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BY ROBERT W. MIDDLETON.
POETRY.
"With frowetestflowere enrich'd
From various gardens eull'd with care."
following. flirilling jefrusion is from the yierref
the young lady who supormtends.the . Female
Department in the "Genius of Universal Plum-.
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cipation. For her years she has not her equal,
perhaps, in the Union.
THINK OF'',OUR COUNTRY'S GLORY.
Think ofour country's glory, .
All dimmed with Aft
,c 1 1 .3 tears— •
Her broad flag stained and'gory,
With th' hoarded guilt ofyears!
Think of the frantic , mother,
Lainenting for her child,
Till falling lashes smother
/ Her cries of anguish wild!
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Think ofthe prayers ascending,
Yet shriek, alas !in vain; ,
When heart from heart is rending,
No'cr to bo joined again!
Shall we behold, unheeding,
Life's ligliest feelings crushed!
When woman's heart is biceding,
Shall woman's voice b.,: hushed?
Oh no by every blessing,
That Hoo.ven to thee may lend,
Remember their oppression
Forget not, sister, friend.
THE RIIPOSITORY.
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From tho Now-York Amulot.
THE L Jt FRIEIV).
BY THE EDITOR.
I saw the virtuous man contend
With life 4; unnumbor'd woos;
And he was poor—Without a friend-
Pross'd by a thousand foes.—[CAmmss.
WO are not about to enter into a question of ju
risprudence; nor do we propoo,to discuss the mer
its of that much disputed point—lmprisonment
for Debt. But, as haVing some bearing on the sub
sequent narrative, we cannot but remark, that it
forms a very serious objection to such a mode of
punishment—that whilst the bad man; the prac
tiexiilJogueLthe systematically dishonest—either
avoids 'it, or, Who suffers, feels it not—the good
man—whose only criminality is misfortune—
whose only disgrace, poverty; upon him it falls,'
with all its tremendous force.
Surely it must be a heart-breaking thing, first
to bear
"The stings and arrows of outrageous Fortune ;"
and then the castigation ofJustice; to bdshut out
IVom sOciety—to be shut in with rogues. If . the
Inflictions of those laws be for retaliation only,
they aro bad—if for "the terror of evil doors," they
are futile—if for correction, worse than useless:
for 'certain it is, more good hearts have boon bro
ken within the walls of a debtor's prison, than bad
ones amended. But, to our Tale.
The firm of Melbourne and Son was for many
years one of the most respectable in the mercan
tile city of —, and it well merited the credit
it possessed. A clear head and honest heart made
the elder Melbourne a fit associate for tho unsus
picious and warmhearted Henry Melbourne, his
only son. "I do not wish to mako you sly and die.
trustful, Henry," said his father on one occasion,
when his generous and confiding dispositiowhad
beonimpotied — trpow - brit — de -- elgfiliiwinan—"bilti
would make you wary and cautions. I would not
have you expect'ito tread upon a snake at every
step--that would make 'you miserable; yet my
son, you must not .forget, there are snakes—this
will make you prudent."
Henry forgot not the advice of his parent, nor
did he under value it; but his feelings would, nev.
ertheless, 'sometithes run away with his judg_t_.
went •,- the- honest •principle- which- dwelt-within
his own bosom led him to"expect the same in oth
ers; and ho was often deceived. -
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The first dark cloud which gathered ever the
r unes enr • Iffetticurrte - , was the death of his
beloved. parent—his first best friend. With a sor
-sowing—luract._ba.....pbtroti.in..tlm-tomb_wirat-then
seestied.lnahim his all of earthly value. His at
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sections were torn from that object t iound which
they bad twined with all the •relying fondness of
filial love.
It was in this gloomy state of adversity, when
earth seemed to have lost its,greatestcharm, that
Henry: Xel,Onurne was introduced to the family
of - the . Seymour& 'rho voice of sympathy had
frequentry spoken, but had, hithertB found no echo
in the bosom of Henry. 'lt was soon to be other.
*ise.
• There *ate One m the family'cirele of the Soy;
sasours, Whose voice, as t of an angel, proclaim
ing a message of comfor to the mourner, opera
ted like a spell on the storm ful soul of Henry Mel
bourne. Caroline Soymeur, *as seen by him in
all the bloom of youthful. beauty, and MS heart
could net •refitse that tribute, which beauty like a
a resistiets empress, claims as hot duo. Perhaps,
he fancied he saw something bettor than beauty—
that, expression of high intelligence, which some: ,
times shows itself indisputably hi the Masan
eountemmco,
This, too, might claim the mead of admiration;
lint it was that which time revealed to him of
Caroline &pion r's character--of the amiableness,
the gentleneis, the goodness of her heart, that won
ilia love. The passion was mutual,for - Caroline
Xeynseur knew how to , appreciate - the - excellence
of Melbouine's character.
was a rich man, as well as the choidoof is
daughter, and thereltm, Mr. Seymour, *h.
character was cold and calculating, tysentod
- their union'. In fact, • the history of their attach
pentp seemed to deny the maim ertae . .poet,•
I' The 'emirs? of true ;ow nevar yet ran smooth.",
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truth, was but reserved for a later petind. Two
years had passed away, during which, they for
themselves had proved the fallacy of the idea, that
Love must take its flight at the sight of human ,
ties, andio 'llteloy of wife and husband, that of
parent had been added, when a - tempest of trou
bles which had long been gathering over their un
conscious heads, broke suddenly, and in all its fir.'
ry, upori them:
Some time after the death of his father, whose
assistance in the businetts . ofthe firm, was missed
by Henry as much as his friendship.and society,
he found it necessary to associate himself in part
nership with a person who had long.been on terms
of intimacy with the familY... Mr. Horton, for
such was his partner's name, presented an appear.
ance ofthe greatest candour and integrity, in hie
demeanour, conversation, and ccriduct, and Henry
was led to piaci) the most implicit confident:to in
his management of the affairs of the firm.
The unsuspicious • character of Henry Mel
bourne, might have been imposed upon by less
specious appearances than his partner presented
--.foslie_ WO; in reality a most iierfect and aeon ;
plished villian. He had for many years been a
professed gamester; ono of the most desperate
and daring character—yet, had so skilfully and
successfully thrown the cloak of hypocrisy over
his proceedings, that no ono even suspected him
of the practice.
Sipco the time when he had connected himself
with Henry Melbourne, ho`had what istechnical
ly termed, "a run of ill luck." ,To support his
credit, ho had, unknown to his partner, and in a
way which bid defiance to detection, till ruin had
resultod,•involvod the firm in debts to an immense
amount.
At.the timo when the crisis came, and conceal.
meet was no longer possible, Henry Melbourne
was accompanying the beloved of his heart and
home, with their mutually adored idol, on a short
tour, which the state of Mrs. Melbourne's health
rendered necessary.
Tho . messenger of bad tidings found Henry
Melbourne and his family at an hotel , in the vicin.
ity, of the romantic town of —, where they
had proposed to remain a few days. They had
just: returned flora an evening ramble, in which
they had enjoyed that most splendid of earthly
spectacles-4110 setting of the sun, seen over a
wide ,expanse of waters, and were taking their
_evening—repast,-when-a-letter -was-placed on the
table
,by the servant of the hotel—it declared' the
firm of Melbotfrrie and Horton insolvent; his vil
lainous• partner had escaped, and was no where to
be found. In addition to the respopsibilities in
which he had involved their own house, far beyond
what they were able to meet, he had committed a
forgery, on a firm of the same city, and that to a
largo amount. There was reason to suppose, there
fore, that ho had fled the country, and had left his
guiltless partner to bear the whole weight of the
responsibility.
" The effect of the letter on the walked Henry
Melbourne, was too violent, and sudden to permit
concealment from her who must be the sharer in
his wretchedness. It fell from his hands, and he
sat with a vacant gaze of horror—unconscious for
a time of the nature or extent of the evil which
had befallen him—a state of mind which sudden
calamity induces,resembling - tho stunning effect
of a violent blow. But the sensitive perception,
and tho keen anguish soon followed. He took up
the letter—again perused it, as though doubtful if
his eyes had not deceived him; but alas! it was
all too certain, and his .heart sunk within him. A
moment the thought came over him, that ho should
conceal from his wife the whole extent of the evil;
would havelttumimpossible.._Tho_aufhl
hanga-and-doatitlik4aktness.othis countentince,
-and tho clammy coldness of the hand which she
anxiously and-fendly-ptessed-betiveen her own,
told' her that something droadfui had occurred.-
-111elbourne-smk—but he•could not tell
the talo—and he gave her the letter. She perused
it-with enppressodzmotion ;_sberoltell-the weight
of the misfortune; but it was evident some consol
ing thought sustaineid her mind from sinking be.
noath its presdUre.
"Now," said the affectionate wife,-"now, Hen.
ry, we shall learn the value of each other's love.
It has been a joy to us—the greatest amongst
many joys:—but •now, when it is likely to be out
only one, we shall find out its true worth.' Be not
thus wretched, my Henry. /. kneiv—l know it is
not for your own sake you are . (-
"No; No!" exclaimed the wretched man, rous
e • by tlioso words troin" . tho strkta of torpor into
which ho had again sunk.
"It is for mine e and fbr our infant's. sake=.-say,
then, that your wife and your - child haie by this
event sustained a heavy, a grievous loss. Say,
that the bad rsau whom you confided hi but too
generously has ronged us of our gold—will my
Henry, my husband--will my child's father rob
us of that we havo still' leftint of that which is of
ten-fold more value to us both—his emu love and
happiness?"'
How beautiful, how admirable is the fortitude
of woman! Delicate of nature, apd clinging for
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support,, in all ordinary trials, to the more robust
nature of man, it might be deemed, she were un
equal to thu rude blasts of misfortune, and the
hour of danger. HOw difreitnit is the fact! How
often has it boom &Kid, that woman,, strengthened
by Love, haj begin alde t Wot only tosustiin t but to
cherish and succour r The tenipest in its desola.
tion has swept away every vastly:rot' his pleallute,
did his Hopes! and spirit broken man sits down
to wait the event in the torpor of despair! But a
gentle fornria,seen beedde. delicately Heauti
ful as a flower--ministering-to . hie %veldt' ndpai.
tbsiparing'in hie soriev itieet voico Is
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hoard, soothing, sympathising, encouraging—it
is the ministration and the voice of WOMILR 4 S love.
-Stlpported by the . synipathy and encouraged-by
the example.of his wilily Henry Melbearne • was
enabled to pass the fiery ordeal of the eilcutostan
cos we thiNift - mentioned, Fr d to
enable
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to their forlune enough was sckve
commence business again, though on a very hum;
No scale..-Most of his former. friends distanced
themselves into acquaintances, and the Seymot
fumily rogarted him as sit : imprudent man,-"who .
might have taken -more - cat° for others' sake, if
he did not choose to do it for 114 owr. Soy.
mour 'would have assisted him in
mont in the world,—but be wished him to feel'
the consequences of his-former folly.
Whether it might be called folly or imprudence,
the Tact was evident that he did feel the conse
quences of it—it had shaken the foundations of
"his constitution to their very base. The ingrati
tude of some, the reproaches of others, and the
meek resignation of his Carolino to her sadly al.
fored lot, were sources Of that ceaseless "corking
care," which preys on the body's health slowly,
but surely, till the work of ruin is complete. To
the tearful oyes of Mrs. Melbourne every day ex.
hibitcd some fresh token of her husband's declin.
ing state. His hollow eyes, and sunken cheeks
and temples, with the bright hectic flush that
came and went, as the slow fever which was con
suming him prevailed or subsided—spoke IL. lan
guage too plain to be misunderstood.
Ho attended to his business with unremitting
assiduity, but ho• was fearful and aniions lest evil
should again bofal him. The society of his wife
and, child had become dearer to him than ever,
and he conibssed that misfortune alone could have
taught them the worth ef each other's affection.
But the last vial was yet to be poured out on
the head of the unhappy Homy Melbourne. Cau
tious as ho had been, he became from the failures
of others again involved; end though to a trifling
amount, it presented him with the horrorfrofa goal.
His father-in-law, Mr. Seymour, on this second
failure, became exasperated, and confirmed in the
opinion ho had before entertained—that the whole
was attributable to the negligence of Melbourne;
and though ho did not close the door on him, late
did that which had the same effect on s est df
Henry Melbourne's spirit,---he made it evident to
him that he was not welcome. : e
The day preceding. that which was to bring
Henry the 'alternative of paying hu bill, or going
to prison, ho spent in fit , w4less applications to
friends; he got abtreutanetiW pity, but no help—
all were winkle, no one sage; and tete:reed
home, tired of foot and sick at heart, to gaze on the
saddest portion of his gloomy proipectL--the wife,
with her nursling babe, from whose society he was
so soon to be torn. •
"Hive you got the money, Henry'?" was the
question, with which', icz quick, but whispered
tone, fAie met him on the threshhold; and with
suspended breath she awaited his delayed answer,
"No r'
At that sound, hot fortitude fora few moments
failed, and she sank a lifeless form into the arms
df her husband.
With returning consciousness, came again that
enduring spirit whichlruirrustained-her4hrough
the protracted trials of Fortune. "I will see my
father," said Mrs. Melbourne, "I will - tithe my
babe with me, and its• laughing-eyes-shall plead
with the tears 4 , 25 mine, the cause of the blanieless,
though unfortunate—he cannot deny his aid to his
own child any longer."
She was mistaken. Mr. Seymour was an ad
mirer of justice and firmness. - He--thought his
filitrvor haa been imprudent, and accounteaAjust
ha should suffer for his folly; and it was now a
inattor of pride with him to persist l in his Brutus
like severity, in spite of his daughter's heart
searching appeals on her b i psband's behalf.
"Ho must go to a gaol then, dear father."
"He sought his own way there, Caroline—it will
teach him discretional,'
"But consider his health, sir; would you have him
lose his life . in a gaol?"
"Your fears aggravate the evil. We will take
care matters do not go so far as that; I will assist
him yet; but ho must take a lesson first, my child,
to know how to profit by that assistance.".
With a sad heart, and sorrowful step, Mrs.
MelbOurne te.enterod the door of their humble
dwelling. Henry Melbourne was !lacing :the
room, pressing his thin white hand on his still
paler brow, turd apparently 'lost in thought. A
momentary gleam of hope lit up his countenance,.
but his wifefs look told him sho sad truth—the fail.
ure.of her endeavours.
"Have you no friend yet entried i my love?" in,
quirod Mrs. Melbourne:
"Yes," said Henry, "I now remember - tlmre is
.sne friend."' As ho spoke, a languid Braille which
played over his filatures,. was Immediately follow
ed, as ho fixed his ()meet gaze on his Wife -and
the playful infant in her grins, by a look of sorrow
ful melancholy. ,
"Oh, Henry, why not try him then Tot. ino
row—'---r-"
"I,t will be time enough 10-morrow," ssidllen
ry, in a kw solemn voice: "There is a man to
whom I once rendered a kindness,. I HaVed him
from the relentless clutches of tile law, ;a, the very
time' they were dragging him tn a prison; I re
stored hinj table heart-broken ; family, and tkey
overitowkred me Vritti tin& grateful words.
gave him that, kto which under the genial mtlu.
fineo — of fOrtiroo'o Min t has sprung up into . " rzet
"Gratiqul man! and Is „lio the kind friend, of
Whom you speak?" inquired:his wife, anxiously.
• . "No:" said Molliourna, pansing t to Wine — deep
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ter —. awrt - guirerinit - thify — eliCiiiliT augment
those of her husband, on his removal to the goal,
hastened to her fatheAt, and again % with all the
eloquence of grid; beianght him to stretch forth.
his hand and alive Wet husband from dying in a
prison. She sofadyresailed as to gar is prom
istr,-thatiftlirlf6o-pvhaillfenry IVielbourne
pactod that rught,', did not 'keep his promise, he
would pievicTe for his liberation on the morrow.
Late in the afternoon , a messenger came for
Mrs. Melbourne; her Inisband wished to see her
as speedily as posible f with her infant. Her fa
ther. atcornpanied her to the prison door, but,
whether ashamed of the length to which he, had
permitted their sufferings to run, or from firmness,
the' entered not, and MrsMellx?urne wasshowa te
the apartlent Whelk!. herhusband had been plated.
A. - gray-heeded old - m4n, who was alio a. prison.
or for debt, occupied a portion of the same small
room. Oa the enuence, of Mrs. Melbourne, with
a delicate and gentlemanly feeling, ho rose, and,
bowing his venerable head,. with the tottering fee
ble-step of agp left the room.
A paleness, as of death, Was on the features or
the poor prisoner; he fondly, tUnbraced the tree;
sures of his broken heart,' and a few tears trjekled
from his eyes upon the rosy cheek of his babe--but
he was calm. '
"Henry, it is night, and your fkiand--your last
friend haa,not arrived' said Mrs. Melbourne, in
tending' to communicate the glad tidings of hor
father's•promise for thalnorrow; but her husband
interrupted her, . ' •
"Caroline," he,said, in a low, painful voice; then
paused, as if too Much overcome to proceed.
His wife; imagining it Was from the grief ho
felt at being once mere deceiredly his friend, was
again about to speak e her &her's intontiO •
when, with an Wort, Henty.Melbourne prmted.
ed:— • .
~.‘4l*44,Caroliner my last friend 'Will not deo:dill
me I • To-night , --yoe-to.nigiit he will lie lore,
and. Ho—Ho' wlibrsondi t hiin to iefeast ins. sviti
protooimy poor ialfb—my babes" Ai he
revery on past events. "No! I have se 4 oat seen
'him since I have kept company With i ishirtune.
Yesterday I saw him, for I sought him,—and ho
pitied me—lamented that it ehould happen so un
fortunately, that I should need his assistance, at-a
•time_when ho could -not conveniently affor4
and then ho talked of prudence, And wished the
safely through my troubles."
"But the one kind friend—you mentioned one
just now; why not see hint tonight? To-mor
row—"
Again Mrs. Melbotrivec c e
word—for it was her wish not to bring the proba.
ble •event of the next day before his mind more
forcibly, by talking of it—but the thought was
maddening her brain, and the word would escape
her lips.
"Not te.night! it is so late to - call•on a friend,"
said Melbournii, with an air of languid mirthful.
ness, "and for Jour sakes, I might wish—"
lie paused,end it was in vain 'his wife ondea:
toured to win from him tho moaning of those
mysterious words.
The dreaded day came, and again and again
did Mre: Melbourne inquire concerning tho last
friend, to whom her husband had alluded. Ho
still spoke of him, but it was with a strange mel.
ancholy tone and manner.
"Has ho promised to come?", asked Mrs. Mel.
bourne.
"Ho has promised, my love."
"But when—when, Henry 7" .
."To-night!"
"To•night? oh,_ gracious Heavens! to-night,
'Henry—you will be in gaol !" For the words
would no longer be suppressedi
"It matters not!—tonight ho rain come !" said
Melbourne in a positive and solemn manner.
Early in the morning the arrest was served on
the unfortunate Henry. When the moo entered,
his wife was sitting beside him weeping, with her
head reclining against his tihoulder, and he had
his darling infant in his arms. .
"I will attend you," said Melbourne.. "Carp.
line, take our babe—she must not go to prison too!"
With faltering step he crossed the room and
taking from above the mantlopisce z. miniature of
his wife and child, gazed fondly on it for a short
time.
"I will take it, though I shall not need it. Ca
roline, you will go to your father's with our dear
infant--he will not let you suffer----"
"But the frieed, Henry—the friend you mention
—to-night you say he ism come-ore you certain,
he will weep i n •
"X feet that he will was the answer.
"Then toditormw you will be released ?" ,
"To-morrowl" repeated tholusband.
Strange at the manner mut, in which the assu
rance was given, Mrs Melbourne wan no fixed by
the thought * "to-morrow he will be released," that
the took no notice of it.
Once more he kissed his babe s as it struggled
in the arms of its mother to come to hina-*-and
fondly embracing his , wife, turned to depart His
limbs trembled beneath him, and his stop was fal
tering. As though fre had sustained himself by
mental excitement till that hour.-his bodily weak.
noes became suddenly evident, and he aeon found
it necessary to ask the support or the officer's arm.
The insidiousness of consumptive disease, is a
trite subject of remark. Like the undermining o
a building, the foundation of the
. constitution is
sapped away by it, till at length, as by a sudden
crash, the fabric falls. Henry Melbourne, as wo
have before' rotated, had long buen its victim; and
its, progress was not a little...acceleratte-by.the
misfortunenle had endured.
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A letter from New Orleans, dated Sikh Deoo
states—"We have had a frost here Which will ant
off the crop of Sugar..one.fourth, say 20,000 hhdar
less than was expected two weeks ago." ' Othei
aceounts correspond with this.
"I cures A Goose, my wife cures the Gsttreeut."
As our readers may find some difficulty In mak.
ing this out, it is necessary to explain that the
good man intondod to make known, that bp cured
agues and his wife cured the jaundice,
- EQUALITY.4 curious cenVersition
lately took place on board one of the Mar.
to hoys,which being overheard, occasion ,
ed no small merriment among the passe*,
gers. A gentleman who, was totally tmac.
quo.inted with the customs of those vessels, '
till all the cabins were doubly occupied, one
excepted, in which there was a lady. Ha
addressed. himself to ~her "Pray madain t
be so hiudas-te-make-wa-y-fiv-sio?" "'Good
heavens, sir ! you cannot come hero, ge
the other cabins." "I have, mullein; and
they are all full." "Sir, it ist impoteribkr to
admit you here, for I am undressed."
"Well madam, I scorn to take any adiran.
tagc_of you, I will 'therefore undress_ tear -
Among other foibles of the renowned
Lord Timothy Dexter, was an imaginary
taste for statuary And' Wit. To prove biz
claim to the former, he had a large yard in
front of his house, filled with statues,- inclu
ding gOds,•demi-gods, heroes and great men,
among the latter .of whom he ranked him,
self, and had his statue placed accordingly.
And 1p inaketkood his claim to a tame for
wit, he used to encoura* jokes, even - at the
expense of being - tinself the butt of ridi
cule. -
.He was very vain of his iitatues, and Valid
of the rank he held among them." Seeing*
countryman one day gazing, et them ova'
the ., fence ) ho Popped his head .opt ot the
window and said, "Friend, I suppose you
are from the country, dint you ?"
"Why then I 'apse I am.
_And what of
that?" •
'''Don't you think I've got a little paradise'
here?" -- .
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,"Why, yes, - I should think so, if I did'nt
see the devil looking out of the.ivinder.°
'Good! good C come • ia friend, and lake
soniethiug tu •
A schoolmaster in a neighbor/fig tom
while inflicling punishment nporia refracto. ,
ry scholar, : walf visited by .a teacher of Mu
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spoke ho took his wife's hand, and when hie flat.
voice ceased, pressing It to his lips, he bowed his
betid upon the table. ' -
Mrs. Molbourno, overcome vinth sorrow,
fondly Oror him, and her tetra fell abnitthuitl3% , —Cs
tiro - corpse - 6MM' hibbiar:
Ilis last friend had artfrod-wflonry Melbourne
was dead.
liSriVn
Singular Blessing.---Oglader, its his
memoir, , of the Isle of Wight, written in
1700, gives us the following record of a
blessing formerly enjoyed by that fitvored
spot. "1 hive heard, says our author,
"and partly know it to"be trio, that not on.
ly heretofore was there no liwyer or attor.
ney in the Isle of Wight, but, in Sir George
Cary's time, 1588, an attorney, coming to
settle there,
was, by his counnand, and with
a,pound of candles hanging at his 'ekirtii ,
lighted, with bells about his legs, hunted out
of the Island,"
A good AcVr.—A few days ago', a aai•
lot whose supper story had been too *tint
ballasted, fell smash through a shop - sidrubnr
at, Leith, breaking at least half-w-dedistr_
panes. On the following day When the W..
cident ivas repaired, theshopman wits dhow
in„c , some friends how the thing happened,
but imitating alas ! too well the gyrations cif
the "toxicated" tar, he went souse through
the same window, with this difference, that
he broke two panes more than weirs fr. - 11011r. ,
ed on the previous day.
An example for Americo' Ladie/b....The
wile of William IV. King of England, hat
given it forth as her express desire, 61 at
her approaching levee all the ladies appea
clad exclusilely in British fabrics.
VAN DEAD FISHES . SPEAK?—•A negro, a.
bout to purchase some ftsti;Wted icillop where
several were exposed to sale. But suspWiag, that
one ho intended to buy was not so fresh as he could
wish, he prelmmed, either to dissipate
e rAblifitia
his suspicions, to apply it to his nose. Thirthdt.
monger, conscioes.that it would not bear much ex.
amination, and fearing that ether euskettes_,
might catch the - scant, excialutedlir a *ask , *mg.
"How daie you smell to my fish? , "Me no smell to
it,"roplied t h e blank man. aWhat then where you
doing?" "Moody talking to it, mares," 4 lAtif
what were you talking about?" "Me auk - hint,
mama, what the best news at sea?" "And what
reply did he giro you'?" "0, masse, he say he
know no news, as ho Nab not been dove die tree
weeks !"
Inscription on a village Doqter's alga In Desvn.,
STATUARVAND WM.
:'Savrw is inithty,
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r I , . V.
=WM
1911
411
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