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LIFE.
Oh ! what is life 1 a waste of venrs,
Of jov and sorrow, smiles and (ears,
A rntnlneuenf change;
Yea, while we Ionic around, and scan
Vlmt happened in our own brief span,
Thing-", which oernrM s'nofl life began,
E'en lo ourselves, seem stranfre.
Then, hnt is i(e ? 'tis like a flower
That bloom through one sunny hour;
A blight illusive dream;
A wave thai mcl a np-n the shore ;
A behtnintr flush tht straight is o'er;
A phantom seen then seen no more
A bubble on the stream!
Look on the church. vrd's vel'ow skull
Is not the contemplation full
Of serious thought ar.d ih-p1
Tis owneile-s hu vet are fled
The spoil. I.o'e nnheM that hrad.
And friemls hnngr- und a living bed,
To hide their eyes and wicp.
Thus gener-.tion ps nv
'Tis r.-riov tinn and iWiv
'Ti- rhi'dhond and old a?e;
I.iVe ficores in the weird's a'a,
In oni siiprpion on we ps.
Act our brief psrts and then, alaa !
Are swept from off (he s'age.
I.ntnriW.
O, vrn the stars are f-hinnin.' Kale,
Some rifin' others settin,'
An 1 all are winkin so fust rate.
Like chaps I've seen a lettin'
O, 'hen I'm thinkin' on tnv fite.
Which eels my ryes a weitiri.'
From the yutior.nl Intrlligrnccr.
I.ove of Uic Mnrvrlloiu.
That the pmrrf-B of enlightenment lias not
yet entirely eiTaeod that inclination fur tiic su
pernatural which men in till conditions and in
every age betray, the follow lug, from a New
York paper, tuny testify :
Wi ictiui.u r i n Xrtv Em,i..im). Ye ob
rcrvo hy the Nashua (X. II.) Gazette that a
witch of extraodinary powers end 'diabolical
propensities' has appeared in that neighbor
hood. Tlic daughter of Mr. Absalom Law.
rence, Jr. of Pepperel, a girl of about thirteen
years old, has been for months strangely alllic
ted, her knees drawn to licr brcaM, her liead
backward, and her jaws set ten hours out of
twelve, day in and Jay out. For months i-he
was unable loswollow any thing hut a little li
quid sucked from a cloth prepared for the pur-pot-o.
The (Jazcttc says : 'In the opinion of
many, an old witch in that neighborhood is the
cau.-c of the trouble. The evidence in the
ca-e is, that the old hag got into the cream
one niorniner and tlic butler would nut come.
The hot tongs were applied, and the old tormen- !
. . . H . ... ;
t r V-U the print ot her hand upon the ceilinrr-
w here it ca;i now bo seen. A few days alter
u..S u.c UlU wucn, m oouny tun,,, nppm-u to ,
the family she had been tormenltng fur some j
T.:..t-. ,i.-..t. ' T I : , - - C ! !
ruin to bathe a burn with. The burn being
exhibited, behold ! there were the prints of the
Edine old tongs that went sizzli'lg into the
cream. That was proof positive that the witch
had been in the churn. Furthermore, the old
woman's husband has been afllicted in a similar
wanner to the little girl, and the old woman
s-ays if he will let her have what money the
wants. die will cure him in one mouth's time.
And then, to maki it certain Poctor Xevens,
with his t'omiiaiiihulist. were called, und they
fcv.v wonders w hirl, astonished even them. The
r-onmattibulisl saw wl.cn asleep the spirit of the
old witch approach the house on a white horse
on w bieb sl.oe bad neer born placed.and come
in under the crack of tho door, leaving the
Aorse outiide. The snirit appeared to be vex
ed, and the somnambulist said it was because
the doctor was there endeavoring to thwart her
plans by his mesmerick power. WitcheM fear
m-'gnot irs. B-'ing displeased at the appear
ance of tilings about the house, the soon left
ly way of the cellar, and Iiile goin-r clown
stamped trnbly upoii the etairn, Soon the
passed tho windows, b-;c!nj iard ,:nbt
thdtn, inak'i, n,.aVy groins, and went into the
tack room (which by the way wn fastened)
where the p'-'.s aril hettltb danced a hornpipe,
and the door leading into the kitchen shook as
if it was coming cfT iu hinges and the devil
himself "vas there. The Doctor wanted to go
and tec what waa to pay, (tor he did not be
lirve in witches,) but the family would not let
him. Other things are related quite aa won
derful as the above, which we have not room
to recount. We have related enough, however,
to prove the existence of witche, ifonytvi
dtnet can ; so we will leave the subject here.
The above is told with all sincerity by Dr. Ne
v ens and ha is backed in hia assertion by Mr.
Lawrence himself ; and thus the public have
it. Mr. Law rence has moved out of his house
,iit another, with another fantilv. since which
lie says, his daughter has improved. Tho ow n
cr of the house 6ays if the old hag comes there
f.e will be the death of her. It is thought she
will :.jT vcft'.rc' "
TIIK UNEXPECTED FltlKND.
A HEACTIFt'I.. TALE.
'It must be, my child !' raid the poor widow,
wiping away the tears which slowly trickled
down her wasted checks. There is no other
resource. I nm too sick to work, and you can
not, surely, see me and your little brother starve.
Try and hep a few shillings, and perhaps by
the time that is gone, I may be better. Go,
Henry, my dear ; I grieve to send you on such
an errand, hut it must be done.'
Tke boy, a noble looking little fellow, about
ten years of age, started up, and throwing his
arms around hi mothers neck, left the house
without a word. Ho did not hear the groan of
anguish that was uttered hy his parent as the
door closed behind him ; and it was well that
he did not, for his little heart was ready to burr-t
without it. It was a by-street in Philadelphia,
and as he walked to and fro on the a;de walk,
he looked first at one person and then at ano
ther, as they passed him, but no one seemed to
look kindly on him, and the longer he waited,
the faster his courage dwindled away, and the
more difficult it became to muster resolution to
beg. The tears were running fast down his
cheeks but nobody noticed thorn, or if they did,
nobody seemed to care ; for although clean,
Henry looked poor and nvsershlp, and it is com
mon for the poor and miserable to cry !
Every body seemed in a hurry, and the poor
boy was quite in despair, when at last he es
pied a gentleman who seemed to be very lei
surely taking a morning walk. He was dress
ed in black, wore a three cornered hat. and had
a face that was as mild and benignant as an
angel's. Somehow, when Henry looked at him
he felt all his fears vanish atomic and instant
ly approached him. Ilia tears had been flow
ing so long, that his eyes were quite red and
swollen, and his voice trembled but that was
with weakness, for he had not eaten for twenty-
four hours. As Henry, with a low, faltering
vice, begged for a little charity the gentleman
Mopped, and his kind heart melted with com- !
passion as he looked into the fair countenance j
; of the poor boy, and Faw the deep blush which
spread all over his face, and listened, to the !
modest, humble tones which accompanied his
pet ition.
'You do not look like a boy that has been ac
customed to beg his bread,' said he, kindly lay.
ing his hand on the boy's shoulders, 'what has
driven you to this step !'
'Indeed,' answered Hcnty, his tears begin
ning to flow afresh, 'indeed, I was not born in
this condition. Hut the misfortunes of my fa.
thcr, and the sickness of my mother, have
driven mc to the necessity now.'
'Who is your father !' inquired the gentle- (
man, still more interested. J
Mv father was a rL'h merchant of this citv : :
, . , , c , . , ,"
but he oceanic bondsman for a friend, who soon
after failed, and he was entirely ruined. He
could not live long after this loss, and in one
monU je diej Bml his WM mwc
drca(,fu, t,Jin troub,e M n)0
my little brother, and tnjself, soon sunk into
the lowest depth ofpoverty. My mother has,
until now, managed to support hcrsclfandmy
little brother by her labor, and I have earned
what I could by shoveling t-now and other work
that I could find to do. Hut, night before last,
mother was taken very sick, and she has since
become so much worse that' here tho tears
poured faster than ever "I do fear fIip will die.
I cannot think of any way in the world to help
her. I have not hail any work fur several
i
weeks. I have not had the courage to ro to j
any of my mother's old acquaintances, and tell
them that sho has rotne to need charity. I
thought you locked like a stranger, sir, and
something iu your face overcame my shame
and gave mc ennraoe to speak to yoj ' O, ir,
do pity my poor mother;'
The tears, and the simple and moving lan
puageoftha poor bey, touched a chord in the
breast of th stra-.-.ger that wu j accustomed to
freque;' vibrutions.
'Where does your mother live, my boy V eiid
he in a husky voice, 'is it fur from hire V
'She lives in the last house in thia street, sir,'
replied Henry. 'You can see it from here, in
the third block, and on the left hand side.'
Have you sent for a physician I'
'No, sir,' said the boy, sorrowfully shaking
his head, 'I had no money to pay either for a
physician or for medicine.'
Here,' sid the stranger, drawing some
pieces of silver from his pocket, 'here are three
dollars, take thm and run immediately fur a
physician.
Henry's eyes flatbed with gratitude he re
ceived the money with a stammering and al
most inaudible voice, but with a look of the
warmest gratitude, and vanished.
The benevolent stranger immediately sought
the dwelling ot the sick widow. He entered a
l.ttle room in which he could see nothing but a
few implements of female labor a misirab'.o
table, an old bureau, and a little, bed which
stood in one corner, cn which the invalid lay.
She appeared weak and almost exhausted i and
on the bed at her feet, sat a little boy, crjing as
if his heart would break.
Deeply moved at this sight, tho stranger
drew near the bedside of the invalid, and feign
ing to be a physician, inquired into the nature
of her disease. The symptoms were explained
in a few words, when the widow, with a deep
sigh, added, 'O, sir, my sickness has a deeper
cause, and one which is beyond the art of the
physicians to cure. I am a mother a wretch
ed mother. I see my children sinking daily
deeper and deeper in want, which I have no
means of relief ing. My sickness is of the
heart, and death alone can end my sorrow ; but
even death is dreadful to me, for it awakens
the tho't of the misery into which my children
would ho plunged if .' Her emotion
cheeked her utterance, and thetears flowed un
restrained down her cheeks. Tint the pretend
ed physieinn spoke so consolingly to her ami
manifested so warm a sympathy for her condi
tion, that the heart of the poor woman throb
bed with a pleasure that was unwonted.
Do not despair,' said the benevolent atransr
er, 'think only of recovery and of preservings
l;fe that is so precious to your children. Can I
write a prescription here 1'
The poor widow tor.k a little prayer book
from the hands of the child who sat with her on
the bed and tearing out a blank leaf, '1 have no
other paper,' iid she 'but perhaps this will do.'
The stranger took a pencil from his pocket,
and wrote a few lines upon the paper.
Thia prescription,' said he 'you will find of
great service to you. If it is necessary, I will
write you a second. 1 have great hopes of your
recovery.'
He laid the paper on the table and went a
way. Scarcely was begone when the elder son re
turned. 'Cheer up, dear mother,' said he, going, to
her bedside affectionately kissing her. 'See
what a kind, benevolent stranger lias given us.
It w ill make us rich for 6everal days. It has
enabled us to have a physician, and he will be
here in a moment. Compose yourself now, dear
mother, and take courage.'
Come nearer, my son,' answered the mother,
looking with pride and affection on her child.
'Como nearer that I may bless you. God
never forsakes the innocent and the good. ()
may ho still watch over you in all your paths !
A physician has just been here. He was a
stranger, but he spake to me with a kindnens
and a compassion that wctc a b ihn to my heart.
When he went away he left that prescription
on the table; see il'you can read it.'
Henry glanced at the paper and Ftartcd back
he took it up, and as ha read it through, a
gain end again, a cry of wonder and astonish
mun rcenoil him
.... . . ....
hat is it mv son ' exc aimed t he nmr wi
dow, trembling with an apprehension of she
knew not what.
'Ah, read, dear mother! God has heard us.'
The mother took the paper from the hand of
her son, but no sooner had she fixed her eyes
upon it than 'my God:' -hc exclaimed, 'it is
Washington !' and fell back, fainting upon her
pillow.
The writing was an obligation from Wash
ington, (for it was indeed he,) by which the
widow as to receive the sum of ono hum! rod
dollars, from his own private property, to be
doubled ii: cae ol necessity.
Meanwhile the expected physician made his
npperrance and smn awoke the mother trom her
fainting fit. The joyful surprise, together with
a good nurse with which the physician provid
eil her, and a plenty of wholesome f o,l, soon re
stored her to perfect health.
The influence of Washington, who visited
them more than once, provided for the widow
fri'-nds who furnished her constant and profit
able emp'oyment, and her sons, when they had
arrived at the proper age, were placed in re
ppecti.hU situations, where they were able to
support themselves and render the remainder
of their outlier's life comfortable and happy.
Let the children who read this story remem
ber, when they think of the great and good
Washington that he was not above entering the
dwelling of poverty, and carrying joy and glad
ness to the hearts uf its inmates. This is no
fictitious tale, but it is only one of a thousand
incidents which might be related of him, and
which stamp him one of the best of men.
Ivory Nut. A nut has recently been
brought to England, and a few of them thence
to thia country, resembling the horse chesnnt
in its frxterior appearance, but the inipri r
is solid, and white, as hard aa ivory, and re.
sernblesthe elephant's tooth to exactly that
none would suspect it of being anything
else. It is so hard as to receive a pt-li., .
ven superior lo ivory and can on'y Do cut in a
lathe. When taken fro-;-, 'ne Ueti it is a milky
pulp, and may la reduced to that state again in
warm waicr. Vu have a sample cfttie arti
cle on our deak, made into a match lx.
,V. Y. lJo.-i.-imf.
Kzeenllon of Christian ofCnnsliintlnnple. '
Constantinople", Aug, 23.
A short distance from where I am now wri
ting lies the headless trunk of a man who has
just been decapitated for no other crime than
that of professing the faith of nearly the whole
of Europe. He waa an Armenian by birth, and
after arriving at the ngc of manhood, in an evil
hour, under the influence of too much strong
drink, as it is said, he renounced his religion,
and became a Mussulman.
He had no sooner recovered possession of his
mind, than he saw the madness of the step ho
had taken, and embracing the first opportunity
he fled to Greece. How long he remained
there, I do not know ; but assuming tho Euro
pean dress he returned to this city, whore he
was soon recognised, and thrown into prison.
Every efTort was made by threats and promis
es to induce him to r-'turn to the faith of tho
false prophet, but in vain. lie was, on several
different occasions, led out in chains to different
parts of the city, for execution, and with the
sword of tho executioner drawn over his head,
ho was required to renounce the Christian re
ligion and believe in Mahommed ; but he reso
lutely persisted in declaring that he was ready
to dip rather than deny Christ.
On each occasion he was remanded to prison,
and some say that torture was there used toef-
feet what the threat of inMatit death could not.
To-day, however, the victim ot Mshntnmodati
fanaticisms received the crown of martyrdom,
in tho midst of one of th mot frequented
streets of the city. And, as if with express in
tention of throwing all possible indignity on the
name of Christian, and on tho Christian go
vernments of the- world, he was executed in
his European dre-s, and after decapitation, the
head, u ith a Frank cap vpon it, was placed
between the lerrs.
It is a public and most outrageous insult upon
all Christian nations. Every European here
feels the indignity, but yet no one seems to
know what is the proper remedy. It is cur
rently reported that previous to this inhuman
murder, both the Russian and Eiielih ambas
sadors made strong rontons! ranees to the G
vernment against the anticipated act of bar
Dansm, t'Ul w iihoiil llie sie'iitest riier:. 1 lie
only reply was that this is a matter of relit''11"
which it belongs to Shckh Islam to manage
and that the Government could not interfere,
I do not vouch fur the truth of this st.iry, al
though every body here believeii it.
Wuv isj Tiic.itr. no Fitter in a Cloi dv nioiit!
Tlic remark is frequently made that there
will be no frost to-night, for it is too cloudy.'
A correspondent thus explains this phenome
non, so familiar to all, but the why and where
fore of which few have takeu the trouble lo
ascertain :
All bodies emit heat in proportion as they
contain it ; two bodies ef equal temperature
placed bejidc each other will mutuary give
and receive equal quantities of heat, therefore
one w ill not gain of the other. But a piece of
ice placed in a warm room will receive- much
more heat from the surrounding objects than it
imparts it will therefore train in temperature
and melt- The earlh during the day receives
much more heat from the Sun than it imparts
to the rurroundincr space iu tho same time.
nil during a clear night, the surface of the
Earth is constantly parting with its heat and
receiving none ; tho consequence is, tl,at it be.
comes so culd tliat the humidity combined in
the turrounding air becomes condensed and at
taches iti !f to C'bji'cts in the form of dew, in
the same manner thut a tumbler or a pitcher
containing cold water 'sweats' as it is called,
in a hot day the surface, is cooled by the wa
ter, and this, surface condenses the. humility of
the conttgiiou-t Mir. If Hie surface of'tlie earth,
Hfter the femiatiun of dew loses heat enough to
bring it to the freezing point, the dew becomes
frozen and we hnvo frost. Hut if it be cloudy,
then the hcut, radiating from tho curth, will be
received by the cloud?, and by them the grea
ter portion of it will be returned to the Earth;
thus the surface of the Earth very nearly retains
itF tempera! ere, which not only prevents a frost,
but alinj-t always prevents the formaticn of
dew. Bi'JTd'o Com.
BcAVTtTi. Experiment with a Plant
The Brooklyn News gives the following inter
esting bit of information .
"Cut a small branch of Oleander from a thrif
ty plant, place it in a vial partly filled with rain
water, to the lower end of the branch may be
mniereu aooui rw:i an inco. in tnp water.
Tlace this in tho sun in an on-rj room, and in
about fi:ieen or twenty caya small roots will
hoot out from t'.',,. en:! of the branch, present
ing a be.jdml appearance.. Alter these
WJ are extended f.va cr three inche.t, the
branch may be set cut in moist earth, and if
frequently watered, it will grow rapidly i,n,;
soon form a large thrifty ttalk I,tnlip who
arc find of fluwerj i.ny eas-fiy pi-or.o rt-- O
leundets in this manner, and in a few months
multiply t!:e ttauttful plants to atj mde.'i
u. 'c tutcnt."
Personal Appearance of Macaulat. A
correspondent of the Richmond Compiler, wri
ting fiom Edinburg describes an examination
of the pupils of the "High School" of that city.
In the course of his remarks, he says :
"Mr. T. Rabington Macaulay held the chair
and participated with the masters in their ex
amination upon the litin and Greek classics.
Macaulay is a man of an exceedingly benig
nant expression of countenance, and withal in
tellectual though his face docs not betoken fire
and enthusiasm of character. He is of the usu
al stature, and portly. In fact, he possesses
more the appearance of bon-vivant than that of
a man who has undergona so many labors of
the head, and produced dissertation after disser
tation of the most elaborate and nicely studied
character. As he sat there, almost filling a
largo arm chair, how little did he look like one
who had but a few days before passed through
the labor of composing an elegant and well-
weighed criticism of sixty pages upon the life
and w ritings of Addison ! I allude to the clo
sing article in the July number of the Edinburg
Review. And while, too, this beef-eating, ur.
poetical looking man was sitting in ono apart
ment of the building, there was a batch of em
ulous youths in the other, contending for the
prize of elocotion, by reciting passages from his
legenda of Rome, and other poetry. Doubtless,
too, his name waa at that moment on the lips of
many upon the other side of St. George's Chan
nel, in consequence of his elaborate speech up
on the Irish quer-tion and against the ministry
now in power."
A broken down, Spavinco HotisE. John
Randolph, says the Baltimore Patriot, who had
intuitively a know ledge of the powers and capa
cities of man and beast, whpn asked hia opin
icn of John Tyler, replied "he is loo lean for
the plough, and too slow for the saddle" ha
ving neither speed nor bottom ; good fur nothing
except to eat and drink. Tiie last number of
the Democratic Review has an article on the
subject of the Loco Foco National Conventisn,
in which the writer, likening tho Presidential
election to a great match race, and examining
the characters of the horses in the Loco Foco
s-table, that are training for tho contest, thus
describes Mr. Tyler, and the attempt which is
making to put him into the Ixco Foco steed :
A noisy but ineffectual attempt is mede to
introduce into the stable a very sorry hack,
which came indeed out of good blood, though a
degenerated scion w horn even the most favo
rable early breeding could make nothing of.
1 1 is, however, perfectly understood that he on
ly seeks shelter from a common on which he
has been turned out, because no one would now
either mount or harbor an animal at once ao
feeble and so vicious. Hopelessly spavined and
weak in the knees, besides being so blind as
not to bo able to see an impassable stone wall
just before his own eyes, he is also evidently
so thoroughly diseased, that he could only
breed mischief, and introduce perhaps danger
ous contagion into the stable. He connot be let
in ; and it is only a pity, for his own sake, that
some friend does not put him out of his pain
a service we have endeavored to render on a
former occasion.
CiiANRERttir:s. This pleasant fruit is now
received m large quantitiei from the West.
The crops at the East are said to have been
cut oft' in a great measure by frost, and the mar
kets are now supplied by the Western Railroad
and the connecting links Westward ; and no
doubt Michigan cranberries will bo euten in
tho very head quarters of cranberries, Barnsta
ble. Wo lisd no idea until to-day of the quan
tity sold in this city. Ono house in Front
street sold within a few daysO'K) bbls. received
from Michigan at $ti a 0 50 per bhl. and has
had application for more than they can supply.
Of tho samo lot 300 bbls. went over the West
ern Railroad to Boston, and were there sold as
soon as received. From this source we shall
no doubt soon receive ample supplies of this de
lightful fruit, for the plains of Michigan arc inexhaustible-
A Scorpion in Logwood. A man called on
Dr. Devan, on Monday morning, in great nxi.
ely. says the N. Y. Journal of Com';(lPrcei bring
ing with him a scorpion ,or or fjVe inches
Inner, that came oet of tho holtow en(1 of ,
stick of Ingwc- Which he was sawing, and bit
one of ltlIB fingers. The finger waa a gori dpal
vo'lcn at.d the inflamation was rapidly increa
sing. The circumstance shows that soma cau
tion is necessary In dealing wiih hollow wood
from the climate of vipers.
A curious ojeee of gold, of twisted workman
'''!. Fa:H to be worth as old gold 20, was late
'y found hy a firm servant in ploughing a field
b't.noi,,j to Mr. II. LiHywhite.of Roply, Hunts,
En?1 m l, It is supposed to be a collar worn by
tlii- !l 'o ois of very npat workmanship, in a
g.iod ttate of preservation, and is now in the
j possession of the R(v.
I Jt p'y-
c Maid'ck of
The Widowed Man. The Scotch are at
very inquisitive peoplo; if possible, atill moras
so than the Yankees. Their curious question
are frequently deemed obtrusive, and are car
ried to a great length. Two gentlemen fell in
together, both travellers on horseback, and
strangers lo each other, when the following"
conversation took place :
'Raw evening, sir, rather,' obterved the one
with an Aberdeen accent.
'Yes, rattier,' replied the other.
'You will likely be a stranger in these
parts,' continued the Aberdecnian:
'If I can,' laconically replied the other, louk-
ing neither to the right hand nor the left.
Perhaps, like myself, you may be going on to-
the Bauffl'
Perhaps,' responded the other, yawning.
In that case, perhaps, you will put up at.
CullenT
'I may or may not,' answered his compan
ion.
Pardon mo the liberty of the questioo, eirr
may I ask if you aro a bachelor V
No.'
'Oh ! married V
'No, no.
'Sir, I beg your pardon, I may unintention
ally have touched upon a painful subject ; your
black dress ought to have checked my inqui
ries. 1 beg your pardon, sir a widower V
No, no, no.'
'Neither a bachelor, nor married man, nor
widower then what can you be V
'A divorced man, since you must know !' ex
claimed the stranger, clapping hia spur to hit
horse, and dashing out of sight in an instant.
Cranbksrifs. The N. E. Farmer says that
a gentleman paid Sl'Jott for a cranberry mea
dow near Boston ; built a data so as to flow it
at his plearure, (for SloO,) and thereby protect
the vines tiom frosts ; and this season hia a
crop of TOO bushels, worth $1100 in this mar
ket. A Home Thribt. The Rev. Rowland H.ll
was celebrated for his talent, his boldness, his
piety, a.id his conscientiousness. He would .ie-
vpr sitpnrpsa hia fplin, or modify his lan
guage through fear of giving offence, and was
never known to omit an opportunity of illustra
ting a sentiment, or administering a deserved
reproof, however embarrassing it might prove
to individuals w ho might happen to be present.
It is related of this good, but eccentric preach
er, that on one occasion when speaking of the
sin attendant upon dress, and conformity to ail
the fashionable fooleries of the day, he obser
ved "I am well aware many of you are reaJ '
to any '.Mr. Hill, look at home, look at you
own w ife.' It is all true, look at her, (tr thn "
the is :" and then applying himself to her, i u
the presence of the conurefjation he said witk
astonishing effect, '"You know, Mrs Hill, 1 havir
often pointed out to you the sin and folly of pur
suing extravagance when you could relieve so
many of your fellow creatures, in place of wast
itif; your money iu this way."
WriERE TOU OtOIIT TO II IVE BEEN'. A d r.
gyrnan who is in the habit of preaching in jjf.
ferent parts of the country, happened to & 3 af
an inn w here he observed a horse jockey tr ying
to take in an honest man, by imposinr , Up01J
him a broken winded horse for a sour ,d one.
The parson knew the had character oft hejock
py, am! taking the gentleman asidp, to',d him t.
be cautious of tlje person he was dealing with.
Tho gentleman finally declined tha purcdje,
and the jockey quite nettled, observed, Tart-oi.,
I ha I much rather hear you preach, 'j,an sto
you privately interfere in bargains betwee 1
man and man in this way.' 'Why, rcpltp-j il),,
parson, 'if you had been where you ou lit t
have been Iat Sunday, you might mve boarj
me preach.'
jockey. 'In
clergyman.
Where was that '
CLiiquired the
the State I':
.ton; returned thtj
Goino 1NP, Pf
-rNEKsmr. A western mnti
was trldiii2 '
iS upper deck of a steamer, with
measured tridcs, 0:1 which, chained to a p?.-t
allur.i in his path, was an ugly, ill-natured cur,
ho as tho man passed, would show his teeth
and snsp at him. "Stranger," says ho at last,
when his patience ws exhausted,7 1 should
like to own i itterrst in this here deg, and if
I didn't tact ny shart cf hiin don't tell me '."
Boswell records that an unhappy man whn
having totally lust his cliacacter, committed
suicide, a crime which Dr. Johnson reprohatcJ
very severely. 'Why, sir,' urged Boswell,
the man had become infamous for life ; what
would you f ave done with him!' 'Do, sir, I
would have him go to some other country
where he is not known, and not to the devil
where be was kaown.'
Don't believe that hot whiskey punch cures
a cold t'lat pr.i.iers are rich that wine eurcs
the gout that love ever killed a man that au
old bichelnr is happy that a widow dislikes
second marriage or that a Jidv mrsp "yes'
when she vs 'V;c "