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Ftoui Burr's Dictionary of Love.
BONNIE BEiL.
Like two rosebuds crushed in enow
Are the checks of Bonnie Bel),
Like tiie viob-ts thftt grow
'Wong t!i dn-.aioB in the dell
Arc her eyes?the bIbtb of night
Ne'er a mortal heart did swell
With such pure and fond delight
As the eves of Bonnie Bell.
Mus'o trembles on the lip
Of the fairy Bonnie Bell ;
Oh ! I'd t?ive such sVveelato sin.
Wealth that Crajsus ne'er could tell ;
1 would coin my brain and soul,
Could the mintage buy a spell
That would waft me to iny goal?
Waft and win me Bonnie Belli
Ab the sound of silver fine,
Is the voice of Bonnie Bell;
"Wit, like bubbles on the wine,
Fure as pearls in ocean shell,
Sparkle through her golden theme;
Joyful os a marriage bell
I could glide ado wd life's stream
lu one boat with Bonnie Bell.
Written' rnn the imivsb.
JOHN'S BAPTISM.
NO. 3.
1. ''By 'what formula; did John administer
Baptism ?
2. Was Johu's Baptism, Christian Baptism
?
3. If John's baptism waft Christian Baptism,
why were the j)eople who submitted to
it baptized ?
4. Why was our Lord Jesus Christ bnp
tized ?
5. And, upon what profession of Faith?
C. What docs baptism represent?
7. If it represents '.be burial nnd resurrection
of Clirist, what represents tbe deEfeiision
of the Holy Ghost, or, the baptism
of the Holy Ghost ?
8. By what mode was baptism administered
?
9. If by immersion, soow how "into
means muter ?"
4. Query. "Why wa3 our Lord Jesus
Christ baptized f
There exists a wide difference of opinion
among pedo-baptists relative to this ques- i
tion. Some assign one reason,?others another.
And while they "Veason among
themselves" they seem careful to avoid the
obvious answer, lest perhaps a suspicion
should be awjiJceced ?stO the correctness of
some of their own views ard practices.?
Among tlio wild extravagances into which j
smne of these run, I shall notice hut one, |
which is perhaps, a more common opinion
than any other. And that is. that he was
"baptized, that he might be inducted into
hiss priestly office. In whatever light we
look at this answer it appears simply ri 'iculous.
And ! think the following considerations
will make it thus appeal to any candid
reader.
1. Xo such thing is any where staled in
the Scriptures.
2. Christ was a priest after the order of
Melcliit>af<cck, and not after that of Aaron.
Now when, wheie, and by whom was Melcliisadeck
indu'-.teJ into his office.
3. The "dour of ihe Tabernacle of the
congregation" was the place for inducting
a priest, and not in the river Jordan.
4. Where did John get bis authority for
luuuciuig luecraviour mio ins priestly office.
Was this a part of his work ? where is it so
said I ***
5. If tbe Saviour's baptism was his indue*
into the priestly office where was the young
bullock,?tbe two rams>?tbe Unleavened
bread?tbe cpfees tempered with oil, and
tbe wafers? And where were tbe priestly
garments, tbe breastplate, tbe girdle &c ?
Is it not ridiculous to suppose that the immersion
of the sacred body of the Saviour
was analagous to all the forms of priestly
induction?
6. Is it apparent that John was qualified
by birtb to induct a priest into his office ?
7. Why should he be inducted into one
i -
oiuce ana into no other !
8. What constitutes his anointing 1 If
it be said that the descent of the Spirit constituted
thi*, - how can it be shown whv a
part of th? ceremony was literal and natural*,
another supernatural, and another wholly
omitted." (ProfcMell of Ga.)
9. If to "fulfill all righteousness'' means
as Dr. Campbell translates it, to ratify every
institution, what sense does this expression
make with his induction to the priesthood
by immersion t
10. Where is the analogy between the
two case*. For tbe Priesthood of Aaron
was at end, that of Christ was everlasting.
Tbst of Aaron was limited to bis own (am .
iljr, in tbe temple and among one peoph&
Its objects Were bloody sacrifice and purifications
which were ouljr external and could
not remit sins. Christ1* priesthood iooltHlis
tbe entiije Ckrislaia cb?rcb, spread over the
face of ibe wbole earth, and among all tbe
atf&barof the world. ?
11. Paoi says for41 it is evident our Lord.
$p>ang out dfcJu<3|> o* wbioh tribe Hoses
*p**<*meHeb' 4:
fj&l W$k. to
wWby Christ was baptised f'rtljfc" Seffoer
fc
answers this, 'Tims it becometb us to fulfill
nil righteousness.' lie ratified this institution
by submitting to it. If it had been an institution
previously existing and ob-erxed by the
Jewish people a ratification tnu?tbave beeu
unnecessary. But in hi6 character as man
he s'ooci as tho representative of his people.
He had no sin of bis own, but his people
bad, and their sins were laid upon him as
their substitute. lie therefore not only endorsed
and sanctified the baptism of Joint
but set an example to bis followers through
out the world of going down into the water
and coming up straighwav out of it. It is
right for all Christians to submit to it, becauso
Christ has cdmmatoded it.
Tin. f T?l.? .1 r ?
X1IV UdjfLP.Hi VI U WIJll ?Vrt3 UIUIUIUIC Dtlliu*
Honed in a manner awfully solemn by the
three persons of the adorable trinity. And
i? is ibis solemn endorsement, as well as the
circumstances which so clearly indicate tli6
mode, that create such secret uneasiness
and restlessness in tho bosoms of many of
those Christians who have not been immersed.
And these who arc not afraid to
whisper their doubts and fears concerning
sprinkling to their Pastors and Elders, and
seek ciivino authority Irom them tor it, Unci
but little satisfaction in being referred only
to a practice which has no othei authority
than the commandments of men. no
man ever ha3, and no one ever will produce
divine authority for sprinkling or pouring as
a Church ordinance. Many of the hundred
who are are annually flocking to our
churche* from Pcdobaptist communions
say to us that they were nevel-satisfied with
their so called baptism. They have not
the answer of a gocd conscience because
they have not submitted to the ordinance
as required by the Head of the church. BuL
has an immersed believer ever felt any
doubt concerning his baptism ? Never.
Christ is our authority for immersion. Tne
..1 u ,.fP ?i.~ f ?
vsiiuii.ii ui nuiiie iiiu ituiuui iiv iui &|?i'iiiuiiiig.
But I shall notice this in its proper place.
I close this article with the following extract,
(showing the object of Clirists baptism.)
from a sermon of Rev. Clias. Bradley
(? ped? baptist) vicar of Glasbury a minister
of the church of England. He speaks
of Christ as he stands at the Jordan. He |
standi here as llio representative of his pco- j
pie. Now they are unclean people. And j
now look at tbe holy Jesus. It matters1
not hofr pure ho may bo in himself. ll?
comes foilh as the representative of the impure
am] as Mich he must submit to that ordinance
which is emblematical of the cleaning
they need. Is there in the wide creation
some being constituted the head of this
people? Then it is meet And right that he
should go down into the water through
which tlioy have to pas.*, that ho should
sanction the ordinance of his appointment
tliat lie should tench all who cattle after him
to reverence and obey it."
Ninety 8ix.*^ 6. F. C.
MDAi>EB";WirL O^T
The following singrfl&r circumstance, related
in a German journal, is worthy of
serving as a pendant to that of the famous
dog of Mont argufei-^'A wealthy tanner
named KruntJ^^^fidingf in the neighbor
hood of Siez, in the Archduchy of Austria
was in the habit' of making journeys
several times a vear to sell his (roods and
?r - O
enter into contracts for supplies of different
kinds. These rounds generally occupied
him about ten days or a fortnight. On
the morning of the twelfth of October last
he started as usual, but in the sanio night
bis wife and son were surprised at hearing
hie cabriolet eoiuo upto the door, and their
surprise was changed into horror on finding
in the vehicle tbo lifeless body of tlie tanner,
weltering in his blood. The horse, finding
itseif *nt liberty, had returned home.
The authorities niado inquiries, but without
leading to the discovery of the murderer.
The: tanner had with him a large
and powerful dog; but as the animal was
fastened under the cabriolet, he could not
render any assistance to his masler. After
the death of the tatinef^ bis bod, a young
man twenty-five years' of age, tpok
on himself the management of the business,
and, like his father, raade.tbe usual journeys.
About a fortnight ago, in passing
near a roadside public-house, at tbe door of
which the landlord was Bitting, smoking Ins
pipe, Ihe same dog which had been in the
habit of accompanying the father, and
which was runoing along quietly by the
aide of tbervehiole, begAtirWbittk iuthe
most furious manner, and rushed towards
the house. The roan, seeing its approach
rati in and closed the door, while the dog
kept bowling and barking mo?t violently.
A suspicion immediately entered the mind
of the young man \ but Instead of shoeing
what be felt, by any movement which
might bate been observ*} by the inmates
of the bouse, he fastenM the dog belWh
the wabrioiet, andr driving-on to the nearest
town, gave iarorroition to the authorities.
Borne police-officers were immediately sent
to the bouse,, and were found the
empty money-bag of the tanner, bis watch
and hk pocket-book. The land lord and 1iis
wile w?nl jowwdiateiy arrested, and will be
tried for tbe orinte-'
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PERPETUAL MOTION.
About six years ngo, wo published the
first description of a machine invented by
Mr. Jas. G. Ilendrk-kaon, Freehold, N. J.,
4 to ?o itself.' A ruool, which Mr. llendriekson
had tnado after patient whittling
for forty years, was brought into our
office, and wc found it would go without,
any impulse from without, and would not
stop unless it was blocked. The power was
self-contained and self-adjusted, and gave a
sufficient force to carry ordinary clock-work
wmioui :uiy winding up or replenishing.
In short, there was no reason why it would
not go until it was worn out. Our announcement
of tbo fact brought out a great
deftl of ridicule ; the incredulous pointed
at all of tho projects to obtain a perpetual
motive power which bad failed in the past,
and predicted tbo sumo disgrace for the
new invention. Many scientilic gentleman
visited it, and although they could
not dispute the fact that it was 'going,'they
nearly all attributed the movement to some
hidden spring, or ingenious trickery. The
inventor was an old man, who had spent
his whole life in pursuit of the object be
bad now attained. Ho had becomo so
much accustomed to ridicule, that be was
veVy patient under it ; and tire only re*ply
ho mndo to the cavilcrs who pronounced
tho thing impossible, was?'but it goes !'
Tiic notice whrch we printed attracted the.
attention of tire cuVious, and for the first
time in his history, the inventor found a
profit to his handiwork. IIo was invited
to be present at Various fairs and exhibitions,
and WhercVer he went, his inachinc
formed one of tho chief attractions. Science,
however, turned up its nose at him,
and determined to put him down. The
professors were all against him, and .is
they ^tfad pronounced the whole thing a
humbug, they were determined to prove
the truth of their assertion. Accordingly,
Mr. Ilendrickson was seized at Keyport>
N. J., for practicing 'jugglery,' under the
'Act for suppressing vice and immorality
At the trial, several builders, millwrights,
engineers and philosophers, were called, who
testified positively that no such motive
power as that alleged, could drive tho
machine, and that thero must be some
concealed si>rin<r within the wooden m>1
inder. There were no help for it ; and
imposture must be exploded. An rxe
was brought, and the cylinder spliutered
into fragments. Alas! for the philosophers.
There was no concealed ppring,
and the machine had gone of itself ! But
alas 1 also, for poor Hendrickson, the
machine would go no more. With
trembling hands lie again resumed his
spectacles and his jacknife. His model
once more Completed, be had n new machine
conslVUeted of brass, hollow thronghout,
so that iho eye ccu'd examine all its
parts. This was brotiglit to our office
nearly two years apno, when we noticed it
once more, and gave to our readers some of
the facts we have now recalled. The inventor
was trying to secure a patent for this discovery,
but the work went on slowly.
The Patent Office required a working model
to test the principle, and one was sent on
to Washington. The moment the blocks
were taken out, the wheels started on 'like a
tinner of life.* and diirtn<v i??n mr.Milia
cr O ??."?
the mode) remained in the latent office,
it never once stopped to breathe. The
inventor had perfected two ttew machines,
and made a very comfort; ble livelihood
exhibiting then), prosecuting his efforts
meanwhile to secure his patent, intending
to apply the power to clock work, ft* Which
it is peculiarly well adapted. Aga crept upon
him, however, before this point was
reached; bis highest aft co'ald not mako
his heart-beatings perpetual ; and last Saturday
afternoon he breathed bin last, in the
old homestead at Freehol d. He had been
so much persecuted by the incredulous tbat
he had provided a secret place beneath the
floor of his shop where bis last two machines
were deposited. It was in the
form of a vanlt, covered by a trap-door
which waslocked, and the floor so replaced
as to avoid suspicion. After his last illness
commenced, be made known this secret to,
his family, who examined the spot carefully
and foundUhe contents exactly as described."
The night after his death, the shop was
broken open, lh? door taken up, the trap
| door off, and both models stolen. It is
probable ibat the family in their visit had
not taken the some precaution us the inventor,
and some prying eyes bad discovered
the secret. Fortunately ibe dr.. vings are
preserved, and there is a little machine, one
of theeArl^st made, now running in Brooklyn,
where it has kept up its ceaseless
ticking for oeArly ws y?y6 jdr, Hwdrfol|son
leaves a family of four dat/|hte?, ajl of
them, We believe, given to- ioventiooa.
Had be died>ten years ago bow emphatically
would it hove been said that his life {
has been wasted in *tbo hopeless effort to
obtain perpetual mption.*?N. P.Jovrwl
of Commerce.
i^.aa the b?V
]ows< said to ' # fx*
I
WALTEK AND WILLlfe.
The Mobi'o li<g'ster tells the following :
Wo happened to witness an amusing
little incident, which occurred in the wholesale
dry goods establishment situated on
the northwest corncr of St. Francis and
Wate-streefs, a day or two since, which
was worth seeing, if it is not worib publishing.
A widow lady of our acquaintance has
two littlo hoys ngod about eight years?
: twins?who for oneness of size, features,
I voice and action, would rival the celebrate**)
twins of S;in Francisco. They are so much
alike, tliat even their mother is at times
puzzled to tell which is Willio and which
is Walter- When one of them deservc-3 a
j spanking, the other almost invariably gets
] it; and on account of their exact likeness to
! each other, she recently came near losing
one of them. She had occasion to administer
a small doso of paragoric to Willie,and
a few minutes after Waller seemed to need
something of the same sort. She turned
but a moment to get the medicine, but in
that time the boys had got mixed, and bv
| Some means Wiilio swallowed another dose,
I and shortly afterward went to bed and fell
; asleep. lie continued in a stupor for some
! twelve oV fourteen hours, much to the astonishment
and alarm of the mother, who
saw that upon Walter the drug had no
eficet. It was not until Willie told her
that she had given him two doses that site
discovered the mistake. Hut to tho incident
:
The mother, having some business to
' transact in Btore, took the two hoys with
| her. They were dressed exactly alike, and
j during the stay of their mother the each
| look a stand in separate doors fronting on
! Water-street, to see \vhat Was to he soeh.
| While standing thore, an old gentleman
j who was walking slowly l>v, saw one of
' them, and, struck by the lilt Id fellow's inI
r'nliiiLoVinn^a an/1 ludlil"'
J stopped and asked him his name.
"My haftie is Willie, sir," replied the
lilllo one.
"Ah, a veiy pretty name, and a very
pretty boy, said the old gent-, pattis.g him
1 1 i.tV V. _ .1: . r
: v n uic 11 can. uure m ;i uuiie iur YOU."
Passing on to the next door, ho observed
! Walter, standing iti the same posture that
Willie had occupied, add supposing it wa3
Willie who had run theVe to see him as he
passed, he slopped agaiti to tako another
admiring look at him-.
4,Do you live in Mobile, Willie?" asked
the old gent.
"My name a'int Willie," said Walter.
"Why ; didn't ycu just now tell me at
the other door that yonr name was Willie-.?
' No, sir; my name is Walter."
4'0h, I thought you said Willie, a while
ngo, when you 6tood in the other door, and
I gave you a dime."
"I ain't been in the other door, and you
didn't give me no dime,'' said Walter.
The old gentleman looked at him a
moment as though the good opinion he
had Formed was fast changing, and then
walked slowly hack to Willie's door. The
old gentleman looked at him steadily.
"All, Walter, said he, "you shouldn't fell
stories. Bad children tell stories. You
must he a good hoy, Walter."
"1 ain't told DO stotfos, sir, and my onn.e
ain't Walter; my name's Willie." said the
confused little fellow.
"Well, what made you say, at the other
door, that your name was Walter, ahd that
I didn't pive vou a dime?"
n w "?
never said so, sir," said Willie, "and I
ain't been in t'other door."
'Why, you precious little scamp," said
the old tnan, somewhat excited ; ''what do
you mean? At this door you're Willie; fit
the other you'r Walter. IIere. say I gave
you n dime ; there yoU say, I didn't. Hero,
you say you haven't been at tlie other door ;
there ; you say you haven't been at this.
You should be ashamed of Vburself^ sir.
When you grow up to be a man "
Just here Walter, who bad heard the
loud talking, walked round to Willie's side,
and there the two stood in front of the"6ld
^gentleman, who was perfectly bewildered.
He soon cdmprebende<f"tbe whole matter,
howeVfer, and when lie did, he took' the
dime baek from Willie, and gate them half
n rlnllnr uanli. ?
?
Talleyrand, when asked by a lady femoot
for ber beauty nod stupidity bow ah? should'
rid herself of ber troubles orae ' ^admirer?,
replied, "You bare only to opeo.jrMr mqptfi
madam.'*
?r?.
A you tig fellow, tha boo of an eminent
danclngmaster, applyii^^^ . Wand aa to
what trade of profession It would be beat
for bin to pbrsoA^Wa* at^y^d," "1 think
you t^>3 ?f
ing fire,, and eonclu^^fiiy" f^omittcftding
any lady who 8bo^.?nfo*tunately &*d
bersaif enveloped in tiE^SaaK of ber bcrnlng
garments,
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A HAUNTED PREACHER.
In the volume of Dr. Sprague, on the
Haplist pulpit Gov. Briggs communicates ft I
very interesting letter on John Lelnnd, j
which contains n fuller account of his
personal habits nnd rrtanner of preaching
than we have ever befuVe Been.
ile was little im-Hned to superstition,
says Gov. Briggs. Indeed, bis practical
sagacity and startlitig common sense k<-pt.
him from any tendency in that direction*
j but he had somo peculiar experiences of
j the supernatural, .is the following anecdote
j testifies:
While I wa3 at his homo I inquired of i
j l>im alfout a remarkable noise, which I harl I
j when n boy heard that lie and his family |
had been annoyed by when ihey lived in j
Virginia. He gave this account of it:
His family, at the time, consisted of
himself, wife, aud four children. One evening,
all the family being together, their
attention was attracted by a noise, which
very much resembled the faint groans of
a person in pain. It was distinct, and
I repeated at intervals of a few peconda. It
| seemed to be under the sill of the window,
: and between the clap boards and the ceili
ing. They paid very little attention to it,
| and in a short lime it ceased. But, afieri
wards,jt returned in the same way?some- j
times every night, sometimes not so frft- I
I quently, and always in the same place, and
I of the same character. It continued for some
j months. He said it excited their curiosity
j and ani:oyed them, but they were not
; alarmed bv it. During its continuance
| they had the siding and casing removed
from the place it appeared to be, but found
nothing to account for it, and the sound
continued the ?iinr)p
lie consulted ii.. friend*, especially some
| of his ministerial brethren, about it. I
| think he said it was never heard by any
' one except himself and family ; but it was
: heard by them when he was, absent from
| home. Mrs. Leland said that often, when
! she was alone with the children, arid while
: they were playing about the room, and
j nolhing boing said, it would come, nnd |
: they would leave their play and gather |
j about her person. They had a place fifty |
j ?>r sixty rods Irani the house, by the 6ide of
a brook, where the family did their washing.
One day, while she was at that place,
it met bet there precisely as it had done in
! the house.
! After the noise had been beard at brief
j intervals for, I think, six or eight months,
j they removed their lodgings to quite an
opposite and distant part of the house, but
it continued as usual, for sottte time, in its
old locality. One bight, after they had
retired, they observed, by the 6ound, that
it had left tho spot from which it had
I previoujly proceeded, and seemed to be
advancing in. a direct lino lowards their
bed, and was becoming constantly louder
and more distinct.
At each interval it advanced towards
them, and gathfertd strength and fulness
until it entered the room where^they were,
and approached the bed, when the groan
became deep and appalling. "Then," said
he, '"for ibe first time since it began, I felt
the emotion of fear 11 turned upon my face,
and, if l?ever prayed in my life, I prayed
then. I asked the Lord lo deliver me and
my family from lhat annoyance, and that,
jf were a message from heaven, it might be
explained 'to u-, and depart; tl.at if it were an
evil spirit, permitted to disturb and disquiet
me and ttly^fjunlly, it might be rebuked
and f-ejtt away ; or, if there was anything
for me to do to make it depart, I
might bft^ihstruf-tbd what it wa?, bo that -J
could do* it." IMiis exerOiso l-CMoted bis
tranquility of thind, and be reamed his
usual position in the bed. Then be said it
uttered a groan too loud and startling to be
imitated by the human voice._ 7no next I
groan was not so 'lou..*, and it receded a
step or two fro;a the front ot the bed, near
his face. It continued to recede in the
direction from which it came, and grew
less and less, until it reached its old station,
when it died away to t|ie faiutest sound, and
entirely and forever ceawd. 7 <
No explanation was'eVer found. "I have
given you," said he, "a simple and true
, history of the facts, and you can form
you own opinibo. I- hate none.". His
wife confirmed all he said. I think I can
say tb?t*l never kn?W a person less given
to jibe marvellous than Elder Lel^nd.
p '"ir??*** Wf. 1 * . . ^
Whett Lord Emkina beard tbnt somebody
bad dje3*worih two hundred thousand
pounds, he ot?ftrved, uWfc]l, that's a rerj
pretty sum to J>?gin tb e next vrot!d witb*
AJ^jbrtW4ineat read*
"Stolen,* watch worth, ten gfcflltf If the
thiefreturn H ho 6bM$BFfcbrajed
w^ ^ Wpoflt, ?od
- Why h a cbild raaiHog b? alphabet ?nd
Mjing 0}'$*'# **
fcraaibat?Braow it??| t> k# nwt
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wii?>3pSl|S?e-w
% %'bntQ r6&?, fc* - v> ahjwh^
?>! ' " -V,f- 1 r II wimma
EXCERPTS.
In what cutar is a secret kept ??In-violate.
Gaa bii' me, in military phrase, 'Ileavy
charges of the liglit brigade.'
The mas who loves his fellow-maK;
?The king u? the Cannibal Islands.
Why is a young lady like a bill of ex?
change ? Because she ought to be 'settled
when she arrives at maturity.
Beautif-il was the reply of a vene*able
man to the question, whether he Wft3 still
in the land of the living?'No, but I am
almost there.*
Did the inan who ploughed the sea ahd
afterward planted his feet on his native soil', ,
ever harvest the crops ? /
V V
* " V
A3 ve grow old'er, it is with hearts aS
with heads of hair?it is not easy to distinguish
the true from the false. i
Tallyerand, speaking of a well-knowrt
lady, snid, emphatically, 'She is insufferable !
Then, if relenting, he added, 'But that i&^
her on'.^ fail It.'
A getitleman was condoling a lady ort
the loss of -her husband, but finding that
she treated it with indifference, cxclaimcd
'Oh, vory well, madatn, if that be the way
you take it, I care as little about it as yott
do?
A well known London printer being
called on to reply to.a toast,.said,'Gentlemen,
I thank you most heartily. I can't
make a spcech ; but I can print as long as
you like/
Afra Pnt>ltn/>(nn
* ... uvniiug UMt ? JUUllg
man had set up for himself, said, 'Poor fellow
! Has lie no friend that will Fet up for
liim part of tlie time!' Aud she eighed to
be young again.
%i *
Another judgment of Paris,?A
young lady, being asked what was her
notion of the Anglo-Frenc.h alliance,'Engli.-h
heads am] French bonuets.'
A little!fcrvant-pirl took the order to
"string beans" literally, and had got about
thres feet in length when her mistress discovered
her blunder.
To find the diameter of a circle.
Measure .form the centre parting of your
wife's hai r to the circumferem-e of her drpss.
UoUble that, nod you will hav? the diatbeter
to a nicety.
Three cot kneys being out one evening id
a dense Tog, came up to a building that they
thus described. The first said, 'There's a ^
nouse ?'No,' said I he second, "it's a nHt''
The third Said, 'You're both wrong?it's a
nin.'
Melancholy is another name for tough
meat. We care not how imaginative a
man may be, let him eat two pickled p'g's
feet, and he will feel as inanimate as a sack
of coals. What we often thiuk is mind, id
half tbe time gristle.
A lawyer reading a will in a country
village, incidentally mentioned 'beirs and
successors,' npon which a young geutleman
of forty-five, rather hard of hearing.
remarked, 'Dear rtle, who ever heard df
hairs and scissors doing in a will before!'
Monre said to Peel, on looking at the
picture of nn Irish orator. 'You can Fee the
vt-ry quiver of his lips.'? Yes,' paid Peel,
'and the arrow coming out of it.* The
poet was telling this to oue of Irs courtrj *
men, wi.o answered* "He meant errah coming
out of ili'
The cLimax.?A poor fellow says :?
In an evil hour 1 became addicted todiink
Fioni that monietit I have been going
down, until I have baeorae an outcast?a
loafer? % thing cf ho account: fit for nothj
iiig else on this earth bwt-iO W ?
of Cotfffesa.'
Thm .1 >
a MV nj/^riiuuiilj; umiliur UI IUO vu&poplllrt
?let diaap'pointed men say what ihe?
wlM*, ; ttfrer all, the cnhnf ntion and
apolheoais of fame. Yel the same clamrf
rushes with unreasoning lavishrt^pps after
boon and persons which havenomort
claim to fame, than hps the snfcUest newt?
pnperefrUio *ho protases to dispense it. *
Judge Day, of Ireland, Wttr ?
tall .nfn, and an intimate friend of Sir
Art tap*. CI a 1 ke, whoc was almost a dwarf.
it Was a standing joke with ths wags of
Dubmi to lifien the colossal judge and hta
diminutive companion to the twenty-first of
Jiltie, ihastrtttob as tb#y"y>irtUy constituted
the longest Day and the ahoi>te3t koight,
Tar ^Irwsmaw *wt>
Irishman 1 wm 'going Along ih^r^ld, *Wtf ,
an ?ngry bull ru?li?d db*fo ujioa WffT, aril
with 4na bow# u*?*a 'W" over, a fence. ,
XkftbistittM r*oot?ring from his Ml, apQn
w* *? .*???
teg op thfrgiomui,:**
wiiwfO wlwwflitoo:
aid, 'If U Hi** ooi *
sftraplng, and VWhwrtK'^hjfifcJlrf
bruto. fair I wouUtfawnr
S? ??* ;