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JUDGE NOT 1f;1,.14A'
Ne e r be hasty lap* . judgineatt 7 -;,.
Never foremost to trend
Evil mention of a tidighbor,
Or of one you've called a erieitti) .
• Of two reasons for an action
Choose the better, not the 'went ;
Ofi—whh some—the meaner motive
• Ever strikes the fancy first 1 •
Then be gentle with misfortune—
Never foremost to extend
Evil mention of a neighbor,
Or of one you've ealrd a friend I.
Judge not with detracting spirit, -
Speak not with disdainful [(Ague ;
Not, with bard and hasty feeling,
Do one human creature wrong!
Words there are that, sharp as , winter
Strip the little left to cheer;
Oh, be pure the kinder mission,
Prone to soothe, not cause a tear !
Then be gentle with misfOrtune—
Never foremost to extend
Evil mention "of . a neighbor.
Or of mile you've can a friend
ititti gale.
A NIGHT ADVENTURE.
will tell yon all about an aflair—important as
it roveil to me ; but you must not hurry me. 1
have never been in a hurry since then, and never
'will. Up till that time inclusive, I was always in a
; my actions always preceded my thoughts ;.
X.xperience was of no use, and nobo.ly would have
supposed me desti:,ed to carry a y oong head upon
old shoulders to the grave. However, I was brought
up at last "wi h a round turn.". I was allowed a
(Train space fir reflection, and plenty•of materials;
an I il it di,' not do me good its a pity.
Mr Wier atid mother both died when I was still
a treat awkwird boy; and I, being the only thing
they had to I equeath, became 11:e property of a
distant relation, Ido not know how it happened,
had no near relation.. I was a kind of wail
rpon the world from the beginning ; and I suppose
It was owing to my having no family anchorage
that I acquired the habit of swaying to and fm, and
Oolong hate, and hither, at the pleasure of the tide.
Na: that my guardian was inat entice or unkind—
qr:e the reierSe ; but he was indolent and careless,
cowenting I , lmself with providing abundantly for
my 4ch001i , .; and my pocket, and leaving every•
'La!:, eke t. , chance. He would have done the same
thing to In= own son if he had had one, and he did
the same thing to his own dathter. But girls
somehow ding wherever they are cast—anything
i. an anchorage for them ; and as Laura grew up.
the gave the care she had never found, and was the
lade molter of the whole house. And for the titu
lar mothor she had not an atom of character of any
kind. S'ie m:ght have been a picture, or vase, or
anyqiin:; that is useless except to the' taste or the
alection.. But mamma was indispensable. It is
a rulgat error to suppose that people who have noth
rn ill Clem are nobody in.a house. Onr mamma
Wit the very centre and point of our home feelings;
and it was strange to observe the devout_ care we
took of a personage, who had not Iwo ideas in her
head.
It IA no wonder that I was always in a hurry, for
I mtNt have had an instinctive idea that I had my
fonune to look for. The governor had nothing more
than a genteel in,lependence, and this would be a
good deal lessened after his death by the lapse of
an annuity. But sister Lau a was thus provided for
Teen enoo2h, while I had not a shilling in actual
money, although plenty of hypothetical thousands
and sundry castles in the air. It was the COlllTiOllll.
rum of the latter kind; of property, no doubt, that
gene me so free and easy an air, and made mit-so
completely the master of my own actions. How I
did worry that blessed old woman ! how , Laura
teetered and scolded me ! bow the governor storm
ed! and how I was forgiven the nest minute, and
re were all as happy again a. the day was long !
But at length the time of separation came. I had
grown a great hulking fellow, strong enough to
make my bread as a porter, if that had been need•
to ; and no a situation was found for me in a count.
In house at Barcelona, and after a lecture and a
hearty cr3 from sister Laura, a blessing and a kiss
from mamma, and a great sob kept down by a hur
ricane laugh trom the governor, I went adrift.
Four years passed rapidly away. I had attained
my full height, and more than my just share of
inches. I already enjoyed a fair modicum of whis
kers, and I had even made some progress in the
cultivation ofa pair of moustaches, when snddenly
the house I was connected with failed. What to
The governor insisted upon my return to
England, wh-re his interest among the mercantile
class was considerable ; Laura hinted mysteriously
that my presence in the house would soon be a mat-
te r of great importance to her father ; and mamma
let out the secret to me that Laura was going to
change her condition." Imam glad to hear this,
for I knew he would be a ;node! of a fellow who
was Laura's husband; end, gulping down my
tide, which would fain have persuaded me that it
was unmanly to go bask again like the ill sixpence,
I set out on my return home.
The fantily, I knew, had moved to another house;
but being well acquainted with the town, I had no
difficulty in finding the place. ,It was a range of
handsome buildings which had sprung up in the
fashionable ontskin during my absence, and al•
I `Jugh it was far on in the/evening, my accustom
ed eyes soi.in descried through the gloom the gov
ernor's old fashioned door plate. ( was just about
°knock, really agitated with delight andettruggling
u ternories, when a temptation came in the way.-
4 :e of the area windows was open, gaping as if
meet). ion. quantity of plate lay upon - a
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table close, by. Why shimict I ;not enter,. :and
ed • lb •
pearen ounc in a'a rawmg-ropm, a ann•burnt
phantom of five feet eleven 1 Why • should 1 1 not
present the precise
, Latra wiih handful of hit own
'spoons and forks; left so clinieniently'at,theaerviee
of any area aneak'Whe Might chance , to pass- by
Why 1 That is only afigure_of speech. I asked,
no questions about .ther , ; the ideawatbirffiy,
across my brain whip Mir .leteaihe,
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ie-eAelher moteeoo. ,hed 60314.;in by the
widow ; and: chuckling tat my atm deverness i .
and the great moral lessorif,iiralt aboiff to teadtr,
was stu ffi ng my pocketiiivitl(the plate. , :
While thus engaged, 'OM opening of a door in the
hall above alarmed me ;. and afraid of the-failure of
my plan, I stepped lightly op the stair, which' was
partially lighted by the fiat! lamp. As I wasabout
to emerge at the top, a serving girl was coming Ou t
of the room on the opposite side. She immediate
ly retreated, shut the door with a bang, and I cod]
hear a hall suppressed hysterical cry. I bounded
on r aprang- op ihe drawing room . stair, and en'ered
the first door at a venture. All was dark; and I
stopped fora moment to listen. Lights were hur.
vying across the hall pand d heard the rough voice
of a man as if scolding and
, taunting some person.
The girl had doubtless given' the alarm although
her information mast have been very indistinct ; for
when she saw me I was in the shadow of the stair)
anti she could have had little :more than a Vague
impression that she beheld, a human figure. How.
ever this may be, the OWa voice appeared to des
cend the etair to the arearoom, and presently I
head a crashing noise, not as if he was counting
the plate, bat rather , thrusting it' aside cn masse.—
Then I heard the window closed, the shutters bolt
ed, and an alarm bell hung upon them, and the
man re ascended the stair, ball' scolding, hall laugh
ing at the girl's superstition. He took care, not
withstanding, to examine the fastenings of the
street door, and even to lock it, and then pot the
key in his pocket. He then retired into a room,
and all was silence. •
I began to feel pretty considerably queer. The
governor kept no male servant- that I knew of, and
had never done so. It Was impossible he could
have introduced this change into his household
without my being informed of it by sister Laura,
whose letters were an exact chronicle of every tt ing
down to the health of the cat. This was puzzling.
Arid now that I had time to think, the house was
much too large for a family requiring only: three
sleeping rooms when I Was at home. it was what
is called a double house, with rooms on both sides
of the halt ; and the apartM tint on the threshold of
which I was still lingering appeared dim, from the
light of the windows, to be of very considerable
size. I now recollected +hat the quantity of plate
had seen—a.portion of which at this moment felt
perpetually heavy in my pockets—must have been
three times heavier than the governor ever posses.
ed, and that various pieces vsere of a size and mass.
iveness I had never tefore seen in the establish
ments In vain I bethought myself that 1 had seen
and recognised the well known door plate, and !hat
the area from which I entered was immediately
under ; in vain I argued that since Laura was about
to be married, the extra quantity of plate might be
intended to form a part of her trousseau.: I could
not convince myself. But the course of my thoughts
suggested an idea, and, pulling hastily from my
pocket a table spoon,f felt, for I could not see, the
legend which contained my fate. But my fingers
were tremulous ; they seemed to have lost sensa
tion—only I fancied I did feel something more than
the governor's plain initials. There was still a
light in the hall. If l could but bring that spoon
within its illumination ! All was silent ; and I
ventured to descend step alter step-4mt as I bound
ed up, but with the Stealthy pace of a thief, and the
plate growing heavier and heavier in.my pocket.—
At length I was near enough to see, in spite of a
dimness that had gathered over my eyes; and,
with a sensation of absolute faintness, I beheld up
ort the spoon an engraved crest—the red right hand
°fa baronet f' •
I crept back again, - holding by the banisters, fan
cying every ifew and then that T had heard :a- door
open behind me, and yet my feet no more contient
ed to quicken their motion than if I had been pur:
sued by a murderer in the nightmare. I at length
got into my room, groped for a chair, and eat down.
No more hurry now. 0 no•! There was plenty of
time; andopplenty to do in it, for I had to wipe
away the perspiration that ran down my face in
streams. What was to be done What had I
done ? Oh, a trifle, a mere trifle. I had only
sneaked into a gentleman's house by the area-win.
dow, and pocketed his - table-spoons; and here I
was, locked and barred and belled in, sitting very
comfortably, 'in the dark and alone, in his drawing
room. Very particularly comfortable ! What a
capital fellow, to be ;tire ! What an amusing per
sonage ! Wouldn't the baronet laugh in the morn
ing 1 And wouldn't I eat heartily out of the spoon
I had Stolen ? But what is that ? Who calls me a
housebreaker ? Who gives me in charge Who
lugs me ofl by the neck ? I will not stand it. I
am innocent, except of breaking into a baronet's
house. I am a gentleman, with another gentle
man's spoons in my pocket. I claim the protection
of the law. Police ! police !
My brain was wandering. I pressed my hand
upon my wet forehead,. to keep down the thick
coming fancies, and determined, for the first time
in my life, to hold a deliberate consultation with
myself. I was in an awkward predicament—it
was impossible to deny the fact ; bat was there
anithing "featly serious in the case I had un
questionably descended into the wrong area, the
rigid hand one instead of the left hand one; but
wait I not as unquestionably the• relation—the very
distant relation—ol the next door neigt bor t I had
been four - years absent from his house, and was
there - anything more natural than that I should de
sire to pay my next visit through a subterranean
window had appropriated; it is true, tiquareity
of Silver plate I had found burwith whit other in
tention could I have done this than to present it to
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fai Very giatent relation's daughter ; and repropoh
her with cruelestmess, in-leaving it nett door 1.
nally, I was snared, crged, c trapped---door end win
dow had been bolted upon me without any remon
strance on Ink part-"antll was now someconsides.
able time is the house, unsuspected, yet a prisoner..
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iti,theworld 3 , if not to him ; I bore! batilintindiffet:
entroputation in regard to steadiness ; and after four
year's absence in a foreign country, I had returned
idlo, penniless and objectless—just in time to find
au area window open in the dusk of the evening,
and a heap of plate lying behind it, within vie* of
the street,
This self examination was not encouraging ; the
case was decidedly queer ; and as I sat thus pon
dering in the dark, with the spoon in my hand, I
arri quite sore that no malefactor in adungeon could
have envied my reflections. In fact, the evidence
was so dead against me, that I began to doubt my
own innocence. What was I hereforfil my inten
tions had really been honest ? Why should I de
sire to come into any individual's area-window in
stead of at the door I And how came it that all
this silver-plate had found its way into my pockets?
I was angry as well as terrified; I was judge and
,criminal in one ; but the instinct of Moore got the
better of my sense ofjusnee, and rose suddenly
up to alicenain whether it was possible to get from
the.window into the street.
.As I moved, however, the horrible booty I had
in my pockets moved likewise, appearing to me to
shriek, like a score of Bends, " Police ! police !"
and the next instant 1 heard a quick foot-step as
cending the stair. Now was , the fatal moment
come ! I was on my feet; the perspiration had
dried suddealy upon my skin ; and my tongue
slave to the tool of my mouth.' Bat the footsteps,
accompanied by a gleam of light, passed—passed
and Irom-very weakness I sat down again, with',
dreadlul indifference to the screams of the plate in
my pockets. Presently (herd were more footsteps
along the hall ; then voices ; then otter darkness,
then drawing of bolts and creaking of locks ; then
utter darkness, then silencie—lasting, terrible, pro.
bound. The house had gone to bed; the house
would quickly ba'asleep ; it was time to be up and
doing. But first and foremost, I must get rid of the
plate. Without that hideous corpus delicti, I should
have some chance. I most at all hazards, creep
down into the hall, find my way to the lower re
gions, and replace the accursed thing where I found
it. It required nerve to attempt this ;..but I was
thoroughly wound up ; end alter allowing a reason
able time to elapse, to give my enemies a fair op
portunity of falling asleep, I set out upon the ad•
venture. The dcior creaked as I went out; the plate
grated against my very soul as I descended the
steps ; but &lowly, stealthily, I crept along the wall ;
and at length found myself on the level floor.—
There was bat one door on that side of the hall
the door which led to the area room—l recolected
the fact distinctly—and it was with inexpressible
relief , I reached it in safety, and grasped the knob`
in my hand. The knob turned—but the door did
not open—it was locked ; it was my fate to be a
thief; and after a moment of new dismay, I return
ed again doggedly, reached the stair and re.enter
ed the apartment I had left.
It was like getting home. It was snug and pri
vate. I had a chair there waiting me. I thought
to myself that many a man would take a deal at
trouble to break into such a house. I had only
sneaked. I wondered how Jack Sheppard lelt on
such occasions. I had seen him at the Adelphi in
the person of Mrs. Keeley, and a daring little dog
he was. He would make nothing of getting down
into the street from the window, spoons and all. I
tried this; the shutters were not even closed, and
the sash moving noiselessly, I had no difficulty in
raising it. I stepped out into the balcony,:andlook
ed over. Nothing was to be seen bat a black and
•awning gull beneath,•guarded by the imaginary
spikes .of an invisible railing. Jack would have
laughed at this difficulty ; but then he had more
experience in the craft than I, and was provided
with all necessary appliances. As tor me, I had
stupidly forgotten even my coil of rope. The gov
ernor's house had either no balcony at all, or it was
too far from me to be reached. Presently I heard
a footstep on the &Moir, a little way off. It was
approaching with slow and measured pace; the
person watt walking as calmly and gravely la the
night as if it had been broad day. Suppose I hail
this philosophical stranger, and confide to him, in
a friendly way, the fact that the baronet, without
tie slightest provocation, had locked me op in his
house, with his silver spoons in my pockets I Per
haps he would take the trouble of knocking at the
door, or crying fire, and when the servants opened,
might rush out and make my escape. But while
I was looking wistfully down to see if I could not
discern the walking figure, which was now under
the windows, a sudden glare from the spot dazzled
my sight. It was the bull a eye of a policeman ;
and with the instinct of a predatory character, I
shrunk back trembling, crept into the room, and
shut the window.
By this time I was sensible that there was a lit
tle confusion in my thoughts, and by way of em
ploying them on practical and useful objects, 1 de.
termined to make a tour of the room. Elm first it
was necessary to get rid, somehow or other, of my
;lender—to plant the prepay, es we call it; and
with that view I laid it carefully, piece by piece,
in a corner of the sofa, and concealed it with the
cover. This was a great relief-1 almost began to
feel like the injured party-;-mme like
,a captive
than a robber ; and I groped my way through the
room, with a sort of vague idea that I might per.
haps stumble on some , trap-door, , or sliding panel,
into the open air, or, it worst, into some secret
chamber whero I should be sale for any given,
number of years, trom my persecutors. But there
was nothing of the kind in this stem, prosaic place,
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tionalreliairit ; and footstocie, and lamps, and stat-
Cities, and glasir shades, and.knitilirkttacka; and
one Alaborate gitentAole hints round with' crystal
prisms,Which
,played such an inter#iinatle tune
against each other when I chanced to move them, .
that Lalumbled:acrtsytsusfast as ItOuld,iiind subeid-t
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hack; io form a considerable . portion of,my lifttitne .
Indeed,t did not very well , teMembet , the snore
dietant-evente of the ; although' . erety now
and then the fact occurred to me with startling
tinethess, Ant all I had gone through with was only
prelimina4 o; something still to happen ; that the
morning was to come, the family to be astir, and
the housebreaker to be apprehended. My. reflec
tions were not continuous. It may be ,ihat, I dozed
between whiles. How else can I account for sister .
Latira standing over me where I reclined, pointing
to the stolen plate on the sofa, anti lecturing me on
my horrible propensities till she grew black in the
face, and her voice rase to a wild, unearthly imeato
which pierced through my brkin
When this fancy' occurred, I started from my re
cumbent posture. A voice was actually in
,ruy ears
and a living form before my eyes:; a lady stood
contemplating me. with a hall-screanS•on her lips,
and the color lading from her cheek—;•and as I
moved. she would have fallen to the ground, had
I not sprung up and caught her in my arms. I
laid her softly down in the fouled/. It iwas the
morning twilight. The silence was profound
The boundaries of the mom were still, dim and in
distinct. Is it any wonder that I was in some con.
siderable degree of perplexity as to whether I was
not still in the land of dreams
a Madam," said I." it goo are a vision, it is of
no consequence i but if not, I want particularly to
get out."
" Offer no injury," she replied, in a tremulous
voice, " and no one will molest you. Take what
you have come for, and begone."
•' That is sooner said than done. The doors and
windows below arc locked and bolted ; and be
neath those of this room the area is deep, and the
spikes sharp. I assure you, I have been in very
considerable perplexity the whole of last night;'
and drawing a chair, I sat clown in front of her.—
Whether it was owing to thisection, or to my com
plaining voice, or to the mere fact of finding her
self in a quiet tete•a-lete with a house-breaker, I
cannot tell, bat the lady broke into a low hysterical
laugh.
" How did you break in ?" said she.
" I did not break in ; it is far from being my
character, I assure you. But the area-window was
open, and so I thought I would come in "
You was attracted by the plate ! take it for
Heaven's sake, desperate man, and go away !"
" I did take some of it, but with no evil intention
only by way of amusement. Here it is;' and go
ing to die sofa, I drew off the cover and showed
her the plate.
" You have been generous," said she, her voice
getting quaverous again; " fur the whole must
have been in your power. I will let you out so
softly that no one will know. Put up in your pock
ets what you have risked so much to possess, and
follow me."
" I will follow you with plea Sure," said I , "were
it all the world over;" for the increasing light
showed me as lovely a creature as the n:orning
sun ever shown upon ; but as for the plunder, you
must excuse me there ; I never stole ahything be
lore, and please Heaven, I neaer will again."
" Surely, you are a most extraordinary person,"
said the young lady suddenly, for the light seemed
to have made a revelation to her likewise ; " You
neither look nor talk like a robber."
" Nor am I. I am not even a robber—l am
nothing 1 and have not property In he world to the
value of these articles , of Plate." '
"Then, if you are flat a robber, why are you
here 1--swhy creep into the - area-whidOw, appropri
ate other people's spoons, and get locked up all
night in their house r'
" For no other reason, than that I was in a hur
ry. I had come home from Barcelona, and was
going into my guardian's next door, when your on.
fortunate area-window caught my eye, with the
platoon the table inside. In an instant, I was over
the rails and through the window like a harlequin,
with the intention of giving 'he family a pleasing
surprise, and try old moniiress, sister Liam, a great
moral lesson on the impropriety of leaving her
plate about in so careless a way."
" Then if you are Gerald, my dear Lonra's cons
in, so longingly expected—so beloved by them all
—so"— Here the young lady blushed celestial
rosy red, and cast down her eyes. What these two
girls could have twin saying to each other about
me, I never found out : but there was a secret, I
will go to death upon it.
She let me out so goietty, that neither her father
nor the servants ever knew a syllable Omit the
matter. I 'heed not say how I was received next
door. The governor -swept down another sob with
another guffaw ; mama beitowed upon me another
blessing and another kiss ; and Laura was so re=
juiced, that she gave me ano'her hearty cry, soil
forgot to give me another lecture. My next lour
years were spent to more pnrpose than the fast --
Being less in a Wry, t took time to build up n
fiourishinp, business in partnership with Laura's
husbatul. As for the baronet's dangliterl—for we
must get everybody lite the concluding • tableau—
why, there she is—that lady cntting breal and but
ter for the 'children, with al matronly an air as
Werter's Charlotte; she is . my wife . ; Hull we laugh
to this , day aitheoddity of first interview, which'
led folio happy a denouement. •
. When a man readily gives ear to calumny he
betrays fellow feeling with the malignity whence it
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dispatches. .Varions plans were devised to kit'
time; and never did . it pats so' Pleasantly 'awaY
Fishing, routine ; diimets, suppeam, etc, formed our
prineipol.amttreptentsi and as the.harhor was filled
with eaaaels•of 111 natinss, tutintetehangeof natiOt.'
oleminesies wficr kept op' nnlil dirk
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~lresAtoms of theientootainnientelivett•
ihavoffieets•of die•liriqsh frigate, • the', : o - 0 - O4t*ifus
turned to . llllO,o(ickeiting,M(icit led io an animated
"jl9Fo4oo, in willictt.our othcers took.ltam.P
• 4, 1 have often heard," said the coinniarider of th'e'
Thonderer, "that you hav , e some tellowe in soar
country, called Kentuckeira, who are reckoned as
great shots with (heats." •
Yes sir," replied Lieutenant N—, " their
fame is great in that line, which is easily account
ed tor. As soon as they are able to shoulder a xi
tlet
they commence practicing, and in course of
time become excellent marksmen."
" They may be clever, but I believe we have
better e.hots on board our vessel."
" f do not belong to that section of itecountry,"
observed Lieut. N—,' and have had brit little
practice with the rifle ; but if I mistake not, we
have a Kentuckian in company, who will stand op
for his native State."
" Yea, on all 'occa.sions," aaid our purser, Ai tall
muscular decendant of one of the first settleriot the
State.
s 4 What say yoo then, gen,ttemen, to a shooting
match in the morning?;'
" Agreed, with all our; hearts," said the Iran-
OM!
The next morning the party met in a beautiful
grove, and their target seventy five yards distant.—
The English rifle is different from the American,'
the barrel being shorter end the stack herfiieL.fdix
picked men from the' Thnnilerer were on the
around, all of whom fired: No one, however, scut
the r apee l -the size of a dollar.—altbough some of
the balls were close to it.
The oho s were cprtsidered excellent; the En.
and French officers present were greatly' as.
todisheil at the:proficiency of the riflemen. The
commander ul the Thunderer, to the purser, said,
with a smile :
" What do you think of that! I take it yoifill
find it difficult, to come up to
" You may think so--bu I consider it shoot.
e
ihg at all!" said the Kentuckian.
" Voua motrez le haul cheiel," said a French
officer.
"Je voue montrai," said the Kentuckian.
" Fire away," said the . Engtishmit i n'.-
" bet a wine sapper for all hands," said the
Kentuckian, that I make three shots. and every
one of which will be better than any yet made, and
each succeeding one better than the fire r ."
"I'll lake it," said the Englishman, smiling
The Kentuckian slowly raised a rifle he brought
from ho/,e, and fired. The paper was cut ! The
second fire was better than the first ; and the third
bored the centre! Nothing could depict the sur
prise of all present. The Englishman acknowledg
ed the corn, and said he was satisfied. The Ken.
tuckian enjoyed a hearty laugh, declaring it was
nothing to what he could do—that he would be
ashamed of such firing in old Rentuck. Rolling a
quid from one quarter of his capaciou.s ! receiver'
to another, he continued :
"1 inner ,have another shot in show what can be
done with a rifle, and tocon v ince my French friend
I am not boasting."
The whole party swirl silent in a row, and the
Kentuckian retreated about forty yards, making the
distance from the ties to Where he stood, near one
hundred and twen•y yards. Ordering a paper of
the same size of the other to be put op in the same
place, he re loaded—drew his broad btimed beaver
over his eyes, atd after taking deliberate aim, blaz
ed stray :
" That wig rather too low," he said,
abont die eighth of an inch below the paper!;' The
next time Fit bring it."
On examining, the bill was found lobe precise.
ly where he said it was, 'which increased the as•
tonishment the remarkable shot had produced tin
ed present, with exception of the Yankees, who
were r used to it."
44 This lick will bring the persimmon," said the
Kentuckian, as he raised his piece high up. gradu
ally lowered it and fired. The paper fell from die
tree, the ball driving home' the nail which inp.
ported it ! Language cannot describe the looks of
the foreigner., rod particularly the natives, who
crortled around the Kentuckian in numbers. That
night the wine flowed freely at the' Old Admirals,'
and a more joyous party never met at Malta.
A HEARTLISS WRBTCH....A base wretel► in the
form of a man, was, a lecir weeki since, introduced
to a lovely and confiding gill of siiteen.. He press.
ed her hand and said, in a thrilling tone, that lie
thought—" the recent sleighing had rendered the
ladieei more forest thtid ever." She. blushed inti
said—" very." Iler parents considered' it as set.
tied; but he basely deserted the young laiy, ater
addressing this pointed language to her, and has
never called at her home since. '
Can it be possible ! And ibis infamous scoun
drel is allowed to go at large, " unwhippe4l of
twe." lie °UPI to be held up as a warning to de•
ter others from such villainous eiindurt.
. .
FALL. FLAT 0$ 11014r0 in Vir.
gime, who was remarkable for his good sense and
his knowledge of the essential truths of Christianity,
Ohl especially for Iristreeilnm . from all gloomy
tears in regard to his eternal state, was once arl4
dressed in this wise: Yon seem to be always
Comfortable in the hopes . ofthe graipel...l . wish you;
would tell me how ydu niana , ie it tdlieep . so stead
ily in this blessed (came of mind 7 " Why, Mas
sa," ho replied, " I just fall flat on the promises,
and 1 pray right up."
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cold water, thinks it
it: iJiicoloted teti_iti . h ti t4iirsic lions ,:maning
aight..,the mew* of theitirbAfravit
...taster, and swell° wed wlhtatit Witt! tr
ficilrave l !;jl,o: 6l ll 4 *hiiNfOirgA AigloW gif bot
his 'glass Ii he pays a visit, he Is effered)tes
Afeeireeeirecer4lsiten hd fitteetirst. T $O6 din
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Me44l l 4.eit hic.whigkermaviraltgeetas9 ll /111s is
.donettot , onWwithoit gofp l itifi l tut
with Tmsitivis eath and
general eteitkok: Vbt,
tea, /46 to bed; faiii licep t e k ' . 4re, 40 op
c0m0 1111.2 of.unatuNknernes , and meat .cligeldion,
and visit the dnetnr, who Matti Ilii lieS4olinT,sol
emlY sates " 71 1t ! i ! "V* 10.1 :43 4 ailgiirtlei
he eleette,il he itee 2 1 Ten attendee totheLeatcptin,
itt‘t! hletallio paintP • . ,„ ~;
+4; tzdr
"Vortlignelsi" sal the fla'•
their tea , unifirm and Pratly," IR they pelmet.'is
th
leaves for the advantage 'of the English etidliiter
icon merchants. The'Chinbse—tviintil 00)04 of
drinking dyed tea such' as we dailY.,iglinkri;, but
the more gypsum and-blue he can corned:Waite to
the plant, the higher become the valtila in tlitilyes
of the English mereAtfril, and:thti'diaink
accordingly, goes on China team -estant , which
is actually.slarmibg., In every hundred itch:ants of
colored green - tea consented in EnglaittyWii)liaii
half a pound of eolonrifit Powder, made
_Wm Ailue
and opium, is coiiis mm4l. The feet. , wow
made inown with° British public frifiliirinsf!tbne,
we therefore hope that arts lucrative • Alyelng,traile
will decrease in the Celestial Empire. The Chi.
nese may easily regard net' wlth &raid , sufprire,
,as the emits dour stomachs . may welt rebel +i alnet
the introsion of so Much L U t t i Maral tr,.AsYt.,,so4; yen
matile ancestors, the aueiecit %runny painteddistm
selves, and hied upon scowls, and wp, '4l , inlve
luxuriously, smile at their larntlidalitil'eArunce
In one reapegi,liowfver, the Britons, had ctiee ad
vantage of us : they painted their littneatty'idr,
and used the color only oil the ontside÷nol
Botis.=:-English writers say that the republieirri
of this country have such an trvertiMh to
mitier, that they say toss instead ot it. ,Q+4, Wee',
we learn that a" Master in Chancery" is -called: d
" Boss in Chancery.'"
The above shows hoW mneh
by a mere name. Go intort shop and ask a work.
man where his" rri aste l r," . in,.#lyerfp ir it
aboie ". fire up," perhaps, and ettswer
that he has no 4 roaster' Bop into the next room
and,ask 4 where's your boss? seed' the terti!rll
be without any tartness. ' Whailtriikelrthe - i.14-
encet Not the than who nnswers t f , the quetniir',
for the second one would have *it as nitath"elt.
cited as the first, if he hatl'beit irketfi 4. "
rout matter?" ." Where ipiii;uppe„its bites, .tis
fAly to be vrisW," and often pity ,Itia.to open one's
eyes. But the truth is, both the questions have the
same meaning. The' Ward boss; now in such •Ire
iMent nse;.s only the 15uich Word masteroutd was
introduced in New. York by the Hollandert,' who,
our readers are aware;,ietilid.that Stice;' , '
°sinless! trice or Cion..--- - The same Being, who.
eye i 4 abroad offer the whore Univerie, ghee re=
gelation to every blade of gray", and Motion to, ev ?
ery parrticte of Wog] Crlith circulates through dui
reins of the minutest animal. He takes in 'hop
coal piehdnolie•grasprimrnentitti,iind
dens. Yet ii each indiT'idual known to.hint, es it
he were the object of his tindividmi-atientkm• Ha
makes all our thought', and 'gifts: birth to nvir7 4
feeling within OP ; and with s pis t .puthat mtia
neither de'cribPnOr comprehend, the. , eameiGort
sits in the highest heaven; and reign" eget Agin - z
riew of the firmament, is our righlWiiicli:Oe r a.aa .
Miery breat h we . draw, joinfart: witi*-
mre,oujoy.
havneenn:lhis Retort:-
withering cm , the italic,;' thit ifs t liti, hf
arum thw grinl. I IdeCed jttikartg „riot
afresh, its . stetn;xrui crewed with new bed/you'd')
its fragrance filled thetaair.-aAnd -"Mita!
with thee, 0 man! and so its!! thf life
ad Seamy shall spring pp qui.of ashes, and • likr,
nut of the ch:st. A little while shaft thna lie in the.'
ground, as the seed lied in thirtumitim O 1 the' earth
but thtiu shalt be raised ngit!ii, and thopalpat cent
die am more.
Cromwell Olive r wise staunch Poritter anilcotikt
noi brook the least approach to popery. oyfbol' ,
are these ?"'he Once ingnirert, as he
.saw ; a Jozezi
ailirer statues in the niche of a chapeL
twelve aposles," answered the trembling' deiti: -
" Take then; down," said Cromviell, " and Oetii
them into money, so that, like their Master, thet•
may go about doing good "
Pone Fatow.—The editor of a enuri l t4
paper than, takes leaie of his trailers:
" The Sheriff is waiting for as in the nett rerun,
so we have no lime to be Wiwi& Major Ilatie'm
says we are wanted, and MUM go Delinquent
suticribers, yon have mach to answer for. Heay.
V..
en may forgive you, - but l•neirer tan."
Hai': nuntis.—The Weil dean Jiudken•
ness was given coed sin Wednesday. The *torso •
being t e ked whin evidence the aeenseil
of being 'Mirk,. be " He eras !tying ,n)
on bia boots at tl,e . in e, end Was ii:nr,.drutik. bet
could Hof find "die hole to pui hit licivia;" •
tri CORE Tkirrroticur —Take a paper orb'.
bare"; pour upon . it a olne warol !tater,
streeie mit palt of the uroliEure, .after4lveirrgibe
pulp upon a rliee of bread, apply it as a •phoret
the fact.. There is nothing like it, rays an anbny.
mow; oornalxidy, for the toothache—and it is the
oidy remedy for it in its worst torm,Jhe ague it
the face.
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