ar the sheep--
Robin and Thrush just whistle for me--
I fodder the cattle, the mangers fill,
I drive a team, I go to the mill,
I milk the cows with a right good will--
Robin and Thrush just whistle for me.

I help the peaches and plums to save--
Robin and Thrush just whistle for me--
For I am the boy can climb a tree;
There isn't an apple too high for me,
There isn't a nut that I can't see--
Robin and Thrush just whistle for me.

When I am a man I'll own a farm--
Robin and Thrush just whistle for me--
Horses and sheep and many a cow,
Stacks of wheat, and a barley mow;
I'll be a farmer and follow the plough:
Robin and Thrush shall whistle for me.

'Tis better to stand in the golden corn--
Robin and Thrush just whistle for me--
To toss the hay on the breezy lea,
To pluck the fruit on the orchard tree,
Than roam about on the restless sea:
So, sailor-boy, I'll follow the plough.

'Tis better to hear the wild birds sing,
Robin and Thrush on the apple bough--
'Tis better to have a farm and a wife,
And lead a busy, peaceable life,
Than march to the noisy drum and fife:
So, soldier-boy, I'll follow the plough.

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[Illustration: OUR POST-OFFICE BOX.]

NEW YORK CITY.

In HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE No. 12 I read about some curious South
American spiders that kill birds, and the other day I read in an
English paper an account by Mr. Frank Buckland of an enormous
spider which is kept in a glass case in the London Zoological
Gardens, and I thought the little readers of YOUNG PEOPLE might be
interested to know about it. This spider, says Mr. Buckland, came
from South America. He is about as large as a common house-sparrow
with its wings folded, and when he spreads his legs he is a
terrible-looking fellow. The whole of his body is covered with
dark red-brown hair. He eats cockroaches, and spins threads to
catch them. He will also kill and suck the blood of young mice
when they are given to him. Such a gigantic creature could very
easily capture and kill humming-birds. On page 648 you will find a
picture of this terrible bird-eating spider.

It is evident that Shakspeare knew of the great strength of
certain spiders. In _Measure for Measure_ the Duke says:

"How may likeness, made in crimes,
Making practice on the times,
Draw with id