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lion Hills; ami under the wire officer jCree nville, wfeie ihe aimy ut i -i i.,; I fought m the battle of Prai.dvwitu-. winti r quarlers. I nlterw arils sti veil mi tin.-. i.iemorahie 11th Si pte mber.llivc years in the 3d Uni'ed S.ateV

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wontuicd. Oi) the lClh of St pt.jFike. tin' father of ihe late I ,mc -( d near l!:e White Horse, win-re a ;G n . Z bulo Mon go not v Pike. Tms

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battle whs sc. light and atitit ipntrd by

both atn it : but ike day being so wet bey withdrew without comhg to ac im. I was !-.o iit the mas-acre at Pa-li, perpetrated by a detachment ol Bit'ir!) tioeps under the command of (Ti-fj. e.on Giay,on Ihe night of the 2vbU September, ! 777, and I have lea-

l-on to b- h-vo am now Ihe only mvt-

v-.tr :f all who were actors in that sa . gain n'V and m lanchuly diama. Mi

brother fell a victim, on that occasion,

to the nivfigp ferocity of the t3 s i E i f : t.-.op. a?id tmelf vorv natrowtv i ca !ed destruction, bv l.ikieg shelter in a

U-aum re-.C,,lddrakei'-,"?r ! ' N'";''S 1 .,Mn.cH.or a rahi. "ined until M .nd.iy. dHeimned U

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r.i m :nv g-j:?v.toa ran tei! ; il t!h-TU S-p W- Tkft':l t V -Mt . n e.;i tJv said hut was hell. "e jjot-t.Mi a cat inn pre?)?, .s ta'.'-crs' f 'V cider sad c!ie.--e; ;3t.i:i haid wrk f sh-Mti.1 us.

And it !.-ivcs ac afai:itit?d ti'r iuim

Z jrp;it roller S fwow, ui. iiic I.ird know?

Wsie.M eovrr -nr m'.r,

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got. II -v the ii I it a'l o' is the. wervler, WHer-; a d itn d. h-y iind so ;nu -h ie" , A tisick a -"H bli.-ss-.vn- in smui-ir What a uatian cf ink tii"y do use! p.-.- J-ii! I don's see bow ii: -y pty jp.-r s tninv ir.jts of vbit p-;jiert T: v t !.'d tne :-.ev u--d ftverv day ;

vast ana ascertain iue laie ci nv n ro

!!).'r, f ie ot thoe cprnut' vwi reetter?. ! ,,, n 1VV j,r.n to a tree of mni

doiaileiB , and which I r intill p iirt oat to ! riioM and e- q pri g visiior I was at the battle ol Germantown. n the .30 h Sepienler, 1777; in I at ih i! of M ertio-i:!), on the 23:b J !!., 1773. In Fsiiruar), I779,capt. , Sealv and invKe!f, with 13 men

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jid ruin sqtiire Tuber.

m t v.jtii. 'iw.ig snrli tar-sal

Wax i work tap e-t paiiers'ind b.:ks; a-- 1 ihtdow.t a-d cri'o for the J.irnal

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ij: !' I o na! le et Coll d. a, loch !M( i tlip r!a;-.s attached to the

1 profligate rab f th 5h-h

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w e i k -to

srt. he ei linated li!Telf aiid

earn1 a !e iz-n f Amoi ii a. la the f..!.mi-narrative he pea j:. !iif s'vm bin hmj. . of Ms own etvives. Tio m iiiu-t ij.t wbirli we havein ear pn s-ioii. -f a haiai l r in o' i;! linn, re-ol i, anl steady ; beari .) e of lli -narks ol fer Idenes oi d ciepititdi. No one .ald im iniiit to '-e the prod icti a of a m t : whose liead i- -iivered with the snows of more than a boaehed winters. Asstlrow Wallace. The lu-iter ot tiii p .o .r w is horn in I v.'ri,paS ritv and sWir.-, Scotland, 03 the I4ih f .March, I 7i0 -dd sti,-: iie airi ! i America oo the I4!h o( Jtitip. 17j. About the lt of lay, 1 734 I enW r l as a volunteer at Ches ter .al war -. . pointed n deriy erg ant in a compa.iv rommitnded in capiai-i John llana n, (t!.ii was x!out the time rif the i,ion iiceaei,l of wh it v i the-, ter re d the Fr- ra h war.) T ." 0'!ipan b- f r- r.' frtie.d ti) he carttp a par ft !-,- r eim nt under thr C''trarrti'd of ior t lcirle Dark, Ot Vi t;i ia t c w ("- at'ei 11 il niarch f hem ("be-ier to 'be Gucntiee tavi ri. i" th'-lei county . and from f (.. in o t (Jai lir-, w h-ri- we wprp plac 1 -I''-r tt e command of mj. Sim v i ilnghs -hou the I at oir nti nti! j lirf wc i rt- min lt-d ti Foci t,hnm bei. i"w ('i ainh. r-burii : fim;i thencit' b rt Loodiei . to j.'-ii td tinoi rai cd ard to he i ua mai d d ty General

13ra.!dotk. I w-si not at the defeat of

Geneial Brddock,in ".be ear 1755 as no part of the immediate onion itni of General Forties va in that e'-jjae ntent. About the time of th rt voi ti vary war. v-z: the 15th d ly Apiil. 1776, I eidt-t d at tlie Turk's Head, How West C icster. and was appointed 3 scrgea..! in ca.it. C lurch's rotnpfiny , in t he 4' tt Penn-y U aei regiment, t urnmaided by Ci.lonel Aothonv tVavne, w hirh stiitnai be held to the end i f the con'et Oo the 15'b of Apul, i 7 7 7 .

h del o hoe nt uhd r Cd. VViiyi.e was ordeii d bj General S'. CUu to r-p.ir

te liie 1 hree Hirer to bum e.nd d s troy such of the Bnii-b ver-el- as tii -v couid. In endeavoring to If ct tin

destyn of this expedition, ve mine nil

wi;:eiit doing much damige In the en

,,. and with many killed and wound-

: on our ic. Thi- was the lirsi battl in which I was eegaced. The seca.id was under Gul. ya)ue, ut the

Nece ta.ert prisoners at I .camus, in

'rr-ev. At t!ii? plar-1 mni. Riles fell.

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l w n- -htiiL;: .1 iii .-i.iii, i i vj ;1lle ye:r, returned to the Atii'Tir.in finny, a -d was sr rg-ant of the Forlorn Hope a', ih- -ivruu- t' f Sloney l'i t, on the U!.h ol" July-, i 7 7 Toe Foil ra Ilopl I II

Iii h;,io(i I sen Co. wa- rcmnanaeu rn ilieut. Knox, c-f raid. Granl's rom'.iinv.

iiel.mgi ig to the reg:?yei. I was tleryvards marched to Souih Carolina ; was at the bait: f th; Cowpens. I7lh ilf.lat.uarv, 1731; and at that of Eu taw; and also at Camden, under th; ouim lt d of colonel Stewart. O.i (he Sill of September, 1781. I w as at the mertfriabie sioge of Yorktowri. up to the time ef capitulalion ol the. British army. After the termination of l!ie revolu'imary vvai, I agtin et listed co( lie 3 hof February. 1785, at New Bm sii k, Jer-ey. in a company com eia -d d by rapt. D.-nick Line, after waiJ a concomitant j-art of the r'gi merit commanded by col. Josiah Hai tnar, of the army destined to chastise she M hawks ad other In li ifis on the frontteis, or form a treaty with them, as oire'im-tanoes might dietato. K

Meaty v at? a i otdo ui eticlu it d with them 1V er. Getwevoorl, the ageot anpoieted by the a"' rntnent far that purpose. We had no fi;htini, and I was dischariied at the end of nine months, vvi'h pay for twelve mo- th. in general orders. In M mh, 17SS. I

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giiti e tered the eitn under the command of captain John Mei'er. in the regiment still comma- ded by col. Harcoar; and fiom that time I continued in t lie aimy for three year, lying at diir retit stations on the we-tern yv titers, vib: f .rt Pitt, fort Sleuhen, foil Finney, (o called i i honor of the late judge, tin n Brevet Major Finnry) Falls

of O do, St. inceof, since called fort

Knox. Fiom limte I was

home, ai.d acted b a recruiting eigeanl, in New York, New Brunwi. k. and Philadelphia, w here 1 was sun c

ful in raisins men. Ia Anril. 1719 '".v,"e

.....o i....r.,,..j i.. ......... lit had onee

was dtfiMiUed, ..h i :ls ie

mailing ceuiplemc nt d" men weie diiributcd to liie 1st n d 2 id regiment-.. I fell to the second, and yvas commanded by capt. Win. P. Schuyler, of N. Yoik; continued 8 months iu captain Schuyler's company, same legitnen!, and man lied to New O. leans in 1812.

and then became a part ol the t gi

aienl cctrtnaiided by col. iho i Cuhrg. In IC1S, I wa ili-cbatged by r dcrof Gen. Wade Hampton, on ac

count of disability, having receded a

pat.ily tic stroke, which aflecls both my a 'td-.,and under the inlluence of which I ;iil remain at this lime. I wh ahotit S t year of age, a id t ow reside in Upper Oxford township, Chester coti .ty, a -d am now one hundred and thrt e years oi l. I have seived America in her dih 'rent wars, in a military enpa ci'y, mare than 29 y ears. daring which fane I yvas alwnys a scr;eant, and mostly an orderly se gean. There tire .rnanv encount. r- I have had, ma. y kiiinisbep in vvhkh I l ave bee,- engaged, and maey d,a it;ets liuoogh wliii U I have passed, viii- It mi m nwy do- s

not serve me t.o relate; a oi c n'd I tve the.m. vieh all tin ir partii ul.ti-, I am not c rtam the weu-.d he oe.nd vtth inten s!. for I only mas' li 1! them to tho'C h i k aov tht m by binot y oi tradition. I oast set m 'o the pre-ent sjeneralion like the chronic h-r ol an other yvorlJ surely , of othr iim -s My ciMraiii-itis in or.r have m't PUak to the tomb. Tiieie are few, it any, now on the I ice of the earl-., who, from their own know ledge ol she eve ils I hap relate d. can fulli sympa thiZ iili me in ti.nr recital. I am ntviig the way ol" all &es:, and yvii! dioitiy- l e i icorjmr ite;d with my mo ihereaUh, on t he surlace of which I am scarcely a tele t crawl. Within a -h-rt time i haye received a liille ol the bouaty of that sj'nernmei t and ciiiulrv whose ndependence I aided to eslabli?h and deiVird. Teat hunnn

atTuds me Hi-out 2G cetds per day. a pi tate:e too small to support roys I ', and aged wile nd two ch:!.lie:i. I am old and decayed; as liie shattered ak of the f.-r.'t, ttemrding at ever blast; poor and in iced, not only co the i eiTilorts, but, aiM, unable to pre r-nre the necessaiies of li'e w iihmit the aid of rharity. It i cofidenl ly es ported thai this appeal oj the old ol dier wilt lind a f.iv raid response ii. eyery tre-!erou American hosem, and every pa' not and phihint rnpist will . .... i.i

tree in gutng, tni m? may render ue declining years of the wld ! ei olot i-ou i prosperous ati'i happy . Straegei! Pa I not 1 pa-s not by, un'oederl. ; biave defender of your country's liberty.

notia'iie roui.d, it lelurned a gain to he hand of its ma-tt.-r. tiutotrwbf made by TamaiVus. for Cliahs l Tile en.peror Glial les Vr.. alter his abdication of the tbione, amued hitnsc It in hi later years with au

toreata ol various kinds. . 1 he artists whom he employed was Jantllus Tur nanus ! Ciemona- It was his custom altei dim er to introduce on the table a' mod men and horses. Some of ihese heal drums, olbem played upon flutes, while a thiid set attacked each other with speais Sometime he let fly wooden sparrow-, which fleiv back again to then nest. He also exhibited corn-mills so extremely small thai they could be concealed in a glove, yet so powerf'il that they could grind in a d y a much corn as w ould bUppl v S men wi;h food fir a day. Oriwis' Ahttm' tic Carriage mndc for

Ijhuis AK 1 he next piece of im - ti . o-m f siiliicietit it.terest to merit .iiu .o'cii'i.iii i ti at which wa made n l. C uoi, fur the amusement of L ni- XIV. when a c:tild li consist d ol a m.,il euai h, cvb'n Ii was drawn by 'wo ho--es, ami which contained the fiL'ure ol a holy w ithit, w ith a footman and p-tL'-' hind. W hen this mae hi ae as pUre-d at the extremity of i tahleoftii" proper size, Ihe coach

man mii n ked in whip, and the horses in-i io(l) set oil", moving their legs in a natural manner ami diawit g the coach Iter them. When the coacn reached the opposite edge of the table, it turn ed sharply at a right atuh , jnd pro. ceeded along theadj ieent edge. As soon as it anived opposite the place where the king sat, it stopped; the (ago d 6 -ended, and opened the roach door; the lady alighted, and with a ourte-V, presented a peti'iui w Ii'k h -he held in her hand to Ihe liii-fj. Allot waiting some time, s'ie aain cooifi-ed ind r -entered the cairiage. Tlie age closed 'he d-or, and haying re-sn-uuied his plat e heliind ;i loaihuiti' 'vhiniied his hoises, ti' d drove, up. Ti.e f-o!mau whnh d p'. vicu-iyali ted, ran after tlie caiti g' a- ci jumped up behind into b;s former place, Di-grnnfh Mi It mica I Peacock. Not

ronletit wiih i nit Hng lie roovemeiit-

of animals, the n cha ocal gmius ol

ho sevcnlecmlh a. d eihleendi centu t ie? vent u rf d In p i no ni by he tds and i i-iions thw fuoctioii- fvi(a!ily. We ;re informed t V M Li-hat, that uen. Degennes, a Fremh officer, who defendd the colon) of St. Christopher against the FmJish force s, cm sit uf ted

i peacock which cmihl walk about as

iiaving made the greater part of her money through them. When some of the British ships stopped there on their way to the coast of Louisana, she, as usual, boarded the ships in search of business and having despatched that, she asked the captain cfoneof the sevent v-foui's, "Where you going, rriassa?'' yvho replied, " We are g'ung to cateh seme d d Yankees at New Oilcans. We shall stop here as we come back, and I'll sell you a dozen or two veiy cheap, for washer women." "Ah, ha', massal you better leiV d d Yankee 'lone." said she "I tell yr, you better let him 'lone!" When the same ship returned to Havana, after ihe dreadful defeat on (he 8'.h of Jan. uary, the old woman again b i'inled, and observing the captain, said. ''Well massa, I cme lo buv some Yankee:!" But th joke was stale, and the ofiicer

telnsed reply on which she added,

aic hli, ' Dtd'nt I te II yen, masa,yoa

had better lelV Yankee 'lone'.1'

A knnvting lad. A 6r.ho'dmaster in

Connecticut, while examining a boy

from Rhode? Island, in his caN-chism,

asked the following question: How j-i . I fl ro l l C

many Vjoas are mere: iiic ooy .-i,-ter scratching his head some time, replied o don't know hov many you liave got iu Connecticut but we have

none in Ilhode Island.

alive, pick up

g ains of corn fr

Curious Automata. 7idcH Pig on nf .In fnlas. We are info! med M Aui.i.- G Idu-!, on the au-

. . i t ll . t-i I ,t ? i 7 . I- o . il I h - t t A i-r In I , j ..I

ordered "V " m" "V"7

I arei.tum , who nourished about 400 years before t'hii'-t. cotislrorted a wooden pigion vnIucIi w as capable of llvinc. F.tVioinus relates, that when

liguted, it could oof re

tmnded bv capt. William Krsey,sam, ii,,r',,, i' fi C'i; and Anlus Gellius adds J 1 . l. . .i .. . j.i t i. . i :

regiment and same col. as leforf, and i1"'" ". ",,s -l" "5" -1 ") oaiauc mg.

continued 18 mouth under that com-!U:n a,1,'1Kuea ) a comcaieu aura or

nand; soldier' pay at this time redn- PU ced from 6 to 5 dollars per month for! ntontt!C Clock of Ckar'rmigrr sergeants, and for piivates but 2 5Q Among the- eai ht-st pieces of modern oer month. I i (he vrar 17D1. I n ..i :t m" baoism was the curious water

enlisted at Philadelphia, with capt.itn ilu k i'-oiited to Charlemagne by ' ' . i. r' i ... i. I I ......... i IJ .... I. : I t . 41..

I ii amis I) e. (,f ihe same reT"im"o

before referred to. and then composing a oaet of the arni afterwards nun

I - - .... I o l k

moated tn General Anion St. Clair,! vinous of tne nours. in- Hours were lesio. d to rbastne the d.fferenl lri'iesi,"dlca,pd hi the opom-jj of the wit.of lii.n then devn.taiii.g the frn. , dows, which si rui k the hour by falling tic-i setl.ea.eots, and murdeiing ur "l"'" hr z n bell. Tu- doors con bolder citiz e.s Col. I farmer had rc-! t,,,,,,jd Ven "'J twelve o'clock, when sig iod, and :he regifnenl w phfP; i twe lve little knights, moulded on horse oodci thecemaiatid of col. H imbrack.i,)a, k't ;,m,; vHt at ,,,e ?i,me ''istant. A e were mairlied to the frontier. 'l,d sMrr l'r l"C around the dial.

. itie tvaiinn 1 lai uti ai na-c loo. Inlto

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dial pla'e there were twelve small windows, e ortcspotiding with the di-

was in the battle denominated St. Clair's defeat, ia whie h our army was completely defeated, routed, and seveiely benten. on the 4th of Novem 'er, 1791. I was wounded by a ball

in on riv;ht arm, which I have neve r

ince been able to straighten, on that

unlortanate occasion. '1 he army re-

reated in confo-ion from Ihe batlle .round to fort Jifferson, then to fort

St. Clair, lo fort Hamilton, nod from

thence to fjil Washington, where the i ily of Cincinnati in Ohio now stands,

and there entered into cvinfer quarters.

In the spring, orders were issued for repa'uing the different garrisons, and

the Imces ol the diib-rf nt stations wee

coiu entraled at fort Wrshington, and

ihe army flared under the command of G-n. Anthony Wayne. 1 was at the final battle w ith the Indian, yhich yvas ue.b r the command of Wayne, at Rus-s-D boucli. It was fought on the 20ln of August, 1791, just above the British garrison, then railed Fort Miami. I escaped its dange rs unhurt.

We remained on the battle giound to nigln,; marched bac k to fort D

(lance, thence to fort Wayne, audio

hut all the w indows, and returned lo

tin ir epari numls. Autima'ic Eagle and Fly. The ncx'. autaniata of which any distinct account has been pieserved are those of the. celebrated John Muller, or Regiomon tat-.u, which have been menticuned by Kircher. B iptista Porta, Gaendi, Lama, and Bi-dinp Wilkins. This philo sopher is said lo have constructed an artili ial eagle, which flew to meet Ihe

Mmperor M ixtmiiian when he arrived

at Nuremburg on the 7lh June, 1470 Afier soaring alofl in the air, the eagle

is stated to have met the lOmperor at

some distance from the city, and I

have relumed and perched upon the

town gate, where It waited his ai

P ranch. When the emperor reached

the gate, the eagle slietched out its

wings, and saluted him by an inclina

tion of it body. Muller is likewise re

ported to have constructed an iron fly.

which yvns put in motion by wheel woik, aiic which fleyv about and leap

ed on tne table. At an entertainment

given' by this philosopher to some ol his familiar friends, the fly fleyv front

his hand, and after performing a con

the giound, digest lb: m as if they had been snhn i'te-d to (he action of thestomach, &. aMerward discharge them in an altered form. .)ege nnes is said to have imented varioas machines ot great use in navigation and gunnery, and to have const mete d clot ks w illiout

weights or spc iegs.

f'auennson? Dacic, which ale and di

gcaed its Food- The automaton of JX geii"es probably suggested to M. Van

ransnn the idea of const rm ting bis cc -

l-biated duck, yy bit h excited so murh interest throughout Europe-, and w hi. i

was pei hap the most wotoleiftil piece

of trechani-m that yvas ever made.

Vaucanson's duck exactly resembled

!h living animal in size and appearance. It executed accurately all its movements and gesUires, it a!o and

drank ivith avidity , pet formed all Ihe

quirk motions of the head and tl.roa!

which are peculiar to the living am mal , and, like i?, it muddle the wa

ter whic h it drank with its bill. It pro

dticed also the sound of quacking in

the most natural manner, in the an

atomical structure of the duck, the ar

list exhibited the highest skill. Every bone in the real duck bad its representative in the automaton, ami its

wings were anatomically e xact. Every

cavity, apophysis, and curvature was

mutated, find each bone executed it proper movements. When corn was thrown (low n before il, the duck stretch' ed out its neck to pi k it up. it swnl

hwed it, digested it in a digeste-d condition. The process of Vigcslion was effected bv chymiral solution, and not

by trituration, and the food digested in the stomal h yvas conveyed away bj tubes to the place of jis discharge.

The automata of .means' n were were imitated by one l)u Moulin, a silversmith, who travelled with lhem through Germany in 1751, and who died at Moscovr in 1715. Bookman informs us that he saw several of thorn ifler the machinery had been deranged; but that the artificial duc k, which he regarded as the most ingenious, was dill able to eat, drink and move, lis ribs, which w ere made of wire, were covered yvith duck's feathers, and (he motion was commuruted through the feet of the durk by means of a ry lin der and the fine chains like that of a watch. Of Catching Yankees There is ar old black woman at Havannah, known to almost erery one w ho frequents tha por, as n washer of clothes, in whirl

business she employs several slaves,

having acquired a handsome property

by it. She is partial to the Americans,

Changing shoes- A feyv days ago an Irish labourer went to boy a pair

of shoes, at the same time asking the

ball of wax what mam? Itiem tun down on Ihe sides-. The shoemaker said, the only thing to preveut it was to changes them every m rning. Pat left the shop after purchasing a pair, and the following merni.ig returned; asked for a pair of shoes, liied them on, and (leaving lie pair he bought the day belore) was proceeding out of ihe shop, without lur'her notice, when the shoe maker tailed to him to know yyhal he wa doing, lelh-.g him, at the same time, that he had forg. tten to pay for the shoes he halju-t bought. "And is it what I am d ail g you ask? am I ivt doing what you told me yesterday changing my shoes every Dioini g."

Irishnail's Parrot Pat had seen a pat rot, and beat d it talk, and yvas so delighted wiih it that he mu-t buy one. Seine wag procured an owl, and persuaded him it was a pane.', and could speak; hebonaht it. II is friend some days after, inquired ii his parrot had began to talk yet. "Not yet, b my faith,"' said Pat. '-but it keeps rt devil of a thinking!" In days of yore, yvhen it yvas fashionable to wear the hair in a queue, a countryman yvas heard one Sunday noting most sonorously at church.s he very mtic h annoyed the congregation, the mhi-ter despatched the deacon to awake him. The deacon pproathed on hij lip toe, and was ahout to give him a smart jog, wlin, what was bis asTmishment to find his yes wide open. "My gracious!" exclaimed the deacon, ''who ever seed, she like? a man sn.-iieg with hi eyes aide open! Surely jt is a judgment .pon him for sleeping at church." A c ruwd gathered ar und, and various were, the remarks made on the subject of the miracle, when i' wa- finally dis

covered hy an old lady n. pecs. that

:he poor man's hair yvas tied so close c bis head as effectually to pieveut i itn from da-'ieg his eve.

A singular Proclamation. Tbp fol

low ing singular anti lunarian receipt w is publicly and in due foim announ

ced by the bellman, through the differ

ent streets of Armagh, a short time

since:" l r.e innaoiiants ol Armagn aie

requested to take notice, thai in cons-e?

a- ease af the uncertainty nf thr, weather,

the eclipse of moon, w Inch was te have laden place this evening, is postponed by order, until the full moon in October, of which due notice will be given.'

j Nest Offictr A mnn on horseback, stopped before our door, the other day, and inquired if the "Docterer" wa in! we anwerered in the negative, and told bim be would probably find the Doctor in his cl welling-, next donr. B? thi time, his mriou eye h:id caught a fiance at the fixtures of oar -flice, ns eve stood with the dor in our hand. aei be aked if wc were not tb Priutin Office err" we answeied "Yes," ' well, I was a tbinkin' no, nhen I see'd them 'ere queer things in y'ur ellop,,, so saying, he gave his Imrse a cut wiih a switch be held, and igged on, leaving ns to enjov a hearty laugh at our new title. Muncy Pa Td.

A magistrate yvas applied to some lime since by a neighbor to draft a petition to be presented to the Legislature for a divorce from his wife. The. worthy magistrate, after Iiaving adjusted his spectacles and seated himself at his desk, inquired of the husband on w hat plea he petitioned for a divorce7 Why," said the petitioner "she is lame in one leg, and never let on to me any thing about it afier icciecrc mmr-ricd."