16 6 44 19 6 41 14 6 17 6 42 13 6 47 1 35 5 10 6 49 morn 2 11 5 13 6 46 8 6 50 0 34 8 13 11 435 9 235 226 39 8 5 45 9 24 ev.23 5 9 20 10 35 2016 40 9 14 10 34 1 05 16 6 44 10 28 10 40 5 11 6 48 11 38 14 6 45 11 31 11 15 5 11 51 ev.31 5 MORAL SUASION ON A RAM.-When a friend of, with this old fellow, and the consequence was, ours, whom we call Agricola, was a boy, he lived that the dog never looked a sheep in the face on a farm in Berkshire county, the owner of again. The ram broke every bone in his body, which was troubled by his dog Wolf. The cur literally. Wonderfully uplifted was the ram killed his sheep, knowing, perhaps, that his master aforesaid, by his exploit; his insolence became was conscientiously opposed to capital punish-intolerable; he was sure to pitch into whomsoever ment, and he could devise no means to prevent it. went nigh him. 'I'll fix him,' said 1, and so I "I can break him of it," said Agricola, "if you will give me leave." "Thou art permitted," said the honest farmer; and we will let Agricola tell the story in his own words. "There was a ram on the farm," said Agricola, "as notorious for butting as Wolf was for sheep killing, and who stood in as much need of moral suasion as the dog. I shut Wolf up in the barn did. I rigged an iron crow-bar out of a hole in the barn, point foremost, and hung an old hat on the end of it. You can't always tell, when you see a hat, whether there is a head in it or not; how, then, should a ram? Aries made at it fuli butt, and being a good marksman from long practice, the bar broke in between his horns, and came out under his tail. This little admonition effectually cured him of butting." The gentlest task-master we ever knew of is a blacksmith, who says every evening to his apprentices, "Come, boys, let us leave off work and go to sawing wood." That blacksmith must be a brother of a farmer down east, who one season, when he was building a house, used to try to get his hired men out to play dig cellar by moonlight. 8 13 4 38 7 18 rises 8 55 4 37 7 18 7 49 "I am unable," yonder beggar cries, If you don't want to fall in love with a girl, don't commence flirting with her. This courting for fun is like boxing for fun; you put on your gloves in perfect good humor, with the most friendly intention of exchanging a few amicable blows; you find yourself insensibly When Haddix's wife kicked him out of warmed with the enthusiasm of the conflict, until bed, says he: "See here, neow! you'd better not some unlucky punch in the "veskit" decides the do that again! If you do, it might cause cool-matter, and the whole affair ends in a downright ness." fight. Don't you see the similarity? ANECDOTE OF TOM CORWIN.-Some years ago, addressed Mr. Corwin in the same manner, when Tom Corwin and Tom Ewing were on a "Will you take condiments in your tea, sir ?" political pilgrimage to the northern part of the "Pepper and salt, but no mustard," was the State, they were invited to tarry over night with prompt reply of the facetious Tom. Of course, a distinguished local politician. The guests nature must out, and Ewing and the entertainer arrived rather late, and the lady of the mansion roared in spite of themselves. Corwin essayed being absent, a niece undertook to preside on to amend the matter, and was voluble in comthe occasion. She had never seen great men, pliment, anecdote, and wit. But the wound was and supposed they were elephantine altogether, immedicable. The young lady to this day declares and all talked in great language. "Mr. Ewing, that Tom Corwin is a coarse, vulgar, disagreeable will you take condiments in your tea, sir?" in- man.-Toledo Blade. quired the young lady. "Yes, Miss, if you please," replied the quondam Salt Boiler. Cor A divine, once praying, said, "O Lord, win's eyes twinkled. Here was fun for him. give us neither poverty nor riches," and pausing Gratified with the apparent success of her first solemnly a moment, added, "especially povtrial at talking with big men, the young lady!erty." sets 40 7 30 sets 8 24 9 29 9 52 10 12 19 T 12 557 4 39 7 10 31 32 6 10 4 43 7 29 11 59 6 12 4 45 7 27 0 34 10 43 8 30 11 30 4 417 30 9. 3 ev.114 42 7 29 8 58 0 48 4 43 7 29 9 25 10 28 4 47 7 24 1 24 4 44 7 28 9 50 11 4 4 48 7 23 9 47 1 57 4 457 28 10 11 11 37 4 49 7 23 10 9 2 30 4 46 7 27 10 31 ev.10 4 507 22 10 30 3 4 4 467 26 10 51 0 44 4 50 7 21 10 52 3 42 4 47 7 26 11 12 1 22 4 517 21 11 14 4 22 4 48 7 25 11 35 2 2 4 527 20 11 38 5 84 49 7 24 morn 2 48 4 53 7 19 morn 6 5 4 507 23 3 45 4 53 7 18 0 8 4 52 4 547 17 0 46 8 23 4 457 25 sets 26 T 12 30 M 12 6 84 507 22 9 15 10 46 4 59 7 13 "Uncle," said a young man, who thought A western preacher, while exhorting his hearers to repentance with great earnestness, that his guardian supplied him rather seldom spoke in passionate terms of the purity of his with pocket-money, and felt a little hesitation on own motives-he had no concealments-he wish-beginning to make a request on his relative's ed there was a window in his bosom that every generosity, "is the queen's head still on the "Of course it is, you stupid' one could see his heart. At this point, a man shilling pieces ?" rose, and with marked solemnity asked the rev-lad; why do you ask that?" "Because it is now erend gentleman "if he did not think a pane such a length of time since I had one." in his stomach would do just as well?" A little stealing is a dangerous part, "I sell peppermints on Sunday," remarked a good old lady who kept a candy shop, "because they carries 'em to church and eats 'em, and keeps awake to hear the sermon; but if you want pickled limes, you must come week days. They're secular commodities." ANECDOTE OF MR. WEBSTER.-Soon after Mr. Web- other Boston Semi- Weekly Centinel. It contained ster removed to Marshfield, he made his masterly a report of Webster's speech in reply to Hayne. It speech in the U. S. Senate in reply to Hayne. was carried to the chamber of Captain Thomas, The gentleman of whom he bought his farm at with the announcement of what it contained. Marshfield, Captain Thomas, a great admirer of Captain Thomas was scarcely aroused by it. He Mr. Webster, both before and after he knew him was not believing, but faithless. He said, "Mr. personally, had read the great speech of Hayne, Hayne cannot be answered; it is of no use to in the Boston Centinela paper that he sub-think it." scribed for, not without asking Mr. Webster what The newspaper was left, and the bearer took paper he had "better take." Captain Thomas his leave. regarded the speech of Hayne as unanswerable. He was gloomy and quite sick at heart about it. He took to his room, and even went to bed. In a day or two, the mail brought along an Soon a joyful noise was heard in the chamber. of Capt. Thomas. The sick man had read the speech of Webster, was cured, and cried at the top of his voice, "BRING ME MY BOOTS." 7 12 8 56 5 24 6 38 7 9 7 39 9 44 5 25 6 37 7 38 8 4 10 29 5 26 6 36 8 5 |