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iu Bsm^rnessfrn MISCELLANEOUS. The Vine Lizards. Mike Brailv was at work in the harvest field: when setting somewhat tired, he (aid himself down beside n hny cock, and fell asleep. A small stream run gurgling by a short distance from his resting place, and while he lay snoring away like?like anybodv that snores, with his mouth wide open?a lizard, creeping from the water's edge, took the op|>ortunity of walking quietly down his throat. The poor fellow immediately awoke, almost chocked to death ; but when he stood i upon his feet, and recovered his consciousness, the lizard was comfortably ' ensconced in his stomach, and Mike knew nothing about it. However, after that day, ho became ! sickly and ihin, but his appetite increased accordingly ; and although lie ! ? ? i*' v ' _ ^ noi'nni'otl ?>t)nit<rli ill n tnnnl 4??i* ui v m? sovcrn men, ho was all the time nearly Starved to death. lie sought the Doetor, who, after catechising him pretty severely, came at last to the right c< nelusion and proceeded to act uccorJyikdv. First, ho made Mike eat about fifty salted herring, until ho was so full that ho couldn't swallow another morsel. In a little while, poor Paddy's thirst became intense, hut not one j drop of water would the Doctor allow j him. In short, he was not permitted i to take a drink until the raging thirst | caused him the most terrible agony.? \ The doctor ordered a tub of water to 1 bo placed 011 the floor and, making Mike get down on his knees over it, and open his mouth, he held him in such a manner that, lie could not even moisten his parched tongue. In about two minutes, the lizard, whose thirst, no doubt, was fully coital to Mike's, be- j began to crawl up the throat of the terrified man. It had no sooner leap ed from his mouth into the water, than another and another reptile of the same species followed the first, until no less than nine slimy lizards left that man's stomach. Tho Doctor then pull-! ed him awav. cave him a irlass of brandy, which ho hail no sooner drank j than ho tainted. Another dose poured down his throat brought him to life again, however?and that is the end of! the story. [Porter s Spirit of the Times, j Elder Strange and the Drinking Professor It was Conference day, and the members were assembled. Elder J Strange, as Pastor, presided as Moderator. Cases of dealing were called up. when Mr. L., after some hesitation,arose i from his seat, and alter deliberately ! Idacing one foot on the seat behind j dm and folding his arm across his breast, he fixed his eyes upon the' ceiling above and said : " brethren, 1 am sorry?ahem ! I am sorry to say?ahem !?that 1 went to the grocery the other day?ahem !? I 'and wlblc I was there, I met several ; other persons ; and as it was wet an 1 cold, we all concluded to take a dram ; I and I am sorry to say?ahem !?that I was overtaken, and drank too much, j I hope, brethren, that you will forgive me for it, and I will try to do so no more. The elder looked at him with a j piercing eye, and said : "Brother L., don't say von were j overtaken, hut speak the truth riirht j out, and acknowledge that you wen' tho grocery to drink ; that, instead < t boing overtaken, you overtook tin.* liquor, and the liquor, as yon know it would do, overcome you; and so \ >u ' pot drunk?yes, drunk! and there',disgraced religion and the eluireh b"th. And if you have not humbled yourself before the Lord, and obtained his for- ( giveness for your sin, I jidvise you to i go at once, and after that the church wiIffitiN]>repared to act in your case." PoorfL's feelings cannot he describ-1 cd. Ho thought exclusion from fellowship would 1??1 low. lint the i church, after considerable consultation, agreed to forgive him, as that was his ! first offence ; but he understood from ; the evidence before him, that another gitch case would not be tolerated. [B<tj)tUt Watchman. I A CoRTitAST.?I had a schoolmate,! i who used to wish that she was wealthy. 4* It I am ever rich, she would Bay, "I will make everybody love me, because I will do good." When puzzled over a sum, slm j would whisper, "Charlotte, when 1; ntn rich, 1 will do as 1 please, and I won't make my children study if they don't wish to." fehe has her wish, for now tho most beautiful iuioimiiin in <i t,oil.. ... ?. .... I DIIV I calls Iter own; hnt she is not happy, v^be has two children, the eldest hut! ~~v ' and my friend still reinoni berfljtl* ^-Unlike fur study, and sstvsslie will not plague Jicr children with books. But she lias forgotten her promise : to do good, and is as willing now to receive help, and as unwilling to do a favor, as when we sat together, voars ago. "Bhe is discontented, her children 1 arc cross and quarrelsome, and her servants ha\ e no r?*spo#t for her or her , wi-duo. j-. IV 'I , . .... . . 11 - 'j 11 -L. .. 1 f I bud another friofld, tbait Ijloved rtmch, and it could not bo otherwise, for she was kind, obliging, and loved 'every I* sly. Slie net-or was rich, but her home was " the abode of joy and peace." She used to tell ind that it 6eemed as if uo mortal could bo happier than she is now, for she rests in that mansion *4not made with hands, eternal iu the heavens."?Oilvo Branch. T* /I FPL. a II ilAKPOLPIt ANT) ULAY. 111(1 PMIOWiug is tlie insulting language used by John Randolph towards Ilonry Clay in secret session of the Senate in 1825, which led to n challenge from that celebrated statesman, and a bloodless duel : " Tills man?(mankind Icrave your pardon)?this worm?(little animals forgive the insult)?was spit out of the womb of weakness?was raised to a higher life than lie was born to, for he wu9 raised to the society of blackguards. Some fortune?kind to hint ?cruel to us?lias tossed him in the Secretaryship of State. Contempt has the property of descending, hut site stoops tar short of him. She would (iie befote she would reach him; he dwells below her fall. I would bate hint if 1 did not despise him. it is not ?e/m/l:eis, but udtew ho is that puts! my thoughts in action. This. Alphabet; which writes the name of T/wrsitea, ofi blachjuard of squalidity, refuses her letters for him. That mind which thinks 011 what it cannot express, can scarcely think on him. An hyperbole | tor meannexv would be an ellipsis fori Clay. TkACII ClITLDUKN to Pkay.?If you love your children, says Kyle, do all that is in your power to train them to a habit of prayer. Show them how to Ininrm rI\.ll t liAm frv en 1? I?\? 'v^iia. avii iii^ iii n Mild iv Oiit? i^ucourage them to persevere, lteminu them if they become careless ami slack about it. Let it not be your fault, if they never call the name <>t the Lord. This is the hist step-in religion which a child is to take. Long before he can read, you can teach him to kneel by his mother's side, and repent the simple words of prayer and praise which she puts in his mouth. If there is any habit which your own hand and eyes should help in forming, it is the habit of prayer. Many a gray-haired man could tell vor. Iionv his mother used to teach him to pray, where lie knelt, and ! what he was taught to say. It will come up as tresh before him as if it j were but yesterday. [A mcrtcan ATssengcr. auiw.fl?i.u.-3CT?acjgrj- JJMV J IIUMOUIST'S OLIO. A Live Yankee. Professor Anderson was looking) over the American and foreign newspapers at the office of the Mew York Dutchman, when lie saw that he was closely scrutinized bv a gentleman ot tall stature and swarthy complexion, and who was evidently Irom the conn try. J he following conversation took place : u 1 say ! you are Prolossor Anderson, hey {" " Yes, sir." u Wal, you're a tarnation smart man I hear. Veoit haven't got the bottle with veou, have'yooti?" " No, sir." 41 Wal, I'm from down East, liev I been raised in Maine, and I should like to purchase a duplicate ot that ere bottle, as 1 am going out a stumping for . 1 guess it I had your bottle, or 1 s twin brother, I'd soon swamp the . > otties without talking polities either." "I never carry my bottle with me, I :.or have I a duplicate of it." "Sorry for that, sir," said the 1 stumper. 4* However," he continued, I was once taught a trick when a boy, J but I almost forget how the thing wits, done. I'll tell yeou how it was, stranger, as near as I can. I used to take a, rod cent and change it into a ten dol lar gold piece." "(J," said the Professor, 41 that isI (puto simple, a mere trick of slight of I hand." 44 I know it's not very difficult, but! as I forget how, will you show ino 'f" j at the same time hand g a cent to the wizard. 44Oh, yes, sir, if it will oblige you,! 1 will show yon in a moment. Hold your l.and," said the wizard. "Thisj is your cent, is it not ?" " Yes sir." " Are you sure that you have it?" said the wizasd. "I guess 1 have," said he, " and 1*11 bet a dollar that you can't change it into a ten dollar gold piece." "Done," said the wizard, "now hold fast." " Yes, sir, I reckon I will?but stay, down w ith your dollar ; here's mine!" said the Yankee. The wizard covered tho dollar. "Now, sir, open your hand." He did so, and to his utter astonishment, he had a bono Jidc ten dollar gold piece! "Well, sir," said the wizard, "you see you have lost your dollar." 4 4I guess I have," said he, handing over the two dollars. " Now, said the Professor, " I'll bet you another dollar I will change the ten; dollar gold piece into your cent again, much quicKer.*" 14 No yon don't," said the gont from Maii^c, placing the money in his pocket and buttoning it up tight. 41 I'm much obliged to von, Professor, but I reckon I'll- [cave it as it is. Good morning, old hoss," said he, walking out of the office, and turning round, as ho reached the door, ho placed his digitals in close proximation to his nose, and said, *41 guess there ain't anything green nlnnit this child," and left the Professor in utter amazement at his coolness. [From the Frankfort (Kv.) Yeoman.] The Matrimonal Tribulations of Jano ParkerWo received the following communication by mail from a neighboring village, with a request to publish it.? We assure our readers of its genuineness, so tar as wo are posted, and we call down thunders of female vengeance on the reprobate Bill: ' This is designed to let all the world and the I'cst ot mankind kpow th.it Willam Parker, my husband, has left my bed and board without cause or provooation. Scarcely had the honeytnoon passed by before lie sold my house and lot in Scott, near Stamping Ground, and took me to a wretched hut in a desolate place in the Franklin Hills, where ho commenced collecting all that was due me, and sell oti all I possessed; after selling my nigger woman and child, he left, and located in Lexington, where he is now ranting with the gals, rigged off from top to toe in broadcloth, bought with mv nigger money, and left me destitute, forlorn ami wretched. "Said Old Bill Parker is about sixty-live years of age, low in stature, heavy built, round shouldered, bald headed, makes a wretched attempt to be polite and agreeable, and a countenance sutHciontly base to convict him to the penitentiary or gallows. " Dear sir, you will do justice to right l?v publishing the above, and requesting the editors throughout the I ftiinM tii trivn it *1 i il n iwi in tl?.?ii? /nil. unins. ' Oli tliAt liis bod l>o made of briers. And bis path beset with thorns, And the balance of his days, lie haunted by the Beast with 7 heads and ten horns. Wedlock has been a woeful thing ,u tne, I-'or marrying is not what its cracked up to be; I thought my pathway would bej sfrewt-d with flowers and roses, But the way Old Bill has made me wretched is :t sin to nioses. 1 feel like a tree by the north winds shaken Wretched, forlorn, sad and forsaken. .Tank Parkkr. Janurary 12, 1807. Trading with John Chinaman. A tradesman in San Francisco, one of a firm whose business it is to soil ti-.li books, cod-lines, rope's, and other odds and ends, writes home the fol-j lowing anecdote:?One day, a John I Chinaman, followed by a train of about i ten ot ins countrymen, ranged random fashion, entered the establishment, and after peering around for a few seconds, exclaimed: ' Cotton seine twine?got him ?" "Yea !" was the answer. " 1 low much takee?" m 44 (>ne dollar a pound.*' " Urn ! give fifty cents!" 44 (Jet out!" said the junior partner, with a menacing gesture, and John Chinaman departed, followed by his tail, and his countrymen. The train | passed and repassed the door several times, and at length re-entered, John, looking around ns though he bad never been there before, again inquired : " Cotton seine twine?got hiin V' 41 Yen r 44 1 low much takee ?" "One dollar a pound/" u Uin ! give seveuteetivo cents." "(let out!" cried the excited partner, and the Chinese population departed as before. The wild-geese pro-j I cession paraded past a few times, and j then re-entered. The spokesman, after gazing around some time, lifted up his voice a third time, and thus he spoke : "Cotton seine twine?got him?" 41 Yes!" 44 How much takee?" The salesmen whispered to Patrick, the porter, to hand him a cleaver? ! This had, he grasped the astonished Chinman with his left hand, raised his 11 ftt hand, and raised his cleaver with the right, exclaimed : " onk jhji.I.a it A found !'* Jolin gave ono look at the cleaver, another at the lace of the salesmen, and veiled out: 441 takeo one hundred pound 1" The bargain was thereon closed.? So much for moral suasion. Stephen Gir\rd used to say: "There's no ditticulty in getting rich: not the least in the world; the first million is the only ditticulty?the rest will make itself!'' I The Marriage Fee. Tiio late Dr. Bovnton was disputing with a farmer about the eaae with which a minister earned money. M Now," said the farmer, w when you are called on to marry a couple, ( you never except a less sum than three dollars, and .you sometimes get ten dollars?this for a few minutes' sor- i vice." " Pooh 1" replied the Doctor. " I < would agree to give yon half of my very next marriage fee for a bushel of 1 potatoes." w Very well," said the farmer, *' I'll take your offer, and seud you the potatoes." A few days afterwads, the Doctor was called on to splice a loving couple j of Dogtown, a place about four miles from whore ho lived. When the cer-i emony was over the bridegroom said1, I to the worthy minister: " Well, parson I u'posc I must fork over something for your trouble.? What say you to taking one ot mv terrier pups? The best breed, I tell i you, in the country. Shocking nice to have in tho barn. Worth full live dollars?and I s'pose a figure 2 would do for the splice, eh ?" The Doctor "took the pup with joy. I The joke was too good ; ho hastoneu to ( the farmer, saying: < "Now, friend, here is my foe?how i shall we divide it ?" i The farmer relislted the joke so well, that he increased the potatoes to half a-dozcn bushels. Mike Casey used to 'tend in " Carow's Grocery " on the corner. Smith (you know Smith ?) went in the other day after some " fix ins " and among the rest, called for a gallon of molasses. There was about a pint in the measure, when Mike commenced drawing, and after filling it, he poured into Smith's vessel until nlx?ut a pint was left, as before, in the measure, and then set it down under the cask. " Ilallo 1" says Smith, "what are | you about ? Why don't you put in a gallon, as I ordered ?" i " A gallon is it, Sur ! An' sure an' 1 there's that much in the jug," replied Mike. Ofcourse Smith would never believe this, as there was a pint left in the measure; and he " made no bones " of accusing Mike of attempting to client him. "Sur," asked Mike, "wasn't there a pint in the measure?" " Yes." " Well, thin, there's the same now "' " Yes." i " Well, thin, shure an' ye have ail 1 that belongs to yez, for didn't I draw ] the measure full and put it in the jug ?" " No: there's a pint left /" 44 The divil, Sur! an' wasn't that pint there before / (let yourself out of the store, ye speciinin ot maneness, to be after ehatin' a lad out of a pint of molasses!" Smith 44 left," being unable to convince Mike of the44 error of his ways." , A Cooi, Yaxkkf:.?Mai. Ben Perly Poorc, lectured to the Philadelphiaus some days ago, on a trip from Paris to Palestine, and in the course of his remarks told a cool joke of a Yankee at sea. "This individual," said the Major, 1 44 was a Vermonter, and in the height of the gale, which lasted sixty hours. and looked pretty dangerous, he came on deck ami coolly remarked that it was lucky he did not own any stock iu j the company which had insured the! steamer/1 .Mr. Magistrate I want to a?k you one question. 44 lias a man got a right to com.nit a nuisance ?" 44 Xo, sir; not even the Mayor." 44 Then, sir, I claim my liberty. 1 was arrested as a nuisance, and as no man ha9 a right to commit me. I 5 move for a non-suit." The question has been carried up. - ? Wiiokvkr wishes to get into the world has only to take lessons of a hen chasing a grasshopper through tho lield. With a long neck and peeled eyes, take a few hundred hurried strides, stop short, peep over, peep under, now i to the left, then to tho right, one flut: ter, and you have him. j Anti-Rheumatic Powders. A Safe, Speedy ami Hud leal Cure fur H/ietnnatifitn. Jiheumat ic Govt and Soiatloa. 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