave him all the information in my power, but it was a circumstance so much beyond his power to understand, that he tied a string to the chip, hung it round his neck, and wore it for some time. "During several following days, we often saw him with a crowd round about him, who were listening with deep interest, while he told the wonders which this chip had performed. 'It can talk,' he would say, 'it can talk.' I'd like to be a Farmer. I'd like to be a farmer, The sturdy plough to wield, Or mow the swathes of ripen'd grain That waves in yonder field. I'd like to be a farmer, His heart is always gay, Oh, happy is the farmer, For when the day is o'er, And ev'ning shadows gather round And he can work no more, How peacefully around him Soft sleep her curtain throws; There's nothing half so peaceful as The countryman's repose. Oh, then, I'll be a farmer, To cultivate the fields, And share the health and happiness The country ever yields. To rise with joy at morning, Content to rest at night; Oh, in the world there's nothing like A country life's delight. |