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- BY 'rim LATE DR HENRY S liTRlNi>HAM Greek. Buroal. The cloamg scene of a Greek bur1al serv1ce commeucmg w1th the words ' Come and 1m part the last embrnce 1s very affeot1ng The fuends of the departed press forward frcm ev ery part of tbe ohurch and k1as h1s cold and , .. ·-···- !Jps, and weep o>er btm It IB constd ' ereu a \cry pecuhar mark of affectiOn lt lS Sagacity oC a Gander. A gentleman on who!e veractt;y we can rely related to ns the other day a most stngular ctrcumstauce, tlluatiattve of extraordmary sa gamty m one of the feathered trtbe One day last week a gander was ' on duty ' near the Canal Basm, in keepmg guard over a flock of goslings whiCh led to a rencontre between h1s roolitershlp and the gander The contest, however was of short duration for the gan der setz.ed the cook by the neck and stra1tway flew mto the canal where he thrust h1s an tagomst under water, and there held him un td he wa• dead 1 We have read :lf wonderous mstillctJve acts of dogs and horses but we questwn 1f any more summary proceeding was ever adopted by man or beast to vanquwh a foe than th1s [Dundas Warder Restitution. The Washmgtou County Post says a chap m a certam VIllage, With whom he IS acqlfam ted ho.Villg had sanded sugar sold to h1m 1n serted m the weekly paper the followmg \NoTICE-[ purchased vf a Grocer m tins nllage a quant1ty of Sugar from whteh I ob tamed ONE POUND OF SAND If the ras cal who cheated me •nil send to my address seven pounds of good Sugar ( scr1pture meas ure of restitutiOn) I wtll be satisfied, 1f not I shall expose h1m ' On the followmg day nme seven pound packages of suga~ were left at h1s residence from as many dtfferent dealers each supposmg h1mself the person mtended ~Roch Am • The W1Ce, Nautical Wit. A ~!tilor heillg' about to sail for the East Ind1es, a Cltlzen asked h1m where his father d1ed In a shipwreck, was the reply \And where d1d you• grandfather die 1 As h!l was lishmg a storm aroee and he Wlth h1s compamons per1~hed \ ' And your great grandfather 1 He also per1shed from ship- wreck Then 1f I were you I would never go to sea ' Pray Mr Philosopher, sa1d Sailm wl1ere <hd your father die 1 'My father, grandfather, and great grandfather, ill bed ' Then 1fl were yo11 retorted son of Neptune ' I would never go to bed ' Accidental Pun. A htt!e m1ss about fourteen yoars of age, attended a wnting school and had made c-on· stderable proficiency m her chirography The master \\t her coptes alphabetically and after fimsh1ng the word Un1on wh1eh was grven her she artlessly looked up m the face ()f her teacher and mqmred if he d1d not thillk she would be able to make a pretty good unwn m the course of a couple of years 1 ' I ratheJ tmagme you wtll was the reply Prompt Reply. = How sweet to the soul ~f man (says Hiero cles) IS the socwty of a beloved Wlfe when wcar1ed and broken down by the lo.bors of the day-her endearments soothe, her tender cr~res restore lum The solicitudes and the anxwhes and the hcav1est m1efortnnes of hfe are hardly to be bo>ne by h1m who has the we1ght of husmess and domest1c cares at the same time to cGntend w1th But how much hghter do they seem, when after hts necessa ty avocatwns are over, he returns to his home and finds there a partner of all h1s gr1efS and troubles, who takes for h18 sake her share of domestiC labors upon her and soothes 'trlie an gu1sh of h1s ant1c1pation A w1fe ts not as she ts falsely represented and esteemed by some a burden or a sorrow to man No, she shares Ius burdens and she allev1ates hlB sor rows for there IS no ddlicult' so heavy or ill A countryman pasSing through Exchange t, street, Booton not long smce, notiCed several supportable m life but tt may be surmounted by the mutual labors and th\ affectionate con '~-v\- mthout an:t merchandize m them- Prompted by cunos1ty he entered one ' S1r,\ cord of that holy partnersh1p Gambling. The St Loms correspondent of the Savanah Georg1an furJnshes the 1tem below 11lustrattve of the tenible fascmat10n of gamblmg He says that a smgular mode of bettmg ts resorted to on Sunday, on the western waters, on wh1ch days there ts no card playmg alloTi ed The gamblers s1t Ground a table, each ha vmg before hlffi a lump of loaf au gar , a stake ts put up by the plo.yers, and he upon whose lump a fly lights first, WlUB the \plle '' They alan make stde bets among themselves upon thiS lmportant event The exCitement often wa:s:es !ugh as the fly hovers over and around the sweet morsel& undecided upon w h1ch to feast ' Smoking. 'We occastonatly see squads of youngsters not b1gger than common s1zed pnp1es paradmg the streets espec~ally m the evenillg w1tb so gars m the1r moutl!S half as long almost as their bod1es emtttmg huge columns of smoke by w0;y of a ' gentlemanly amusemeo~ These boys ought to be spanked soundly and put to bed as soon as they have eaten the1r suppers mstead of bemg permitted to run about the streets contractmg bad hah1til he m a very stmple manner, '\Will you tell me what you sell here, ' the bPOker hav mg a mmd to d\vert himself an811'ered, \Asses my good i'hend ' ' Fa1th, ' replied the 0onntryp1an, ' yon must have found good eale for them as I perce1ve you have but one mom left 1u your shop ' Not very Bad. The ed:itor o:l' the lli1e 01Jserver a. newly marrted man sa1d thiS the other day of his town cotemporary ' the bachelor edttor of the Gazette wants every body to get up m the mormng at four o clock for the purpose of hearmg the buds smg For our pa• t we have company than buds at that hour m the mornmg hence we shan t take h1s adVIce ' A. Witty UrcbiJ.I, A gentleman espying a number o£ nnschiev- ous little rogues m the act of carrymg <lff Ia quantity of frutt from h1s orchard witlwut leave or license ' bawled out ve'l!y lustily, What are you aboul there you r~tscalsl\ About gomg ' smd one as be setzed hts bi>.J; and c8campered ofht a double quick tune ~ Vatsthematter vatsthematter2• exclmmed an old Dutch fr1end of ours, as he tucked up hts apron and ran out of his sbop Ji'.rst Symptoms. If a man or boy S!ls about stores hour • to know the meanmg of a crow.d ill his neigh borhood ' Vats the matter 1' hour when he has busm~ss there IS danger hiS becomillg a loafer lf he Idles about the streets and 1s frcq uen tly seen on the corners be ts m danger of becommg a loafer If puts off work that should be done at once or runs w1th the gtrls when he should be at study 01 busmess he IS ill tmmment danger of be commg a loafer JtrA man boasting af hts generl\lly a l\Og\la-of hll! cour~ a coward-of hi.s There s a man killed, replied one of the bystanders Oh tsh dat all1 • sa11l our fnend eVIdently- disappomted • shoost a man kilt, I tought was a flg1ttiu ' • perhaps, a foohsh weakness, hut I was not super10r to 1t I fait a solemn species of de light m the tdea that 1f I d1ed m Greeoe, I should have a large number of most aft'e';,uon- G1rls 1 when you see a man w1th b1g whis• kers moustache gold headed cane, shQwy ; . .,V!relr'v' and d1 essed to match and when thts gentleman talks largely about h1s sugar plan tat10n m Lomsmna and hs deSJte to fin 1 a wtfe who bas been brought up at tl e North hiS tender conscience not pe rnnttmg film to choose a southern la.t:y-then gtrls stand as far off as posstble .~he 18 under the neees~•ty of lthroduc ,,g btmself The cbauces are five bunrl.-ed to one that the fellow IB a gambler ttnd land p1rate l!vmg by hts Wltil on other people s fund11 We say agam to all romanttc, novel readmg gtrls beware of the 'batt!! wh1ch such fellows throw out or you will repent at your leisure -of democracy generally an -ar.istc>era~t--o£1 hts mttmacy w1th great nlen genera1ly ilea p1sed hy: those who mary elianoe foe Jm'Ow iliun -of hui wtt, populiU'1ty, Mtd liigh stand!ngp- alwaya a fool 1 ~ ~It illl)!li.ti'Dtl'l.ted that pro ~ The man who attiempted to mnke a. lnll:rt--!~tll!i~le 01~t of beef stt;kes, has jus~bil•~eil a. patent for a ma<lh1ne to t~'Ji:e the kmk ont of m avery fOUl.' tll,tort'gllout th uman raoots more or lea!lj l'~r o ceo fnends to come and pay me tb~o oflice of before t!:,<.y consle,oed me t1> the earth fHartley s Researches r'gs tatls
