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Two farthings one halfpenny make, A penny four of such will take; And to allow I am most willing That twelve pence always make a shilling; And that five shillings make a crown, Twenty a sovereign, the same as pound.
Some have no cash, some have to spare-- Some who have wealth for none will care.
Some through misfortune's hand brought low, Their money gone, are filled with woe, But I know better than to grieve; If I have none I will not thieve; I'll be content whate'er's my lot, Nor for misfortunes care a _groat_.
There is a Providence whose care And sovereign love I crave to share; His love is _gold without alloy_; Those who possess't have _endless joy_.
TIME OR CHRONOLOGY.
Sixty seconds make a minute; Time enough to tie my shoe Sixty minutes make an hour; Shall it pass and nought to do?
Twenty-four hours will make a day Too much time to spend in sleep, Too much time to spend in play, For seven days will end the week, Fifty and two such weeks will put Near an end to every year; Days three hundred sixty-five Are the whole that it can share.
Saving leap year, when one day Added is to gain lost time; May it not be spent in play, Nor in any evil crime.
Time is short, we often say; Let us, then, improve it well; That eternally we may Live where happy angels dwell.
AVOIRDUPOISE WEIGHT.
Sixteen drachms are just an ounce, As you'll find at any shop; Sixteen ounces make a pound, Should you want a mutton chop.
Twenty-eight pounds are the fourth Of an hundred weight call'd gross; Four such quarters are the whole Of an hundred weight at most.
Oh! how delightful, Oh! how delightful, Oh! how delightful, _To sing this rule_.
Twenty hundreds make a ton; By this rule all things are sold That have any waste or dross And are bought so, too, I'm told.
When we buy and when we sell, May we always use just weight; May we justice love so well To do always what is right.
Oh! how delightful, &c., &c., &c.
APOTHECARIES' WEIGHT.
Twenty grains make a scruple,--some scruple to take; Though at times it is needful, just for our health's sake; Three scruples one drachm, eight drachms make one ounce, Twelve ounces one pound, for the pestle to pounce.
By this rule is all medicine mix'd, though I'm told By Avoirdupoise weight 'tis bought and 'tis sold.
But the best of all physic, if I may advise, Is temperate living and good exercise.
DRY MEASURE.
Two pints will make one quart Of barley, oats, or rye; Two quarts one pottle are, of wheat Or any thing that's dry.
Two pottles do one gallon make, Two gallons one peck fair, Four pecks one bushel, heap or brim, Eight bushels one quarter are.
If, when you sell, you give Good measure shaken down, Through motives good, you will receive An everlasting crown.
ALE AND BEER MEASURE.
Two pints will make one quart, Four quarts one gallon, strong:-- Some drink but little, some too much,-- To drink too much is wrong.
Eight gallons one firkin make, Of liquor that's call'd ale Nine gallons one firkin of beer, Whether 'tis mild or stale.
With gallons fifty-four A hogshead I can fill: But hope I never shall drink much, Drink much whoever will.
WINE, OIL, AND SPIRIT MEASURE.
Two pints will make one quart Of any wine, I'm told: Four quarts one gallon are of port Or claret, new or old.
Forty-two gallons will A tierce fill to the bung: And sixty-three's a hogshead full Of brandy, oil, or rum.
Eighty-four gallons make One puncheon fill'd to brim, Two hogsheads make one pipe or butt, Two pipes will make one tun.
A little wine within Oft cheers the mind that's sad; But too much brandy, rum, or gin, No doubt is very bad.
From all excess beware, Which sorrow must attend; Drunkards a life of woe must share,-- When time with them shall end.
The arithmeticon, I would just remark, may be applied to _geometry_.
Round, square, oblong, &c.

&c., may be easily taught.

It may also be used in teaching _geography_.

The shape of the earth may be shewn by a ball, the surface by the outside, its revolution on its axis by turning it round, and the idea of day and night may be given by a ball and a candle in a dark-room.
As the construction and application of this instrument is the result of personal, long-continued, and anxious effort, and as I have rarely seen a pirated one made properly or understood, I may express a hope that whenever it is wanted either for schools or nurseries, application will be made for it to my depot.
I have only to add, that a board is placed at the back to keep the children from seeing the balls, except as they are put out; and that the brass figures at the side are intended to assist the master when he is called away, so that he may see, on returning to the frame, where he left off.
The slightest glance at the wood-cut will shew how unjust the observations of the writer of "Schools for the Industrious Classes, or the Present State of Education amongst the Working People of England," published under the superintendance of the Central Society of Education, are, where he says, "We are willing to assume that Mr.
Wilderspin has originated some improvements in the system of Infant School education; but Mr.Wilderspin claims so much that many persons have been led to refuse him that degree of credit to which he is fairly entitled.

For example, he claims a beneficial interest in an instrument called the Arithmeticon, of which he says he was the inventor.