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Mary's Comlnncjri
The moon's bright beam light op the grove,
As if 'twas touched by wand or faity ;
There, in a bower, sit my love,
The hlaek-cved, sweet and srcntlc Mary.
Forth, on the wings of love I flow,
To ihis. our chosen place of greeting,
To bid her now a short adieu,
And sad and tearful was our meeting.
'From thee, my love, and these deal scenes,
For two years hence, I mu't be liken,
But when lh it long space intervenes,
I will return with love "Unshaken ;
And Mary, wdl your fuiih he kept t
Will absence our nfTcciion sever !"
She lei nod upon my bieist and wept.
And gently whispered, "never, never!"
Two yenrs elapsed. With heirl elate,
I sousht my Mary's f.itlier's dwelling,
. And there upon the porch shn s ite ;
Cease, bosom, cease thv joyous swelling ;
I grasped her cfTered hand, snd said,
"How does my dear ami pretty Mary t
Ten thousand blessings on the heid.
Of her whoe love can never vary !
I'll make thc. de-irest all my own ;
The teats which we have long been shedding,
No more shall flow, sy, pielty one.
Say wurs shall be our wedding !"
With laughing eye upturned, and lip
That curled wiih dei p and ngui-h meaning.
She from my pn.ffered arm did skip.
Then on her thumb her chin a leaning,
She spi.ke "So you've returned, my friend !
Mow glad I am, there is no telling ;
And now I hope sometimes you'll bend
Your steps towards yon pri-ity dwelling i
I live there now ; so come and see,
We're happy, neat and snu as may be;
My m-siiB will lie home to tea,
And yuu shall tee my littlk mm."
The Husband to his Wife.
1 ak ihee not lo yield thy love;
For that even now is mine
1 at-k thee not thy faith lo prove.
Thy heart is truth's pure shrine,
Thou can'sl nut paint the Idly fair,
Nor gild the mine's pure gold
Nature h is limned a richness ihere,
Which an can ne'er unfold.
But oh ! I Invc one poor request,
Sanctioned by gods nnd men
Thy power can give no love a lest,
Way will yegtant it then t
She srnilen absent what is it life 1
The favor now disclose.
Said he my own, my deirest wife,
Co wipe the mat's xisl!
Kxeliiklvr I.ovr.
Co rouil the gUnce of every eye,
Invito the touch of every bp,
Pefiee to a!l who flutter by :
I sip not where the many sip:
The I Ii fsoio of my leart mut be
A flower thai blooms for one alone;
Divided charms are not for me
No ull its swict must be my own.
Go spread iby charms to every sight,
Import to nil thy favors sweet,
I sm not like the bee. to light
On flowers w here ull a wi lenme meet I
The Mo-som of my heart must be
A flower that blooms for one alone ;
TJiviilrd charms are not for me
No, all ils sweets must be my own.
Care for Consumption,
The following communication comes from a
source entitled to the fullest confidence :
Mc6rs. Editors: A letter from a distin
guished friend in England, recently received
con tuns the following remedy for consumption
which a 6cnse ofduty impels me to give to your
readers. My correspondent states that it was
given him by an eminently skilful German
physician, who hud tested its efficacy on many
patients; amongst others, on his own wife.
I mention it to you, says my correspondent,
in the hopo that it may be useful to some of
those laboring tinder that afflictive, and, indeed
hitherto incurable malady, on your side the At'
lnntic. It was discovered in Russia, and has
Icon tried with astonishing success in Ger
many. ''Rub the body round and round from
the neck low down on the body, for half an hour
morning and night, with the fat of bacon cured
in tmolc. Flannel must be worn during the
course of the cure, and not changed more than
once a month at the toonett. The cure occu
pies from four to six months."
Should any of your readers be suffer ing un
der the above named disease, and be apprehen
sive of a hoax being practised in the remedy
specified, yon are at liberty to mention my
name. Yours, && .
Remedy roa tub Hessian Fly. Tho edi
tors of the American Agriculturist say ; "To
the many invaluable advantages of the rolUr
may be added the perfect security it a fiords to
the wheat crop from the ravages of the fly.
Whenever this insect is discovered, whether
in the spring or full, the roller should be ap
plied and the effect of one or more applicn
tion will be entirely to destroy this trouble
come enemy."
A wife who loses her patience, must not ex
pect to keep her husband's heart
There are two things in this country that
want cutting down high salaries and Canada
thistles.
TUB KAUTIIQ.VAKE AT GAtDALOlPE.
A slip from the Norfolk Beacon states that
the brig Sarah Jane, Capt Gill, at that port,
from St Johns, P. R. brings advices to the t2d
ult Capt. G. reports that nearly 4000 bxlies
had been dug from the ruins at Point Pctre,
Guadalmipc.nnd were lightered o if and thrown
into the sea.
Vessels had arrived at St. Thomas from the
windward islands, imploring supplies lor the in
habitants who escaped destruction they are
without provisions of any kind.
Capt. G., further reports that Bassaterre,
(Goad.) Nevis, St, IVrres, and Port Royal,
(Mart.) were nearly nil destroyed.
The V. S. brig Bainbridge, Lieut Com. Jonx-
som, from New York via. St. Jngo tic Cuba, ar
rived at St. Johns about the 15th or 10th ult ;
officers and crew well, Lieut. J. informed
Capt. Gill that he distinctly felt the shock
the noise resembling the rolling of shot fore and
aft the deck.
Additional Partici'i.ars. Captain Knowls,
of schr. Ellen, at New York, from St Thomas,
states that before he left, news had been recei
ved from Point Petre, Ciuadnloupe, that by the
great earthquake of the 6th of February, every
building was thrown down, and from ten to fif
teen thousand persons killed. The American
Consul was killed at Point Pctre.
The scene was terrific. It was breakfast
hour with the inhabitants. Capt. Fisher, of
an Am. vessel, when the shock commenced,
was sitting in the lower story of a store fronting
tHe water, and sprang for his boat at the end of
the wharf. In an instant he was at the end of
the wharf, but the wharf and the boat both rock
ed so furiously that he hesitated. Just then the
ground opened beneath his feet, and with a leap
he reached the boat and was saved. Several
other Captains were with Captain Fisher at
the time, and all saved. Vessels were so much
shaken as to be in great danger.
Mr. Ridgely, a comedian from Philadelphia,
was on the lower floor of a hotel, and sprang
into the street. On all sides he saw men throw
ing themselves upon their faces on the ground.
In another instant the stone walls fell and bu
ried all beneath them, except a few who were
so fortunate us to find themselves above it.
When Mr. II. recovered himself, he was un
harmed, though all the persons he had just seen
were hopelessly buried. Uis little son, a lad
of seven years of age, was the first object he
saw, springing to embrace his father.
How they came so near together Mr. Ridg
ley could not understand, as the lad was, at the
commencement of the shock, in the third story
of a house four squares off The boy says that
all he remembers is, that when he heard the
cry Earthquake! he jumped out of the win
dow. The boy was sitting at breakfast with
the family, and all the family perished, except
a small girl who, after the shuck, was standing
by the side of young Kidglcy.
The earth rocked so that a man could not
keep hisfeet It opened in several places and
closed again, swallowed up people and build
ings, and iu some instances the water flew up
sixty and seventy feet. Many large openings
remained. About two thirds of the inhabitants
perished. Of the garrison of eight hundred men,
only seventy survived.
A furious fire boke out immediately aflerthe
earthquake, which raged for some days, adding
greatly to the horror of the scene.
Four thousand bodies had been dug out of the
ruins of Point Petre by the sailors in the harbor,
and taken out to sea in boats, in order to pre
vent a pestilence.
Among tlio killed is the American Consul.
He was taken from under the ruins with both
legs broken and put on board an American ves
sel in tho harbor, but died the next day. .
The massive fortifications were a heap of
ruins, and the mouth of tho harbor was com
plelely choaked up by rocks forced from the
bottom of the sea. It was feared that the ves
sels in port would never get out
At St. Darts, the church and severol other
buildings were thrown down, and the earth o
pened in the centre of a street to the width of i
foot, the fissure extending GOO yards ip length.
Only 10 lives were lost at Antigua, although
almost every building in St. Johns was thrown
down.
At St. Euststia the damage was confined
mainly to buildings, some being very badly in
jurcd.
At St. Christopher's several of tho public
buildings were utterly destroyed. Only one
person lost her life, but some others were bad
ly hurt.
At Nevis and St. Bartholomews the earth
opened and water with a sulphurous smell is
sued from the crevices.
Nothing further had been heard from Mont-
serrat. When last 6cen the island was envel
oped in a denHo cloud of Btnoko or dust. Tho
sea around w as violently agitated.
At St. Vincent the shock waa felt but slight
Mora of the Earlhqnake.
The New York Commercial Advertiser pub
lishes the following letter dated
Poi.vr All Pktme, Gttadaloitpe,
February 17, 1313.
You will probably hear of the dreadful ca-
'amity which has befallen this city, before this graphical Corps. In making the motion to
reaches you ; nevertheless I will givo you a print the Report, Mr. Linn of Missouri support
brief account of one of the most destructive ed it in the following terms. We shall look
earthquakes which we have on record.
It commenced on tho morning of the 0th, ten
minutes before eleven, with a trcmciidom rut
t ling noise ; in a few seconds the earth began
to rock to and fro, having at the same time an
upward and downward motion ; then followed
the tumbling of tho buidings ull over tho city,
coming down with a mighty crash, resembling
no noise 1 ever heard ; in about thirty seconds
the city was in ruins.
A few hours after, fire broke out in various
parts of the city, and before tho morning of n
tiuthcr day, had swept entirely over it, destroy
ing what remained after the earthquake. So
that nothing is to be seen but the broken walls
and a few old wooden buildings in the outskirts
of the town. It was called by many the hand
somest city in the West India islands. It con
tained a population of 13,000, and the buildings
were of stone, three and four stories high.
Rut the most awful thing to be described is
the loss of human lives, and tho poor human
creatures who weie taken from the ruins, mu
tilated in every possible shape, which I will
not attempt. About 2,000 were killed and
1,500 wounded, 800 of the latter sulfating am
putation of one or moro of their limbs. The
public square was literally filled with the dy
ing ; every vessel in the harbor has more or
less of them on board. The contents of the a-
pothecarics' shops were destroyed, and the phy-
siciana lost many of their instruments in their
houses, so that it was many days before some
could be reached for amputation. The Govern
or General from Basseterre arrived here the
next day, took up a French ship, put as many
of the wounded on board as could be moved, and
sent them to the hospital at Bassaterrc.
He ordered at once that no vessel should
leave port without his permission, and the next
day put a price upon all the necessaries of life,
that he who attempted to sell above that price
should be imprisoned. He despatched atonce
messengers to Bassaterre and Martinique, and
before three day a supply of provision ca ne.
Every vessel in the harbor was continually sur
rounded with persons berrirjns for bread. The
port is new open. I cannot learn how Ion;
this order is to last, but no charges on cargo or
vessel are now made ; since which have arri'
ved, the brig Eclipse, of Bath, and a brig Irum
Sandwich, which with the lumber in the yards
is sufficient for immediate supplies.
On the 15th two French frigates, two brigs
of war, two schooners and a steamboat from
Martinique, arrived with men, who at once set
themselves at work digging out the dead, and
put ing down the broken walls which remain
ed standing. There are no banks here, and no
particular place for the deposit of money, each
merchant having his iron safe. The circula
tion here is doubloons, dollar and francs. A
large amount of specie lies buried under the
mhl.h ., I tli iirt ni.rht w hile tho firo was
r. n.w.r.tr U.-S tnkpil to lirut.-l l il eons...
qncnlly large amounts were stolen.
One lady lost from her safe one thousand
doubloons and a number lost less amounts ; but
the next morning a strung military guard sur
rounded the city, since which no thetl had oc
curred. The store-houses and shops were well
filled w ith merchandise, no part of which was
saved, so that the loss of property, independent
of buildings, is very great. It is said there is
not a single in&tanco where insurance was et
focted, and this has continued as a practice for
many years. The Moule,' a small place fifteen
miles from this, was laid in ruins and many
lives were lost. Bnssaterrc suffered somewhat,
but lost no lives. The probability is that Ami
gia, Monserat, St. Kitts and Nevis have sutler
cd, as the earthquake took a N. W. direction.
DeAnlllous from Punch."
Wbai.th. calth is that which we con
exchange for something else, and consequent
ly an old pair of pantaloons must be considered
wealth when exchanged for a gold finch, and
the old men who walk about with birds on their
fingers, offering them for old trowsers, are con-
scquently practising political economy.
A shirt is wealth, if it is only changed once
a month, but the fact of its being changed at
all ffives it. according to political economists,!
a ciitain and uncertain value.
Or Vaic. That quality of an object which
renders it capable of gratifying our desires is
value : therefore if we desire to catch a flea
and the flea is caught it becomes valuable,
Before political economy came into vogue, it
was thought the value of any thii.g was exactly
what it would fetch ; but this doctrine is ex
ploded ; for if we send a servant to fetch a
nound of mutton chops, we are not to consider
ine chops the value ofthe servant.
TIIK FA II WEST,
A short time before the adjournment of the
late Congress, a ltrport was transmitted to the
Senate embracing on account ot an Expedition
made to the Rocky Mountains, during the last
year by Lieutenant Fuemont of the Topo-
with much interest for this valuable docu
ment : ' ''
Mr. Linx said that in the course of tho last
summer a very interesting expedition hail tiecn
undertaken to the Rocky Mountain", ordered
by Col. Ahert, chiefof the Topographical Ru
reau, with the sanction of the Secretary at
War, and executed by Lieut. Fremont of the
Topographical Engineers. The object of the
expedition was to examine and report upon the
rivers and the country between the frontiers of
Missouri and the base of the Rocky Mountains;
and especially to examine the character, and
ascertain the latitude and longitude of the
South Pass, the great crossing place in these
mountains on the way to Oregon. All the ob
jects of the expedition have been accomplished
and in a way to be beneficial to science, and
instructive to the general reader, as well as
useful to the Government.
Supplied with the: beet astronomical and
barometrical instruments, well qualified to use
them, and accompanied by twenty-five vot
Anrrts, enlisted for the purpose at St. Inis
and trained to all the hardships And dangers
of the prairies and mountains, Mr. Fremont
left the mouth of the Kansas, on the frontiers
of Missouri, on the 10th of June; and, in the
almost incredibly short space of four months,
returned to uiesame point, without an acci-
Jent 0,"a man, and with a vast mass of useful
observations and many hundred specimens in
botany and geology
In executing his instrurt ons Mr. Fremont
proceeded up the Kansas river far enough to
ascertain its character, and then crossed over
to the Great Platte, nnd pursued that river to
its fource in the mountains, where the Sweet
ater (a head branch of the Platte) issues
from the neighberhood of the South Pusp. He
reached the pass on the Rth August, and de
scribes it as a wide and low depression in the
mountains, where the ascent is as easy a that
on the hill on which this Capilol stands, and
where a plainly beaten warnn road leads to
the Oregon through the valley of Lewis's ri
ver, a fork ofthe Columbia.
Ho went through the Pass, and the head
waters ofthe Colorado of the Gulf of California
and, leaving tho valleysto indulges laudable
curiosity, and lo make some useful observations
and attended by four of his men climbed tho
loftiest peak of the Rocky Mountains ; until
then untrodden by any known human being
and, on tho loth August, looked down upon
the ice and snow some thousand feet below, and
traced in the distance the valleys of the rivers
which, taking their rise in the same elevated
ridge flow in opposite directions to the Pacific
ocean and lo the Mississippi. From that ull
mate point he returned by the valley of the
Great Platte, following the stream in its whole
course, and solving ull questions as to its nnvi
gability, and the character of
the country
through Which it HllWS
Over the whole course of this extended
route, barometrical observations weie made by
Mr. Fremont, to ascertain elevations both of
the plains and ofthe mountains; astronomical
observations were taken, to ascertain latitudes
and longitudes; the face of the country was
marked as arable or steiile:tbe facility for
travelling, and the practicabilily of routes
noted ; the grand features of nature described
and somo presented in drawings; military ik
sitions indicated ; and a large contribution of
geology and botany was made in tho varietie
of plants, shrubs, trees nnd grasses, and rocks
and earths, which were enumerated.
Drawingsof some grand and striking points,
and a imp ofthe whole route illustrate the re
port, and facilitate the understanding of its de
tails. Eight carts drawn by two mules each
accompanied the expedition ; fact which at
tests the facility ot travelling in this vast te
gion. Herds of buffaloes furnished subsistenc
to the men, a short, nutritious grass sustained
the mules and horses. Two boys, (one twelv
yenrs of age, the other eighteen.) besides the
enlisted men accompanied the expedition, and
took their shates of the hardships; which
proves that boys as well as men are able to
I traverse the country to the Rocky Mountains,
The result of all hi observations, Mr. Fre
I moot had condensed into a brief report enoug
to make a document of someninet) or one bun
dred pages ; and believing that this document
would lie of generil interest to the whole emn
try, and beneficial to science, as well a use
I ill to the government, I move the printing of
, the extra number which has been named.
In making this motion, and in bringing this
report, to the tiotiee of the Senate, I take a
great pleasure in noticing the activity and inl
J portancc of the Topograhical Bureau. Under
its skilful and vigilant head, (Col. Abert) nu
merous valuable and incessant surveys are
made ; and a muss of information collected of
the highest importance to the country generally
as well as to the military branch of the public
service. 1 bis report proves conclusively tnai
the counts v, for several hundred miles from the
frontier of Missouri, is exceedingly beautiful
nd fertile ; altcrnote woodland and prairie,
nd certain portions well supplied with water,
It also proves that the valley of the river Platte
as a very rich soil, affording great facilities
for emigrants to the west ot the Rocky Moun
tains."
The Parrat'Idg White. Benj. D. White,
recently convicted at Lc Roy, Genesee Co., of
the murder of his father, has been sentenced
to he lung on the 2l)ih day of April next The
Le Roy Gazette Extra givc9 a full report of his
trial, from which it appears that his father was
pious man, possessed of some property, and
universally esteemed. The son had conceived
a strong hatred of him for supposed ill-treatment
and especiully because he was a christian, the
son being a Deist. Several quarrels had oc
curred between them, and on the lGth of March,
13 12, the son went to the woods where the fa
ther was, had n dispute with him, and soon
after followed him home. As he was entering
the house his father attempted to exclude him,
when he drew a pistol and shot him. After
his conviction, White made a long rambling
address to the Court, in abuse of Christianity
and his deceased father, whose murder he con
fessed. He manifested no penitence, and was
anxious only that a narrative he has written in
support of Deism should be published.
Second Advent Poetry.
Tho following curious specimen of the poetical
genius nf Diothcr Miller' adherents, is copied from
the Second Advent Hymn Book, published by
thrm. That bomb has a passive nonce.
The devil's mad and lam ft'ad
He's lui-t a soul he thought he had ;
It's good enough, gooJ enough, I long tJ ting Ho-
snnnsh !
Good enough, good enough, I long to sing llosan-
iuh !
a
With red hot hall, and bombshell's fire,
lly faith in war you'll never tire.
s
Whe n the Lord called Adam,
When tbe Lord called Adam,
When the Lord called Adum,
Isn't ibis a trying time 1
lie was hid bebii.d (he bushes I
He wanti d behind ll.e busiies !
He was hid behind the hughes !
Isn't lhn a Irving time 1
Hail you ! whrre did you come from 1 Hallelujah !
Hail you! where did ou come from t Hallelujah!
O. I come from the land of F.trypt ; Hill luj-.li !
O, I come from tbe laud of Egypt ; Hsllulujah !
Hail you ! what is your cargo 1 Hallelujah !
Hail you! and whit is your camol Hallcltijih!
O, religion i my cargo ; H dbdnjah !
O, religion u my cargo ; Hallelujah !
Tapping. After a short consultation, several
physicians decided that a dropsical patient
should be tapped, Upon hearing of the dcci'
sion of tho diictors, a son ofthe sick man ap
proached him and exclaimed, "Father ! don't
submit to the operation, for there never was
any thing tipped iu our house that lasted more
than a week."
A Swsjaoe Stort. A New York paper,
state3 that a dog going along near the Market
Mouse flew at a coil of sausages, and began
tearing them furiously to pieces, and why
Because, it seems, they were made of a dog
tint he had had a fight with the day before
Such "caninical" stories are horrible in the ex
treme.
Smrt Lad A negro boy being spnt by
his master to borrow a pound of lard from a
nciglilxtr, thus delivered his message :
"Missus Thompson, massa son me over to
borrow or beg a pound of hog tallow ; he says
he got de old sow up in de pen, fatten'm, he
gwine to kill her day belore yesterday, and he
come over week 'for last, and pay all you owe
us.
A rAiu Rtri.v. A fugitive Slave undegoing
in examination at Northampton, Conn., when
asked if his master was a Christian, replied,
"No, sir ; he was a member of Congress."
To the question, by a lady, "Why is the stea
mer Brilliant like a gentle maiden !" Major
Reilly, of tho Bayou Sura Chronicle, answers
"Because she i tout a good ileal of cotton ajt."
I,ny Blessington has said that a love match
is an alliance formed by people who pay for a
month of honey with a life of vinegar.
Keep it before yourself, Mechanic, that punc
tuality is a virtue ; that work promised .hould
always be done at tho time, and well done, and
then you need give yourself no fears of want of
business.
There is a man down East so tender-hearted
that he refutes to lake milk, benuse it deprives the
innocent calves of it. lis is thus unconsciously
refuting his own theory, '
PKRPKCT SOCIAL FRKEPOM.
Mrs. Child, in a late number of tho Anti
Si svrry Standard, telU the following pleasant
little story.
Of perfect social freedom, t never knew but
one instance, Doctor II, of Boston, cominj
home to dine one day, found a very bright-looking
handsome mulatto on the steps, apparently
about seven or eight yesrs old. As he opened
the door, the boy glided in, aaifit were his
home. 'What do you want V said the doctor.
The child looked up with smiling confidence,
and answered, 'I am a little boy that run away
from Providence, and I want some dinner; and
I thought may be you would give me some."
His radiant face, and childlike freedom operated
like a charm. He had a good dinner, and re
mained several days; becoming more and more
the pet ofthe whole household. He said he
had been cruelly trcaUcd by somebody in Provi
dence, and had run away ; but the people he
described could not bo found. The doctor
thought it would not do to have him growing
up in idleness, and he tried to find a place,
where he could run of errands, clean knives,
&c. for his living. An hour after this was
mentioned, the boy was missing. In a few
weeks, they heard of him in the opposito part
of the city, sitting on a door step at dinner
time. When the door opened, he walked in,
smiling, and said,' I am a little boy, tliatPtun
away from Providence; and I want some din
ner ; and I thought may be you would give mo
some.' He was not mistaken this time, cither.
The heart that trustelh so completely receded
aeordial welcome. After a time, it was again
proposed to find some place at service ; and
straightway this human butterfly was off, no
one knew whither.
For several months, no more waa heard of
him. But one bright winter day, his first be
nefactor found him seated on the steps cf a
house in Beacon street 'Why, Tom, wliero
did you come from V said he. I came from
Philadelphia.' 'How upon earth did you gel
there!' 'I heard folks talk about New York
and 1 lltotight 1 should like to see it. So I
went on board a steamboat ; and when it put
off, the captain asked me who I was ; and I
told him I was a little boy that run away from
Providence, and I wanted to go to New York ;
but I hadn't any money. 'You little black
rascal,' says he. 'I'll throw you overboard.'
I don't believe you will, said I; and he didn't
I told him I was hungry ; and he gave me
something to cat, and made up a nice little bed
for me. When I got to New York, I went and
sat down on a door-step ; and when the gen
tie in an came home to dinner, I went in, and
told him that I was a little boy that run away
from Providence, and I was hungry. So they
gave me something to eat, and made up a nice
little bed for me, and let me stay there. But
I wanted to see Philadelphia ; so 1 went into
a 6teamboat ; and when they asked who I was,
I told them I was a little boy that run away
from Providence. They slid I had no business
there, but they gave me an orange. When I
got to Philadelphia, I sat down on a door step,
and when the gentleman came home to dinner,
I told him, I was a little boy that run away
from Providence, and I thought perhaps he
would give me something to cat. So they gave
me a good dinner, and made up a nice little
bed. Then I wanted to eomo back to Boston,
and everybody gave me something to eat, and
made me up a nice little bed. And I sat down
on this door step, and when the lady asked me
what I wanted, I told her I was a little boy
that run away from Providence, and I was
hungry. So she gave me something to eat,
and made me up a nice little bed ; and I stay
here, and do her errands, sometimes. Every
body is good to me ; and I like evcrbody.'
He looked up with the most Funny gayety,
and striking his hoop as he spoke, went down
the street like an arrow. He disappeared soon
after, probably in quest of new adventures. I
have never heard of him since.
Old bachelors do not live so long as et'icr
men. They have nob;x!y to darn their stock
ings and mend their clothes. They catch cold,
and there is nobody to make them sage tea ;
consequently they drop off.
To say that a man expandt the truth, is the
latest fashion of telling a man he is a liar.
I.NOEPtNDrjiuE. Inilepend-encc the fiee
dom allowed a man to think as his party docs,
but not otherwise.
Evil s. Ail aching tooth, and a crying child
in church. Remedy take them out.
Ill nature and ill words, make a woman but
a lorry companion.
'Can't ou draw an inference," said a
teacher to a rmtic pupil. "Wall, aw don't
know ; perhaps aw could ; but if aw couldn't
dad's got a team at home what could."
"Why are a pair of boots that have undt r
gone repairs, like dead men 7"
Because they are mcn-ded S (men dead )