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Rh Dictionary do not always comprise all the meanings of the words, but give the leading sense.

. — Young friends, some one has said “that words not understood are like un cracked nuts — the lusciousness of the kernel is not enjoyed.” Believing this to be so, and thinking that there are now many uncracked nuts in the English language, the author went up into old John Walker's garret and gathered “lots” of old and hard nuts and brought them down for you; and then he went into old Noah's ark, he means old Noah Webster's dictionary, and gathered many more, and by the assistance of Mr. Altisonant placed them in the “letter basket” with the hammer, the Dictionary, laid by its side; will you take up the hammer and crack the nuts and enjoy the kernel! Try it.

Your friend,

S. K. HOSHOUR.