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Tlie l.rninrd
'Tis education forms the mind ;
As Piggy 's taught the hog ' inclined :
So now 'tis neither strange, nor queer
To see a hog become a seer ;
Anil play his cards nnd take a hunt
Midst alphabets without a urunt :
Subtract, divide and add by rule,
As any promising boy ut school.
Which had most brains, the pis; or man
Who show'd the hog, solve best who can ;
The thins; is certain, well we know
The pit; was Lion of the show ;
Turn'd up his nose at still-house tubs,
And rooted letters 'stead of jirubs ;
Abandon'd gaibage for the lamp
( if learning, oh the sain y scamp !
And wisely sought to earn hi.i bread
Hv exercise of snout and head ;
.VVW up for love of mammon,
Show'd his tricks were more than gam'uii
Siv'dhis bactm and hisin,
l'.V playing well his master's card.
The moral then of this is plain
A porker can improve his brain ;
And though a sillun pur.-e. 'tis said,
Ol n sow's ear cannot be made,
Yet Piggy prov'd himscli no fool
l or having been two years at school.
Ft Ike Lrniy't Smij; of llio i'lnllr.
Pear praties, or murphies, or whatever name
The 1'arncd may call ye, I love yethesame;
te tne roum.est, .....sua..-,, ..a- ues.o. .... .. ;
And I'll sins: till I'm tired in praise of the root.
Just schrape them pintaly when put in the pot,
And take them up smoking and ate them quite hot;
And while on their beauties my soul is rcgalin',
I'll loudly proclaim they require no repalin".
i
Wid butter-milk, shore for a prince they're a faste;
There's nothiu' like praties, west, north, south,
or east.
Swate fruit ! while down my pleased throat as ,
ye roll, . I
IV assured that Mike Leaiy will ne'er charge j
ye toll. j
Thesiutles may talk of their fruit from afar,
Ol the jiiiipe, and the peach, the apple and pear .
I'ut the pi.it j- so iiialy, the piaty is mine; i
May the prat y and shamrock for ever entwine !
Com'Hasin ok I. in". A physician met me :
"Would you like to see a curious picture of
life!" said he. "Of course, how far off!"
"Within the sound of that trumpet."
We turned out of I'.roadwav, nnd in
a few
moments were at the foot of a rude and dirty '
stairc ise leading up on the. side of a w retched '
building to a kind ol temporary loft. The '
Doctor opened a 'oor and we entered a dingy
room, just long enough for n man to lay his
length in the longest way. A cobler's bench '
without tools, a few scraps of old leather, and a
innii lying on some straw in a corner, with a
ragged quilt over him. were all the contents of i
the room. Yes, one thing more a cent laid'
carelully on the window-sill.
..ii i i... i:: i" ..,.i tl...
Doctor. "Nosir!" "Why not!" "Its of no
"Nosir!" "Why not!" "Itsof no
use sir."
"How of no use !" "Why I d.m't
wanli.. I'm sick of life, Doctor. I didn't send
for you."
1 lore the sick man turned his back to us with
a groan of pun nt the otlort, am! drew the dirty
, & tit Ti i . i i i i.iimi.iii tvj uiiuu iiii;ii iiiiiiuis , uin iiiu lam i
coverlit over his head. J ho Doctor leaned , ' 1
, , . , .. .... , I were too-numerous to act dishonestly' without
over bun nnd got hold ol Ins pulse. '
"Don't trouble me, Doctor," said be. "I tl.e fear of detection, although, under other tir
I,o,. I shall ,,B . before n'mht. There's no cun.stances and for such a eons.deral.on. they
" . - B
room for me in the world."
Tho Doctor sa;d something kind to him, and
lie went on, speaking brokenly uud with great
d.llieulty. "I couldn't go to tho almshouse,
for I hear its full. 1 can't gi t no work, if 1 was
ever so well people don't have their shoes
mended now, 1 believe. 1 have no pleasure in
life at the best. There's no comlort for me.
.
I'd rather d-.e and be quiet
I got sick."
I was "lad w hen
c
i
'id been called in by
, . .
C some directions lo a
the kind physician who h
one of the neighbors, gave some directions to a
poor woman who lodged in the cellar below,
and we left him. In three minutes more wo
vvcie again in gay Broadway, nnd the waltz
was playim; most merrily in tho balcony of the
Museum, and tho fountain was still leaping
joyously in the I'ark. Truly there is here and
there a contrast in the wurld we live in. A. Y.
lhangdist.
A I'kesi Mi'Ti-ors ri:niis The "proud
Duke of Somerset," was twice married. His
second wife one day threw her arms around
the neck of her pompous partner, and gav e him
a kiss !
"Madam !" exclaimed the indignant Duko,
"my first wife was a Percy, and .c never look
sucli a liberty.
SUNBURY AMERICAN.
AND SIIAMOKIN JOURNAL.
Absolute acquiescence in the decisions of the majority, the vital principle of Republic, from which
Ity UlaNsjor & I'lscly.
TIIK II At) OF CiOI.I.
Erightly 6lione the iihkjii over the fair cily of
Venice, and whenever Iter silver rays kissed the
dark waters of the ninny canals which intersect
the mart of merchants, as the gay gondolas pas
sed and repassed rippling the smooth surl'uec
with their prow and fin like oar, they appea
red like the schilling scales of huge serpents, un
dulating and sporting among her maible pala
ces, In one of the remotest corners of the place
dwelt the usurer Guiseppe Valdoni. Rumor
reported him rich as Croesus; but ho had one
gem in his possession which he valued above his
gold his only daughter, lliancn, e jewel with
out a flaw ! Seronades were nightly perform
ed under the balcony of his residence, and nil
gallants of Venice endeavored to win the atten
tion of the wealthy heiress of Valdoni.
Of all the suitors who sought the lovely llian
cn, none found favor in her eyes but Ludovico,
j (he gay, hold, reckless Ludovico. In person he Giiieeppo stealthily quilted their chambers, nnd
was eminently handsome, and in her est ima- J proceeded to the strong room where the bag of
j tion, who had only the opportunity of judging of gold was carefully deposited. The symputhy
j a lover by sight, ho was far above till his coin- j of their pursuit had compelled them, although
petttors. She l.ved him ! ah, and with a for- individually reluctant, to come to a mutual uu
vor which is only known in southern climes. derstantling. Now Guiseppe, who was married,
j Truth to say, Ludovico was an inconstant j
j man, a gambler and a bankrupt in every virtue.
j It wus midnight, and Dianca, with palpitating '
j heart, was watching in the balcony. I.udovi-'
j co came along in a gondola. She threw to j
j him a bag of gold, and was about to descend, and
j place herself uiuler the protection of her suitor. !
j "Dearest, best beloved Ilianca," said the de-
: ceivcr, to-m or row at this hour I will bo here ;
j and bear you away, if I survive the disappoint- '
! ment of to-night. Every thing will then be rca-
I dy for my bride. Farewell !'' And he rowed 1
briskly away from the startled damsel, who for
his sake bad betrayed the confidence of her
j fond father by abstracting the bag of gold. j
Cold and heartless as was Ludovico he felt a
j pang as he lost sight of the confiding and affec- .
j tionatc Hiauca. J'ut,' thought he, with pkiusi-
I hie sophistry, 'had she not robbed her own fa-
, tlicr ! And shall I keep faith with one who'
j has proved faithless to him who gave her be-
ing ! Worthless wanton !' I
The gallant, having reached his destination,
hastily moored his gondola, and eagerly clutch-
ing the bag of gold, concealed it beneath his
cloak, and hurried homewards. Passing beneath
0 Colonnade, reposing in the still shadows of the '
moon, and calculating in hi own mind the '
worth ol t.;e ducats of which he had so imwor-
' thily possessed himself, he was startled by ap
proaching footsteps, and, turning round obser
ved three men close upon his track. They
were eventually bent upon overtaking him, nnd,
almost before he had presence of mind to draw
' 'lis rallil'r' ,m'.v u.um encumbered
by ins cloak and the weight of his treasure, lit- ud opening the casement, he wildly tu?l tne
was unable to repel their languiiiiiry attack, and g0h jnt0 t)e canal.
dropped lifeless at the bet of the brigands, pur- . pioieuig shriek followed, not from thed;s.
cod by many wound. The bag of gold chinck- appointed Giovanni, but from the waters below,
ed upon the pavement ; theiy seized the weigh- Giuseppe had east the bag of gold upon the m
ty prize, uuJ rushing from the spot, turned into ' ,H((.L.ul i1(.ai f e l(tl, and killed it !
the I'lazzadi San Marco, tin nee crossing the Giovanni fled, conscious ol his partnership in
Hialto, they encountered the night-watch who t!lt. rul,hery, mid too soon the distracted father
surrounded and captured thorn. : learned the fate of his boy, and went raving
They were searched, speedily deprived of ,,!aj .
ll.n.. ............. i .,.,.1 I...,,., i ;
l"'"u
, forthwith to tl.eguaid house, where being re-
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"fc . " u"u UL'"- l'"" I'"'-"-'?. a
uim-.riH ui.cvoiu oi iiic r un rvia uuu oeisims,
. .
iney were ockcu up, in orcer to uecxamuieu t no
. ,, . '
following morning by the magistrate.
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llicy would w illiugly have re inqui.-hed t!ie:r
J e J 1
! ...In. ... I.. I... i.... .1., I
might willingly have refrained from pressing
their charge.
The magistrate before whom the culprits
were ushered on the follow ing morning wus a
stern man, possessing great influence in the
state of Venice.
"Fortunately lor ye," said he, addressing the
prisoners, "there is no proof that you h ive oh-
i lu"Rl1 1,118 "'"K uuinlll i ""l wu "' " a
j sonably infer that such plunder was not filchii
1 from the law ful ikissesser w hile ho retained life
l .1.: . i ...1,1. i...
' imlicc' CVur nCi' divine mercy, and
I of which we are tho unworthy disDenser. char-
1 ' 1
itubly gives you the benefit of our ignorance and
waul of evidence. Your lives are spared, and
may you repent of your ev il deed. We attach
the property in behalf of the rightful ow ner,
and in the meantime consign you to imprison
ment, in order thai should any evidence here
after aruc in your favor, you may have the be
nefit of it. Away with iheui.
The prisoners were removed, and the night
watch who bad cuplured llieoi were liberally
rew arded. The bag of gold remained Willi the
magistrate, who was loo much occupied with of
ficial business to set on foot any inquiries res
pecting the lawful possessor. He pluced the
treasure in his strong chest. When the inves
tigation took place, bis two nephews were pie
btnt, and louteinplulcd the bag, which appear
Minhtiry, IVortliimiborlsiiitl Co.
ed to have some talistnanic influence upon all
who gazed upon it with an irresistible desire of
approbation. They laughed at the idea of its
being locked up, and consigned to the same fate
as the prisoners. In their liberal philosophy
they determined that distribution was far wiser
than accumulation ; and with a virtue that is
so uncommon in the world, they had long prac
tised what they preached. In the exercise of
this moral principle they had both become deep
ly indebted, and, with that fervent generosity
known only to the heart of youth, they longed
to liquidato their liabilities. There wis no
owner for the bag of gold, therefore they argu
ed that it could not be butter disbursed than in
the payment of their debts of honor. Having
come to this conclusion, the two honest youths
resolved to cut up this btray golden goose and
feast themselves and their creditors forthwith.
When sleep had sealed the eyelids of all
within the magistrate's dwelling, Giovanni and
contended with his cousin that he wasentitled
to two thirds of the treasure j his liabilities, too,
w ere larger than Giovanni's and, in his opinion,
justified this division. They both at last came
to the determination of decamping, should they
obtain possession, and thus escape both the ire
of their uncle, and the importunities of their
creditors. Guiseppc's wife w as on a visit to
her father, and his only son, a beautiful loy of
four years old war: lett in his care ; he therefore
took the precaution of consigning him to tho
,-are of a trustv rondoiier. who was to row- to a
certain point, where he proposed to join him.
Hut to return to the magistrate's strong-
room which overlooked the canal. They fetic-
ceeded with some difficulty, in forcing open
the chest containing the treasure, and Giovan-
ni grasped the coveted prize.
" 'Tis mine '." cried he exultingly.
"'Tisoi.rf," said Guiseppo holding out his
euger hand.
"Stay," replied Giovanni, "I had half the dun-
ger, surely 1 am entitled to halt the plunder.
Nothing less will satisfy inc."
" "How !w by, did you not promise to be con-
ttnt it, one third V said Guiseppo.
"1 had not then possession," said Giovanni.
Giuseppe burned with rage, and darting for-
ward, snatched the bag of gold from his cousin's
grasp, and rushed towards tne balcony, exclai
med, "Do um persist in your demand ! W ill
nothing less satisfy you ?"
"Vorpo ili I'uri o .' nothing'." answered the
other tavagcly
' "Then thus ends the dispute," said Gui.-epiie;
, r.iovanni, the fugitive, was reported to have
,,luni!l.rtn. ,liMmcle. The gondolier, meanwlnle,
Jiaj Cllinm,y C(,lici.ucd the bag ofgold, and
irwuc,.d h,g w,ldl llC uwerU.j d
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be. n east In in the v nulow, and was the cause
. .. , ., , . , , .,
i of the death ol Giuseppe s son, and, sate ;n the
. , , ,. ,. . . ,,
i nisiiiiity ol the w retched lulher, he carried hun.L'
t ii! treasure.
A slip of parchment was tic-1 round the
month of the fatal hag, indicating that it coiitai- j
tied one thousand stolen ducats. Hut thro'ih
fear, or some mysterious iiilluence, the gondo-
lier could Hot I'e luluu'd to bleak tin- seal li.i.t
fastened ll ; learlul even iif keeping ll in hi.- j
humble dwelling, he carefully cncloced it in a i
box, and burled it in his little garden. j
! Now the gondolier had an only daughter.
eroiuca, w lio w as very beautitul ; slie had ma-
j "' suitors among her uwu class. The baud-
some, gay, ami dissipate., ueppo, However, was
' her chosen favorite, lie rowed so well and
sang so aweetlv that tho maid was charmed,
'fl ithstamlmg his suspecled gallantries.
An old tradesman of Yeni. e happened to uu et
1
' Veronica one evening as her father was taking
her home in his gondola and bi came enamored
; of her charms. Ho sought her father, and oiler-
ed her his 'protection. The gondolier confes
sed himself highly flattered by bis notice, but
declined the honor.
"Take her to wife," said tho blnlV gondolier,
"and she is yours. I can give her a dowry.
Say the word, and the gill, and a thousand gol
den ducats are yours,"
"What !" exclaimed the tradesman, wlmse
avarice equalled bis new passion, "you are jo
king." "l!y the Virgin !" replied ihe lather, "I speak
the truth."
The atl'air was soon trilled between the gon
dotir and Iht IraiitniiH.'i ; but there u fi't
there is no appeal but to force, the vti.it piitn iple and
Ia. Saturday, .Inly 13, is I I.
person who wns by no means pleased by the
bargain, Ileppo, who vowed vengeance against
the bridegroom, although he was quite ignorant
of the means which had brought about the mar
riage. Veronica was married, and the old man con
veyed the maid nnd tho bagof gold to his house.
On the following morning he was found mur
dered, stabbed in fifty places by a poignard. As
he was hut a tradesman, the authorities took
little or no trouble in seeking out the assassin
These affairs were so common in the city of
merchants.
The w idow took pos-ession of the old man's
property and concealed the hag of gold, which
had been the fatal cause of this unwise and uu
propitions alliance.
A few months afterwards the tearless widow
married the murderer of her husband. Guilt,
however, rarely goes unpunished ; and ere a
few mouths elapsed, Veronica discovered that
the man whom she once idolized, and for whom
she had sacrificed so much, was in every way
unworthy ol her love. He lavishly expended
the estate of her late husband in his unlawful
pleasures, while she, deserted by him, pined in
sorrow unl solitude, l'roud, overbearing and
revengeful, Veronica's passion of love w as soon
transformed to hatred the most intense.
The hag ol gold, which she had carefully con
cealed, remained untouched. Depositing it in
a place of safety, she instantly sought the pre
sence ot the judge, and denounced her renegade
and unworthy husband ns a murderer.
1'eppo was seized, and the evidence she pro
duced was so conclusive that the worthless hus
band was condemned to the rack.
Veronica retired to a nunnery, and presented
the bag of gold as an offering to the convent.
The purser or treasurer ot the convent was
a certain Llrollu r Auwelmo ; a thin, bilous man,
severe and taciturn, who verily looki il like a
skeleton clothed in parchment. He first prulm
I'll, entertained the insane idea of casting the
"root of all evil"' beneath the blue waves of the
Adriatic ; but iiHn mature deliberation, he con
tended that it would ho better to l.iy it by for
charitable purposes. Sinner as he was, he
might one day be in want of it ; he therefore
resolved to deposit it forthw ith in the hands of
a trusty friend in need, win had supplied his
necessities in the days of luslamented extrava
gance. Unfortunately for Urothrr Anselmo, he car
ried the bag of gold to the lawful ow li. r, w ho
i lislantlv ri-ei I'niZ' d nnd reclaimed the stolen
ducats. lie possessed irrefragable pmnls that
the parchment label a- in his o.vn handwri
ting, anil embraced the precious big of gold
villi the loudness of u parent v. ho had recover
his lo.-t child. Iho'her Ausel'uo vainlv r. ni'ii-
strateil, and the iuterv iew e mc'u ! d by the mi
serly money lender m.ceri limn oiis'y kirkirg
him out, retaining pucsessioii of the fatal trea
sure. Fain Would the astoni.-hed purser have r. .-t n
ted this unseemly reliutl'; lint a coii.-cioiimhj.
of his own v illany made him gulp the indigni
ty w Inch w as put upon him , but he nw ed ven
geance. Itctore he could put in ex. r ulu.ti his
secret purposes, his defalcation was discovered
he was summoned before the tribunal, na.i
condemned to pass the remainder ol his wretch
ed existence in a dungeon !
The bag of gold thus returned uu'oroken to
the hands of the rihll'ul ow nrr, haung been in
its travels tho ciiu-e ol so much crime and n.i--cry
to its intermediate Lvs.-cr.-o's.
Wealth, jbtained by a long Lie i f tml and ho
nesty, does not always produce happiness ill
gotten gold, never !
M r. Stephens, in his
night, referring to the
slice. 'll on r'lturdiiv
ig'mranei. w h i Ii pre ,
v in led III some ipiui ters in rel.it ton lo I he la nil,
and tin) gro.-s misi epreseiitat ions which iia.l
been indulged respecting it, told an iinrcilole of
a Georgia b..ck w omls.ii.tu. who being not huiil-
,,ig one da v , and u. t . r bar - on or l.uird
: (lJ1 (..ir .,,,,,
I J(ltf ,:iij,.N ,; (v
i-hcd Hio railroad in the
e.ir approiieloiig. I lor-
Mrilt.L ,c ,' tl, heelr. ;.ud r ni so.-ii-.
two Hides lo the ii'ire.-t boii'e, when, b ing ' cross a h I'eh w tt v oti t be soon 1 story , and ma p-a-ked
what was the matter, I-; eel -.!, ti nor 1 p;i.g it in lo... lb' struck something on the
.k-pu-ted on . '.cry f. aim.-, Ho d..i not Uu v.
, unless the ub nuuiubic l-u d! li.ui !'iukc loo.-u !
1
liicii moitil ll ,
1't.tu Tin. i.n. At a iccciit meet nj of the
Philadelphia Agricuiliiiul Society a u-eful fact
w.is mentioned in relation lo tho means . f for
cing a pear tree lo bear flint, which bad proved
barren for upwards ol linily years. Tho owner
was advised to bury a small quadruped at t ie
roots this was done, and tho next jear and
ever since tho produce baa been abundant. Tlie
explanation is that by digging among the roots
many of them inu.-l have been cut, the luxuri
ance ofgrovvth w.is chocked, uod the formation
of fruit buds or oviparous branches tliei. by on
lourag.il. . similar ilbcl has lollowtd Ihe
digging up tiu.tiiiCoRnd it-placing them wnh
ie'lllC lli'sh Ilic-Uij
immediate parent of despotism. Jnn-r.nsot.
Vol. IXn. Wliolo Xo, !.
I
The KnglUh Hukci.
The True Sun in sketching these sprigs fl' j
Koynlily says:
Tho Duke of Cmnheiland never had a good
character, lie could not have obtained the
situation of a gentleman's servant if he had
been in common life. The Duke of York was
disgraced by his iiiliunotH connections. The
Duke of Cambridge is a respectable kind of per
son, but a poor general and a vacillating politi
cian. The Duke of Kent w as rather a respect
able person, but slill very mediocre in ability.
The late King William Fourth, was what might
be termed a whole smiled man, but not over j
scrupulous in tho gratification of Ins tastes.
The Duko of Sussex appears to have been con
sidered an ngreeahle good-hearted uinn, but he
too wns foiced by his temperament and by his
lancics, to give himself and his countrymen a
good deal of trouble.
When a young man ho visited Italy, and
while at Koine fell in love with a lady by the
name of Augusta Murray, although s,ho was at
least seven years older than himself. She ap
peared to r pulse him at first, but this only made
him more determined to succeed. They were
married privately.
The ceirespotideiiee of these personages is
quite absurd and common place, and rises but j
little iibove that of a child. Among tho docu-j
ments we find the contract of marriage b'lween j
the parties, drawn up by himself. It reads
thus I
"As this pnp.T is to contain flic mutual pro- I
niise of marriage, between Augustus Frederick
and Augusta Murray, our mutual names must :
be put here by us both, nnd kept in my posses- j
sio'i ; il is a promise neither of us can break, )
and is made before God our Creator and nil I
merciful Father. On my knees before God,
our Creator, I Augustus Frederick, promise
thee, Augusta Murray, and swear upon the bi
ble, as I hope for salvation in the world to come,
that I w ill take thee, Augusta Murray, for my
wife, for better, for worse, for richer, for poor-
er, in sickness-and in health, to love nnd tocher
ish till death tin do part, to love but thee only,
and none other ; nnd may God forget rue .if ever
I forget thee. The Iird's name.be pr.iis-ed. So
bless me, so bless us, O God ; and with my
handwriting do I, Augustus Frederick, this
sign, March "Jlst, I'i'.i'A, at Rome, and put my
seal to it, and my name.
(i.. h.) A i ;i Mi Fitunrr.n k."
(Completed nt Ki April 1th 17l:i.")
"March SI, KM, Home.
"On inv knees bef.re God. my Creator, I
AugiiMa Murray, premise and swear upon the
bible, n. I hone for salvation in the world to
come, to t ike thee, Augustus Frederick, for toy
tiiiluii..1 lor hollor. tor unr;t for richer, for
poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and
lo cherish till death us do part. So bless my
tiod and sign this." "Ai .i si a M l ua.vv."
,. ., . ... , , i : .
.Sol lung a::cr me i-u.y .mirri.y uecame ins
vvil'e, the Duko found out, if he did not know
it belore, that Ins marriage was illegal. After
u while she became very unhappy, and her suf-
lerings "were intolerable. " I.elters soon pass-
ed o! a disigrceabie-charaetcr. 'J'o expression-.
ol disappointment on her part, succeed those of j
repu.-irh on Ins. The contract was quite for- j
gotten, and tin; lovers wlu had signed il on j
their knees, become estranged forever.
Tlie lady sank under h. r gi u.f and morlilica-
ton. Tlie D.iko lived on, to bo considered a ,
joily guiul fellow, topre.-ido at public dinners, ,
to lav coi uei .-tones of public buildings, and col
b et the rarest specuiiei'.s of bibles ever seen in
England. Nay, m tho society of a Lady ltug- ,
gins, wo think ileitis the name,) ho lost his
be ill again, and again drew a contract, not on
his knees, lor he was become t.io stout to stoop
so l.i.v, in which he vo-.tej eternal fidelity.
At Cincinnati, ui tho "JTih ult., .Mr. .lames
I's-uiiire, narrow ly escaped death ill the fol
low ing maniier :
lie was carrvmg (tp n bucket of vriter, nnd
jo t as Iil ha.l rea. lied the liuid story, on tin.-,
in. i.ie id' the boil hug, ho !''! b'iek vvun'a tr.vn
the. bidder, striking in fill a b.mrd placed a-
j ,,, i! ,r, thai l..f..-d his le els up,
: brok" ii -s till. I le then ili.pped he
I
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icud III t into
tlie cellar, wheio the earth hippeiied to bo Soft
and muddy, his head being pliiinp'y in. bedded
in the mud, to Ihe depth of three or I'mr inches.
He Kot u i tt 1 1 ..1 walked to a carriage, and is
likely to sutler no inconvenience front 'ho acci
dent except so no soreuesi from sundry bruie'j
received in las rapid decent.
A great lie,' savsthe poet Crabbe, 'is like a
big fish on dry land ; it may Iri I and llmg, and
make frighl'u! bother, but it emmet len t you.
on have eiiily to keep sit!!, and it v. ill die et
itself.'
I leic's tho hanotcrs', but were art the elan. "
a the di onkcii follitw said, vv In i. he felt In.
wuv aioiind the hi dt tend in the daik
I'ltKiis or tnvr.unsi-vf;.
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I.iniertot s Antidote. Dr. Andersen rc
,.e subjoined anecdote, whicti shows l.owr
persevcringly these animals will follow thvtr
leader, and presents sn amusing fact in illustra
tion of nMuraHiiory. A butcher's boy wasj
driving about twenty fat weathers through tho
town of Liverpool, but they ran down a street;
along which he did not want them to go. Ho.
observed a scavenger at work with his broom a
little wiy boforo them, a.id called loudly for
him to stop tho sheep. The man aicorditiuly
did what he could !: t irn thein back, running
from side to s de, always opposing himsel! tu
th.ir )iri!it,1?0i am brandishing his broom wiilt
great dexterity, but the, sheep much Bgilat''il
pressed forward, cud at last one of them camo
right up to the man, wle fearing it was nb t:t
to jiimpover his head, while he was stooping1
gnis-ped his broomstick in both bauds, and held
it over his head, lie stood for a few seconds;
ill this position, when the sheep made a spring
and pimped fairly over him, without tuiiclm;;.?
the broom. Tin) first had no sooner cleared I hi.-?
impediment than another followed and another,
in so quick sucee ion, that the man, perfectly
confounded, seemed to lose all recollection, ntn!
stood in the fame uttitudo till the whole had
jumped over him ; not one of them nttcmp'eJ
to pass on either side, though the street w ay
ninte clear.
A HfiAso.MVi Iu'su.r SoviunnNo op .i
'Fish Sioiir.' Mr. Elkinf, who lesides ill
Willow street, lliookh n, and w ho has been r..
tensively engaged in the Whaling business,
while standing on the dock at Nantucket, saw
what is commonly called a U'loliog clai.i, lying
in the water w ith its shell partially open, and r.
lobster inanoeuvreing nrou.id it. l'res"til!y
the lobster picked i:p a largo pehi ls and fry
ped it in tho cijiii sheil, .vIiil'i prevented it
from closing, nnd then set about devouring it3
prey. This, says the Urooklyn Advertiser, ci r
taiuly shows the lobster capable of drawing an
inference and a clam out of its shell a I iho
same time.
Xo lloTTo.M !
-A chap who wasn't afra d
water, rolled up his pantaloons above !us b - t,
and went wading along tho submerged side
walk on Front street, ye.-terday, am d a reat
deal of laughter and jeering, from the people i.rs
the boats.
O, von be d n,' (ilm lu-l is what we :il-
wnys menu in miking use of this blank,) sai l
the man, 'I know whore I'm going !'
' (i((' had btirely c.-caped his lips, win n he
was com; 'clear out of s ght,' into a co V. ctl-
j lar, the door i f which had been removed to le
! ceive an anchor that mo,-;ci a steamboat.
As he scraml'lid out, the laughing ot eotiro
was mere tiir-ous man ever, aim u.o v.ei in.n-
j v idiial sang out, 'O, 1 o come tj uu l.vi; bu?
; you ciu'l say I'm il rui. ,tJ .''
I
I WIFE i.osr.
Si i:m: in Sitvmuoat An actcai. oc.
fiKnrrr. "Which is I he Captain if tl.i-j
J l"t !" inquired a tall athU-fc man.ns he camo
t of the cabin of a steamboat w ith reat pre-
1 cipi.snc
'That geiitlemnii vu'ider" sai 1 a livstatlJe:
"Are j o.: tho captain, sir .'"
"Yes. sir."
"Where is my wife !"
"Indei'd, 1 .1 t ke.-'w, sir I have not seei'.
; tier.
"Now. e itiuim ihi-i is to-t I' l l. I came
board the boat last night, Hod paid Voii .-A do!.
I.i rs pus.-sne I'.r inv.-elf cod wile, aed 1 sn.'-.ii I
, like to know VMiere iov vv..o ins been put."
"llaveynu been ui lie' l.ulies' cabin i"
''cs--but she Is not lio-re."
'Shall 1 lu-io tiie p! a.sur'. et tiie ia.iy's iiuino
s,r .'"
"Mrs. Mjiii N.i.iii. tin; wife of .broiin-V.
Smith, vo-if liun.hio s.-rvaiit.''
" Miirv . 1 to ' ,ie Ll.aiiihoi iiruil. ) Ii Ml.'. M
; S.iiilh ill the? ladies' ciibiil ."'
"No, s.r," sle.' I. plied,
s!ie is not ihore."
' I'beri I told V'O'I so,'
'I've iiittniii. J, an I
s.iid Mr. Smith, in
gcat i'n't-:i:e-:.
i "Cip'.am," e-atii a Wiii siaiiii.ng by , "siivpo 6
John sh iiil I ring tl.e beil a.'l ihroiigii the b at,
.and s.iv "Mis Mil l Sindh who cuinc ell
board lat ll 'd. i n te ' b toi'l';'..''
"Tli. it's a . ood luii., ' ecnued a hill. .lied
! ', ol: es lit Oll'-e.
S i .1 dm, ii i re:, in Co'o.e.l I.i-iii, u.tl, an e.;
I.ke Uii la Jo's, s' t Ins lull u eoin'. t iv mg i
l ud nt t-very od. i uu "I .. M.s. Maria '. V'
--..nv per v. l-u k'vw.i u here :.' is w
p!ea-e Inr l her no to ihe i ipt mi's t thee, loi
the b"ili til ol lo'f ili-t'o. -ol .ti- H'.is!-.M:d.
John h.W led I'lioo. .1 Ho- lioit, soo.rah .t t '
tlie aioi-M' neiit e! ''o p g -rs, mi ) till i. ,
'en-, ie I ' '. n;'i' i' i I., m h.-ii, in pi.-s.ng !:
t-iie -, i' i s. t .ii-.-'o-' tio.i t 'ti.-. ivn.r
id si. v . to ui , In- o.e'e to l' i; s'o iili.r 'i ,i
pitch a K'iov .-, Mis. Maria Sun'a !'
uin e'.'.e t!i r I ii v I iivii il n.it i'i't.ll: of I,., ie,
t'lidi-i ,y . . -1 I ! t I to lie. ' Mniiii I v.'.. h
"Who s.e, I am ios.i ! lb ro I am. !.. i
Jerouio .' ''
ll u lie. do s i lo iv tin.- iiniT R VOIV p'en-
mil lorn to il,e i b-
n!! itr ;
mid Ihe e ot'
t u i I soul i
mail's vv ilc.
escaped the i burg.- ot 1 leallo