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RTRACY, M. D., Coroner for the
. County of Huron. Office and Re-
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T AMES STEWART, M. D., C:
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Seaforth, Dec. 14, 1868. - d3 -1y
E FIRST F
' SNO
L 014 THE
Ye, the first snow -flake$ are falling
cross the dreary world,
An the sear dry leaves are calling
hat the year is growing old.
Th snow may have its brightness;
nd bards may sing its praise—
But to me its spotless whiteness
I the shroud of summer
Wh
Cou
A
My
it
My
n a dear friend has departe
the far oft shadow land,
d you ever smile lighthearted
you touched his poor dead hand!
eart, then, knows no yearning
or the first fall .of the snow ;"
heughts keep ever turning
a face laid deep and low.
1
Bee ath the summer daisies
A d the grass of emerald sheep, •
At r st from all We'Pha.ses,
T at face is blest, I ween.
not look with gladness
the earth, all robed in whit
• emory seems a madness
the tears start cairn! ancl b
0
And
Til
Then
An
Fall
L'
In "
He
Acce
An
I bow my head in
the now -flakes
n my brow ip me
e a whisper from
rc
is" ciwn gracious b
gives us all we ne
t with love, not cl t
serv in faith an
ertknes
niton h
ess,
!sky.
, •
auty
ee
'ht.
gh
LI
Alas!
ni
A see
The
Quebe
ane or
Au us
minute
of the$
French
attenu
bad re
the pal
French
all- en
non.
fair-lrai
eonseq
one wle
and va
heir to.
UCHINC IT IN T E BU
on
E IN C NA
AV:
e MRS. MOO IIE.
CHAPTER T.
sit to Gros
• Isle-
thit an'ii, stern spi lt e'er should
-
e fo lure ---so oxqisite as this.
dicad4ul cholera wa depopulating
and Montreal, wile iour ship cast
when
!our
• • roase Isle, en the 3 th of
1832, and we wereboarded afew
after by the healthofficers. One
.geatlemen—alitge Shrivel ed -up
• *,
an -7 -from his sole n aspect and
ted 'igure, would aye made no
reseative of hi -Who sat upon
hors . He -:was lie only grave
an I had. ever seen,J and I natu r -
%ugh iegarded him ai a pheuorae-
is ompanion— ne-looking,
ed Scotchman_.thcjug.n a :little
ential in his manner, looked like
in hii own person mild cOmbat
quish all. the evils w1hich flesh is
Su
was the co rt, ast between
the do tors, that they would have orm-
ed very good erablems—orie of Vig rous
health;
Our c
try sail
potitene
.bear, r
tors on
,courtes
down in
no soofl
round t
fellowin
"Fro
• Now
the other, of hopeles
ptain, a rude blunt
r, possessing ccirtei
s than might be ex
deea.y
north:
ly net
pected.
ceiyed hie sprucelyalressed
he deek, and, withj very
,
abruiptly bade the4Ifollo
o the cabal. The dfficials
seated, than, glancing h
e place, they cominenced
dialogue :—
what port, captatn ?"
he c ptain had a peculiar lan-
guage of his o fron wnich o on-
ks.
er.
rt o' Leith,
general ear -
four cabin
s—brig ninety-two tens burden,
t hands." Here he prochited
tials, and ha,nded them to the
The Scotchman jest glai ceci
°ailments, and laid them on the
,ou a good passage out ?"
118, befiling winds, hea iy foss,
-three weeks on Banks—foul
eking Gulf—short .of wa er,
t of jrprovisions, steerage as-
otin-
ore
in a
visi-
ittle
him
ere
tily
the
11
ne om
ly expu ged all the conne,eting li
Small W rdasclich as " and' 'ncl. 't
he contr ved t dispense wit eltoeet
"Scot and—sailed from p
bqund fo Quebec, Montreal
go—seve ty-to Steeraee
passenge
crew eig
his erode
stranger;
over the
table.
"Had
"Tedi
detained.
weather
people (a
sengers s arvine. '
"Any case • of sickness or death
board?" .
.
"All.$ undrap crickets-." ..
'Any: irths " lisped the little Fren eh -
11
on
man.
The ca. tain screwed up his mouth, . nd
.after a in ment s reflection hel replied,
"Births? Why, yes ; now I think o 't,
gentlemen we had one female on boa ,d,
who prod ced three at% a birth."
" That' uncommon," said the Spot&
doctor, • th an air of lively curiosity.
" Are th.e children alive and well ! I
should r e mueli to see them." . He
started up and knocked his head, for he
wasvery t 11, against the ceiling. " 0 n -
e
foimd.You low cribs ! ' I have nearly
dashed ou. my brains."
"A har task, that," looked thcap
tain to in. 116 did not speak, but I
knew by h s sarcastic grin what was up-
permost i , his thoughts. "The youiig
ones allle alas—fine thriving- -fellows.
Step upon •leek, Sam Frazer," turning to
his Stewar ; "bring them down for do
tore to s e." Sam vanished vith a
lehowing wenk to his superior, and quick-
ly returne , bearing in his arras three
fat, chuck' -headed bull -terriers the s
gacious na her following close 1 at his
heels, and looked ready to give and ta e
offence on the slightest tirovocetien.
" Here, ' ent1enseia,: Are the 'babies,"
said Frazer, depOitifig-jilis burden on t e
floor. "- They"tredit to the ruirsing f
the brindle :Slut"' i•
The old tar laughed, chuckled, au
rubbed his hand a into an ecstacy of d
light at the ' dignation,and dissappoin
nient visibl8 itt the countenance of th-
Scotch Escu apius, who. angry as he w
. .
isely he d tongu
renchma ; his rage
ounds,-- e danced in a
icrous ex itement,—he
t our rot4gh captain,
be top of his voice,
"Sacre, you bete?
en you tr to pass your
or babies ! '
. Not• so
scarcely
tate of mos
the
ew
t lu-
shook his fist
nd screamed at
ou tink us dog,
puppies on us
"Rout, e an' don't be igry," said the
cotchman, stifling a la gh ; "you see
is only a j ke !"
"Jeke ! «e nq underst ncl; euch joke.
e !" ret rned the an: y Frenchman,
estowing savage kick i u one ofthe un-
ending p ps which wa ,frisking about
is feat.- Tie pup yelped • the glut bark -
and leap d furiously t the offender;
d was o y kept from biting him by
m, who ould scarcel hold her back
f r laughin ' the captain asuproarious ;
e offende Frenchman lone maintain -
a severe and dignifie aspect. The
gs were a length dismi sed, and peace
-r stored. ter some fu ther question-
• g from th officials, a bi le was reqiiir-
1"
-e for the c ptain to take I n 'oath.
- " Confou d it !" nautte a the old sail -
0, tossing ver the paper in his desk ;
that scow drel, Sam, al ays stows my
taps out of he way." Tion taking up
f m the ta le. a book whi h I had been
sr ading, whi h happened t be Voltaire's
astory of 0 larks XII,, h presented it,
th as gray an air as ho ould assume,
..t the Frenc man. Takin for granted
-.t at it was t e volume rag trod, the lit -
.t11 doctor as too polite to open the
ebiole, the ca tain-was dul sworn, and
et.: party re urned to the .1 eck„ . Here a
,n w difficul y occurred, which nearly
.ai ad in a 8 rious quarrel. The gentle -
an n request d the eld sail r to give them
a sw feet of old planking, o repair some.
-d e age whicl, their boat ad sustained
stl 4 day befo e. This the captain could
elle do. Th seemed to t ink his refus-
411 intention , and .rook i as a personal
est ont. In o very gent • tones, they
r {ered him instantly to prepare his
-lei ts, and p t his passenge s on shore.
• • 'Stiff bree e—short sea,' returned the
,b1 if old Sea ea ; "great ek in making
la1d—boats eavily laden with . women
an children will be swa e peck Not a
se I goes on s ore thisnigh . -
e • 'If you r fuse to corn ly with our
'or ors, we wi report you o the auth-
eon. les."
I know "y duty—you s ick to yours.
,
--W en the w nd falloff, '11 see to it.
-No a life sha 1 be risked to lease you or
yo r authoriti s." t
e turned pon his heel, nd the medi-
,cal «en left t e vessel in • eat disdain.
-We had ever reason to be hankful for
\the firmness d splayed by oi r rough corn -
,ma der. Th's same eve ing we saw
-ele en person drowned, f om another
-yes el close be ide us, while attempting
-to ake the s ore. .
daybrea all was hu ry and con-
fusi. n on boa d the Anne. I watched
bee, after -boa depart fprth- island, full
.of p ople and oods, ,and env ed them the
kglor oils privil ge of once m.re standing
y on'the e rth, after two ong months
eking and oiling at - sea As cabin
ngers we were hot inc tided in the
al order f paritication but were
obliged t send our _servant, with
lothes and bedding we had used (lur-
e voyage, on shore to
e ship soo emptied of
My. hu band went o
, to Teem
efr alone
e enapty
in's -8cotc
-.firm
-of r
-,pas
egen
only
the
ing
carg
.boat
was
-elan
.capt
•e washed.
11 her live
with the
oitre the isl.nd, and I
ith my baby, in the oth-
essel. Even Oscar, the
terrier dog who had
°rip d a devot d attachment to me dur-
ingtt e voyage, forgot his all glance, be -
cam possessed of the lead ania, and
was way with he rest. Wi 1i the most
-inte e desire ti go on shore, was doom-
-ed to look and 1 ng and envy very boat-
,ful o emigrants that glided. ast. Nor
• le all ; t e ship wason of provis-
ions. tnd I was ondemned to uudergo a
rigid ast until he return: of the boat,
-when the captai hacl promise a supply
. of fre h butter and bread. 'he vessel
had Ben nine eeks at sea the poor
• steer. , e passeng rs for the two last peeks
had b out of ood, and'the c ptain had
• been bliged. to ed them from the ship's
-stored Thel pr mised bread was to be
obtai ed from a mall stearnb at, which
plied daily , be wean Quebec and the
ielan transpo ting convale cent emi-
grant and thei goods in 11 r upward
.trip, nd provisions far the si k on her--
retur . • How I reckoned on nce more
-tastin r bread d butter ! The .very
• thoug t of the t at in. store served to
sharp n ray ap etite, and r ider the
long f stenore ir
• As e sun ros above the h rizon, all
these atter-of-f tt circumsta' ccs were
gradu Ily forgot On, and mer ed inethe
.surpas ing gran our of the s,cene, that
-rose •ajestically before Inc. The pre-
• vious lay had een I dark anc storrny ;
and a eavy fog 1 ad cioncealed tlhe moun• -
tain c ain, whic forms the` st pendous
• back und of th 'e sublime vielv,entire-
lyfroa our sight, As the clou s rolled
-away f em their ay, bald br ws, and
'cast in o denser s eadow the 'aJst forest
'belt th it girdled hem round, tlliey loom-
ed out ike might giants—Titans of the
earth, li all their gged aad a ful beau -
rill of w rider and delfght per-
.vaded 1 y mind. The spectacl floated
.dimly my sigh ----my eyes wee blind-
ed wit tearse--bli • ded with t e excess
of beau y. I tur ed to the right and to
the lef I looked p and down the glori-
ousriv r, never I id I -beheld o many
,strikin objects bl iided'into on mighty
-whole! Nature ' ad lavished. all her
noblest features it producing hat en-
chant -in scene. .
- Theer• cky isle n front, with its neat
.farm -ho 'ses at the eastern poin r, a,nd its
high b] if 4 th Western ex remity,
crowne with the elegraph—th middle
,space o cupied by ents and she for the
cholera atients, a d. its woode shores
dotted aver with otley groups added
'greatly o the pie uresque effec of the
• was
1;
WHOLE NO. 156'
land scene. Then the broa , glittering
river, covered with boats da ting to and
fro, conveyihg passengers from twenty-
five vessels,:' of various size and tonnage
which rode, at anchor. with their flags
flying at the mast -head, gave an air of
life and interest to the whole. iTurning
to the southt side of the Si Lawrence, I
was not 10881 struck with its low fertile
shores. white houses and neat churches,
whose slender spires and bright tin roofs
ehone like sikver as they caught the firetr
rays of the sun. As far as the eye could!
reach, a linulof white buildings extended
along the batik ; their backgroand .form-
ed by the Purple hue of the dense, inter-
minable fereilt. It was a acne rinlike.any
I ha 4 ever beheld, and to whiich Britain.
contains no parallel. Mackenzie, an old
Scotch dragdOn, who was one of our pas-
sengers, when he rose in the morning,
and saw the parish ef St. Thomas for the
first time exclaimed—' Weel, it beats a' !
Can thae white clouts be it' houses !
They look like claes hung out to drie !"
There was seine truth in this odd com-
parison, andi for some minuteI could
hardly convince myself that fthe white
patches scattered so thickly over the op-
posite shore gOuld be the dwellings of a
. busy, lively jopu1ation.
"What s blime views of the north
side of the river those Manta= of St.
Thomas mug enjoy)" thought I. Per-
haps famiiar4y with the scene has rend-
ered them i4lifferent to its astonishing
beauty.
Eastward, the view down the Sf.
Lawrence toWards the Gulf, is the finest
of all, scarce4 surpassed by anything in
the world. our eye follows the long
range of lofty mountains until their blue
summits are b ended and lost in the blue
of the sky. ,Some of these, partially
cleared round] the base, are sprinkled
over with neat cottages; and the green
slopes that spread around them are cover-
ed with flocks' and heeds. The - sarface
of the splendid river is diversified with
. islands of ev ry size and shape, some in
wood, other partially cleared, and
adorn. ed with ., rchards and white farm
houses. As e early sun streamed up-
on the most p ,ominent of these, leaving
the otheriin d ep shade, the effect was
strangely nove and imposing. I
* • • *
My day-dre ins were dispell d by the
return of the boat, which broiight my
husband and t e captain from t e island.,
"No bread,' maid the latter, shaking
his head ; " •ou must be co tent to
starve a little I nger. Proviaion ship not
in till four o'cl ck." My husb nd. smil-
ed at the look of blank disappointment
with which I received the unwelcome
tidings. "Never mind, I have thews
which will comfort you. The officer who
commands the station sent a note to me
by an orderly inviting us to spend the
afternooA with him. He promises to
show us everything worthy of n .tice n
the island. .Captain — — cl ims c-
quaintance with me ; but I have not' the
least recollection of him. Wo Id you
like to go ?"
"Oh, by all Iileans. I long to see the
lovely island. it looks a perfect p aradise
at this distance.
The rough sailor -captain acre act his
mouth on one Iside, and gave m one of
4
his comical looks, but he said •°thing
until he assisted l in placing me nd the
baby in the boat.
"Don't betoOsanguine, Mrs. foodie,
many ' things lei*, well at a istance
, the rays of an in ensely-
which ale bad e thigh when near.'
It was four o'clock when we la d.ed. on
the rocks, which
scorching sun had rendered so ho • that[
could scarcely place ray foot upo • them.
How the people Without shoes bor ,it, -I
cannot imagine. ':- Never shall I for et thle
extraordinary spectacle that in t our
sight the moment we passed ti e low
range of bushes which formed a se eea in
front of the river. A crowd of many
hundred Irish etnigrants had bee land-
ecr during the present and former day ;
and all this motley crew men, omen,
ancl children, who were not confir ed by
sickness to the Sheds (which grea ly re-
sembled cattle -pens) --were emplo ed ih
washing clothes. or spreading th in out
on the rocks and hushes to dry. Th
Melt and boys . were iz e the water, while
women, with their scanty garment tuck-
ed above their knee, were tran plin
their bedding in ,tubs, or in holes n the
rocks, which the retiring tide h d left
half full of water. j Those who di( not
possess washing -tabs, pails, or iron pots,
le in
fl
fro.
or could in nob obtain access to a h
the rocks, were 'running to an
screaming and scelding in no mea
terms. The eon usion of Babel was
among them. Afl. talkers and n� • ear-
ers—each E3houtin and yelling in is or
her uncouth diale , and all accompar ying
their vociferationsorith violent an i ex-
traordinary gestures, quite incompr hen-
eible to the uninitiated. We were iter -
ally stunned by the strife of tongue • I
shrank, with feelings almost akin to ear,
fromthehard-featured, sun burnt har-
pies, as they elbowed rudely past m
I have heard anctread'much of sav ges,
and have since seen, during my lon re-
sideace in the bueh, somewhat of un rvil-
ized life, but the I•ian is one of Nat re's
gentlemen—he nevitr says or does a de
or vulgar thing. The vicious, uneduc ted
barbarians who form the surplus of • ver -
populous Europeanicou.ntries, are fa be-
hind the wild manein delicacy of fe ling
or natural courtesy'. 'The people ho
covered the island appeared. perfectly • es-
titute of shame, or eten of a sense of sem-
mon decency. Mealy were almost na ed,
still more but pattially c othed. We
turned in disgust froM the revolting sc ne
but were unable to /eave the spot until
the 'captain had satisfied a noisy group, of
his own people, who were demon' • a
supply of stores.
And here I must 'observe that our as-
sengers, who were chiefly honest Scotch
labourers andissechenics from the vicinity
of Edinburgh, and who while on board ship
had conducted themeelves with the great-
est propriety, andappeared the most quiet,
orderly set of people in the world, no
sooner set foot upon the island than -they
became infected by the same spirit of in-
subordination and atisrule, and were just
as insolent and noisy as the rest. While
our captain was vai ly endeavouring to
able demands of his
odie had cliscovered
t led to the back of
ed by some hazel-
nse heat of the sun,
cool, gushing river,
satisfy the unreaso
rebellious people, M
a woodland path di
the island. Shelte
bushes from the int
we sat down by the
out of sight, but, al s ! not out of hear-
ing of the noisy, riotous crowd. The rocky
banks of the island were adorned with
beautiful evergreens, which sprang up
spontaneously in every nook and crevice.
I remarked many of our favoprite garden
shrubs among these
The fillagree, with its
green leaves : the pri
white blossoms and
lignum-vita, with
odour - the burnet-r
riety Of elegant n
wildings of nature.
narrow, dark glossy
vet, with its modest
purple berries; the
te . strong resinous
se, and a great va-
owns.
Here, the shores of the island and main-
land, receding from each other, formed a
small cove, overhun4 with lofty trees,
clothed from the base to the summit with
wild vines; that hungin graceful festoons
from the topmost br
edge. The dark sha
tains, thrown upon
towered to the heigh
feet above -1113, gave to the surface of the
river an ebon hue. The sunbeams; danc-
ing through the quick, quivering foliage,.
fell itt. stars of gold, or long lines of dazz-
ling brightness, upon the deep black wa-
ters, producing the iaost novel and beau-
tiful effects.
We were now joined by the 'sergeant,
who very kindly brought us his capful
of ripe plums and hazel -nuts, the growth
of the island; a joyful present, but mar-
red by a note from Ca tainNT'
found that he had bemi mistak,
supposed knowledge of us, an
apologized for not bei
health -officers to rec
beyond the bounds ap
formance of quaranti
disappointed, but my
told me that I had se
land; and turning to
soldier, remarked, th
easy task to keep sue
order."
"You may well say
night scenes far excee
You would think th
devils • singing, drinki
ing, and cutting antic
prise the leader of a c
no shame—are under
body knows them here and they think
they can speak and act
they are such thieves t
another of the little t
healthy actually run t
the cholera by robbing
have not hired one or t
fellows among yottr fell
guard your clothes whil
ches to the water's
ows of the moun-
he water, as they
of some thousand
6 had
in his
politely
allowerl by the
ive any emigrant
ointed for the per -
e. I was deeply
usband laughingly
n enough of the is -
the good-natured
"it could be no
wild savages in
that, sir—but our
those of the; day.
y Were incarnate
g, dancing, shout -
that would sur-
cus. They have
no restraint—no-
the please; and
at they rob one
ay possess. The
e risk of taking
he sick. If you
o stout, honest
w passengers to
they are drying,
you will never see hag of them again.
They are a sad set, sir, -a sad set. We
could, perhaps, manage the men; but the
women, sir !--thetwomen'l Oh, sir !"
Anxious as we were ,to return to the
ship, we were obliged to remain until sun-
• down in our retired nook. We were
hungry, tired, and out of spirits; the
mosquitoes swarmed in: myriads around
us, tormenting the pooribaby, who, not
at all pleased with her first visit to 'the
new world, filled the air With cries; when
the captain came to tell us, that the boat
was ready. It was a welcome sound.
Forcing our way once more „through the
still squabbling crowd, we gained the
landing -place. Here we dncountere4 a
boat, Just landing a fresh cargo of lively
savages from the Emerald fele. Oneel-
low'of gigantic proportions, whose long,
tattered great -coat justreached below the
middle of his bare red legs, and, Ike
charity, hid the defects of his other g
ar-
ments, or perhaps concealed his want of
them, leaped upon the rocks, and flo r-
ishing aloft his shilelagh, bounded aid
capered like a wild goat from his nati e
mountains. "Whurrah ! my boys !" be
cried, Sure we'll all be jentlemen !"
" Pull away, My lads !" exclaimed/CI r
captain, and in a few moments we e
again on hoard. Thus ended my fi st
day's experience of the land of all o r
hopes.
(To BE CoNTINITED.)
The atmosphere surroends us on 11
!sides, yet we feel it not, it presses on s
with a load of fifteen pounds to .1 eve
square inch of surface of our bodies, ir
from seventy to one hunched tons on s
in all, yet we do not so much as feel i
weight. Softer than the softest down
more impalpable than the finest gossam r
—it leaves the cobweb undisturbed, an
scarcely stirs the lightest flower th t
feeds on the dew it supplies; yet it bea s
the fleets of nations on its•wings aroun
the world, and crushes the most refra
tory substance beneath its weight. When
in motion, its force is sufficient to 1 ley 1
the most stately forests with the earth
to raise the waters of the ocean into ridge
-like mountains and dash the strohges
ships to pieces like toys. , But foe th
atmosphere, sunshine would burst on us
and fail u8 at once, and at once remove
us from midnight darkness' to the blaze
of noon. We should have no twilight tO
soften and beautify the landscape, no
clouds to shade us from the scorchrng!
heat, but the bald earth, as it revolved,
on its axis would turn it e tanned midi
gwaetedraysakenedof f rontthteoaof
For the convenience of railroads addict-
ed oltthefull and rin
ual-
ed to acci----"*"...--dents, an arithmetical individct-
ual
compiites the value of a man's life in dol-
lars. The amount that a laborer receives
for one year's labor, at $1.50 per day, is
$476.60, which amount is 6 ,per cent, on
$7,989, and the latter is therefore the oath
value of the roan to his famiy.
•
VARIETIES.
"After me," as the needle said to
thi..eaY
"our no =an," as the magpie said to
the scare -cow.
"You are too pointed," as the muffin
said to the toasting -fork.
" I'll blow you all up," as the trumpet
said to the regiment.
"111 give you a stave," as the carpen-
ter said to the broken ladder.
The mosquito, as a public singer; draws
well, but never gives satisfaction.
Wanted. the receipt that is given when
a gentleman "pays his respects."
I think 1 see 'a fee-ture in this caeea",
as tbe lawyer said when his client inform-
ed him that he had plenty of money.
Courtesy, in the mistress of a house,
consists in feeding *conversation, never in
usurping it. She is the guardian of this
species of sacred fire, but it must be ac-
cessible to all-.
A good man and a wise man may at
times be angry with the world, at times
grieved for it; but be sure no man was
ever discontented with the world who did
his duty in it
Poverty, ignominy, and death are ac-
counted the Most formidable trio of mor-
tal calamitiesi. Let us counteract their
influence by their only proper antidotes,
occupation, virtue, and religion.
It may be remarked for the comfort. of
honest poverty, that avarice reigns most
in those who have but few good qualities
to recommend them. This is a weed that
will only grow in a barren, soil.
Old men, who get angry at the -vivacity
and sportiveness of youth, might as well
find fault with the spring because it pro-
chtees nothing but blossoms, or expect the
fruits of auturn at that- early season.
The truly great and good in affliction
bearla countenance more princely than
they are wont; for it is the temper of the
highest hearts, like the pahn-tree, to
strive most upward when it is inost bur- -
dened.
A victim of unrequited affection, con-
cludes as follows :
"1 oat me dewn and thought profound;
This maxim wise I drew;
It's easier for to like a girl
Than make a girl like you."
A Tulin Fir —The editor of ,a Maine
paper says that he had a pair of boots
givenhim which were so tight, that they
came 'very near making him a Univ-ersale
ists, because he received his punishment
38 he 'went along.
A mother admonishing her son, A lad
about sevess. years of age, ltoid him that
he should hot defer till to morrow what
he could do to -day. The little urchin re-
plied, "Thera, mother, let us eat the re-
Maincl!er of that pudding to -night"
I don't believe in fighting, I am so-
lemnly against it; but if a man gets tew
fighting, I am also solemnly- against his
getting licked. After a fight is once
opened, all the virtue there iz in it iz to
lick the other party.—Josh Billings.
Twd, gentlemen were lately examining
a portton of a plough in a market -place.
"111 beta. guinea," said one, "you do
not know *hat this is for ?" "Done,"
said the other, it is for sale." The bet
was won and the wager paid.
In the midst ef a stormy discussion, a
kentleman rose to settle the matter in
dispute- Waving his hand majestically,
he hegan--"Gentlemen, all I want is com-
mon sense." Exactly, that is precisely
What you do want," interrupted another.
Josh Billings says :—Imaginashun, tew
Mach indulged in; soul is tortured into
reality; this iz one way that good hoss
thieves are made. Many a man leans
over a fence all day, And imagines the
hoss in the lot belongs tew him, and sure
enuff the fust dark night the hoss goes."
People should mind how they express
themselves at public dinners. We read.
the other dayle that the builder of a
church in course of erection, -when the
toast of his health was given, rather enig-
matically replied that he was 'more fit-
ted for the scaffold than for public speak -
/1
Wh
ne
oh rhe
ne
three
cKaillegin°
of it n1
tiHen rt°Ineihilvaa
tarf:pliu°t
spit in
such co
they ca
tenh.eibryiefe
obf"tlnidosa
the I m a,s
observe
eat mos
make na
liankde!. ' a' p
reply.
An in
over in
sourkro
affect
platform
Ntranoillkija;iibeap
tle too
t ewl s do
e n
congratu
at a raan he must -have been who
ted whist. Be was a man of genius,
iivepted truinps, and saw that
were occasion.s When a small two or
in one suit would be superior to a
r Queen in another; That is the
human life, and good illustrations
ay be found every day.
Quil, says 'Why can't people
te sociabidty and good nature ?
was a -man the other night got tear -
4. and organized a riot lust because
w who sat behind him at the thee -
his feet up on his shoulder, and.
his high hat. Some men have
dl ;we narib beings."
nangsgoY ns a"
athetic natures that
n't bear a little genial humour of
ttle fellow was tak
his father to a carpenter, to be.
pgrentice to hini, after the'fashani
e times. In settling the business
ter, who was one of the stiffkind,'
•
d "Well, boy, I suppose you can
t anything, can't you? I always
y boys live on what they don't
"I love everything but mince -pie
pie -pie 1." was the boy's instant
dependent candidate for sheriff
Nevada—who had been raised On
lit and lager -beer to an extent to
his speech—thus laid down his
" Suppose I am elected sheriff,
es out mit der pays, and der poys
little too much and I &inks a lit -
"male too; I not arrest them.
rings dem around the corner and
m to go home. Dat is vot I 'do."
or need to wait for the voting to
iate him on his election.