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■ P9 .. POETRY FROM THE BOSTON MORNING POST. T PI E fS UM OP LIFE. [By J. O. liockxceU. Searcher of Gold, whose days and nights All waste away m anxious care ; Estranged from all life’s pure delight?, L'niearned in all that is most fair ; Who sailest not with easy glide, But dclvpst in the depth of tide, And strugglesl in the foam— Oh, come and view this land of graves, Death’s northern sea of frozen waves, And mark thee out thy home. Lorcr of lioman, whose sad heart ^Vastc3 like a fountain in the sun, Clings most where most its pain doth start, , Dios by the light it lives upon— Come to the land of graves! for here Are Beauty's smile and Beauty’s tear Gathered in holy trust; Here slumber forms as fair as those Whoso checks, now hving, shame the rose— Thrir glory turned to dust! Lorcr nf rart'.e, whose foolish thought Steals onward from the wave of Time— Ttll me, what goodncps hath it brought Atoning for that restless crimc ? The spirit-mansion desolate That opens to the storms of fate. The absent soul in fear Bring home tay thoughts, and come with And see where all thy pride must be— Searehcr of Kamo, look here! And Ifarrlor, thou of sunny plume, That goest to the bugle’s call— Come and look down—this lontly tomb Shall hold thee and thy glories all ; The haughty brow, the manly irame, The dar:ng deeusj tlio sounding fame. Are trophies but for Death! And millions who havo toiled like thee Are stayed, and here they sleepand see! Does Glory Imd th?m brt-ath ? me, A G R I c r L T V n E I’rcm the Farmer'^ Gazette. HOGS. Mr. Editor: Th;^re has beca much said in va rious parts ol t’nc country, upon the subject of ho^r.s, the ditTerent breeds, and the various modes of man- thenij but iu our Jitaie there have been very lew communications seen in the agricultural works upon the subjcct. What can be the reason ? Has the raisinr^ ot ho^'s been carried to sucJi per/cction as to reduce it to a sciencG ? le tlicre Kuflici^’iit pork raised to supply our common wants and de-« mands?—or arc the planters all asleep to their own interest? T.hc fact is, our planters do not raise pork sufficient for their own consumption, much less to Siipply the small demands o( our inland markets; c0nscij[ucnl]y thousands of dollars arc carried out of our State, annually, a large portion ofitsiivr'r taken from the vaults of our banks, not only for pork, for horses and mules; and still th^ Scarcity of ;iio ney is the common complaint. In my - inion this error might be very easily correctcd if we wor.ld all engogQ heartily in the business. The plan that I would suggest, would be for each firmer to plant less cotton, and increase the grain crop; which grain being judiciously and .systematical!v’" consimi e l upon our larms, in raising such domestic animal would ultimately result in increasing the value ot our lands and the quantity of our cotton crops. In my opinion, in the slave holding States, any other animal, with the exception of the horse, can be dispensed with in preference to the hog; the reason i."?, that ii affords for our negroes a more sub etantial and cheaper food than any other animal, and supplies our tables with a delicious ham, short of which our southern epicures would not be satis ficd. The hog, then, being so valuable, we shoult. study closely, and experiment particularly, to find out the most economical plan of feeding, and what epecies of hog will remunerate us best for our atten tion. Hiat there is often a great difference in the value of hogs of the same weight is, or ought to be, known to every breeder and consumer; to the consumer, because the flesh of some is tender and sweeter than the flesh of others, and because the most valua ble parte, such as the ham, sides, shoulder and lard in some, are heavier in proportion than in others; to the breeder, because one hog yields a greater weight of marketable pork, for the same amount ot food than another. A hog of large head, ears and feet, has commonly large bones throughout, is a slow grower, large consumer, and unthrifty. There arc various breeds, or Ibrms of hogs. I con sidcr the names and color, whether white or black, without the, form, a perfect matter of moonsliine; but admire a sameness in color, as the best stock of our country, both cattle and hogs, difler very lit tle m their respective colors; and the peculiarity of the color proves that they have not been crossed by spurious animals for several generations. For the full color of the spurious blood would occasionally show itself even after being hid for several genera tions. The hog most commonly fed in this country (or I might have said starved) is the common pine rooter, called by some the scrub hog, by some the aligator, by others the land pike. They tell for themselves whenever seen ; I can compare them to notJiing more appropriate than tiie bench of an old Tvoipan’s spinning wheel; it has four legs, so have t ej. There are several other species of how's in terspersed through the country, such as the Guinea, the Clun^ tlic Thm Rmed, a few of the Berkshire, and another hog called the Kentucky hog. We read and hear of various other names of htTcrs with which I am not familiar. They all have their fa voritcs and supporters; and, in fact, any of them may be vastly improved in their form and propensi ty to take on flesh, by a judicious course of feeding and breeding particularly our common breeds. I have QCOD endeavoring for some length of time to discard all hogs with great length of legs and short ness of body, and to select those with the shortest legs and the greatest length and size of bod3^ The Guinea and China both have a great propensity to take on flesh, and arc very small eaters but do not acquire size; either crossed with the large bones breed makes a very fine hog. The. hog called the Kentucky hog, from being purchased from the dro vers from that State, in my* opinion backed by ex perience, is not a desirable hog on account of the great size and length of legs, with the disadvan tages attending such. The Kentuckians breed them, not because they are most economically fed, but because they arc better roadsters. In their great size and length of legs, they combine both the property of hog and horse, inasmuch as they con vey their Ovvn carcasses to a distant market; they travel very v/ell, but some of our native hogs make decidedly better racers. But my own experience proves to me that their form may be changed into almost any shape in course of time, by a careful selection of breeders. The boar particularly shouhl be selected as near as possible of whatsoever form we should have our stock. I have been fully satisfied by my own ob servation, that one crossed b}” a boar of any desired breed, will go further towards accomplishing the ob ject of securing form or color, than several crosses by a sow. To assign any other reason than tacts, developing themselves to my own observation, would be diving into mysteries beyond my knowledge. To this one great cause I attribute the deteriora tion in the value of our hogs very much ; a remedy for which I will point out hereafter. The Thin Rind has been in considerable repute in some sec tions of country, but I sec by northern papers, that they liav’C gone back to the Berkshire, which I consi der preferable to any species of hog now known, both the pure blood, and for a cross with the common stock of the country. With them I can rei.ite no personal experience, or very little, only as I have perchance seen them upon other farm?:. Tiiere arc several full blood C rkshires scallered through the country; some of the most vulnable of which are owned b}’ Colonel D. S. liiirloe of Ciieravr, (excuse me Colonel lor using your n:\in:\) he I)red a pig last tall, that weighed 07 Ihs. if I mistake not, nt a ffvr days over two months old. 1 have seen his several times and pronounceil them tiie best pigs I have ever eeen. I have seen pigs from a half blood boar with ! the best inproved stock of the country, the pigs rais- ^ ed with others of conimon .- tot'k, and the change was very perceptible ibr the better. I will not give it a.^ my opinion that the Berkshire will grow larger than some of our native hogs, when led to their entire sati^:laction, but that they will remunerate us better for our attention, and yield us more pork upon a gi ven quantity of lood, 1 have not the least shadow of doubt. Although I have, been so slow to supply myself, I would advise all planters that rai.^e tiieir own meat to supply themselves witli a boar at least, for I do not consider it a Berkornanid. The niorus may make silk, but the Berkshirf' iritl make meat. I will now olTer some suggestions- for improving our common stock of hog.\ In the finst place, our hogs should be shut up—not iii close pens ; for close confinement in our warm climate causes disease, as I knov,' from experience. A woodland pasture is tiie proper place to confine stock ho^?-, and the knilc should be promptly applied to every* foam ini: }>ig which we fine around our fence. Thus v/e coi.tid se cure whatever blood we miirht v.’l.-Iu and Vv'o-:' i ru.; be compelled to keep, as is nov; » ase, nearly a. many breediag sow ■ as nei a pork hogs, to feed wild cats, fox's .VI,1 suoh like varmints. Another advantage nf enclosing our hogs, is that we can have our pigs to come wheti we wish, and only then. Tiio common custom of sutlering hogs to run till twi) or threa years old is expensive, and should be discontinued. It increases the number on hand two or three fold, and iho expense in nearly the same proportion. Wiien we open a pea or pump kin field in the fall, our hogs are so numerous, and in such poor condition, that they devour every thing and scarcely begiji to improve. For experiment, I once took seven hogs, two years ohl, Irom the woods and tattened them without the benefit of the under crop, and the cost was .^7 per hundreil. They cat seven bushels of corn cach, and the price of corn was a dollar, Noiv seven bushels of corn v.'ill raise a hog to weigh double the amount in one year, if properly managed. Where tiierc is plenty of un cultivated swamp land for hogs to run in, the num ber is not material; because they retpiire litUe more corn than enough to keep tlieni gentle. But when we must depend chiefiy on the corn crib, ho^s ought to bO- slaughtered at from elev’cn to seventeen months 6l(!. Pigs dropped in August and September, and in January and Febuary, ought to bo slaugiitered in December. And wc can secure their coming at these seasons, by the enclosing system. Tiie pigs might be kept in good condition till harvest, and af terwards till fall, with a small portion of oats and plenty of rye. They are fondest of oats ; but oats eoon rot, and rye with grass will keep the-.i for a length ot time. It is uneconomical to suffer hogs ever to become poor, or dccline in fiesli till slau^rh- days since to mark the progress. The two eating i monsieur, you shall kcop ae Cn -gihl fur fourteen pounds of corn per day, hail fncreased sc- | some leetle year longer.” venteen pounds in sixteen days. The two eating seven pounds of cooked meal per day, had increased twenty-four lbs. in the same time. Here is saving of one half the corn.—American Farmer. Worth Knowing.—Scotch Snuff, sprinkled liberally on plants iitected with insects, will prevent further ravages by destroying the varmints. If your gar den is likely to be eaten up by them, as is the case with many, buy a bottle of Scotch Snuff and try it. You will see them disappear very suddenly. ColumhiLS Enquirer. V AI^iETT THE GREATEST NATURAL CURIOSITY. We find ill one of the latest numbers of the Lou isville Journal the following very curious account of what is, in one sense at least, the greatest na tural curiosity ever known to man; The IVIissouriit:,!.-—This gig.mtic w'ander of the animal creation has at length arrived in our citv, and will be exhibited at the VV'ashington Hall as soon as the bones, which ar*.> now contained in four teen large boxes, caii be put together. This, the proprietor informs us, will be near the close of the week. In the mcan-timo wo will en leaver, from data furnished us in a printed description of the skeleton, to give our readers some idea of this mighty wonder of creation; as such it may well be regarded, for, in comparison with the Missourium, mammoths, mastodons, and all others hitherto dis covered monsters are but suiall affairs. Wo have already giv’en some account of this animal, and of the circumstances under w!iich it was exhumed. Vv e have now Ix'foro us an accurate measurement of the priuci[5:tl bones of the skeleton, which will s.'rvc to give a better idea of its immense size and liugo proportion.'?. 7V//! skcfrton nirav.trc' fh.irhi-t>ro feet I’l anrl in Tii'' head m ^isures, from the tip of the no.se io the spino of the neck, 0 feet. From the edge f)f the up])erlip ni'^asuring along the roof of the moutii, to the sockct of the eye, is 3 feet; from the lower edge of the upper lip to the first edge of the front tftot!). ‘20 inches. Eacli jaw has four teeth, and the upjier jaw lin.s bcsidi s tu'o enormous tusks. 'I'he tee'h arc eacli fovu’ iiic'ics bro.id. I'he nose project.^ 1.1 ini'hes over the lower j aw. 'J’he Tusks arc 10 feet long, i xclusive of 1 foot 0 inches, ■vvhicii forms the root, wliicli is buried in the skull. 'I’he ri'Tht task was f:>M .! \ i i ' ; , ' -vid re mained fixed in i*.;• •' ’*i., ■ , i■>!! I its transportiuicn "f. L rt - cii fort nn’e cir- cumstancn rn. ’ ; - ^ ic.io v ih ' exact po^'iv.,! and situation tlr* i j.^ks o-'.':.picd i’l the h' .td of ■ nnimal during its life. "I iioy were carried by him almost hoi izontally, b.m ling somewhat down, and then com;pg with their points up again, making a sweep, (roai extremity to e.vtrejnitv. in a straigiit Ime lu'.ross the head, of I.") feet. 'The longest mea sures ") feet G.\ inches in length, the shortest fitet 3 inclus. Tlie scapula, or shoulder-blade, is 3 feet 1 inch in h ngth and *2 feet 7 indies in breadth. I ho l«-ngth ol tlie )r.nn':'ru'. or fore-arm, is 3 feet •».Vj'nshes, and its greatest circumference 3 feet 3 inches. ^ he fi'mer, or thigli-hone, is 4 feet anrl a hall incli long, nnd S 3-'l inches in diameter. The feet ol the ani^ual appear to havo been webbed. I lie (ore foot h;i.^ four toes and one thumb. The long. St toe measures 1 foot 8 inohns. the shorte.st I NEW 60NGERN *• Why, I^thought you wanted it.” p ROT-i-n’ Tout au contr(lire. I no vant rZeI Vu respectfully announces to > you nS Rct d. i r public general. vant de granu confidence. Suppose you no got money, den I vant him ver much; suppose you got him, den I no vant at all. Voua coviprcnez him?” After some further conference, the little French man prevailed upon the merchant to retain the mo ney, and left the counting-house with a light lieart, and a countcuance very difterent from the one he wore when he entered. FTis confidence was re stored; and ahhough he did not stand in need of the money, ho wished to kr^ow that his property was in good hands. This little sketch has a moral, if the reader has sagacity enough to find it out. DISHOi\ESTY SxVIALL MATTERS. ‘He that i.=i unjnst in iho least is unjust also in much.”—• [Luke XVI.'10. Wo often find individuals rnanifi ;ting a great want of principle in regard to the payment of debls, while they are extremely careful and punctual in the payment of notes in the bank, ;md in all their commercial transactions. For instance, there is a man takes a newspaper; the price is only a small sum, and the publisher cannot send a collector to evciy individual; so this man lets his subscription lie along for years and per haps nev(U- pay it. The same individual, if it had been a note at the bank, wotild havo been punctn.al enough; and no pains would have been spared, ra ther than let the note run beyor^d the da\\—Wh}’? Because if he does not pay his note in the bank, it will be protested, and his credit will bo injured ; but the littl(5debt of twenty shillings or five dollars will not be protested, and he knows it, and so he lets it go by. and the publisher has to bo at the trouble and ex'pensa of sen ling for it, or go v/ithout his money. How manliest it is tiiat this man docs not pay his notes at t!ic bank froai honesty of principle, but purely from a regard to his own credit and interest. s Jjcclures. I'P^^^ljp-sed the stock in trade of Mr. .»ohn O’Farrell he will, on or about the 1st of May at tiie stand now occupied by Mr. O’Farrell, ope'ti the most extensive and complete stock of CONFECTIONARIES, ever brought to the Charlotic market. He will make tue selection himself^ in the Charleston market, oi' every variety of WINES AND LIQUORS of the Sugars, Coifee, Pepper, Spice, and every other arti cle pertammg to the grocery b-usiness. As J. B. R. will make his purchases cnUrely for Cash, he will be enabled to supplyliis customers on the most accommodating terms for the aaine article, or at short credit to responsible dealers. He 5’Olicii.^, and hopes to rcceive a liberal portion of public j)atronage. Charlotte, March, 5, 18 H. 1-r State of flovtft ©aronna MECKLENBURG COUNTY. Court of Plcaff and Quarter Sessions, April 'Tei'm, I84l* Robert Rodgers rersn.'i James P. Rodjiers. tered. When I compare my own practice, and that of others around me, with my remarks, and similar re marks which I hear from other.?, I am reminded of the language of the ancient orator: “ When I com pare, Athenian.s, the speeches of some amongst u.s, with their actions, I am at a loss to reconcile what I hear.” Mr. Editor, if 5*ou think these labors of a rainy day likely to be of service to any farmer, publsh, ii not commit to the flames. A Feeder of Swixe. lv.oe:i. .a Ips p.-,u:ed ties- ^-L'^s I ho f)lluwng remark' fo .t r’ntl thetuumb 7 inches. Ail the bones of the nnim-il are firm,a!id contain no marrow. 7’hc cav ity r? ti'.r I raiti iS fpii;o I ■ 'i'h. p'-oprittor, Mr. criotioii jf fh” an> on it,'^ supi'i !-;.ii; y, 'J'he animal has b'en. without doubt, an inhabi- tint of wator-couiS'‘s. such as large rivers and iakes, wliich is ])rove.l by the lormation of the bones . 1st, his f.M t were webbed ; 2d, all his bones v.-ere ;.ol! 1 and ^vithout marrow, as the aq’iatic animals oi the, present day; 3d, his rd)S wore too S!n;ill anl slender to resist th ' many pi-ssures and hruiscs they would h^' su’oject tt) on land ; 4th, his legs are short and thick; T>th, his tail is fiat and brond ; Gth and bst, his tusks are so situated in the head that it would be utterly impossible for him to ('xist^ in a timbered country. His foci consist'd as mucn of vegetables as flesh, although he undoul)t- cdly consumed a great abundance of tlie latter, and was capable of feeding himsflf Vv'ith his fore foot, alter the manner of the beaver or otter, and possess ed, also, like the hippopotamns, the faculty of walk ing on the bottom of waters, and rose occasionallv to take air. J ne Singul:‘:r j'osition of tlie tU'-k=' i'.e'=; e-'-en ve ry vrisely adopted by tlie Creator ior the prot.eetion ot the body from tli'^ r.i.my injuries to which it would be exposed v.duh^ swinmiirig or walking un- iler the water ; .and. m ad htion to tliis. it .appears tnat the anin)nl hns b n covered with the snme ar mor as tne alligator, or perhaps the megatherium.’ Knre\: L VO, fouu 1 it oat I That lump- iieaded Elitor that coaiolaine l the other day about the vocab’ilafy of the ladies in certain cases, is nei- tiier la-g'jly Ie;irned nor deepK' read—we guess. Not kno.v wliat “cutting bias^' is, when It. is as old as Ad.im and Eve, v/ho made themselves panta- Irltes ! Shakespeare understood it before he stole (lecr-skins to make leather inexpressibles, or Ann- hath-a-way had any hand in the matter; but we did not live in his day. Turning over the leaves of Hamlet, a few days since, in the scene between l*olonius and Reynal lo, Polonius in his instruction “ S'?e you now— Voiir b.iit of I ^ tiiis er.rp of trulli : .\tyl thus do we of \v;s Io;n a.'i'd of reach, nil 1 With n-ts'aij'i of ni vs, li'j iiidirecti'jns ftnd d'recllj\ -: out.'' — A-t il. Secne 1. Tii!is we fi.i i thit the Ii li *3 of the olden time n-jt only c'jl bias, bat used to brace their stays, quite in advance of tiie principles of modern corkt- age; confirming the scrip'uiv, that ‘-there is no new thing under tiie sun.'' Wonder if mother Eve, after she got dressed, or her early decendants, walked with such a swagger as our modern belles! ?iCiv Haven Herald. Original Attachment, levied in the iiands of Wm. Wilson, and him summoned as Garnishee. MACHINE POETRY. Spoon--:, ol the Nev.- York Sunday Mercury, .~ay.-? he has made a decide,! improvcmerit in his poetical machine. It i.s no\/ rapaale of making double breasted poetry, or verse v/ith rhymes at both ends of the lines. Here is a sample: T\VO F.RAS 1\ A DPJ’XKARD S LII'E. 7'o-day—!/.’or.'j'l.: S'.is.i'ioiuf. Live lonf. rr, w’lile yju may, (iivr^ ytH’.i' .‘i'j.ii; to Mirth to dny ; ?*rinki:ig drov. n? all cr.re nnd sorrow ; Tl'.inkin-^ a srtii 'to-niorrow. i’low. O L)lo\v r, boys, out stroiig! (j 1, O. Ko i;, V. bilw* you're youn^ ! k's : of fai an.i frolic— >Vi.. ? s :i cu:' f >: mro and cholic! 'l'o-!nor!'uir—Sober R Jl cUo.is. I.ifc’s a hnniHn r—d-.-at’i's a ho.ax— S'nfi'S and jiri; s are s 'ri-JU.^ jokes. have llo'.vii—I cannot catch 'em — Hrt.' ch.'3 are torn—no wif.* to pitch ’em— l>Hst th« luck, and blast the liquor ! ‘ast all £;ro" to Oh, I'm sicker! ih:’ ci'tMii' iisl lio'.v thpy're dniieinti! Spr.:e-'n2T, li^'inninir, ki'-kin:'-, pranciiuz! Sum ' yi? rr jiiiiihi oo th ‘ir l>eini--u is; llu:ii!—nun rum!—I’ve go: tiio tremja-! IT appearing to the satisfaction of the Court, tliat the defendant in this case is not an inhabitant of this State: It is therefore Ordered, that publication be made for six weeks successively in the “Meck lenburg Jeffersonian,” notifying the said James Rodgers to appear before the Justices of our said Court, to be held for the County of Mecklenburg, at the Courthouse in the Town of Charlotte, on^^the fourth Monday in July next, and then and there re plevy or jdead to issue, otherv/ise, judgement pro contesso will be rendered and the property levied on condemned subject to the plaintiff’s recovery. Witness. Bhaley Oates Clerk of our said Court, at Office, the fourth Monday of April, ISH, and 65th year of American Independence.' B. OATES, c. M. c. r. May 11, ISil. foe .^-5 60] 11....6 TO THK PUBl.lC. JOII?>i O'FARRELL announces to his custom ers and the public generally, that he has dispo- sc'd of his entire .stock of Groceries, Liquors. &c., to Mr. .John B. Roueche of Lincohiton, auil wull close ills business in Charlotte on Thursday ol' the ensu- inir April County Court. Until then,* however, he v.all continue in bu.^iness at his old stand, and be glad to accommodate his customers witli ever\' article in the Grocery line, on the most reasonalile terms. ^J. OT. gives this early notice of his intention to clc.se business, in order that all who owe him. either by note or book account, m.ay have due time to come, forward and make .settlement, wliieli he earnestly re quests them lo do between this and Court, for ms notes and accounts must positively then be closed. Charlotte, March 5, 1811. 1-tc ind The rccent Union of tho CAROf JNA PI.A^ TER with the FARMERS’ REGISTER, an tae consequent addition to the subscription list of about 1,000 names, vail enable the ptiblisher to add soniething forthwith to the privileges anil n«\vanta- ges before oirered to subscrloers. These additiona- advautagor3 vrill be seen in tl\e thir 1 premium, which is now added belov/, and in the adveitised tu-ices of bac!v' vohmies annexed; CONDrriONS or Tiic FARMERS' REGISTEPv For the ±\inih Yoliinic, TO iif. C03I3IENC1::D JA^'U.V^vY, isil. Ar iici.,n I. The Farmers’ Register is pubii.-died mg ot nearly the same matter) weeklv, in a single siieet of 16 pages octavo. Pricc and conditions the saiiie for both publications. To shoic the difference bs-ween Raw Corn and Corn Meal cj^olced as food, for Hogs.—Some two years ago, while I was confined to the fireside by a cold, I amused myself with several experiments to find the increa.se by weight of corn, rye, shorts, &c., by boiling and cooking, with a view of economizing hog food. I soon become convinced that wonder ful eflccts might be easily produced; and though I then made regular record of what I did, strange to teil, I had never till latelj' attempted to pul my theo ry in practice. I have had t-ince the first of De cember an actual experiment going on between raw corn and meal made into good thick mush • two pigs of about one hundred weight each, have been eating seven lbs. of raw corn per tweniy four •tiours, and two others of near the same size have had exactly seven lbs. of meal made into good mush between them. This seven pounds of meal cooked into a state of good stiff mush, weighs from twenty- eight to thirty-three pounds. I weighed my pigs ac curately at beginning, and weighed again a fe?/ A MORAL TAf.E FOR THE TIMES. vV little Frenchman lent a merchant five thousand dollars wIk'u the times were good. He called at the counting-house a few days since, in a state of agitation not easily d .scribed. “ How do you df) inquired the merchant. ‘‘Sick, vcr sick!” replied mon-fieur. “ What is the matter “ De times is dc matter.” J)e Times ! What disease is tiiat ?” ‘‘ J3e maladie vat br 'ak d” mer'diants ver much.” Ah I the times, eh ! VV'ell, thry are bad, v.-rj' bad, sure enough—but how tio they allect you?” “ Vy, monsieur, I lose de confidence.” “ In whom?” In everybody.” Not in me. 1 hope ?” “ l^ardonnez moi, monsieur, but I do not know who to trust at present, when all de merchants break several times all to picces.” Then, I presume, you want your money.” “ Oui, monsieur; I starve for w'ant of CargentP “ Can’t you do M'ithout it ?” '•No, monsieur; 1 miist have him,” said little limity breeches, turning pale with apprehension for the safety of his monev, “ And you can’t do*without it ?” No, monsieur, not one little moment longare.” The merchant reached his bank-book, drew a cheque on the good old Chemical for the amount, and handed it to iiis visitor. “ Vat is dis, monsieur?” “A cheque for five thousand dollars, w’ith the in terest.” “Is it bon?” said the Frenclim'tn, with amaze ment. i Certain]}".” “ Have you de i'in-de bank ?” “ Yes.” “ And is it parfaitment convenient to pay de sum ?” “ Undoubtedly. Whit astonisiics j'ou!” “ Vy, ddt 3’ou have got him in dese times.” “ Oh, yes, and I have plenty more. 1 owe no thing that I cannot pay at a moment’s notice.” The Frenchman was perplexed. “ Monsieur shall do me von lectle favor then ?” With all my heart ’’ leuFj you JngrntG-is of a sr)ool-bo:/.-—\ country school master once having the mistbrtune to have hiS school house burnt down, \\as obligul to remove to a new one, wh- n he repriinandtxl one of his boys, who misspell'.^d a number ol v.'ords, by telling him he did not sp.dl as well as when he was in the old school house, Well, thome how or otlicr^” said the urchin with a smile, I can't ethackly git the iiAXfi of tiiith new thkoo-houth. One groat reason v/liy truth i stranger than fie- lio:i i.', because there i.5 not h ilf a.s much of it ia the world. TJie Eoston Custom Iloiise is very like our ov.'n. 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