Western Reserve Chronicle and Weekly Transcript of the Times, 1855-02-14

ing countenance assumed an indescriba indescribable - ble indescribable expression of satisfaction, but as soon as he relapsed into his habitual thought-' fiil mood, the. poor girl's soul appeared suspended in a systematic medium ; she . saw nothing, answered nobody in a word, she instinctively assimilated herself to the mysterious- being whose influence erned her. - When Malthus leaned on bisi cane in walking, EUen seemed 'to say, My arm would support him so well." ' i The Jew, however, did not limp disa disagreeably; - greeably; disagreeably; the left leg was well formed, end his symmetrical figure showed this disturb Ance in its harmony to have been the result of an accident.' He had the ap appearance - pearance appearance of having long become recon reconciled - ciled reconciled to his infirmity, like' a soldier who considers his wounds a glorious evidence of his devotion to his country. " ; I hsd more than once' felt tempted to Ask Malthus the history of his lameness ; but he eluded with so much care every Approach to the subject, that I deemed myself obliged to respect his secret. Two months passed thus, snd I had an opportunity of appreciating all the right right-mindedness, - mindedness, right-mindedness, generosity and enlightenment that dwelt in the accessible part of that extraordinary Soul. T In the presence of this dangerous fival, who triumphed with without - out without a struggle, the baron .became almost tender,. - His self-love suffered cruelly to see preferred to him a lame merchant, with A fine voice, lie sometimes attempt attempted - ed attempted to quiz him ; but Malthus confounded him so completely by the aptness of tbe retorts, thst the laughs were never on the side of the barony :.'! t : - One night that the family party were assembled, Wgrter appproached Mr. Mul ler with a suppliant sir, and delivered to him a letter from his. father. .'The poor young man's agitation made me suspect that the letter contained a proposal. " Mr. Muller read it with Attention And handed it to his wife, who rapidly glanced over it and casta scrutinizing glance at her daughter, to make sure whether or no she was forewarned of this step. ' A molh.u''s pride is Always flattered under such cir circumstances, - cumstances, circumstances, and the first impulse is gen. erally fa orable to the man who has sin singled - gled singled but the object of her dearest affeo tions ; but the second thought is one of prudence; a separation, the many risks of the future, soon check the instincUve satisfaction of the maternal heart, an t a thousand motives concur to arresf the de sired consent.,. " . ;" .; . ...." . - "It were well,'.' she said, '. first to know what Ellen thinks." 1 : r The words" were like a ray of light to the poor girl, whose countenance express ed the utmost surprise, Besides,, be . is' very young," added Mrs. Muller, loud enough for the baron tohear.'-lf'-;-: K' n a:;, , .' Werter a position was painful ; he stammered a few words, became embar embar-'assed, - 'assed, embar-'assed, And abruptly left the room. ; "'fA mere child," quoth the baron, "who :should be sent back to his books." " ' ,"' . .' Malthus who had observed all that had -passed, jested his two hands upon bis stick, snd warmly defended the student "It cannot be denied," he said, in con. elusion, u that the young man's choice .'pleads in his favor and his embarassment which, at that age, 'is not unbecoming, proves, in -my opinion, that,' whilst :aspi-j ring to so great a nappiness, be has sutn sutn-. - . sutn-. cient modesty to admit himself unworthy Of it." i -. ::. -. .: :slf A declaration were a sufficient proof, of merit," interrupted the councellor, I ' know one man who would not "hesitate." And who is that ?" inquired Mrs. r Muller, with ill concealed curiosity. - '"Myself inadam," replied the councel councellor - lor councellor "Baron von Noth," ' By tiie way in which this was spoken, the dissylsble "tnyulf," appeared length' ened by the importance of the personage, " "At my age men do not change," con tinued the baron J and the present is a guarantee for the future." ' : J Ellen was really to be pitied. ' When . Malthus thus took Werter's part, I saw that she was on the point of fainting. Her countenance naturally so gentle, was . overshadowed by an expression of vexa vexation - tion vexation and displeasure. . She bad taken the Jew's benevolent defence of the student for a mark of indifference. ' Whilst still tinder the influence of this painful im pression, the Baron's declaration came .... . to add lo her agitation ; she cast a re reproachful - proachful reproachful glance at Malthus, sank hack in her chair, end swooned . swsy: The Jew sprang forward, took her in his arms laid her on a sofa, and knelt down' beside her. "You have not understood me, then?" he exclaimed Ellen opened her eyes and beheld at her feet the man whom her heart bad se- lected : and absorbed in her passion, un conscious of the presence Jof those who tnod around, she murmured in a feeble voice:' -....- v ; ' "Yours ! . Yours alonel ever yoursT "SieJ said Malthus to Mr, Muller, -tint proposal comes rather' lde : but gov-it!turbed

that had been done biro, several students whose parents bad recommended them to the vigilance) of Mr. Muller, and a few merchants, composed the majority of the habitual guesU. The party was frequent frequently - ly frequently increased by travelers,' literary men, and -artists"- After- dinner,- philosophy. politics, or literature, were the usual top top-ics - ics top-ics of conversation, ia which Mr. Muller, a sn irtrtensive acquirernenta, ni great good sense, took part, with a choice of expressions and elevation of views that would have astonished me in man of hi station in any country but Germany. -7. ... . Sometimes Ellen would sit down to the piano, and eing some of those simple and beautiful melodies -in which the tender tenderness, - ness, tenderness, the- gravity and'the piety .of the German character seem to mingle. The conversation ceased ; every countenance expressed profound attention; and each listener, as if Jie were assisting at A reli- snou'lan:ce: translated the accents of 7 . that universal language a ccording to his sympathies,' his 'Association, and the ha habitual - bitual habitual direction of his ideas. .' .!.' ' A ' T , ; '. I was tK?t long in perceiving thit BAr BAr-00 - 00 BAr-00 too Noth, And a young student named VVerter, were pArticularly sensILle lo the chAmvof EUen '. M&'Vei inerit. , In the Baron, a middle aged man, there was a mixture of dignity and eagernesss which betrayed en Almost constant strnggie be between - tween between pride and the energy of strong pas passion. - sion. passion. It is between the Age of thirty and orty that the passions hAve- most empire over os. -r At that period of life character is completely formed j nd as "we well know whet we- desire, so do we strive to Attain our end with All the energy of a perfect organization. - - :." . . :-'- - Werter was a little more than nineteen years old.1' He .was tall,.. (air and melan melancholy - choly melancholy I am persuaded that .love had re re-real - real re-real ed itself to the young student by the intermediation of the 'musical sense, r I had inore than oece watched him when Ellen sang. ' ATaoii of fever Agitated him; he "isolated himself in a corner of the room, And there, In mute- ecstacy, the poor boy inhaled the poison of love. "The pretensions of Ellen's, two Admi Admirers - rers Admirers manifested themselves by attentions of very different kinds, snd in which were displayed their different natures, j The baron Wought Mr. Muller tickets for eon eon-certs - certs eon-certs and theatres. Often at the dessert, be. would send . for delicious Hungarian wines, in which he drank the health of the ladies, slightly inclining hi heAd to Ellen, as if he would have SAid 1 bow to you Alone. iWerter would, stealthily place upon the piane A new ballad, or a roiume of poetryViind when the.'-young girl took It up, his (see flushed And bright brightened - ened brightened as if the" blood werehbout to burst from iC'"Eneo smiled modeaUy, it ilhe baron, or gracefully; . hanked the student; hut she .seemed not to suspect that which neither oftheni dAredlo tell her' ' ": 'AnVttenUve observer'of sit that passed I did my utmost to read Ellen's heart, and to decide as to the future chances of the baron's or the 'student's loves.- She was passionately; londj of; naratives of - ad ven ture, and thanks to' the wandering life I had led, I was able to gratify this taste. I noticed that traits of generosity and no ble devotioft produced an extraordinary effect upon her. - Her eyes sparkled as though she would fain have distinguished through time "and space, the hero of a noble -Actiou i then tears moistened her hjeAUtifuI lAsheV.AS reflection recalled her to the realities' of life. , I, Understood that netthef theibaron nor Werter was 4he man to win her heert ; -"tney -were neither bf them equal 1d her. ; Had I been ten years younger, I . think'l . should have been vain enough to enter the lists. But Another person, whom none would At first have taken for a person capable of feeling end inspiring a strong pAsion,wAs destined to carry off the prize. - One night, that we were assembled in the drawing room, , one "of the habitual visitors . to- the house presented us to a Jew, who had just arrived from Lemherg and whom business' was to detain some months At ViennA. ' la a few words, Mr, Muller made the stranger; .acquainted with the rules and customs of the hou The Jew answered in monosyllables, as if be disdained to expend more words end . ... - .. . t intelligence upon details so entirely tnA terial. He .bowed politely to tbe ladies, glanced smilingly at the furniture of the room, round which he twice walked, as i( in token of taking possession, and then installed himself in an Arm chair. - This pantomime , might have .been translated thus : Here I am ; look At me once for ell, snd then heed me no snore.", Mr. Maltbus that was the Jew' name had A decided limp in his gait ; he was ainan of the middle height, and of. decent bear bearing? - ing? bearing? his hair was neglected ; but a phrenologist weald rewl a world of things in the magnificent development o forehead. - . ... The conversation became general,' Mr Malthus spoke little, bat as soon as be cpeoci hu rfttfutE, CVtrj-body was Allent. I ..j- ..-r-' oi-f

Muller's room, where hisitlHo pland.ll wasi This sppArent deference proceeded as much perhaps from desire to discover bis weak points, as from ' politeness to towards - wards towards the new comer. ' Tbe Jew had one of those penetrating and so do reus voices whose tones seem to reach the very soul, Aod which impart to words inflexions not less varied than the forms of thought. He summed, tip the discourse logically' And lucidly; bui it twAS easy to see that out of conside ration or nis inieriocuiuia, 110 tiauuiBu iiwi putting forth his whole strength. , The conversation was intentionally led to religious, prejudice; at the first word spoken on this subject, tbe Jew's counte countenance - nance countenance assumed a sublime expression. He rose at once to the most elevated con-' siderstions ; . it was' easy to see that bis imagination found itself jo a familiar, sphere. He wound op with- to pathetic and' powerful a peroration that' Ellen, yielding "to a sympathetic impulse, made an abrupt movement towards him. : Their two souls had met, and were destined mutually to complete each other.' ' : JL ssid So myself, that Jew will be' El Ellen's - len's Ellen's husband. .- . ' j .Then I applied myself to observe him more attentively- : When Mr-: Malthus was not strongly moved And animated, he was. bill au ordinary man J nevertheless, by tbe expreaiiou, of ibis' eyes, which seemed to look .within, himself, one could discern thai he -was internally preoccu preoccupied - pied preoccupied with some of those lofty thoughts identified ' with superior minds. ' Some celebrated Authors were spoken of; he remained silent. Baron von Noth leant over towards nie and said in a low voice, " I seems lhat our new acquaintance is not literary.",; ... . ." "n i I should be surprised at that," I re replied, - plied, replied, and what is mors I would lay a wager that he is musical." -Tbe baron drew back with a movement of vexation, snd, as if to lest my sagacity he asked Ellen to' Sing something. ( The amiable girl begged him to excuse her, but with, out putting forward, any of those small pretexts which most young Ladies would have invented on the instant. - Her moth mother's - er's mother's authority was needed to vanquish her instinctive resistance. Her prelude testi testified - fied testified to some unwonted agitation; its first notes roused the Jew from his reverie g she soon recovered herself, and , her visi visible - ble visible emotion did but add a fresh charm to tbe habitual expression of her singing: rrt Suddenly she stopped short, declaring that her memory failed, ... ,r,;i'... Then, to our great astonishment, a rich and. harmonious voice was beard, and El- lea continued, accompanied by the finest tenor" I ever heard in my life.-, , The baron bit his lips; Werter was pale with surprises i he warmest . ap plause followed the conclusion of the beautiful duet, . . . ., . ,,' ! Maltbus had risen from his chair, and seemed entirely under , tbe spell of bar mony. He gave , some auvic 10 cneo. who listened to mm with avidity; he even made her repeat a passage, which she af afterwards - terwards afterwards sang with admirable expression. He took her hand, almost with enthusissra Md-eYclatmed,,l thankyou !- Very .644. . indeed," aii( the baron Poor Werter said nothing; but went and sat himselfdown at the farther end of the drawing room very pensively. . t Mrs. Muller was radiant at her daugh ter's success. As to Ellen she merely said in a low voice : " - ''..'. If I had instruction, 1 should perhaps be able to make music." . ';'";' .1 '''; " With your mother's -permission," re rejoined - joined rejoined Malthus,"! shall have pleasure in sometimes Accompanying you. .j Mrs. Muller cart a scrutinizing glance at -the Jew, whose countenance,' .which bsd resumed its habitual calmness, showed nothing thst could excite her suspicions. She nosed -that uch a jnArur as poC at -f all dangerous,, end-Accepted his offer. Malthus bowed with cold dignity doubt less appreciating the motives of this con fidence and Ellen struck a few notes, to divert 'Attention from her embarasa- ment. " "' " ' ' " "' ' The baron, who sought a vent for his ill-humor, said to the young girl, pointing to the Jew' stick' , :.'"" . 'If Anything should halt in the accom. nanimenL there is whot will restore the meuure." ; .: -r. . . Ellen, rose, cast a look at the baron, which meant, " One meets with people like you every where," and left the room. Malthus took up a newspnper And read until we separsted for the night. Tbe Jew led the regular life of a man who knows the value of time. - He work ed until noouVpaiJ or' received a few visits, went upon tbe change about two nVlock. then shut', himself on fn his apartment and was visible to nobody, end at nrecisely four o'clock entered Mr, Ellen awaited him piano. It was easy w seer -in m uc . .1 1 daily assumed greater Ascendency over the mind of bis pupitT whose progress- waa rapid- l .: . , - When Malthhs smiUd, ElWn's cnifrt-

hope you will be so good as to take it into consideration."'' v ' '.'" , In the Jew's manner there was the dignity of a man in a position to dictate conditions.' Ellen bad recovered herself. As to Mr. Muller there had not been time for bis habitual phlegm to become ; but his wife could not restrain smile at this dramatic complication, whose denouement remained in suspense. "Mr. Y.," snid ''she to me, somewhAt maliciously, "do you feel the effect of example?"1- ' r ' ' "Perhaps I might have been unable to resist," I replied, "bad not Mr. Mathus declared himself before me." -. '' --. . Ellen blushed, And the Jew pressed my hsnd: Just -then Werter reentered the room, pale and downcast, as A man whe comes to hesr sentence passed upon him. There was a profound silence, which lasted several minutes, or at least seemed to me to be so. At last' Mr; Muller broke it. "Gentlemen," he said, "I am much flattered bv the honor1 you have done me" " ' ' ' He paused, and seemed to be recalling past events' to ' his mind: During this short silence, Werter gazed At us in turn with au air of astonishment, and I doubt not that he included me in the number of bis rivals, ' ; ' ,; : ' .- - "I have something to tell you," con continued - tinued continued Mr. Muller, "which will perhaps modify your present intentions. About ten years Ago I had to visit Berlin, where my father bad just died. - The winding up of his affairs proved complicated and troublesome, and I was obliged to place my interests in the hands of a Iswyef, who hsd been represented to me as ex extremely - tremely extremely skillful. The business' At last settled, I ' found myself entitled to about forty thousand florins, which I proposed to embark in trade. ' I was happily mar married, - ried, married, and Ellen was seven years old. Our little fortune had" been greatly impaired by A succession of losses, for which this inheritance would compensate. ' ;: '"- "One day I went to my lawyer to re receive - ceive receive the money. He had disappeared, taking it with hi ml ' Despair took pos possession - session possession of me ; I dared not impart the fatal news to my wife, and I confess it with shame, I determined on suicide All that day, I rambled about the country, and At nightfall I Approached the banks of the Spree, climbfng upon the parapet of a high bridge, I gazed with gloomy delisht into the dark waters that rolled v beneath. ' On my knees upon the stone. 1 offered up a short but fervent prayer to Him rho wounds and heals: I com commended - mended commended my wife and daughter to His mercy, aiitkprecipitated myself from the bridge. I was struggling instinctively against death, when I felt myself seized by a vigorous arm. A man swam near me. and. drew me towards the shore, which we both reached. It was so dark lhat I could not distin. guish the features of my preserver. But ibe tones of bis voice made an impression on me which has not yet been effaced, and 1 have met out one man wnose voice has. reminded me of the generous un known. He compelled me to go home itli him, questioned ' me as to my mo tives for so desperate an act, and to my extreme astonishment, handed me a port folio containing forty thousand florins on the condition that I should take no steps to find him o'uL ' I entreated him to ao' cent mv marriage rins, at the sight r e J . o - which I promised to repay the loan, soon as it should be possible for me to so. He look the ring, and I left him, my heart brimful of gratitude. " - I will not attempt to describe to you the joy with which I once more embraced my wife and daughter. God alone can repay my benefactor all the good he did us. I arranged my Affairs, And we set out for Vienna, where I formed this es tablishment, of which I cannot consider myself more' than the temporary posses possessor. - sor. possessor. You perceive, gentlemen, that El Ellen - len Ellen has no dowry to expect, and we' may at any moment be reduced to a very pre carious position. '- - " '' :-' Ellen's face was hidden by her hands. When Mr. Muller ceased speaking, we still listened." Presently the - Jew broke silence. ' ' ' ! ' ' " I have a little." he said, "to add your naration ; the man who was so for for-tunate - tunate for-tunate as to render you a service, re mained a cripple' for the rest of his days, When he plunged into the Spree he struck against a stone, and since then he limps, as you perceive." ' We were all motionless with surprise Then Malthus "drew a ring from his fin. cer and handed it to Mr. Muller. The countenance of the latter, generally cold in its expression, was extraordinari extraordinarily - ly extraordinarily agitated; tears started to his eyes, and he threw himslf into his preserver's arm - . "All lhat I possess belongs lo you V cried, "and I have the happiness to in form you that your capital his doubled." .- ' - "Of all that you possess," replied Mai-

I a It is Astonishing how firm! certAin words And. phnres become IncorporAted in our vernacular, by tbe chance tenia; of an anecdote, or anything of that -sort: A very common metaphorical expression is contained in the words, getting Iht hiftg. It it of etirttaAi-Applicatioo ad convenience, end ' became populac front the diy of its " first appearance" in the New Orleans Pieagun ten!) yeAT Age, as the nub of a story of a Western gam. bier on a steamboat who refused to refund certain moneys fraudulently obtained,. al though made fast to a piston rod of ma chinery and compelled every second, al. ternaiely to plunge forwArd And jump backward, to prevent ia the one case his bead being jerked off, and in the other, his brains being dashed out, by the regu lar, powerful stroked "Let me alone; I'm jest getting th$ hang of the ma chinery " be esclaimed, when it was de mmnAfA M Wnn't vnn imt back moic." 1 - . j : j ;, , And so in law, politics, religion and mor als, science and art, the "American peo people - ple people have been Grrroto tbs hasg, ever aince. . "JTot o dropmore, 'thout its rwtttened," is a household phrase in a part of Georgia and Alabama. A man declines with it, to renew a game of cards at which he has been unsuccessful a rustic express es, by the'elegsnt periphasis, his deter. mination to" drop the acquaintance of aome cruel beauty the little "politician vows, in these terms, to abstain, in fa ture, from some particular course which has proved ' unprofitable;' and io: on, through a thousand phases and cases of commonplace life, it answers its purpose of a playful, but decided negation or de declension - clension declension for the party' using it. ' In' fact, it is a rather liberal rendering of the Shakspearian So wwrt of. lhat, Eat, thou Umtt though used mostly by those who never read Shakspeare. - We believe that oof friend, Col. K L. Haralson, ' formerly of Georgia, en titled to the credit of the story out out of which grew the- expression.: He tells it about thus : -rr? z Twenty years ago, it waa the custom in North Western " Georgia, . as indeed it was throughout the South-West, for dry goods dealers to keep a barrel . of "sper. rets" in tbe back, room, And to "treat" liberal customers to a glass wbenever.de- sired-! iFillensdt Dewberry were such dealers in one of the mall .towns of the region indicated ; and they had for a cus customer - tomer customer a devev rollicking, old fellow named Joe Denny, who. drank whisky in preference to water, ulnay. And -whose wife was "flesh of , bis flesh,', in that "par- ticular. Tbe old eouple would come to town, trade quite freely, And .quite as freely imbibe the spirits in the bsck room of the dealers wo have named. .. On one' occasion, both, tbe old man and old woman continued their potations inordinately;, and as Fijleos observed his goods went better the drunker the old wo man, he pressed her to drink. At last she refused, unless, "he would sweeten it with a little store sugar." The amia ble shop-keeper indulged her, and .'when the old people started borne late ia the evening, the old man could barely mount bis horse. And the gude wife had actually m ha lifted and. placed on the pillion be hind him. Happily ahe leaned one way, and her husband the other ; so the gray. itating point was between them nd as she clung to him instinctively, they passed out ot the village safely. Before react ing their home, however, they had to cross a small creek, and when their horse stopped in it to drinki the old lady hav having - ing having reached unconsciousness,' released her hold, end quietly lapsed into the stream below. Occupied with his own thoughts, the old man' did not perceive his loss, but jogged slowly homeward. Arriving there, his children inquired anxiously for ."mammy," but the old man could only say that she had been "on the critter and the critter hadn't hided up nary time, so he couldn't say whar she might be!" and threw himself; stupid, on a bed. Girls end boys flew Along the road the old men had come, yelling matn- . f wiu mek! as they went: but of, course no mammy responded. When they Arrived At the ereek, the oldest girl shouted, "yonder ' she is, A-sittin' down in tha creek !" And there she wsi com comfortably - fortably comfortably seated io the wAier, which came up nearly to her mouth.- As she swayed back and forth, niw yielding lo the im impetuosity - petuosity impetuosity of the stream, and now resisting it with some success, the muddy fluid would wet her lips, and eaeh time it did so, she would faintly exclaim with s grim (Tnrt if emit r' ' , .-Jbl drop more, Jfr. 'fOm. 'thout , Aol it is to this romantic little incident in the life of the . venerable Mre, q( ! nny, that we are iBdetje fof une or, "at mjst n-pulat y.qu4 phraseAt ' li;a mft- tri IriitL Tr.J.1 . . L - - - fc-.-t j v i life is enly a pVtlaJe toeicru'ty '--.WtS.

of as do to so be ; The late meeting of the Ohio Pho Phonetic' - netic' Phonetic' Associstion At CineinuAii hv shown that the Phonetre Reform is fast gaining ground. President Andrews, of KeByon Conege," waa- chosen President of , the Association for the coming yeAr, And his high Appreciation of the work is mani fested by the following letter of Accept Ance written by him. The Typ of tiu Ihnet, published in Cincinnati, by Long ley Bros, in which the letter appears has now for some years Ably supported the Phonetic movement And in a good speci men of a-' first class Phonetie weekly newspaper, which should be in the hands of every friend of Education And of Progress. The letter is Addressed , to Mr. Royee, the StAte Agent of the Asso ciAtion,who is well known to many of the teachers and educAtional bosrds o this County. ' . -.-. 1 ; -,, -Guuia. Jau U 185S. Friiho Rorcx : Your fsvor of the 3 1 st ult. came duly to h And. , c , I was much surprised At the unex unexpected - pected unexpected Announcement that I had been elected President of the Ohio Phonetie Association. I would very much hAve preferred that some more Active And de serving friend of the . cause , hsd been elected to th At position. As it is however, I very cheerfully Accept the unexpected honor. 1 ';' ' The more I reflect upon the causc in which you Are soself-denyingly engaged, the more Ami I convinced of its import knee. And of Its ultimate triumph- think the time hAS ' fully :eome, when Phonetic print should be introduced Into All the" primary schools of the State.. Truly Yours, Loris Atoaaws.' ;,.:-;...- .. ,: ,; - Yalub op A-MaJiuscAijpT. The orig original - inal original manuscript , of Gray's Elegy was lately sold At Auction in London. .. There was. really a scene ".in the Auction room. ImAgine a strAnger entering in the midst of a sale of some rusty-looking old books, i . The auctioneer produces two small half-sbeets of paper, torn, and mu mutilated. - tilated. mutilated. I.He call it " most interesting article,'. And apol'rgizes for its condition. Pickering bids ten pounds ! . Boyd, Foss, Hohun, Holloway, and some few ama ama-tours, - tours, ama-tours, quietly remark twelve, fifteen, twenty-five, thirty, and so on, till there is a psuse At sixty -three pounds! Tbe - hammer strikes. "Hald!" says Mr, Foss. fit is mine,", says the Amateur. "Ho, hid sixtr-five in time.' ' "Then I bid sev enty." .fSsventy-five," says Mr. Foss; and fives are repeated again, until the two bits of paper are knocked down, amid great cheer, to. Payne & Foss, for one hundred pounds sterling!,,. On tbe bits of paper are written the first draft Elegy in a Country. Church-Yard, by Thomas Gray, .including five verses evhmli were omitted in publication, and with the poets interlineations, certainly . an "interesting article" several persons supposed it would call for a ten pound -whan even twenty. A single 1 r volume, with "WT .Shakspeare" on the fly-leaf, produced, sixty years ago, a bun- dred guineas j but probably, with that mention, .no mere autograph, and no single sheet of paper, ever produced the sum of five hundred dollars. ''A mean looking chap limped into tinner's shop the other c day, with one knee tied up,' and inquired, " Do you mend pans?" ''Yes," replied the fore man. "Well, then, " said the inquirer. "I wish you would be so kind as to mend my kneepAn.' ' . - . . i Baistm, in his lecture on the philoso phy of humbug, illustrated one of his grand divisions by referring to our min ister to Spain. - He said oovvt was humbug of the sky-rocket order. bretchtt. The exAmple seemed so appro- priate that it brought down the house. "Do you go in for the Maine Liquor LawI" . Why, pArtly ye Anil partly no I goes for the luptor but not for the Jaw." " ' ' ' ; - "" :' A grocer's wife hirmg in a passion thrown an inkstand at her husband And .spattered him all over with the blAck liquid, some Atrocious wretch declared thst she hsd been engaged At the battle of Ink-her man. - :; : -- Tha last conundrum reAda as follows: "WhAt U the most difficult operation in urgery 7 . AOS. laking tne a woman " Li! clous'. . '. '' : . ' " ? Anal' Taking the ataoutofi