Identifier: stnicholasserial222dodg (find matches)
Title: St. Nicholas (serial)
Year: 1873 (1870s)
Authors: Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905
Subjects: Children's literature
Publisher: (New York : Scribner & Co.)
Contributing Library: Information and Library Science Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Digitizing Sponsor: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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This States legislature Has made it a lawThat, in speaking her name, We must say Ar-kan-saw. Not far from the center The Hot Springs are found, Where scalding hot waterBoils up from the ground. Her rivers are many, Her forests spread wide, Her mountains — the Ozarks,Are Arkansas pride. The State sells much timber,And ore, and live stock; Her capital city Is called Little Rock. 784 FOR VERY LITTLE FOLK. AT THE CIRCUS.
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HE SAT RIGHT NEXT TO THE LION (WHO HAD TO HAVE TWO SEATS), AND SAW THE CLEVER ANIMALS PERFORM THEIR WONDERFUL FEATS. (SEE NEXT PAGE.) WHAT THE PET PUG SAW AT THE CIRCUS. A Rhyme for Very Little Folks. For a whole long week the little pet Pug was as good as he could be, He did nt growl at the baby, nor spill his milk at tea; And so, when the Circus came to town, they gave him a silver dime,, They put on his Sunday collar, and hoped he d have a good time. He sat right next to the Lion (who had to have two seats), And saw the clever animals perform their wonderful feats: Two Poodles drew a Peacock in an elegant golden car, While the Owl drove four sleek Rabbits—a livelier team by far; Bruin balanced Reynard on a pole placed on his snout; And the Hare danced a sailors-hornpipe on a Pig that ran about; Five Kittens rode in a basket on the back of a Dromedary; While a Cat who walked on stilts was as graceful as a fairy ; A Rhinoceros played the organ—the tune was Upidee. But some of the

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