be publicly shorn of his glories in the presence of the whole garrison; but the old man as resolutely stood on the defensive;1 whereupon the general, as became a great man, was highly exasperated, and the offender was arrested and tried by a court-martial for mutiny, desertion, and all the other list of offences noticed in the articles of war, ending with a "Videlicet, in wearing an eel-skin queue, three feet long, contrary to orders." 13. Then came on arraignments, and trials, and pleadings," and the whole country was in a ferment about this unfortunate queue. As it is well known, that the commander of a distant frontier post has the power of acting pretty much after his own will, there is little doubt, that the veteran would have been hanged, or shot, at least, had he not luckily fallen ill of a fever,m through mere chagrin and mortification,m and most flagitiously deserted from all earthly command, with his beloved locks unviolated." m m 1 14. His obstinacy remained unshaken to the very last moment,m ,m when he directed,m that he should be carried to the grave with his eel-skin queue unmolested. .2. a § 11. 4. b. § 43. 1. o c 26. 3. d § 14. 6. R. 4. e § 44. 9. § 12. g See W. D. ƒ § 43. 2. m Why a comma? n Why a period? h Why not mys 19. 1. s Sound of vowel? x § 44. 16. fri-ing. § 49. 2. w § 47. v Why not No. 1. What happened when the fortress was finished? What would the general do? What extraordinary feat did the knights in Prince Forest perform? What did the general do when he felt his martial spirit rising? What did he term sunflowers and pumpkins? What was the state of his mind when he returned? What did he require of every man? What orders did he issue, and what was the cause? What can you say of Kildermeester? For what was he tried? What sentence was passed upon him? What did he do when he heard this? What happened to him? What can you say of his firmness? No. 2. Magnitude, backward, military, incontinently, decapitate, obstinacy, appendage, offender, conviction, courageous. No. 3. Hash for harsh, gin-er-al for gen-er-al, ridg-ment for reg-i-ment. No. 6. The first verse is not punctuated; punctuate, and give the reason for them. No. 10. Analyze the first sentence in the lesson, § 1. Note. 10* LESSON XIX. MODERN INNOVATIONS. A letter from Obadiah Squaretoes to "the Old Bachelor.” Mr. Bachelor, 1. IT is the privilege of those who are injured to complain ;-Sir,d you have stung me to the quick,-you have touched me where I was most vulnerable; and shall I not complain ?e Yes! and the world shall hear me too but I am bornes from my purpose by this heat ; let me with temper, tell my story. 2. I am a plaine man, a farmer,i and what the world calls an old-fashioned fellow; I have a wife, and six daughters, and two sons-all these children I had thought to have brought up with some credita—that my girls at least should have made good house-wives for the farmers of the neighborhood.' 3. I chose for my own partner the blooming daughter of a neighboring farmer-not one of your delicate, nervous, teasipping ladies of the present day; but a robust and active damsel, who could rise with the dawn, milk her father's cows, attend to the hen-house and dairy, and at breakfast could dispose of as much beef-steak as any lady in the days of good Queen Bess; no vagaries about the rights of woman, or the equality of the sexes, ever disturbed her quiet brain-on the contrary, both precept and example had taught her that important lesson, to love, honor, and obey her lord and master. 4. Now in the family statute-book there was no law so fondly cherished, none considered of such vital importance as this ; "That a deep and humbling sense of their inferiority to, and entire dependence on the males, should be, with unceasing care, inculcated on the females." This idea was to be presented to them in a thousand shapes ; to grow with their growth, and strengthen with their strength; and as a means to this end, the extent and limits of their education were exactly defined-it consisted in reading, writing, and arithmetic to the rule of three-the Bible, the Whole Duty of Man, and the Art of Cookery, by Mrs. Hannah Glass, made up their library-all beyond was forbidden' ground. 5. Of the fruit of the tree of knowledge, they might in no wise eat; this was prohibited under the severest pains and penalties.m Deeply impressed with the importance of this law, it was the fixed determination of myself and wife, to educate our daughters in strict conformity to it-and though I say it that should not, with our three eldest we succeeded completely-aye, show me, who can, three more notable and house-wifely women than Bridget, Winnifred, and Dinah-girls that can turn their hand to any thing-milk a cow, iron a shirt, mend a stocking, or make a pudding. 6. And I defy any one to catch them idling over a book, except on Sundays, and then strictly within the pale of the law; none of your novels or histories, but one of the books abovementioned. To me it is wonderful, that women so calculated to make reasonable men happy, should remain still on hand. Of my three younger daughters, would that I could say as much-they have blasted all my hopes, broken the statutes of the family, and thrown my household into confusion. 7. About eighteen months past, a sister of my wife's came to visit us-she was a true town-lady, with all the airs and graces, and high-flown notions, and delicate sensibilities of the tribe-a reading lady too! but this fact I did not know till some time afterwards. Towards the conclusion of her visit, I began to suspect that something was in the wind. I saw frequent consultations going on among the women; they would get into a knot in a corner, and whisper most earnestly, every now and then casting towards me a look of apprehension-my daughter Grace, too, my fourth girl, was uncommonly assiduous to me if I called at any time for my favorite beverage, butter-milk, it was sure to be handed by Grace—as soon as I entered the house at my smoking hours, Grace flew to get my pipe and tobacco. 8. At length the batteries were opened in form, and the attack commenced; as we satw round the dinner-table, my wife's sister observed that she had a great favor to ask of meher neice Grace, she said, was her namesake, that she was a great favorite with her, that the girl had been brought up in the country, that she was now grown quite a woman, and begged1 that I would permit her to take her to the city, and show her something of life. I replied, that the request was one that I could by no means grant; why should she be parading off to the city to catch the infection of its manners, or to be ridiculed and laughed at as an awkward country hoyden ?a 9. Grace said not a word, but I could see, by the flush of her cheek, and the toss of her head, that she scorned my words; my three eldest girls broke forth at once in high dudgeon-" She go to the city, truly! a high thing, marry come up! fish of one, and flesh of another! they had been women grown many a long day, and no city for them-in doors and out of doors, late and early, hot and cold, they were to work, while madam Grace, forsooth, was to be made a lady of!" I quieted my girls, and told them the thing should not be. 10. Now all this time my wife Deborah had not uttered a word, and still I thought she looked as if she wished Grace success. To be further assured of her wishes on this subject, I waitede till we were alone, and then, as our manner is, when an important subject is on the carpet, I opened the discussion : Deborah, my dear, you have not given your opinion on this subject; I hope you do not wish to expose our child to this dangerous and useless trip!" She replied, " Husband, I would not differ with you before company, because I know my place -but why should'nty we indulge the girl? 66 11. "She has been brought up according to the statues, (statutes, wife!) and there is no danger now-beside, why should not she have a chance to look about her, and make her fortune? Look at neighbor Gubbins' darter and all; she went a trip to the city, and she is now married to a rich man, and keeps her carriage; to be sure comparisons are odorous, (odious, you mean, Deborah ;) ah, I am no dictionary woman-but I mean that Sall Gubbins is not to compare to our Grace in beauty." The discussion was lengthy, but finally I suffered myself to be persuaded, though unconvinced, and consented to the trip. 12. She was gone six months; and when she returned I scarcely knew my child-instead of the plump, rosy-cheeked country girl, with health and life, and activity in every muscle, I saw a thin, emaciated, delicate figure, with a cheek of snow and languid step, moving slowly towards us-all the warm habiliments of the country thrown aside-even the snug pocket; and in their place a thin muslin dress, and a thing which I think they very properly call a ridicule. A gush of parental affection filled my eyes, and taking her in my arms, I inquired why she had not informed us of her illness, and why she trav eled in such a dress2 as must bring her life into imminent hazard. 13. Smiling at my apprehensions, she replied that she had not been ill, that to be sure she was rather in delicate health, which proceeded from the extreme sensibility of her nervous system! but that she had gotten' some composing drops from Dr. Bolus, a celebrated physician, which she found of great All this was rue and wormwood to me-but the worst was yet to come. I found my lady's mind more metamorphosed than her body. She had been reading novels, plays, and histories! I now found there was no time to be lost. use. 14. I strictly prohibited the bringing any book into my family; positively forbid Grace to hold conversations on what she had read, and commanded her regularly to take her turn weekabout with her sisters in managing the household affairs, a thing which, under various pretexts, she had since her return neglected. These were irksome duties to her now—but she was forced to submit, and things seemed to be getting right again, when you, Mr. Bachelor, stepped in and ruined all my hopes. One morning, after I had been kept waiting for my breakfast some time, I determined to go myself and see what the girls were about. I stepped softly into their room, the door was open, and I found Grace reading aloud from a newspaper, with an agitated voice and impassioned manner, while my two youngest daughters were sitting round her, devouring her words, and the tears trickling down their cheeks-so deeply engaged were they, that my approach was entirely unperceived. I determined to keep my station in silence, till I discovered the extent of the mischief. 15. It was your fifth number, Mr. Bachelor, and the matter which was beguiling these simple damsels of their tears, was your foolish story of a Roman woman, Agrippina, I think you call her. I burst in upon the girls, snatched the paper from them, and in a voice of authority, summoned them to the hall. They all appeared and took their seats in silence. I proceeded with great form, produced the statute-book, read the law, charged Grace with her offense, inveighede bitterly against its enormity, and called upon her to know what she could say in her defense. She rose, and to my astonishment and dismay, addressed me thus :h 16. "Father, I respect your authority within reasonable limits, but you demand too much-I am now eighteen, capable, if ever, to think for myself, and I hope in this free country,* |