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THE GARLAND.
-"With sweetest flowers enrich'd,
From various gardens cull'd with care."
On! give me not unmeaning smiles,
Though worldly clouds may fly before them,
llut let me see the sweet blue isles
Of radiant eyes when tears wash o'er them,
Though small the fount where they begin,
Their form, 'tis thought, in many a sonnet,
A flood to drown our sense of sin;
lint oh! Love's ark still floats upon it.
Then give me tears, oh! bide not one ;
The best affections me but flowers
That faint beneath the fervid sun,
And languish ono a. day for showers.
Yet peril lurks in every gem,
For tears arc worse than swords in slaughter,
And bards aro still subdued by'them,
A.B humming birds aro shot with water.
AN AtoII:MING TREAT.
[wo. ILj
JAPHET,
IN 5E.0.11.031 07 A. FATHER.
O::TCOINTIIVUED FROM OUR LAST.
I soon found out that we were not only
well fed, but in every other point well treat
ed, and I was very comfortable and happy.
Mr. Brookes instructed•me in the art of la
belling and tying up, and in a very short
time I was very expert; and, as Timothy
predicted, the rudiments were once more
handed over to him. Mr. Cophagus suppli
. ed me with good clothes, bin never gave
me any pocket money, and Timothy and I
often lamented that we had not even a half- I
penny to spend.
Before I had been many months in the
shop, Mr. Brookes was able to leave when
any exigence required his immediate atten
dance. I made up the pills, but he weigh
ed out the quantities in the prescriptions; if,
therefore, any one came in for medicines, I
desired them to wait the return of Mr.
Brookes, who would be in very soon. One
day, when Mr. Brookes was out, and I was
sitting behind the counter, Timothy sitting
on it, and swinging his legs to and fro, both
lamenting that we had no pocket money,
Timothy said, "Japhet, I've been puzzling
my brains how we can get some money, and
I've hit it at last; let you and I turn doctors;
we won't send ell the people away who come
when Mr. Brookes is out, but we'll physic
them ourselves."
1 jumped at the idea, and he had hardly
proposed it, when an old woman came in,
and addressing Timothy, said, "That she
wanted something for her poor grand•child's
... sore throat."
"I don't mix up the medicines, ma'am,"
repl:ed Timothy; "you must apply to that
gentleman, Mr. Newland, who is behind the
counter—he understands what is good for
every body's complaints."
"Bless his handsome race , —and so young
too l• Why, he you a doctor, sir?"
"I should hope so," replied I; "what is it
you require—a lotion, or an embrocation?"
"I don't understand those hard words, hut
I want some doctor's stuff."
"Very well, my good woman; I know
what is proper," replied I, assuming an im
portant air. "Here, Timothy, wash out
this vial very clean."
"Yes, sir," replied Timothy, very re
epeetfully.
I took one of the measures, and putting
in a little green, a littlo blue, and a little
white liquid from the medicine bottles gen
erally used by Mr. Brookes, filled it up with
water, poured the mixture into the vial,
corked, and labeled it, haustus statim su•
mendus, and handed it over the counter to
the old woman.
"Is the poor child to take it, or is it to
rub outside?" enquired the old woman.
"The directions are on the label;—but
you don't read Latin 7"
"Deary me, no ! Latin ! and do you un•
derstand Latin? what a nice clever boy !"
"I should not be a good doctor if I did
not," replied I. On second thoughts I con
sidered it advisable and safer that the appli
cation should be external, so 1 translated
the label to her—"llaystus, rub it in—sta.
rim, on the throat—sumendus, with the palm
•of the hand."
"Deary me! and does it mean all that?
How much have I to pay, sir 1"
"Embrocation is a very dear medicine,
my good woman; it ought to be 'eighteen
pence, but, as you are a poor woman, I shall
only charge you nine•pence."
"I'm sure I thank you kindly, sir," re
plied the old woman, putting down the mo
ney, and wishing me a good morning, as she
left the shop.
"Bravo 7" cried Timothy, rubbing his
hands; "it's halves, Japhet, is it not?'
"Yes,". replied I; "but first we must be
honest, and not cheat Mr. Cophagus; the
vial is sold, you know, for one penny, and I
suppose the stuff I have taken is not worth a
penny more. Now, if we put aside two- .
ponce for Mr. Cophague, we don't_ cheat
TEARS.
him, or steal his property; the other seven
pence is of course ours—being the profits of
the profession."
"But how shall we account for receiving
the two-pence 7" said Timothy.
"Selling two vials instead of one; they are
never reckoned, you know."
"That will do capitally," cried Timothy;
"and now for halves." But this could not
be managed until Timothy had run out and
changed the sixpence; we then each had
lour three-pence halfpenny, and for once' in
our lives could say that we had money in
our pockets.
Tne success of our first attempt encour
aged us to proceed; but afraid that I might
do some mischief, I asked of Mr. Brookes
the nature and qualities of the various med
icines, as he was mixing the prescriptions,
that I might avoid taking any of those
which were poisonous. Mr. Brookes, pleas
ed with my continual enquiries, gave me
all the information I could desire, and thus
I gained not only a groat deal of informa
tion; but also a great deal of credit with Mr.
Cophagus, to whom Mr. Brookes had made
known my diligence and thirst for know
ledge.
"Good— very good," said Mr. Cophagus;
"fine boy—learns his business—M. D. one
of these days—ride, in his coach—urn, and
so on." Neverthilless, at my second at.
tempt, I made an awkward mistake which
very nearly led to detection. An Irish la
bourer, more than half tipsy, came in one
evening, and asked whether we had such a
thing as was called "A poor man's plaster.
By the powers, it will be a poor man's pins.
ter, when it belongs to me; but they tell me
that it's a sure and sartaincure for the thum
bago, as they call it, which I've at the small
of my back, and which is a hinder to my
mounting up the ladder; so as it's Saturday
night, and I've just got the money, I'll buy
the plaister first, and then try what a little
whiskey inside will do; the devil's in it if it
won't be driven out of me between the two."
We had not that plaster in the shop, but
we had blister plaster, and Timothy hand
ing one to me, I proffered it to him. "And
what may you be alier asking for this banner
enquired he.
The blister plasters were sold at a shill
ing each, when spread on paper, sol asked
him eighteen•pence, that we might pocket
the extra sixpence.
"By the powers, one would think that
you had made a mistake, and handed me
the rich man's plaster instead of the poor
one. It's lees whiskey I'll have to drink,
any how; but here's the money, and the top
of the morning to ye, seeing as how it's jist
coming on night."
Timothy and I laughed as we divided the
sixpence.-, It appeared that after taking his
allowance of whiskey, the poor fellow fixed
the plaster on his back when he went to bed,
and the next morning found himself In a
condition not to be envied. It was a week
before we saw him again, and, much to the
horror of Timothy ar.d myself, he walked
into the shop when Mr. Brookes was employ
ed behind the counter. Timothy perceiv
ed him before he saw us, and pulling me be.
hind the large mortar, we contrived to make
our escape into the back parlour, the door
of which we held ajar to hear what would
take place.
"Murder and turf I" cried the man, "but
that was the devil's own plaster that you
gave me here for my back, and it left me
as raw as a turnip, taking every bit of my
skin off me entirely, forbye my lying in bed
for a whole week, and losing my day's
work."
"1 really do not recollect supplying you
with a plaster, my good man," replied Mr.
Brookes.
"Then, by the piper that played before
Moses, if you don't recollect it, I've an idea
that I shall never forget it. Sure enough,
it cured me, but wasn't I quite kilt before
I was cured?"
"It' must "have been some other shop,"
observed Mr. Blookes. "You have made a
mistake."
"Devil a bit of a mistake, except in sell
ing me the plaster. Didn't I get it of a lad
in this same shop?"
"Nobody sells things out of this shop
without my knowledge."
The Irishman was puzzled—he looked
round the shop. "Well, then, if this an't
the shop, it was own sister to it."
"Timothy," called Mr. Brookes.
"And sure enough there was a Timothy
in the other shop, for I heard the boy call
the other by name; however, it's no matter,
if it took off tho skin, it also took away the
thumbago, so the morning to you, Mr. pot
tykarry."
When the Irishman departed, we made
our appearance. "Japhet, did you sell a
plaster to an Irishman 1"
"Yes—don't you recollect, last Satur
day
day? and I gave •you the shilling."
"Very true; but what did he ask foil"
"He asked for a plaster, but he was very
tipsy. I showed him a blister, and he took
it;" and then I looked at Timothy and
laughed.
"You must not play such tricks," said
Mr. Brookes. "I see what you have been
about—it was a joke to you, but not to him."
Mr. Brookes, who imagined we bad sold
it to the Irishman out offun, then gave us a
very severe lecture, ar.d threatened to ac
quaint Mr. Copliagus if ever we played such
tricks again. Thus the affair blew over,
and it made me very careful; and, as every
day I know more about medicines, I was
soon able to mix them, so as to be of service
to those who applied, and before eighteen
months had expired, I was trusted in mix-
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mortis.
As I followed up my saturnine avocations,
I generally had an open book on the counter
beside me; not a marble covered, dirty vo
lume, from the Minerva press, or a half
bound, half-guinea's worth of Colburn's fash
ionable trash; but a good, honest, heavy
looking, wisdom-implying book, horribly
stuffed with epithet of drug; a book in which
Latin words were redundant, and here and 1
there were to be observed the crabbed char
acters of Greek. Altogether, with my buok
and my look, I cut such a truly medical ap
pearance, that even the most guarded would
not have hesitated to allow me the sole con
duct of a whitlow, from inflammation to sup
puration, and from suppuration to cure, or
have refused to have confided to me the en
tire suppression of a gumboil. Such wore
my personal qualifications at the time that I
was raised to the important office of dispen
ser of, I may say, life and death.
It will not Surprise - the reader when I tell
him that I was much noticed by those who
came to consult,or talk with Mr. Cophagus.
"A very fine looking lad that, Mr. Copha.
gus," an acquaintance would say. "Where
did you get him—who is his father?"
"Father!" Mr. Cophagus would reply,
when they had gained the back parlour, but
I could overhear him, "father. um—can't
tell—love Concealment—child born—found
ling hospital—put out—and so on."
This was constantly occurring, and the
constant occurrence made me often reflect
upon my cnndition,which otherwise I might,
from the happy and even tenor of my life,
have forgotten. When I retired to my bed
I would revolve in my mind all that 1 had
gained from the governors of the hospital
relative to myself. The paper found in the
basket had been given to me. I was born
in wedlock—at least, so said that paper.—
The sum left with mo also proved that my
parents could not, at my birth, have been
paupers. The very peculiar, circumstances
attending my case, only made me more anx
ious to know my parentage. I was now old
enough to be aware of the value of birth, and
I was also just entering the age of romance,
and many were the strange and absurd reve
ries in which I indulged. At one time, I
would cherish the idea that I was of noble,
if not princely birth, and frame reasons for
concealment. At others—but it is useless
to repeat the absurdities and castle buildings
which were generated in my brain from
mystery. My airy fabrics would at last dis
appear, and leave me in all the misery of
doubt and abandoned hope. Mr. Cophagus,
when the question was sometimes put to
him, would say, "Good boy—very good
boy—don't want a father." But he was
wrong, I did want a father; and every day
the want became more pressing, and I found
myself continually repeating the question, '
"Who is my father?"
The departure of Mr. Brookes of course
rendered me more able to follow up with
Timothy my little professional attempts to
procure pocket money; but independent of
these pillagings by the aid of pills, and mak
ing drafts upon our master's legitimate pro
fits, by the assistance of draughts from his
shop, accident shortly enabled me to raise
the ways and means in a more rapid man
ner. But of this directly. In the mean-
time I was fast gaining knowledge; every
evening I road surgical and medical books,
put into my hands by Mr. Cophagus, who
explained whenever I applied to him, and I
soon obtained a very fair smattering of my
profession. He also taught me how to bleed,
by making me, in the first instance, punc
ture very scientifically all the larger veins
of a cabbage-leaf, until well Satisfied with
the delicacy of my hand, mid the precision
of my eye, he wound up my instructions by
permitting me to breathe a vein in his own
arm.
"Well," said Timothy, when he first saw
me practising, "I have often beard it said,
that there's no getting blood out of a turnip;
but it seem there is more chance in a cab•
bage. 1 tell ydu what, Japhet, you may
try your hand upon me as mochas you please,
fur, twopence a go."
ing up all the prescriptions. At the end of
that period Mr. Brookes left us, and 1 took
the whole of his department upon myself,
giving great satisfaction to Mr. Cophagus.
And now, that I have announced my pro
motion, it will perhaps be as well that I
give the reader some idea of my personal
appearance, upon which I have hitherto
I been silent. I was thin, between fifteen
and sixteen years old, very tall for my ago,
and of my figure I had no reason to be
ashamed; a large beaming eye, and strong
ly marked aquiline nose, a high forehead,
fair in complexion, but with very dark hair.
I was always what may be termed a re•
markably clean-looking boy, from the pecu
liarity of my skin and complexion; my teeth
were small, but were transparent, and I
had a very deep dimple in my chin. Like
all embryo apothecaries, I carried in my ap
pearance, if not the look of wisdom, most
certainly that of self-sufficiency, which does
equally well with the world in general. My
forehead was smooth, and very white, and
my dark locks were combed back system
atically, and with a regularity that said, as
plainly as hair could do, "The owner of this
flocs every thing by prescription, measure.
meat, and rule." With my long fingers I
folded up the little packets, with an air as
thoughtful and imposing as that of a minis
ter who has just presented a protocol as in
terminable as unintelligible; and the look of
solemn sagacity with which I poured out the
contents of one vial into the other, would
have well become the king's physician,when
he watched the "lord's anointed" in articulo
4
I consented to this arrangement, and by I is, that you would prescribe for' Me; as I
dint of practising on Timothy over and overhave no great opinion of your master's tat ,
I
again, I became quite perfect. I should oats."
here observe, that my anxiety relative to I "If you wish it, madam," said I, bowing
my birth increased every day, and in one respectfully.
of the books lent me by Mr. Cophagus, therel "You have camphor julep ready made up, i
was a dissertation upon the human frame, have you not?" " i
sympathies, antipathies, and also on those "Yes, madam," replied I.
features and peculiarities most likely to de. "Then do me 'the favor to send the. boy
scond from ono generation to another. it with a bottle to my house directly." I hand
was there assorted, that the nose was the ed down the bottle, she paid for it, and put
facial feature most likely to be transmitted ting it into Timothy's hands, desired him to
from father to son. As 1 before have men- take it to the direction which she gave him.
tioned, my nose was peculiarly aquiline; and Timothy put on his. ,hat; cocked his eye at
after I had read this book, it was surprising me, and left us alone. ..
with what eagerness I examined the faces "What is your name?" said she, in the
of those whom I met; and if I saw a nose same melodious voice.
upon a man's face, at all resembling my own, ' "Japhet Newland, madam," replied I.
I immediately would wonder and surmise "Japhet—it is a good,a Scriptural nnme,"
r whether that person could be my father.— said the lady, musing in half soliloquy,
, The constant dwelling upon the subject at "Newland—that sounds of mammon.".
last created a species of monomania, and a "This mystery is unraveled," thought I,
hundred times a day I would mutter to my- and I was right in my conjectures. "She
self, "Who is my father?" indeed, the very is some fanatical methodist;" but 1 looked
bells, when they rung a peal, seemed, as in at her again, and her dress disclaimed the
the case of Whittington, to chime the ques. idea,for in it there was much taste displayed.
tion, and at last I talked so much on the sub- "Who gave you that name?" said she, at:
ject to Tirnothy,who was my Fidus Aehates, for a pause. • . .
and bosom friend, that I really believe, par- The question was simple enough, but it
tail as he was to me, he wished my father at stirred up a host of annoying. recollections;
the devil. 'but not wishing to . make a confidant of her,
Our shop was well appointed with all that 1 gently replied, as I used to do in' the
glare and glitter with which we decorate Foundling Hospital on Sunday morning—
the "house of call" - of disease and death.— "My, godfathers and godmothers in my bap.
Being situated in such a thorough-faro, pas- time ma'am."
sengers would stop to look,in, and ragged- "My dear sir; lam very ill,"- said she,
vested, and in other gartnents still more after a pause, "will you feel my pulse?"
ragged, little boys would stand to stare at I touched a wrist, and. looked at tt hand
the variety of colours, and the 'pottecary that was worthy of being admired. What a
.gentleman, your humble servant, who pie- pity, thought I, that she should be old, ugly,
sided Dyer so ninny labelled-in-gold pliaiunx. and half crazy! .
es whitlydecorated:the sides - of the shoji.— "Do you not think that this liaise amine
Among those who always stopped and gaz. exhibits considerable nervous excitement? I
ed us she passed by, which was generally reckoned it this morning, it -was at a hun
three or four times a day, was a well-dressed dred and twenty."
reinaie, about forty years of ego, straight as "It certainly beats quick," replied I, "but,
an arrow, with an elasticity of, step, and a perhaps, the camphor julep reayprove bane
decision in her manner of walking which ficial."- ' . . .
was almost masculine, although her form, "I thank you for .3 our advice, Mr. New.
notwithstanding that it was tall and thin;was land," said she, laying daWiitt guinen, "and
I extremely feminine and graceful. Some- if lam not better, 1 will cull again, or send
times she would fix her eyes upon me, and for you. Good night."
there was a wildness in her looks, which cer- . She walked Out of the shop, leaving.= in,,
tainly gave a painful impression, and at the no Small astonishment. What could she I
same time so fascinated me, that when I mean? I was lost in reverie, when Timothy
'nut her gaze, the paper which contained returned. The guinea remained on' the'
the powder.romained unfolded, and the arm counter. i
which was pouring out the liquid suspended. "I met her going home," said he. • "Bless
She was often remarked by Timothy, as me . —a guinea—why, Japhetl" I recounted
melt as me; and we further remarked, that all that had passed. "Well, then, it hail
her step was not equal throughout the day. turned out well for us, instead of ill as I ex-
In her latter peregrinations,towards the eve- pected."
ning, her gait was more vigorous, but cue- . The us reminded -me that we shared pro
quid, at the same time that her gaze was fits on these occasions, and I. offered Time
more steadfast. She usually passed .the thy his half;• but Tim, with all his espiegle.
shop for the last time each day, about five rie, was not selfish, and ho stoutly refused
o'clock in the afternoon. One evening, of. to take Ins share.. He dubbed me an M.
ter we had watched her past as we supposed, D., and said I had beat Mr.. Cophagus ai r
to return no more till the ensuing morning, ready, for he had never taken . a physician's,
for this peeping in, on her part, had become the. - ' •
an expected occurrence, and afforded much "I cannot underitand" it, - Timothy," said
. amusement to Timothy, who designated her 1, after a few minutes' thought. ..
as the "mad woman," to our great surprise, • "I can," replied Timothy. "She has
and to the alarm of Timothy, who sprung looked in at the window until she has fallen
over the counter,
and took a position by my in love with your handsome face; that's it,
side, she walked into the shop. Her eye depend upon it." As I Could find no other
appeared wild, as usual, but 1 could not make cause, and Tim's opinion was backed by my,
out that it was insanity; I rather ascribed it own vanity, I imagined that such must be
to religious fanaticism. I recovered. my the 'case. "Yes, 'tie so," continued Time
self-possession, and desired Timothy to hand thy, "as the saying is, there's money bid for
the lady a chair, begging to know in what you." . . .
way I could bo useful. Timothy walked "I wish that it had not been by so ill-fa
round by. the end of the counter, pushed , a vorod a person, at all events, Tim," replied ,
chair near to her, and then made a hasty I; "I cannot return her affection." I
retreat to his former position. She declin. "Never mind that, so long as you don't
ed the chair with a motion of her hand, in return the Money."
which there was much dignity, as well as The next evening she made her appear. I
grace, and placing upon - the counter her ance, bought as before a bottle of camphor I
bands, which were small and beautifully julep—sent Timothy home with it, and ask
white, she bent forward towards me, and ing my advice, paid me another guinea
said, in a sweet, low voice, which actually "Really, madam," said 1, putting it back
startled me by its depth of melody, "I em towards her, "I am not entitled to it."
very ill." - "Yes, you are," replied she.. "I know'
.1114gristonishment increased every me- you have no friends, and I also know that
meat: Why, I know not, because the ex- you deserve them. You must purchase
ceptions are certainly as many as the gener- books, you must study, or you never will be
al rule, 'we always form an estimate , of the a great man." She then sat down, entered 1
voice before we hear it, from the outward into conversation,. and I was struck with the
appearance of the speaker; and when I look- fire and vigour of the remarks which were
ed up in her face, which was now exposed uttered in such a melodious tone.
to the glare of the argand lamp, and wit- Her visits, during a mooth,were constant,
nessed the cadaverous, pule, chalky expres. and every time did she press upon men fee.
sion on it, and the crow feet near the eyes, Although not in love with her person, I air
and wrinkles on her forehead, I should have tainly felt very grateful, and, moreover, was
sooner expected to have heard a burst of charmed with the Superiority of her mind.
heavenly symphony from a thunder-cloud, We were now on the most friendly and con
than such music as issued from her parted lips fiding terms. One evening, she said to Me,
"Good heavens, madam l" said I, eager- "Japhet, we have - now been friends some
ly and respectfully, "allow me to send for time. Can I trust you?" • ,
Mr. Cophagus." "With your life, if it were necessary," re.
"By no means," replied she. "I come plied I.
to you. lam aware," continued she, in an "I believe it," said shee "Then can you
under tone, "that you dispense medicines, leave the shop and come to me to-morrow
give advice,and receive money yourself." evening?" ' ~ -.--
I felt very much agitated, and the blush "Yes, if you will send your maid for me,
... . . •
of detection mounted up to , my forehead. saying that you are not well."
Timothy, who heard what she said, showed --
' "I will, at eight o'clock, , Farewell,. then,
bis uneasiness - in a variety of grotesque
t tomorrow."
[TO BE CONTINOEDA iO
ways. He drew up his legs alternately, as
if he were dancing on hot plates; he slapped ,
his pockets, grinned, clenched his, fists,
ground his teeth, and bit his lips till he'mado
the blood come. At last he sidled up to me,
"She has been peeping and screwing those
eyes of hers into this shop for something.—
It's all up with both of us, unless you can
buy her off:" ,
"I have, madam," said I at Last, "yen•
tured to prescribe in some trivial cases, and,
as you say, receive money when my master
is not here; but am entrusted with the
• I*
"I know—l know—youneed notfear me.
You aro toomode9t. What I would request
NEW &TT= 'OP ASTRONOUY.-Mr. R.
Newman, of 'Romney, Va., has addressed
a communication to the editor of the Na
tional Intelligencer, in which he advances
several new and bold ideas in relation to the
mechanism of the heavens. Thq following
are among the most curious:
1. That the whole of the visible heavens,
is moving along around some immense or
bit, like motes in the air.
2. That this motion, of the sun, like that
of,
,the moon and earth together around the
. .
sun, gtves .
ellipticity to the orMts of the
planets.
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3. The moon does not directly elerat . tom„ ei .
waters under her, . bin depresses ' thetti;ai . d*,s:..,, 4;
thence they recede from this point,and fur .
from it, and thus from the tides. •'-' , -. ','::
4. The eun cannot be 95 million of miles
from us ? for, Mare would then appear no
bigger than a star—li. e‘' to our eyes, Mr.
Newman should have added.]
5. The principal offices of moons is to gill',
rotation to their suns. ',-
O. The diStance gained by the earth each '-%-•
dny in its orbit ovor the motion of thit.suli ? :
is equal to its circumference, whatever ma ;;<;
be its extent. and nothing morm
Mr. Newman doubts the infallibility 0r.4'1
Newton's gravitation,,aud thinks, the whole ;: ;,a
Avstem of celestiO neichanice wants 401tilitz: l .'
ingi and to make its laws.dopend
lie calls upon , the Americana to patroinie
him in his bold hypothosis.4* If so, Imi wig?
give:hislystern mote at large. -•
1 . 6 1 '
Eaux,sr GE - msg.—ln a ate iograp tott .
sketch of "MsTraxAs, the. Prophet,. 7 or raj - , 77 .? i' .
thor, Impflostor,.which is given in the New
York .Morning:Herald, we findthe follow. - "-` - ,?
ang example recorded of his early genius,and ,
talent for humbugging weaker brothers for -
his own especial advantage. -The .game
thus began,was played out at TolgerPlece.''
Matthias (says his biographer) waist
schoolamong a number of other boys.; Otter
day, from some occasion or another, a feir_
sweetmeats, confectionary, or paisibl,yali--
ples, were distributed among the yet:meek'
lows, just as they were, let loosefromechool.
It was rather a cloudy afternonn, and„the
appearance of the day indicated a thutater
gust. Matthias had got rid °fall his share, 74
of the spoils, and immediately set him*lftit, ;•„7.
work to replenish his pocket from those etil
the other boys. They .refused_ hire. nig
selfish nature, even at that age, begaut, o bud
forth in strength. .
"Then," said young Bob, "if you den't
give me an apple aliece, make thetnau
of the thunder speak to you."
The boys laughed. Bob became fitrioutt.,., -- „ .
"See," said he. "that black.cloud .. I'll Lanka':
him speak in a few-minutes."
In a short time a flash: of lightning broke -
from the cloud; it was followed by a-heavy'
peal of thunder. Some of the younger boys
got frightened. "Bob," said they, "do you
know the man m the thunder?" "He tb my .
uncle," said Bob. .
The young fellows 'guided over the re
mains of the spoils to the little rogue
breeches, without another word. •
Trig Cosirr.—A letter from Vienna
flounces that. M. Lettrow; Director of
Observatory in that'city, has received
the celebrated English Astronomer, Her.
schell, now residing at the _Cape of Good •
Hope, the remarkable intelligence that. Ha
lley's Comet, ofwhich so much has been said,
,;;').'
and which is positively expected in A.igtist
this year, will not be visible, because it has 2, t
long since changed the direction of its course,
and now revolves in , a different orbit. • A'
report by the. German astronomers this
important subject is expected very shorilk
and will be published. :
WasT rrnrrl—An establishment his been
fitted up in New York where Cbampaigne is
sold by the glass, being drawn from a.re
servoir in the same manner as . Soda Water. . ,'. :':`:.'
HORSE VS. The Newport Sped
tator a year or two since gave us a =lad-
choly account of a cannibal cat that eat her- -
self up! The last number of that paper ex- .••,•;:,
hibils the carnivorality of e. horse , that, eat
up a cow I It seems they were confined to- ,
gether in ,a barn, when. Dobbin, ,toking a .
fancy to a piece of fresh beef, commenced
operations upon the cow's hip and back.
The cow remonstrated against this act,,tus
an unconstitutional suspension of the *dead
Corpus; but the horse took the responsibili
ty, and the corpus with it, and felt autheriz.'
ed by the constitution, as he Understood it,
to, eat "a foot square of-the animal's back"
,before the Court of Oyer and Terminer,
which the sufferer summoned by - spedial
proclamation, could interfere in her behalf.
N. B. If farmers would preserve. their
cows, let them xeephay is the barn for their . `V
horses.---Ed. News Letter.
A law was passed at the recent Session
of the New York Legislature, providing
that hereafter no convict shall be taught
any mechanical trade in the 'Prison, except
for tho making of them articles the chief 1,
supply of which is impoited ',front foreigu
countries. Convicts acquainted with me.
chanical trades when they enter the Prison,,
can still purane them, Without infringing -
upon the present law. " . .
'ln the year 1014, lawyers were forbid
den to take any fees whatever, and in 1658
they were excludedfromthe
Forthis uncourtous act, it must be confeita-:
edthat their descendants have made the ,
fibiansia honorable.
ORIGINAL ANZGDOTZ--"MiLdarDpViill I
see you hoineir said an honest, ,gnod.na..,
tured sort of a fellow to a strapping dankest
of sixteen. = #No, sir. I can see myielfbams.' -
Our hero, not 'wetly understandirquibe
reply, repeated with more emplu t i,
say,Madarn,shall I bare the !drain". ark/p•.
ing you homer - 'Nor "Are yeti
nest?" ray
'Yes!, # 4 Well, I awt I" -
A lady reading flan d nevm , theltik. , ..,
nor -nt of a *Pro
,ouncement of 4 msrt,i4g 4 •
Liefi and a Mile Uttels. 4 fr*
'iThere iu r one preplan, Iteacme
the lion & the lunb shall U dream,
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