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 BOY'S 
 
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 This penny book 
 
 Of little things, 
 Though small and cheap, 
 
 Instruction brings 
 
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 This is a net to catch fish. 
 They catch a great many at 
 one time with the net. 
 
 Here is a flsli hook. 
 Only one fish is caught at a 
 time with the hook 
 
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 This is a picture of a 
 W'agOHj formerly used to 
 travel to Ohio. They go very 
 slow — only three miles in an 
 hour. 
 
 Here is a Steamboat, 
 
 which goes much faster than 
 a wagon. It will go twelve 
 miles an hour. It has very 
 handsome rooms in it 
 
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 Here is a Railroad 
 
 Car, filled with people go- 
 ing twenty or thirty miles in 
 an hour. Some of these cars 
 will hold fifty people. You 
 can go as far in one day in 
 this car, as you can in twelve 
 or fifteen days in the wagon. 
 The locomotive is forward 
 of the passenger car. See 
 the smoke issue out of it! 
 It looks very beautiful in the 
 night to see the locomotive. 
 
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 This is a slieaf of wlteat 
 ready to be carried to the 
 barn, and thrashed. Flour 
 is made of wheat, and cakes 
 ara made of flour. Children 
 love to eat good warm cakes. 
 
 Did you ever see wheat 
 growing in the fields? It 
 then looks very beautiful. It 
 sometimes grows 5 feet high. 
 
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 Here is a picture of a top« 
 A top will spin round. Ed- 
 ward, please make my top 
 spin round. 
 
 See the boy in the boat* 
 
 He makes the boat go with 
 an oar or paddle, which he 
 holds in hb hands* 
 
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 Here is a printing 1 
 
 press. By this, books and 
 newspapers are printed. 
 
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 See this fcoy carrying a 
 pocket book. It is a great 
 load for such a small boy» 
 
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JUST PUBLISHED BY 
 
 S. MERRILL 
 
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 CONCORD, N. H. 
 
 Webster's First Book, , 
 
 Or Introduction to the "Spell- 
 ing Book. By Noah Web- 
 ster, LL.D. Price 6 cents. 
 
 No. 1, or one 'Cent Toys, 
 
 containing 12 Nos.. To be 
 
 pontinued to 18 Nos. 
 
 No, % f or two Cent Toys, . 
 containing 12 Nos. of useful 
 and amusing matter. 
 
 No. 4:, or six Cent Toys, 
 in press, to contain 12 Nos. 
 
 on natural history, &c. 
 
 ALSO, 
 
 T&e Infant School Primer, 
 
 By Mrs. Teachem. 
 
 The whole to be embellished 
 with handsome wood cuts. 
 
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