Weekly Messenger, Volume 3, Number 148, Vevay, Switzerland County, 12 September 1834 — Page 2

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Kir-; f;cr his a nival were, we most match jours was, did'nt knew belter than to U t cr.e runt, j r y penpY. Farther inquiry v.t- h ?e c'iopj d tie pl illcer her ,- in his .u.:y. No one was

lave Ins ways w hen (he people was a fullering land the neccsarv ar t rangeineti's fii made to ' 5 n mi' it d t" i.i-Miili I i 1 HiPir- lot a it was

. FiuuJiC -Y. Y- Ziuc! .j Comment. mn rr.o.'i r.riioPE. Fy the packet ship George Washirgton, captaia'lloldredge, we have received London paper to the 231 ult. and Liverpool to the 2Kb, both inclusive. . The arrival of Don Carlo? i". Spain is no

longer OOUL'lill. A ueitu ins i.M.i (iepre-eate.1 to amount to 1 2.00 ?,) and those of Lien. Eodil, was shoitly expected. His bank er in Pari? had been arreted nn.l imprisoned. Tit3 British fleet in the Mediltei raneaa had landed 3000 or 1200 tnirines near Smyrna, but precise for whit purpose, doe not appear. There is evidently a stronger feeling of distrust ! tinpen the Q.n.ir.i; !e Alliance, on the one hand consisting of England, France. Spain, and Portugal, and the Northern despots, on the other; j:nd this feeling of ;'iti a-t has been increased hv tlie recent events in the Peninsula, as well as bv the disposition no vnifested by the German Confederation, to lo i:ig Sw itzci land, within its grasp and certain est niens tralions of Russia indicating a desire to tnke a slice of Turkey. T;,e !-,i.-r Laws Bill was read a second time in the il .uie of Lords, July 21st, by a vote of 7G to 13. On the same evening. In the House of Common-, the Irl-h Coercion 13 ill was read a second time, yeas MG, nays 25. Before the question win put, Mr. Scrope mo ve.! the following resolution: "That in older to secure life and property in Ireland against criminal outrages, and to give effect to these measures of severity which it may be necessary to adopt for the suppression of the latter, it i expedient that the population of that country

should be ensured the means of supporting life lv honest and peaceful industry; and that the II onse therefore, w ill, at an early ppeitnn-l v . direct iu attention to some measiiie- calculated to affect that desirable object.'" Negatived 39 to 31. London, Monn, Mirket. J,,ty ?2.-On the subject of the repayment of tlie Rank capital, which was adverted t yesterday, a report has been in circulation to day. tbu it is'ibe intention of Lord Althorp to app'y to that purpose the fund which he has in hand for the iedemp tion of the 4 per cents, the conversion of which info 2 1-2 per centv has been dissented to. and which will not be called for previous to Qcto

upon Madrid, without stopping upon the way;

we must keep constantly ad vancing. and not lose time in fighting upon this side or the other. i The Government' is at Madrid, and it is thither we must rwsh forward with the greatest possible impetuosity." On his arrival at Elisondo, Charles V. made seveial nominations, of which the following are the principal: Cpunt de Ville me r has been named War Minister ad interim ; Zu-

malaccar reguy . Chief of the General Stall "an 1 Commandant General of the army; Henitu Eraso, second in command. TUR K.CV. The advices received in Constantinople (end

to the belief that at no distant period a collision!

will take place between the Russians a:d the Taik. It appears that preparations arc going forward in strengthening the fortifications at the Dardanelles and the Rosphorns; and it is said that Turkey is concentrating a foice of between

i25.000 and 30 000 men, for what purpose,!

however, is at present merely; conjectured. The English fleet hid landed about 1,200 marines at Smyrna; and it i aUo said in the advices from Russia, that considerable activity prevails in increasing the Russian wavy. In London, these indications aie looked upon with a greater degree of jealousy , but an apprehension doe3 not appear to any extent that Russia will, for a considerable length ol" time at least, attempt to gain any advantages over the Ottoman Government. Liverpool paper. Cons! nnlinoplf , June 21. This is a most critical moment for Turkey, and public expectation is thefore on the alert. The British fleet, con si-ling of five sail of the line and a frigate, last week went from Vourla up to Smyrna and lan-

jded their marines, to the number of 1.000 men,

on a tongue land near that ciiy, where they were reviewed. The people were much exci (ed by the novel spectacle. The fleet subsequently left Smyrna on a cruise. The French

fleet is expected daily to join that of Great Rii'ain. There is great impatience expressed by the Tut ks. to know when the combined fleets are likly to come to Constantinople. The foailicationsof the Dardanelles, are said to be in good repair, and the Turks have also taken care to have the batteries along tlie I'-osphorus placed on the best footing, they have also troops encamped on the same spot, where the Russianweie stationed last year.

The Russians are busy in diplomacy ; delay

enough to drive Ym mad aYiost.' inter the body with the cnMomarv i ilrs ui'bni i;:l. i near ii:n.er lin.c. the vsi'oi doivn to wait

( I guess if l"du a been the committee tint he j At this in 'nr. rut, to the iiMm.Uhmrnt of all for him. After a time dim.er as brought in told to go home and go to wot k, w hen they ent ! pi eent there suddenly appeared a drcrepid old j a boiled c hicken under a cover. An hnr to him peaceable, said Kcziah Di esser. ' Pde a J woman of the neigh ho ring village, v ho, sn pnr j pas-t-d, and Sir Isaac did not appear. The doc-

gin him a little piece of my mind ! guess.' 'O h led by crutr hes. had lefi her bed i ii'df n chui h, i tor ale the fowl, and covering op the empty

lo which iul.rmitv bad for sr.:e v eai s conf.uel dish, bade the sri v ant dress another for her

!-a-w, now, my, de-ir, you wouhTnt a durst to have said r.o'hmg, if it bad bftn yon.1 drauled out mother Ludden. I woul.Tnl? s id Ke;:iah. -Hired up to an rcrrnrn, if I v- oubl'nt a gin him piece of my mind 1 guess l"de a seen uh! It does not seem strange, said Mrs. Ctker, that people have so much forbearance, now that trade is so heavy and money sketee. I was talking to

Mr. iIc?rinn the lost master aooot it :nc i.tir day, and he seemed to be cty calm and talked like a gentleman; (consic.ei ing the times) think Mcechin rnnt have a very amiable di-po sition. He didY.t it riled at all. but said he

wasn't disposed to think the country was so very much distressed as many pretended. For his part, he had not felt any inconvenience from a scarcity of money, and presumed that was a mere imaginary evil, got up for a political pur

pose by the enemies of our venerable and belov ed President.' He said, 'there was a party of the more dissolute part of the community, who were for rechartering the Rank notwithstanding the President had not repeatedly ami distinctly expressed his wishes and detei mination that the Rank should not be rechartertd. From tbee law Its and religious subjects the people must ex peel a great deal of trouble.' Oh! oh! why Mrs. Baker screamed all the voices at once. Why Mr. Meechin is an office holdei he's a Jackson man! why did'nt you

Why he's paid so much a day and per

master. Re fore that was ready the greiit man came d w n ; lie apolnixed Ur his delay, arid added: '-Give me but leave to take my shoit din-

hcr.'and advanced t the scene, with the feelings of joy, ofgrh f. and of anxiety, -n intensely pain led on her r. od lace a to u''V' hc-i the appear

a tire t.t an in-pi: ed person, and with an alaci ity ner, and I i-Lail be at y our serv ir e , I a in fatigued w hif h si-cri.i-d tiuly miracui-'us. The old wo iai-.d faint." Saving lids, he lifted the cover,

! IMinti (tip rnf nii (,ir ;in r f t- :t ti(1 1 1 tin it I :i n v pirtolnin hutird :ilinn! In 11 r o

iy with a smile : '-See says he, what w t studious people are; I fotgot i had dined.

:r.g t:;e hair tiom its forehead in cider to obtain a more perlVct view of its features, her countenance became as if it wete su ernaturiKiv ligd't. ed up and in the midst of piercing hysteric cries and sobs, she declared the body to be that

of a young man to whom she had been engaged by the mutual ties of a fleet ion and promise of

marriage, more than bO years reloi e . in ne intervals of gushing flood of tears, and the faint irg fits of her exhausted frame, she poured out thanks to Heaven that she had again beheld the object of her eaihest affections, anrl declined she c uld now descend to the tomb content The poweis of life were now piostratad by her pgitated feelings and exertions, and he was home homeward by the villagers, but ere she proceedeil far from the object of her soli'.iiinle she was in state to join him ; Her spirit. asst isfied, fled; ant! the affectionate pair whom misfortune had rent assundcr, were now buiicd in one grave .

The following is tht title of a curious pamphlet, in verse: "Tobacco Ralteied, and the I'ipes Shattered (about their ears that idely idolise so base and bai barons a Weed, or at least the Wise overl ive so loathsome Vanalit:) by a l oliti) of Holy Shot thnndeied from Mount. Helicon." It is pe h ips the eai liest satire on smoking tobacco extant, and is by Johuu Silvester, a fiieud of lien Johnson.

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oer nexi. 1 nis, nowevei, winy iimii...,ic,, .im,i , . . , . i10.,CQ :e ,;.it

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. . ,,ul luc . ' " .-7 '! hive much to boose in case of an immediate mp

iture; they, therefore, have engaged the Turks

in settling: the new Asiatic frontiers, for which

purpose, frigates belonging to both Govern ments, have gone thither.

which the government is placed. It will still

remain an interesting question with our capital ists in what manner the 4 per ceat. distentions are to be provided for. Much conjecture has been wasted to-day in the city, on the fact that two of the largest class of Government steam vessels, the Medea and Salamander; were ordered round this morning early from Gravesend to Poilsmonth, so sudden lv that the officers belonging to them were not ail to be found, and the order was, it appears, to the whole of them perfectly unexpected. The more general supposition is, that they are about to proceed to the Mediterranean, but nothing authentic has transpired on the subject. From the Times, July 22. Silver has been rising lately in value, and it is believed, . that though the excitement in the money market of the United States is 'apparently at an end, therp. is still going on a large and

regular export of bullion to that part of the

world. The mode of effecting this is not very

obvious, so far as the commercial intercourse between the two countries is concerned; but there has been of lat an investment of money

by English capitalists in the local stock of the

various states of ths American Union; Ihe secu rity of which is highly valued, lo a very great extent, and this would furnish an easy mode of obtainining whatever specie was desired lo pu rify the american System, overloaded by immense issues of paper. This is a subject watched with some attention and anxiety at the preseul moment. London, July 22. In the House of Commons, a petition from the cotton spinners of Preston, in Lancashire, has been presented by Fleetwood, praying for the repeal of the duty on raw imported cotlon. The petition was ably supported, and Favorably received. Government are in its favor, and it is hoped lliat next j ear will be entirely removed. This is sound policy. Oa occasion of a petition from Hull against the extension of the bonded

From ihe Don-ing Gazette. THE WOMEN ARE COMING. According to this ere letter from my friend Pimothy, the women folks are raly taking- hold

of politics, in arnest. And I dont knovy but it would be as well for the country if they should fairly get the upper hand: for it seems tome

most any old woman could manage matters better than the Kitchen Cabinet has for eight months past.

Signs of the Times. "When a woman's in the case, All other things nust give place.11 Jemmy Dodd's toems. Dear .Mr. Editor Jack, My old friend: Since you left the President, and printed your paper it seems as if the whole country had altered their mind in politics. Pye

been travelling bnck a piece lately, and find ihe people are all leaving the 'Hero,1 like rats leaving a sinking ship. The women folks are getting hold of it now, and I rather guess they'l find out the right of the matter; for if ihey real

ly take hold of a subject they generally sift it clean down to the bran. The fact is, this experi ment as they call it has got now to interfering with family matters; that is, it has been creeping into people's houses, and producing what they call retrenchment, (a queer kind of a word, by the way, trials got a good many meanings la the Jat.kson dictionary it means 'saving at the tap and letting off at the bung.') Jis been creeping up into the women's chambers anil in to their wardrobes and has been picking away some of thtir nice dresses what they expected lo have anil has been patching up others what

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quisites! by Mrs. RakerlOh: oh! And then there w as a general titter and giggle through the rooms mixt with hises and turning up of no ses, as they all began to say Mr. Meechin, ,U e chin, Mie chin! Ha, ha, '.said Miss Emery. jest gilting over her laugh a little, there was anoth

er Mr. Meechin, a very delicious youth, who went from Portland to Washington this last w inter and told just such a story to the wise ones there; and now he's got bark he's more Mee chin than ever.' Well, he aint a postmaster, is he? said Mrs Paker, very meekly. 'No, but ihey say he expects lo be,' said Miss Emery; and then there was another titter, and some looks as though they smelt a rat.

Alter they'd got over giggling and coughing

and blowing noses a little, Hep.ibah Patch, said, 'she rather guessed her folks had got Jacksonism enough to laslYm me while. Only jest see, said she, the managing and mi'nuveting there was last year, to get Father out of the Post Of tice and to get in this Mr. Meechin! Jest to setsaid she, letters was written with forged signa lures, and then writing on to somebody in War,!

ington, and to the Postmaster General and ling them stories that there was no more truth in, than there was in the the ol.l fellow him self, I w as going to say ! And Mr. Meechin had considerable hand in it too. He wrote a letter pretending it was from several gentlemen of the highest respectibility,1 recommending him

self most extravagantly and abusing lather, to smash! 'You don't say so said Mrs. Raker. 'I do say so,1 said llcpzi, and that's what our folks call the quintessence of Jacksonism. Yes, and its not a solitary instance of that kind neither, said Miss Enter)'. About this lime a low, curious sort of voice, such as hadn't been heard all the evening, begun to speak up in one comer of the room, and it was such a queer voice that pretty soon all the other voices stopped and left thai alone. It was Mrs. M'Twaddle. And she. seemed to talk

like a judge to a Jury . She laid down the mat ter about right, she told 'em that although poli tics hadn't heretofore concerned women folks

Bile of a Rattlesnake Mr. Gains Rriggs. while passing through his field ::ear the pond in this town, on Fiiday last, received upon his bare ankle, a severe bile from a lattlesnake. It appears that Mr, R. w as in pursuit of his oxen, ar.d at the time of the bite he was tunning at full speed. He savshe did not see the snake until

Ifio tv'id a.i fliitiu ii r f. ii if tll'if it i. n - iiitttii.kiK!a I

avoid it and that ihe it. slant his foot which came nearest to it struck tlie gnumd, (lie dead Iy poison enteied his body. lie however, al though a long mile from home, pui-utd the snake, winch lie soon succeeded in killing; and.

Cure fur Cli'ilera The following is extracted fiom the t'anti'n Register. "The Una'aun(frf I ngate , which sailed limn this five w eeks ago. to In ing lord William Rentinck here, returned yesttrday, owing to the cholera having broken

out on board and 9 cases prov ing fatal : 1 03 of (he

crew had been attacked; and as long as the ship

was before the wind, the disease increased upon them; until Ihe surgeon recommended ihe captain to change hi course and haul ihe wind. This he did, when, strange to say, an improvement wa perceptible almost immediately, and the frigate is now quite free from the complaint.

when asked why he did ?o, said, be "-opposed he mu?t surely die himsdl. and therefore was di-lei ininf il, though he might not live to get

home, that the s-nako should die fiisl "' Dr.

Wnodw iird was culle

although the case, was extremly doubtful, be is jn

now a fair way to tecover. Much cir.dit i- due to Mr. Rtigg"- wife who manifested a pies, nee of mind and promptitude of action (pule unconi mnn. It appeals that immediately on ascertain

ing the situation of her husband, she applied her

A .Yin: Catholic iJincess has recently been ended at the west, comprising the w hole state of Indiana, and pait of Illinois, called the Diocens of ri)icnuus. The Rev. Simon Gabriel Brule, Professor of Theology in the Seminary of Mount St. Mary's near Emmettsburg, Md. is appointed Pi shop.

Sor.i' thing nrze. We saw on Wednesday last near Morgant'.wn in this county, a newly inven-

as M.in a pos-dde, Aniljted Slcam IVagutu adapted to running on com

mon roads. Its construction is simple in the extieme, and has been sufficiently tiied to warrant its i flicacy. The inventors and proprietors were busily engaged in its completion, and assured us its first (rip would be to Reading, a;d that it would be performed in the course of

mouth to the wound, and continued sucking itja few wreks, afier which it will be run to Wash-

uu'il the arrival of the Doctor, without which

'withstanding skilinl medical aid.it issuppo r.e must have died. The snake was afler-...ii-I .iiod, which measured about four iVrl, and h. o 1 u ee rattles. We understand that up waics of twenty ot these detestihle rattlers have been killed duiing this season, near the same pt ire. I'tnnunt Cusl'ilon Statesman.

ington and the patent secured. Another individual of this county, has a steam churn, of his own invention, and, we promise, the next sleamCl Mill be a mnslicaling one. licudilirr Chron.

Intolerable conduct. We learn with regret

that a travelling white Missionary has been refused lodgings at one of our pi incipal boieU, the Mansion House It appears that two of the

.Imatamaiion Socii ly applied and were promis

ed lodgings for a missionary and family

on the ariival of the establishment, Mr. Rut ton discovering that the wife of the missionary and two of his children, were colored, refused to accommodate them, and they were under the necessity of seeking quarters elsewhere. We have long known Mr. Raiton as a most obliging hosts, and are astonished at this evidence of want of etiquette. 'Tis strange that Mr. Rarton should be so fastidious as to believe that 7o-

A shopkeeper in Grand street, New York, lately put on his door this notice, 'A boy wantted.' The next morning nn infant was found in a basket on the steps, with ihe label, ' Here he

is.'

milrti vet now nil it b'ld rrol fo mtPrnprinnr ivilli

. , ? i i -. i-'va: and Fboivi should not intermingle, or that their rights and the individual prosperity of ' . , , " J

their husbands and families, it was high time for

they did'nt expect to have, and has been ma

system in inland towns, this petition met with ! king their husbands cross and (heir sons anil

but few supporters, we are gratified to find that ; brothers quarrelsome and polite ial and has Mr. Evvart one of the members for Liverpool, been throwing their beaus and sweethearts out opposed it. Govormenl continues in its favor, of business and out of humor, anil breaking up an I the destruction of monopoly is, sme of the a good many matches, so that it hss fairly drawn

signs ol the times. SPAIN. The Gazette de France has the following: Letters received from Elisondo, dated July 11, give tha following details: On the 1 2th, Chat les V. went publicly to the Chruch to be present at a Te Deum performed In honor of his safe return. Crowds of people

fiom all directions flocked to Elisondo ; bonfires were lighted i'.U over the country, all ths villa ges illuminated, and the iuh.il slants, dressed in their Sunday clutl.es, (entitled their j -y by dancing all the night. O . the 2, the Iving accompanied by ZumalSioanegny, who had joined ,i;n ,0on after Ins

arrival, set out for the head

q i irteis of the ar

my, it sorr.e instance fr-mi Elisondo. According 10 th2 l ;a of military .pct ations adopted on the I-lth, the Kmg is la.arcdi ately to advance to rueet Rodil, attack and march upon Madrid. All the r.ei .-sari preparations for an action aie 11 re i(liii;s, .sepeijfccu thousand men rt-gn'ailj organised, r.-od completely armed and tfj iippeil, aif hi in uciioi cider, without I. iking into aci o'r.X the :! ijlbis, Th !itt word? of the-

out an army of mops and broomsticks, that are

thickening all over Ihe country, and threaten ing to upset 'expriment' President and the w hole Jackson fabric, and darken the 'blaze of glory," mazing sudden and unsei emoneous. The. oth er day when I was in Woodberry, Mr, Mashros-

mary gave a party to a select few; the most of

em was married ladies, tho some of them was what they called advanced girls. I w 119 invited And, I vuni, I never attended a redder hot ca-

cos than what that was. Every one was full of Ihe. matter, all spoke and would have spoke to

every high minded and independent woman to acquaint herself with the causes of these troub les and to lenil such aid as they might by their iofiuence counsel iu removing them and restor

ing tranquility and happiness to the community. Your country demands it! Here she threw up her head and looked bravo loo. 'Your husbands demand it !' Here she jumped up. and all the rest jumped up too. Your children and yourselves demand it? Heie they all left the room like a sticak of chalk, and I expect, fore this, they have joined the Mop and Rroomstick Party a parly that a going to make some stir iu this country, one of these days, I prophecy ! Your old and sincere friend, TIMOTHY JONES.

the purpose, if they had 'nt all spoke together.

Rut I contrived some how to hear 'em all separately at the same time, which was no easv matter neither. The principal si.eakeis was

lit Ml 1.1 m .

Airs, fici wau.ue, .Mrs. I'.aKtr, Mrs. Uoi.ei ,y . ,.s f, t,.U :uul (lli,!,0I ted, fi om t he impn- n .

.ncAUibter, iMiss jaoe s.ng'.eion Emery, Ive.tah ,ioi, 0f vitriolic water

iJresser, llepz't-ali latch and old mother Lo I 1 :ti t-. the h.)dv 1

i.'on, so called. 'I hese were the principal speak

A leaf of the Bono plant, immersed in n !;alf pint tumbler of water for 15 minutes, makes an admirable drink, and is a specific for Hie prevention of the cholera. MEETING RET WEEN THE LIVING AND THE DEAD. In one of tho ininning districts of Hungary, there lately occurred an incident which while it partakes largely of the romantic, is of most af feeling interest, and altogether of most extr aordinary and dramatic effect. In opening a comtnunicatinn between two mines, the corpse ol a miner, apparently about 20 yeats of age. was found in a situation which indicated that be. had perished by an accidental filling in of the toof of the mine The bod " .. . t 1 . . I c

was in a state ol eo'tness and loiaiuiny, ine lea

ihe dark shades might not consort in his parlours and at his table wiiti the lighter hue. Dujj'alo

Advocate

On Thursday last, while an individual was

looking for some cattle in the neighborhood of

Rocky River, in this coonty, he accidentally discovered a human being in the most wretched and distressed condition, in a large bed of leaves which he had collected together. He is a man small in stature, supposed to be about 25 years of age; anil, when found, was very much emacia ted, with a beard two or three inches long, and almost wholly divested oT clothing. He is sup posed to be insane, and is unable or rannnt be prevailed upon to speak ; therefore, no informa tion can be obtained fiorn him of his hieuds. 01 former place of lesidencr. He is supposed to have been in this condition, from the appearance of things around him. for two or three months past. Cftvclund (Ohio) Herald.

When exnoseil to (In- o W a!i, 1

v neciin.o

iff; but the features ami

ieiieral air weie not iiiscoa)!o-ed . Thenei-

rrnot because they spoke ofiencr 01 h.ngei ! son nf th0 deceased was not le.oguiz.d by any

ban any cf the otheis, but because they pilch1,,,,,, ,,,e-ent: but an indistinct recollection of Ihe

i accident bv whn-ii the su.Tcier bad been engulf-

MrsDoberry McAllister said c in tlie bow els of the earth mote thin half a

on a little (he highest kv, and had ritln r the

strongest lunis.

t was 'ditm.il strange lhat a nation as large a'J!ct:l,I.j, W;IS pofot.ged by the -niuers and couri-

Prophetic pmctr af dreams. One method in whir h death may appear to be foretold, is by Ihe accession ot fr ightful visions immediately before the fatal illness. This, however, goes foi nothing in the way of argument , for it w as Ihe slate of the system shoitly before the attack of diseases, w hich induced -urli dreams According to a wi iter, the epidemic tVv er w hich prevailed at Rome, was ushered in by attacks nf nightmare; and Silvius Dilipee, w ho describes the epidemic u hich raged at Lev den in 1 1589. state that, previous to each paroxism of the fever, the patient fell asleep, and so iff ted a severe at taik of the nfditmure.' The vulgar belief, iheiffoie, tli.it unpleasant dreams ate ominous

s not de-ti'u'r of foundation, hut Ihe

cause vrhy ihey should be so prifi i tly natural It is the incipient di-oae which produce ihe dreams, and tho fatal event which f ftro follows, is a natural consequence of that disease. Dr. Stnkely, one day, vilitig Sir Daac Newton by appointment, was told by a servant that

Ilalatitn the 8cccml. Mr. Be net t, the celebrated Ycnti iloquist,

that' wns om' ('aJ travt-llirig through a lillle village

in Ayrshire, when coming up to a smithy, lie spied a very reverend looking broken down gelding, w aiting patiently until Vulcan should fit him w ith nn old shoe. Entering the smithy he fell into conversation with the blacksmith. 'A line morning this, smith.' 'What's your w ill, sir?' said the smith, raising his eyes from his employment. 'Rather worn out this beast how old may

he he?'

'Oh, I can tell you how olJ he is to-day. lie's just sax and thirty come candlemas,' replied the smith. VNonsensc! he cannot be as old as that. What may your age be, old boy?' giving the animal a pat on ihe head. 'Deed, sir,' answ ered the gelding, who seemed all of a sudden lo have got an excellent tongue iu his head, 'deed, sir, you're spierin a very imprudent ipuestion.' Vulcan slatted. 'Why, I mean no offence, but I doubt the blacksmith is rather exaggerating. You cannot he so old as he says you are, for you seem like a young fresh able looking animal.' 'Well, sir, honestly- an' truly,' replied tho old hack, evidently Haltered, 'I think you are a very sensible chiel, an' I'm really sa aul's I look; an' John there can tell a lie as well as his neighbors. I am only twa-an'-thretty as sure as death!' John threw down his hammer, nail box, and rushed out of (he door exclaiming, ' The Lord preserve us, I've been shoeing the devil!' John raised the village by his outcries about the devil, but ere he had returned to the smithy, the ventriloquist was oil".

ANHCDOTE. What's the matter, John? 1 'aint done nothing, fathe r. We ll, w hat are you cry ing for then, vou lubber? 1 was Yraid you'd whip me. What, w hip vou w hen you havu't done any fhing? Yes, sir. (lo info (ho house, you booby. John went into (he house and his falher went down to the farm. Wry soon his father came back in a rage, and laying a cow-hide over the urchin's back, said, did 1 not tell yon w hen I w r nt away fo hoe that corn out ? es. sir; but you told me jut now veu w ntihrnt w hip me if I had'ntdoue nothing. Bristol Gazelle; ' "