Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 278
n pour these few grains into a candle-flame.Thus our club-moss, giving us both Christ-mas greens and fireworks, is seen to be closelyconnected with our two important holidays —Christmas and Fourth of July. BOYS AND HORNETS NESTS. The very mention of hornets nests fills theheart of every country boy… … ETS SEsT. same spirit, and the boy often gets the worst ofthe combat. But why this desire to injure the hornets?They are harmless, especially at a distance. 835 And why should we seek to destroy the hor-nets and their curious home, which has beenwell called a real palace of paper ? I remember how I…
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