The United States School Primer

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PRIMER; FIRST BOOK FOR CHILDREN: DESIGNED FOR

HOME OR PARENTAL INSTRUCTION. EMBELLISHED WITH NUMEROUS ENGRAVINGS, AND PRETTY STORIES, Which

will please the Children

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TIMK comes

" Seize

every moment as

it

flies."

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PRIMER; OR THE

FIRST BOOK FOR CHILDREN: DESIGNED FOR

HOME OR PARENTAL INSTRUCTION. EMBELLISHED WITH NUMEROUS ENGRAVINGS, AND PRETTY STORIES, Which

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NEW PRIMER.

NEW YORK: PUBLISHED BY GEORGE

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COOLEDGE


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THE PICTORIAL SCHOOL PRIMER.

Hen and

chickens

Hawk.

Tree.

House.

Dish.

Little

a good

Jane was

girl.

She gave food to the chicks.

The the

old hen saw hawk.

The

chicks ran

under her wings.

They were

then

safe from harm.

Come

here, chick, chick, and got your break-fast,

m

Girls.

Bench. Vine.

House.

Books.

Bird Doll.

Trees.

Susan Kindly was a Christian. She loved to help the poor.

She bought the orphan a book,

And taught

her

to read,

That she might love the Bible.

Poor

little

orphan, I will teach you to read

!

THE PICTORIAL SCHOOL PKIMER.

Gate.

Bars.

Step.

Flow-ers.

Trees.

Leaves.

Ellen and Lucy love to play.

But

from

far

home they

will

not stray.

See them

at

the gate.

They run the

lit-tle

But

af-ter

birds.

will not

hurt them.

Quick, quick,

Lucy

!

there

it

goes

!

there

!

THE PICTORIAL SCHOOL PRIMES.

Boy. Girls. Dog. Book. Pic-ture. Cross

Girl.

John wants

to

teach his dog

to

read.

Laura holds the book.

They were hap-py Till girl

a

cross

came

When they ran a-way. Cross

Mag came

in

all

at play,

and broke up their play.

all

]/)

The

1

Bible says, Pride goes be-fore a

fall.

,

Sofa.

Draw-ens.

Cask-et.

Here

young All

Cat,

is

a lovc-ly

miss.

know

that

her praise her. Why do they praise her? I will tell

you.

She is meek and sweet in all her ways.

She

is

gen-tie

and kind in

all

she says.

The

Bi-ble tells

me

I

must hon-or

my

pa-rents.

$

This boy loves his book,

Ho and

will

be wise

rich, in all the

good things of this world.

He

ris-es

with the

lark, at the

dawn

of day,

Studies well his lesson, then oif ht

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THE PICTOKIAL SCHOOL PRIMEK.

Ann

a-rose in the

morn-ing,

She knelt down and praj-ed

to the

great God,

That He would bless her pa-rents

dear,

Al-so her friends

both far and near,

And

as her guide

al-ways ap-pear.

In the morning,

O

Lord,

I will

pray

to

Thee

!

THE PICTORFAL SCHOOL PKTMEB.

This boy has cut his

hand

sadly.

He would his own way.

have

His aunt told him

he must not take the car-ving knife.

But he took the

make

knife to

his

boat,

And

so he

his hand.

DIS-O-BE-DI-ENCE PUN-ISH-ED.

cut

Do this

look,

and see

wick-ed

She fruit

is

girl

!

stealing

from a poor

old wo-man.

She

come

will sure-lj to

shame.

She thinks nobo-dy sees her,

Godseesher do it,

for

he knows

all things.

THE EYES OF GOD ARE ON ALL OUR WAYS.

THE PICTORIAL SCHOOL PRIMER.

Hive.

Boy.

Hon-ey comb. Bee.

Honey

Queen Bee.

Drone

Bee.

LESSON IN SPELLING AND READING-.

A cow

has

horns

A A

ship

has

sails

home

boy

ran

A.

bird

A

dog

doth sing can bark

Man must die harm no Do

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.

Love your

book

Sing

my

hymn

Go

to

church

And

sit

still

A cow has horns. A ship has sails. A boy ran home. A bird doth sing. A dog can bark. Man must die. Do no harm. Love your book. Sing my hymn.

Go to church. And sit still.

Dra-gon

fly.

Cat-er-pil-lar.

But-ter-flies.

Bee-ties.

Grass-hop-per. Swarm of Bees.

LESSON IN SPELLING

Spi-der.

Hive,

Mother, mother, give

me

little

Rosa

!

George was a kind hearted boy.

He He

loved his

little sister

Rosa.

play to tend her. It pleased him to make her happy. He took her in the garden,

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left his

And

Who

gave her pretty flowers. w^ould not love George The The

He He

?

fox.

fox has a long

tail.

will eat a bird.

go in the yard and kill a goose, and run off with it. will

,

Cow

and

Hen and

Calf.

Goat and Kid.

Goose and Gos-imgs.

Cat and

A

Sheep and Lamb.

Kit-tens.

good child

mands

will love

chil-dren to

and mo-ther, and

to

be

Chick-ens.

its

pa-rents.

God com-

du-ti-ful to their fa-ther

o-bey them in

all things.

THE PICTOKIAL SCHOOL PRIMER

Grand-ma

!

Grand-ma

!

I've

good news

to

tell.

Charles was a good boy.

He lived

in the country.

In a pretty white house. He heard his uncle coming. He ran to tell his Grand-ma. For he loved her very much.

She taught him

Which

is

the best Here

is

God. of wisdom.

to fear

a rat

Go

call the cat.

Puss, puss, come here, and look, For it is he that eat my book.

THE PTCTORTAL SCHOOL PRIMER.

0,

mamma, mamma,

The mother has

give

me

dolly

!

returned home.

She opens the basket, and what do you think she has in it ?

Why, It

was

a

doll,

for

a neat

little

doll

!

Anna, who had been

on the grass. sleeping with puss on a tree. goldfinch sits the It sings in morning, And makes the wood's ring.

The

It is

wicked

to rob their nest.

God made them be happy.

to sing

and

EMMA TEACHING HER LITTLE DOG TRUSTY. Be

qui-et, good Trus-ty, See how still you can

For

I've

Your

Tom

come

to teach

be,

you

ABC.

says you can't learn, fa-ther says, he

But

Saw

a lit-tle dog once That knew A B C,

The

lit-tle

bu-sy bee

Doth sing and work

And

teach-es

To work

all

day,

you and me,

as well as play.

LITTLE CHARLEY LOOKING FOR HIS KITTEN. *

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Where

is my lit-tle Kit-ty gone T Said Char-ley boy one day,

1

guess some lit-tle boy Has ta-ken her a-way.

Oh

mo-ther

!

mo-ther

See what a

My

lit-tle

Kit-ty's in the

A

!

draw-er here, to sleep.*

boy said *

come and look ;

heap

down

All cud-died

!

or girl

to

a lamb,

Pray how's your ma-ma T

But the

Him

lit-tle

sheep ans-wer-ed

no-thing but

'

ba-a ?

LUCY SHOWING HER CHRISTMAS PRESENT I

have a

little doll,

I take care of

soft flaxen hair

Arid her

name

She has

pretty blue eyes,

And

,

her clothes,

She has

is

a very small nose,

And

a cunning

And

her

I

;

Rose.

name

have a

little

little

is

mouth

;

Rose.

bed-stead

Where my dolly may Or sit up like a lady

repose,

;

And

her

name

is

Rose. f

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RIDING ON THE

ELEPHANT'S BACK.

The cow has a horn, and the fish has a gill; The horse has a hoof, and the duck has a bill The bird has a wing, that on high he may sail The li-on has a mane, and the mon-key a tail. They swim or they fly, they walk or they eat, With fin, or with wing, or with bill, or with feet And John has two hands, with five fingers on each. ;

;

;

On No

to reach pur-pose to work with, to hold or bird, beast or fish-es, for work or for play,

Have any

thing half so con-ve-ni-ent as they.

;

THE PICTOKIAL, SCHOOL PRIMER.

O-pos-surn.

Jer-bo-a.

Sloth.

Ant-eat-er.

Hedge-hog

Al-li-ga-tor.

Ar-ma-dil-lo.

Por-cu-pine.

THE WALK AFTER A SNOW STORM. "

Mother, how can the flowers grow Said little Ann one day

T*

;

"

The

fields are

When

will

it

covered o'er with snow,

go away?" MOTHER.

"A few month's hence my Ann In the garden,

now

will view,

so white,

The yellow cowslip, violet And daffodil so bright."

blue,

JANE FEEDING THE POOR ROBIN.

One winter's day, the wind blew And fast came down the snow A Robin much too weak to fly, Hopp'd

high, ;

in the yard below.

Jane threw him crumbs, and from that day, Her welcome guest he s been r

;

when the children Sweet little Bob is seen.

And

often,

play,

GOING OUT TO THE FIELDS.

Come,

my

chil-dren,

come

For the sun shines bright Lit-tle chil-dren,

a-

to

way day

!

;

come with me,

Birds and brooks and po-sies see Quick-ly, quick-ly,

For

it is

come

a-

way

;

!

a plea-sant day.

Ev-e-ry thing

is

laugh-ing, sing-ing,

All the pret-ty flow-ers are spring-ing

See the

kit-ten full of fun

Sport-ing in the pleas-ant sun.

Chil-dren too

For

it is

may

sport

a pleas-ant day.

and play,

;

THE PICTORIAL SCHOOL PRIMER.

GO TO SLEEP,

MY DARLING BABY

!

and slum-ber Ho-ly an-gels guard thy bed

Hush

!

my

dear, lie

still

!

!

Heav-en-ly bless-ings with-out nurn-ber Gent-ly fall-ing on thy head. Soft and ea-sy

is thy era-die Coarse and hard thy Sa-viour lay When his birth-place was a sta-ble,

And

;

his soft-est

!

bed was hay.

The dove is a gentle bird, and never quarrels with its mate.

Children should learn from be kind

this pretty bird to to all. and

gentle

EASY LESSONS

IN

ONE SYLLABLE.

The Wolf.

Come here, Frank, and me what beast this is. Some wolves is a wolf.

tell

It

are black

but far to the north they are brown and They have sharp gray. teeth, and are strong and fierce,

and have been known

Wolves live

on

live

;

to kill

in the woods,

and

and eat men. in dens, and

flesh.

The Srvan.

We

next come to the which is a large

swan;

fowl of the goose kind. It f has a long neck, short legs, and is as white as snow. Its food is the same as that Their eggs of the goose. are white and large ; and they hatch them in two months.

The young sw ans r

are gray.

The Frog.

Look see

this

here, Charles,

frog

!

What

do you think of him his skin is white,

?

brown

and green. Some folks its flesh, and call it good food. They do

eat ^

no harm. They make a loud noise and are known as bull frogs.

in the night,

THE PICTORIAL SCHOOL PRIMER.

CHARLES AT PLAY IN THE GARDEN.

Come here, Charles, and Put by your play now, for

I will it

is

now noon. Where does

hear your

task.

too hot.

It is

the sun rise ? In the east. Where In the west. Far to the north it is cold but to the south it is warm. The wind blows. Which way does it blow ? It blows from the south. The south wind is wr arm The north wind is cold the east wind will bring- a storm of rain.

does

it

set

?

;

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MARY VIEWING THE SETTING II

SUN. I

here Mary, and look at the sun. It is J in the west. In a short time it will set 1 can look at the sun now, for it is not so bright as it was at noon. |] The sun goes '* See how fine the clouds are down quite fast. Now we can see but half of it. The hills hide it from our view. The moon shines to give us light in the night, when the sun is out of sight. God is to give us these things. O how

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IDLE TOM.

Here goes Tom Truant down to the pond to play with the ducks, instead of going to school But Tom as he told his poor mother he would. has got to be a sad boy. He has kept the company of bad boys so long that he don't mind telSee how ling lies now. looks, and it is all because school, and be a come to a bad end.

ragged and dirty he he don't love to go to

good boy.

Tom

will surely

Ignorance and vice always go hand in hand. If Tom does not die in a prison, or in the poor-house, it will be a wonder.

LUCY CHEERFUL SPINNING

Lucy and her little brother John were orphans, but they had a kind grand-mother, who took care of them when they were very little children. She early taught them books

;

for she

used

dren's best friends,

and to love good good books were chilwhile bad books were their to read,

to say,

Always when Sunday came greatest enemies. Lucy and John were seen going to Sabbath school, dressed clean and nice, so that the neighbours would say, as they looked after them, there goes tidy Lucy and her little brother John.

LITTLE HARRY AND FARMER JOHN.

Farmer John farmer John cried little Henry you let me ride on the bags of !

!

Learn-well, will grain to the mill.

Why, to

yes, I will,

be such a wise

many

barley-corns

Harry instantly inches

make a

little

lad.

Harry, as you are said

But

make an

first

inch

tell

me how

?

replied, Three three feet foot

;

and Twelve make a yard ;

;

a rod, perch or yards and a half make pole forty rods make a furlong eight furlongs make a mile and three miles a league. five

;

;

;

Mack-er-el.

Black-fish.

Dol-phin.

Weak-fish.

Cod.

Flat-fish.

the very picture of ill-nature. spoiled her by indulgence. See what a fit of passion she is in, because she cannot do what she pleases with her little cousin's had come full forty miles Now little doll.

This

little girl is

Her fond mother has

Emma

and had brought with h-3r all her to amuse them while she staid pretty play things, in the country. But she was glad to return home her bad-behaved cousin and again, to get rid of she told her mamma she never wanted to go any more to visit such a cross girl as she was. to visit her,

;

Swan

swirn-ming.

The tame

Tur-key.

Pret-ty Gold-finch.

Ben-gal Ti-ger.

The Lord made

The Stag has

horns.

the sun to give the world stars by night. and moon the and light by day The eye of God is on us all the day long. ;

:

!

GOING ON A VISIT.

Ed-ward and Ma-ry were good chil-dren, they had been o-be-di-ent to their kind pa-rents, and were per-mit-ted to vis-it their cous-ins, who lived a-bout two miles a-cross the fields. See, they have pas-sed through the gate, and in a lit-tle while will cross the bridge. How* hap-py they are.

Good

chil-dren are al-ways hap-py, while chil-dren are

ill-tem-per-ed and dis-o-be-di-ent sure to be in trou-ble. Ed-ward

turn-ed

home

their day's

in the eve-ning

vis-it.

and Ma-ry

much

re-

pleas-ed with

THE PICTORIAL SCHOOL PRIMER.

THE LORD'S PRAYER.

Our Father who thy name.

done on

art in

kingdom come.

Thy

earth, as

it

in

is

day our daily bread. give our enemies.

Hallowed be

heaven.

Forgive our

but deliver us from

evil.

For thine

the power, and the glory forever.

sins, as

Now

I

lay

pray the

me down Lord

my

is

I

pray the

Lord

my

this

for

the kingdom,

Amen.

to sleep,

soul to keep

If I should die before I

we

be

into temptation,

THE CHILD'S EVENING PRAYER.

I

will

Give us

heaven.

Lead us not

-

Thy

wake,

soul to take.

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