ABOUT THE 
 
 WATCH, CLOCK, GLOBE, 
 IH INKSTAND, PEN, SLATE, 
 CRADLE AND ANCHOR. 
 
 In words of 
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 NEWARK, N. J. 
 
 1843. 
 
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 BENJAMIN OLDS & SON. » 
 
 
 Price Two Cents. 
 

TWO CENT TOYS. 
 
 SECOND SERIES, 
 NO. 8. 
 
 STORIES 
 
 ABOUT THIS 
 
 WATCH, CLOCK, GLOBE, INKSTAND, 
 
 Pr:.\ T . .SLATE, CRADLE, AND 
 ANCHOR, 
 
 in wofms op 
 ONE AND TWO SYLLABLES. 
 
 NEWARK, (N. J.) 
 
 BENJAMIN OLDS. 
 
 PRICE TWO CENTS. 
 
Entered, according to the Act of Con- 
 gress in the year 1836, by Lyman Cobb, in 
 the Clerk's office of the District Court of 
 the Southern District of New York. 
 
 PREFACE 
 
 TO THE SECOND SERIES. 
 
 This Series of Toys contains a more e*- 
 t tensive and minute description of Animals, 
 Birds, Fishes, Articles of Manufacture, &c. 
 than was given in the First Series. 
 
 Tnis Series is intended for a larger class 
 of my little friends than the preceding one ; 
 and, it is hoped they will be both «aius»d 
 and benefited by a perusal of it. 
 
 In this as well as in fh£ other Series 
 nothing has been permitted to find a place 
 which is false, unnatural or mnpliilosophi- 
 caL or any details of conversations among 
 animals which never did and which never 
 can take place. 
 
 It is believed that in the large field of Na- 
 ture and Art there are sufficient materials 
 for descriptions and stories without launch- 
 ing into the field of Fiction and Falsehood 
 to find subjects interesting to children. 
 
 To remove difficulties in the reading of 
 these Stories as far as possible, and there- 
 by render them more interestir^ to rov 
 little friends, the language, is limited to 
 words of one and two syllable*. 
 
 New York, July 4, 1835, 
 
A WATCH. 
 
 A Watch is a small time- 
 piece for persons to carry in 
 their pockets, the machine or 
 wheels of which are moved 
 by a spring, called the main- 
 spring. 
 
 On the outside of the 
 
 Watch is a face with figures 
 
 on it, and two pointers or hands 
 
 which turn round the face; 
 
 the one each hour, noting the 
 
 minutes, from one to sixty 
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and the other once in twelve 
 hours, which notes the hours, 
 from one to twelve. 
 
 The wheels of a Watch are 
 made of brass; the cover or 
 case is sometimes made of 
 silver, and sometimes of gold ; 
 the mainspring which causes 
 the wheels to move is made 
 of steel. 
 
 Watches are very useful 
 to almost all persons ; for, by 
 them they can manage their 
 business as to time, in the 
 night as well as in the day- 
 time, or in cloudy weather. 
 
A CLOCK. 
 
 A Clock is a large time- 
 piece, placed m the parlour 
 or other rooms oi houses, by 
 which the persons in the 
 house may know the exact 
 minute or hour of the day or 
 night, whether the weather be 
 clear or cloudy. 
 
 A Clock, like a Watch, nas 
 wheels ; but the wheels of a 
 Clock are kept in motion by 
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weights which act as pulleys 
 to turn them, and not by a 
 mainspring as the wheels of a 
 Watch are. 
 
 A Clock, like a Watch, has 
 pointers or hands and figures 
 on the face, by which the 
 minutes and hours in each 
 day are noted. 
 
 The cords on which the 
 weights hang are wound up. 
 The weight or downward 
 force of these weights causes 
 the wheels to turn round ; and, 
 when the weights run down, 
 they are wound up again. 
 In this way the wheels are 
 Kept in motion from day to 
 day. 
 
 The wheels of Clocks were 
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first made of brass or other 
 metals only; but now, great 
 numbers are made of wood. 
 
 In most cities and large 
 towns, there are Clocks pkced 
 in the steeples of churches 
 so thai all the people in that 
 city or town can know the 
 time of day. They are so 
 fixed that they strike the hour 
 throughout the day and night. 
 
 Clocks are now so common 
 that people could scarcely do 
 without them. In fact it would 
 be a great deal of trouble, and 
 would perplex men of busi- 
 ness very much, if they had to 
 depend upon the dial and hour- 
 glass as in former years, in- 
 stead of Watches and Clocks 
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 A GLOBE. 
 
 A Globe is a sphere, or 
 round body, whose surface is 
 in all parts the same distance 
 from the centre. 
 
 Globes, like the one shown 
 in this cut, are made of wood 
 and paper, on the surface of 
 which is drawn a map of the 
 earth or the heavens, showing 
 the oceans^ seas, islands, ana 
 countries of the earth, or stars 
 and planets of the heavens. 
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AN INKSTAND. 
 
 An Inkstand is used to hold 
 ink for the purpose of writing 
 - Some Inkstands are made 
 of glass, some of lead or 
 pewter, some of brass, and 
 others of horn or bone. 
 
 Some Inkstands are made 
 large to be placed on desks ; 
 others are made small with a 
 cover or case so that they 
 can be taken in the pocket 
 
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 A PEN. 
 
 Pens, with which most peo- 
 ple write, are made of large 
 feathers or quills which are 
 taken from the wing of the 
 goose, or some other large 
 fowl. 
 
 Of late years, a great many 
 pens are made of steel, and 
 some of silver or brass, all 
 of which answer a pretty good 
 purpose, though those made 
 of steel are much the best 
 
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 A SLATE. 
 
 A Slate is a piece of stone 
 made thin and smooth, and 
 placed in a wooden frame. 
 
 It is used to write figures 
 and words on with a pencil 
 of stone. When words are 
 made, it is called writing. 
 When figures are made, it is 
 caKed the working of figures 
 or learning to cipher. All 
 boys and girls should make 
 great use of the Slate, so as 
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 to have a thorough knowledge 
 of the use of figures ; for, 
 without such knowledge a 
 person, whether male or fe- 
 male, is not able to pass 
 through life without a great 
 deal of trouble, and often 
 much loss of money. 
 
 A man who can spell, read, 
 and cipher, is much more cer- 
 tain of success in his business 
 than one who can do neither 
 
 When, therefore, we see a 
 good boy who attends closely 
 to his Slate and his spelling 
 and reading also, we may 
 soon expect to see him be- 
 come a great, good, and use- 
 ful man. 
 
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 A CRADLE. 
 
 A Cradle is made of wood, 
 and is used to rock or divert 
 children when they are sick, 
 peevish, or restless. 
 
 Cradles are mostly made of 
 the wood of the wild Cherry- 
 tree. 
 
 What a lovely and charm- 
 ing sight it is to see a smiling, 
 quiet infant lying in a Cradle ! 
 
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 AN ANCHOR, 
 
 An Anchor is a strong iron 
 for holding a ship or any other 
 vessel at rest in the water. 
 It has a strong shank with a 
 ring at one end, and two arms 
 with flukes or hooks at the 
 other end, formed in such a 
 manner as to enter the ground. 
 In this ring the sailors place 
 a large strong rope or cable, 
 one end of which they fasten 
 to the ring of the cable, and 
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 the other to some strong pari 
 of the ship or vessel. The 
 cable used to hold the Anchor 
 of a very large ship is a chain 
 of an immense size. 
 
 When the seamen wish to 
 hold the ship or vessel at rest 
 m a harbour, bay, or river, 
 they fasten the cable to the 
 ship and throw out the Anchor, 
 and as soon as it becomes 
 fast in the ground the ship 
 remains quiet but when a 
 ship or vessel is far out in 
 the sea where the water is 
 so deep that the cable is not 
 lon^ enough to reach the bot- 
 torn, it is tossed about by the 
 winds and waves and is some- 
 times dashed to pieces, and 
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 all on board the ship perish 
 in the sea. Many persons 
 have thus been called to 
 mourn the loss of their friends 
 who have been lost in the 
 depths of the ocean 
 
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