At these sugar parties every one was expected to eat as much sugar as
possible; and those who are practiced in it can eat a great deal.

It is a peculiar fact about eating warm maple sugar, that though you
may eat so much of it one day as to be sick, you will want it the next
day more than ever.

At the "sugaring off" they used to pour the hot sugar upon the snow,
where it congealed into a sort of wax, which I suppose is the most
delicious substance that was ever invented. And it takes a great while
to eat it.

If you should close your teeth firmly on a lump of it, you would be
unable to open your mouth until it dissolved. The sensation while it is
melting is very pleasant, but it will not do to try to talk, for you can
not.

The boy used to make a big lump of it and give it to the dog, who seized
it with great avidity, and closed his jaws on it, as dogs will on any
thing.

It was funny the next moment to see the expression of perfect surprise
on the dog's face when he found that he could not open his jaws.

He shook his head; he sat down in despair; he ran round in a circle; he
dashed into the woods and back again.

He did every thing except climb a tree, and howl. It would have been
such a relief to him if he could have howled. But that was the one thing
he could not do.

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Language Lesson.--Let pupils change the verbs in the following lines,
so that they will indicate _present time_.

"He shook his head; he sat down in despair; he ran around in a circle;
he dashed into the woods and back again."

Suggestion.--Let the teacher, from time to time, select stories, and
have them read before the class. After the reading, let pupils make
oral _analyses_. The stories should be short, and the exercise
conducted without the use of pencils or paper.

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LESSON LXXI.

en'sign, _flag_.

dis man'tled, _stripped of masts, sails, and guns_.

pa tri ot'ic, _full of love for one's country_.

hulk, _a dismantled ship_.

frig'ate, _a ship of war_.

tat'tered, _torn_.

me'te or, _a fiery body in the heavens_.

van'quished, _conquered; overcome_.

har'pies, _destroyers_.

manned, _supplied with men_.

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OLD IRONSIDES.

During our second war with Great Britain, which began in the year 1812,
many battles were fought both on land and sea.

Among the ships of w