When do they sow wheat? When do they sow rye? What kinds of fruit are produced in the orchards and gardens? How is the market of the large town near which you live supplied with provisions for the people to eat? When this class had taken their seats, Charles Linn came up to Mary, and whispered to her that he would like to ask a question. Mary gave him leave, and he asked if those who lived in towns would not starve, if the country people did not bring food to market for them to eat? “Mary,” said Charles, very earnestly, “the people in the city could not do without country people, could they?” Mary told him that people in the city could not get along very well without country people, and country people could not get along very well without them. The farmers take meat and vegetables, and grain and fruit, and butter and milk, to market, to sell to the citizens. They get money for all these things, and with the money which they get, they buy from the shops and stores what they cannot buy at home. They buy books to read, and hats and shoes and other clothing, and sugar and molasses, and tea and coffee, and many other things which do not grow on farms in the country. We get all the books from which you learn your lessons, and the maps and slates and pictures and our Bibles too, from the book-stores in towns. And you would not like to do without any of these things, would you? Charles said, “No, indeed I should not.” Charles looked very thoughtful, and Mary asked him if there was any thing else he would like to know. “I was thinking about something my father said at the breakfast table this morning. I do not quite remember it, but I think he meant what you have been explaining to me. Will you please to make me understand, Mary?” “I will try, Charles. Your father remarked that our all-wise and merciful Creator has so ordered our wants and needs, that all classes of men are dependent upon one another for support. He meant by this, that farmers and merchants, and mechanics and authors, and men of almost every honest occupation, and poor people and rich people are necessary one to another. “In saying this, your father told us one of the most important truths of this kind which we can learn; but, you know, he was conversing with Doctor May, and he did not speak so that a little boy like you could fully understand him. “I will try to explain to you so much of what he said as you are capable of comprehending.” Charles looked very much pleased, and Mary said, “You know, your father took you to the city last week to see a ship. That ship belonged to a merchant, and how do you suppose he got it?” Charles said he did not know.