Manv young people think an idle life
must 1-e a pleasant one, but there are
none who enjoy it so little and are such
burdens to themselves, as those who
have nothing to do. Those who are
obliged to work hard all day enjoy their
short period of rest and recreation so
much, that they are apt to think if their
whole life were spent in rest aud recre
ation it would be the most pleasant of
all. But this is a sad mistake, as they
would soon find ont if they made a trial
of the life they think soagreeable. One
who is never busy can never enjoy rest,
for rest implies relief from previous
labors; and if our whole time were
spent in amusing ourselves, we should
find it more wearisome than the hardest
day's work. Recreation is only valuable
as it unbends us; the idle can know
nothing of it. Many people leave off
business and settle down to a life of
enjoyment ; but they generally find that
they are not nearly so happy as they
were before, and are often glad to re
turn to their old occupations to escape
the miseries of indolnce.
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HOW THB DoO HAD HlS LlKEXXSS
Takkx. As the storv we are about to
tell may seem incredible to some of onr
readers, we will preface it by stating
that its literal truth is vouched for by
a well-known lady of Lowell, Mass.,
Mrs. C. A. Richardson, a sister-in-law
of President Grant's Secretary of tha
Treasury.
Oesar was a fine Newfoundland dog
of great intelligence, owned by Mrs. R.
One morning she took the dog, with
some of the children of her family, to a
dagnerrotype-room, with the view of
having a picture taken of the group.
