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SAN AUGUSTINE, TEXAS, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1859.
NO. 38.
; THE EASTERN TEXIAN,
Ts published, every Saturday at the
office, corner of Columbia
and Montezuma sts.,
8 A N A U G U S T I N E, TEXAS.
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vert-semeate, unless paidfor in advance.
pet"JOB WO UK, of every description, will
be neatly, , cheaply, and expeditiously executed
at the- Tkxitm Office.
Ribbonism in Ireland.
Mr. Brown's Mishaps.
WEONL3DAY MORNING....FEBRUARY 2«
A Lover Still.
i 'h
M No longer a lover," exclaimed an
aged patriarch ; " ah, you mistake me
if you think age has blotted put my
heart. Though silver hairs fait'over a
brow allwrinkled, and cheek all fur-
rowed, I am a lover still. I love the ■
beauty of a maidenV blush, the soft tint
of flowers, the singing of the birds.-and
above all the silvery laugh of a child,
I "love the star-like meadows, with al-
most the same enthusiasm as when, with
my ringlets flying loose in the wind,
aiid my cap in my hand, years ago, I
chased' the painted butterfly. I love
yon aged daine. Look at her. Her
face? is care-worn, but it has ever had a
smile ifor me. Often have I shared the
bitter cup of sorrow with her—and so
shared it seemed almost sweet. Years
of .sickness have stolen the freshness of
ter life, but like the faded rose, the
perfmnc of Iter love is richer than when
in the full bloom of youth and maturi-
ty-
"Together we have placed buds in
the pale folded hand/of the dead—to-
gether we wept over little graves.
Through storiu and sunshine we have
clung together; and now she sits with
her knitting, her cap quaintly frilled,
the old hantcerchief crossed, white and
print above the heart that lias beat so
long and truly for me, the dim blue eye
that shrinkingly fronts the glad day ;
the sunlight throwing her farewell,
ki&es her brow and leaves upon its
faintest tracery of wrinkles angelic ra-
diance. I see, though no one else can,
the bright, glad young face that won
ine first, shine through those withered
featares, and tlie growing hive of forty
years thrills my heart till the tears
come.
" Say not again I can 1 no longer be a
lover.' Though this ' form be bowed,
God has planted eternal love within.
Let the ear be deaf, the eye blind, tlie
hands palsied, the limbs withered, the
bram clouded, yet the heart, the true
li$art, may hold such' wealth
that ali the power of death
victorious grave shall not be
put out the Quenchless flame."
—
(Senator Douglas, in his recent speech
at New Orleans, spoke in strong terms
against the Claytou-Bulwer treaty, and
related a conversation that once took
place between Mr. Bulwer and himself
on the subject of the Central American
treaty: •
"Mr. Bulwer said he thought the
treaty a good one, because it was re-
ciprocal ; the two contracting coun-
tries had equal privileges. ' I agreed,'
said Mr. Douglas,4 to consider the trea-
ty a good one, if 1 could have a little
amendment added to it.' 1 What is
that?' asked Mr. Bulwer. 'Why,' said
I," the treaty secures equal rights to
Great Britain and the United States
in Central America, and after Central
America I would have inserted the
words' and Asia.' 4 But' said he, 'you
have no interest in Asia.' Said 1,4you
have none in Central America.' 'But,'
says he again,' you have no right in
Asia/ 4 Very well,' I replied,' and we
don't mean that Great Britain shall ev-
er establish any right in Central Amer-
ica.'"
of love,
and the
able to
A New Conservative Journal in
rOBK.—The Washington States,
of the 25th inst., has the following ;
Col. Hiram Puller, formerly the edi-
tor of tlie New York Mirror, has been
heiHJ during the past week, conferring
witt prominent gentlemen in this city
on' hfsprcgeet of starting next fall, in
New York city, a conservative journal,
of the first class, devoted to the interest
estof nation sentiments and free trade.
H* will be joined in his enterprise by a
Southern gentleman of position, talents
antl influence. Ample capital is said to
haf^been provided to put the
above the.haaard of venture.
FuHefr leaves for Europe in Jaraary to
perfect his arrangements abroad.
The British Government and the
landlord class in Ireland are greatly
disturbed, by the belief that the Rib-
bon organization is being revived with
great en erg}'. Every murder, every
outrage, is now attributed to the Rib-
bonmeu, and some of the landlords
have proposed to exterminate all the
tenantry, in every district in which an
agrarian outrage may be committed.—
The Lord Lieutenant, as we have al-
ready noticed, has issued a proclama-
tion denouncing the lnembers of Rib-
bon, societies as guilty of jelonad. gj^Hu.pself
erihg rewards for information which wtfut.
shall lead to conviction. Of the prop-
ositions of the landlords to make 'clear-
ances'- \£here Ribbonmen are supposed
to exist, the Derry Standard, an anti-
Ribbon journal, says:
" One of the proverbial glories of
British jurisprudence used to be the
boasted maxim, that it is better that
ten guilty individuals should escape,
than that one innocent man should
wrongfully suffer. Not only is this
fundamental principle now disregarded.
but a doctrine directly the reverse is
openly preached. £he doctrine pro-
claimed by our land-lord organs is
plainly this : better that ten hundred
innocent men, women and children
should be cast out homeless on the
road-side to die, to perish with cold
and hunger, or to die by slow degrees,
than that one scoundrel should escape,
provided lie has raised his hand of
guilt against a landed proprietor, or
put an agent in bodily fear. In the
ease of every member of society—how-
ever estimable and distinguished he
may be, either by his position or his
virtues—'the law must take its ordina-
ry course; but let an individual of the
privileged classes "be touched, aud the
whole people for miles around the
scene of assault, must be exterminated,
root and branch, without regard to
guilt or innocence, to their sympathy
with the crime, or their detestation of
its very thought.
The towns in Ireland arc being gar-
risoned with soldiers, and in reference
to the state of feeling hi the South and
West, the Cork Reporter says :
We know that large draughts of sol-
diers are being dispatched to the towns
in tlie west of this county, for the pur-
pose of subjugating the lawless spirit
said to be prevalent there. Now, we
do not desire to under-ratc or over-
rate the exact fact about the disturbed
feeling which exists. The truth is this,
which we have from the most reliable
and respectable authorityv-a notion of
insubordination grew into the margin
of this county from Kerry, spread at
fares and gatherings, and it was only
embraced by laborers allured, by high
wages, strangers and vagabonds ; but
no man who had anything to lose, had
a part in it.
A Dublin paper which preteuds to
be well informed, gives the following
as the substance of the rules and regu-
lations of the Ribbon Societies :
The association is divided into five
orders or distinctions .* 1. The County
Delegate ; 2. The Parish Master ; 3.
The Body Master ; 4. The Committee-
man ; 5. The mere Ribbonman. Each
county in Ireland has a delegate, and
every shire in England and Scotland, in
which Irish emigrants are in any num-
ber located, has its delegates and its
lodges. * The meetings are held in such
public houses as have private rooms.
In all places where there may be stran-
gers,the members of the association
use signs and passwords to ascertain
whether or not there are any of tlieir
own fraternity present. These pass-
words ar6 decided at the quarterly
meetings of the general body.
The funds, it is said, are raised thus:
Tlie county delegate returning from thb
quarterly meeting, summons a county-
meeting of Parish Masters, to who
he conveys the " goods," the signs and
passwords, and in return they pay him
each 5s. When the Parish Master
goes back to his own district, he passes
on the goods to the Body Masters, each
of whom pay him Is; and from each
individual member the Body Master
extracts the payment of 6d. Each
member must attend the summons of
his order within two hours. If a, mem-
ber enters a room where there is a
mixed company, he says, " What do
you think of the times ? " A Ribbon-
man answers him, "We are expecting
a change." To test the fact that the
reply is given intentionally, and not by
chance, the Ribbonman rejoins, " In
what case ?" and if the stranger an-
swers " the present Ministry," the new-
comer knows that he has found a broth-
er. If he sees a quarrel, he says to
one of the combatauts, " Don't be con-
tentious, sir," and if he is answered,
" Not with you," he ranges himself on
the side Of his brother;
The Catholic clergy deodurice these
societies from the altar, and it is prob-
able that the organs exaggerrate their
numbers, for political purposes.
Mr. Eliphalet Brown was a bachelor
of thirty-five or thereabout, one of
those men who seem to be born to pass
through the world alone. Save this
peculiarity there was nothing to dis-
tinguish Mr. Brown from the multi-
tude of other Browns who are born,
grow up and die in this world of ours.
It chanced that Mr. Brown had oc-
casion to visit a town some fifty miles
distant, on matters of business. It was
his first visit to the place, and he pro-
posed stopping for a day, in order to
"an opportunity to look
" I wonder," thought he, "whether
it's possible that I'm Mr. Jones without
knowing it. Perhaps I'm Jones and
have gone crazy, in consequence of
which I fancy that my name is Brown.
And yet I don't think I'm Jones. In
spite of all I'll insist that my name is
Brown." v
"Well, sir, what are you waiting
for ? It is necessary that your wife
should be removed at once. Will you
order a carriage ? " *
Brown saw that there was no use to
protract the discussion by a denial.--
contestingtor. ?
irac
Hek therefore, without
pon; t, ordered~a haciviiey"coach
Lov«rs> Quarrels.
Mrs. Partington thinks the
of Liberty are stuffett to fth the
|of the American eagle.
Walking leisurely along the street,
he was all at once accosted by a child
of five, who ran up to him, exclaiming:
" Father, I want you to buy me some
more candy."
" Father!" was it possible that he, a
bachelor, was addressed by that title.
He could not believe it.
" Who' were you speaking to, my
dear ? " inquired he of the little girl.
" I spoke to you, father," said-the
little one surprised.
Really, thought Mr. Brown, this is
embarrassing.
" I am npt your father, my dear," he
said ; " what is your name ? "
The child laughed heartily, evidently
thinking it a good joke.
" What a funny father you are," she
said ; " but you are going to buy me
some candy."
" Yes, yes, I will buy yotf a pound,
if you won't call me father any more,"
said Brown, nervously.
The little girl clapped her hands with
delight. The-promise was all she re-
membered.
Mr. Brown proceeded to a confec-
tionary store, and actually bought a
pound of candy, which he plaoed in the
hands of the little girl.
In coming out of the store they en-
countered the child's mother.
" Oh, mother," said the little girl,
" just see how much candy father lias
bought for me."
" You shouldn't have bought her so
much at a time, Mr. Jones, said the
lady, " I am afraid she will make her-
self sick. But how did you happen to
get home so quick ? I did not expect
you till night."
" Jones ! I, madamc," said the em-
barrassed Mr. Brown, " it is all a mis-
take. I ainfc Jones all—it isn't my
name. I am Eliphalet Brown of W—
and this is the first time that ever
came into this city."
" Good heavens, Mr. Jones ! what
&as put this silly tale into, your head ?
You have concluded to change your
name, have you ? Perhaps it's your in-
tention to change your wife ? "
Mrs. Jones' tone was now defiant,
and this tended to increase Mr. Brown's
embarrassment.
" I haven't any wife, madam ; I nev-
er Had any. On my word as a gentle-
man I never was married."
" A nd do you intend to palm this
tale off upon me ? " said Mrs. Jones,
with excitement. " If you are not mar-
ried, I would like to know who I am ?"
" I have no doubt you are a most re-
spectable lady," said Mr. Brown, " and
I conjecture, from what you have said,
that your name is Jones ; but mine is
Brown, madame, aucl always was."
" Melinda," said her mother, sudden-
ly taking her child by the arm, and
leading her up to Mr. Brown, " Melin-
da, who is this gentlemen ? "
" Why, that's father," was the child's
immediate reply, as she confidingly
placed her hand in his.
" You hear that, Mr. Jones, do you?
You hear what the innocent child says,
and yet you have the unblushing impu-
dence to deny that you are my hus-
band ! The voice of nature, speaking
through the child, should overwhelm
you. I'd like to know if you arc not
her father why you are buying candy
for her ? I would like to have you an-
swer that. But I presume you never
saw her before in your life."
I never did. On my honor, I nev-
er did. I told her I would give her
the candy if she wouldn't call me fath-
er any more."
You did, did you? Bribed your
child not to call you father ? Oh, Mr.
Jones, this is infamous! Do you in-
tend to desert me, sir, and leave me to
the cold charities of the world ? And
is this your first step ? "
Mrs. Jones was so overcome that,
without any warning, she fell back up
on the side-walk, in a fainting fit.
Instantly a number of persons ran
to her assistance.
" Is your wife subiect to fainting in
this way ? " asked the first comer of j
Browtl.
" I don't know," said Mr. Brown.—
" She isn't my wife. I don't know
anything about her."
" Why, it's Mrs. Jones, ain't it ? "
" Yes, but I'm not Mr. Jones."
" Sir," said the first speaker sternly,
" this is no time to jest. I trust that
you are not the cause of the excite-
ment which must have occasioned your
illows wife's fainting fit? You had better call
athors a coach and carry her home directly."
Poor Brown was dumb-founded.
spot.
Mr. Brown accordingly lent an arm
to Mrs. Jones, who had somewhat re-
covered, and was* about to close the
door upon her.
" Why, ar& you not going yourself ?"
" Why, no ; wliy should I ? "
" Your wife should not go alone, she
has hardly recovered." <
Brown gave a despairing glance at
the crowd around him, and deeming it
useless to make opposition where so
many seemed thorougly convinced that
he was Mr. Jones, followed the lady in.
" Where shall I drive? " asked the
whip.
" I—I—X— don't know," said Mr.
Brown. " Where would you wish to
be carried ? "
" Home, of course," murmured Mrs.
Jones.
" I do not know," said Brown.*
" No. 19, H street," said the
gentleman already introduced, looking
contemptuously at Brown.
" Will you help me out, Mr. Jones,"
said the lady. " I am not fully recov
ered from the fainting fit into tohich
your cruelty drove me."
" Are you quite sure that I am Mr.
Jones ? asked Brown, with anxiety.
44 Of course," said Mrs. Jones.
" Then," said he resignedly, " I sup-
pose I am. But, if you will believe
me, I was firmly convinced this morn-
ing that my name was Brown, and, to
tell the truth, I haven't any recollection
of this house."
Brown helped Mrs. Jones into the
parlor, but, good "heavens, conceive the
astonishment of all, when a man was
discovered seated in an armed chair,
who was the very fac simile of Mr.
Brown, in form, feature, and every
other |-espoct!
" Gracioul! " exclaimed the latiy,
44 which—which is my husband!"
An explanation was given, the mys-
tery cleared up. and Brown's pardon
sought for the embarrassing mistake.
It was freely accorded by Brown, who
was quite delighted to think that, after
all, he was not Jones, with a wife and
child to boot.
Mr. Brown has not since visited the
place where this " comedy of errors "
happened. He is afraid oL losing his
identity.
Milton's Death Bed.
The Chicago Times, the home
organs of Mr. Douglas, and which al-
ways speaks by authority, says:
Mr. Douglas will not ask a nomina-
tion at the hands of the Charleston
Convention, If in that body his
friends should present his name, and
he be nominated, he will not feel at
liberty to decline it; if his friends
should not present his name, then the
nominee of the convention will receive
his support. The use o: his name by
any men or body of men, as a candi-
date for the Presidency or any other
office, independent of and hostile to
the nomination of the Democraric par-
ty, is altogether unauthorized by Mr.
Douglas, will never receive his sanc-
tion, and is wholly repugnant to his
wishes and desires. We say this much
with a full knowledge Of its truth, and
knowing that we express in this partic-
ular his own sentiments.
Ignorance and conceit are two of the
worst qualities to combat. It is easier
to dispute with a statesman than with
a blockhead.
A gentleman met a half-witted lad in
the road, and placing in one of his
hands a sixpence and a penny, asked
him which of the two he would choose.
The lad replied that he wouldn't be
greedy—he'd take the smallest.
A man being sympathised with on
aecounfe-ef his wife s running away,
said, " Don't pity me until she comes
back."
We presume that most of our read-
ers have had some experience in lover's
quarrels, and those who have not, may
form a tolerably correct idea of what
they are sometimes like by the follow-
ing admirable description of one :
" When young Sophos had his first
falling-out with little Miss Nelly—and
they have had many another since let
me tell you—who Reused him of luke-
warmness, of not loving her with the
ardor she deserved, of always lectur-
ing and fi^Rg^auH-with lie >
not caring,,as he ought, whtruuoae flirt-
ed with other young men—when they
quarreled, as all loVers do—she, as all
young ladies in such extremities do, in-
sisted upon the immediate return of all
the pretty nick-nacks she had from time
to time and with many affectionate and
tender words bestowed upon him ; and
requested him to send her back all her
silly little notes, to read which you
would think that the whole art of love
consisted in coining pretty names.
When young Sophos who, between you
and me, is not the most lover-like of
men, and never does anything absurd
or ridiculous, and will not allow Miss
Nelly to be foolish either—who can en-
tertain himself with her friend even
while his Nelly is in the room, and re-
ceives all her impulsive and heart-felt
expressions of affection with a little
too much of a sneer, and as though he
thought it a bore—(' It won't do, So;
phos, I used to tell him ; 4 it won't do.
It is too much like pouring your hot
coffee into a large bowl, stone cold:
you don't warm the thick china so
much as you cool your drink, and the
beverltge reaches your lips lukewarm
and insipid.')
'• When Sophos, then, who is what!
have described hi®, received Miss Nel-
ly's command, he busied himself in col-
lecting all the billet-doux, all the trink-
ets, and other presents she bad ever
sent him. From out of the pockets of
various coats, from drawers, and out-of-
the-way boxes, and other hiding places
they came ; and, with the slippers, purs-
es, smoking-caps, mittens, etc., etc., she
had made up for him, made up quite a
bundle, I can assure you. And when
Miss Nelly, with her heart in her throat
and sealdiug tears in her eyes, opened
the package, and cried anew as she re-
membered how much ^heJ^M enjo
working thcfslipperS, t££?^ftti'l!&
the embroidery, and how often, while
she was so busy, he had been by her
side, reading and talking to her, and
how happy she was then, she could
hardly contain herself, or keep back
her tears till she could get to her own
room to have a good cry.
41 And among all other articles con-
tained in the bundle, she found a slip of
paper bearing her name, which recog-
nising the writing of hej darling So-
phos, she kissed again and again, and
then opening it, read as follows : As
Miss Nelly has seen fit to demand
restitution of the various gifts of affec-
tion she has bestowed upon me from
time to time, and has doubtless done so
with the idea of making use of them
to secure the gratitude and affection of
some other lover, I consider myself jus-
tified in demanding, also, the return of
my proofs of affection, given her in a
different form, it is true, but one none
the less valuable td me, and which pay
also serve again on some future occa-
sion. And then followed, if yoh will
believe me, a bill, of which I give some
of the items, and of which the amount
was a by no means insignificant sum :
To horses and vehicles on so many oc-
casions, sO milch ; fares in Btag&s^apd
over railways, so much ; tickets to op-
eras, concerts, theaters, etc., etc., so
much; boquets, fans, glores, etc.; vol-
umes of English poets ; and finally,
" time passed in her society \jdiich
should have been given to my business
or to other friends whom I neglected
'" €ff course she did'nt pay the bill,'
said Sophos to me, as we were talkin^
the matter over. 41 only sent it in or-
der to show her how foolishly and ri-
dicillouSly she had acted. She was con-
vinced of it herself on tlie receipt 8f
that note, for how could she imagine or
persuade herself that a lover who had
spent so much money as that in minis-
tering to her pleasures and gratifying
her whims, could be lukewarm oi indif-
ferent? So she sent me a note the next
day, acknowledging her fault, asking
my forgiveness, and promising never to
doubt me again—which promise, I am
re-
John Milton, the cnief of poets,'held
the post of Latin Secretary under
Cromwell. At the restoration, he was
of course dismissed from h\s office. He
was now poor and blind, and to these
afflictions, Charles the Second added
political persecution ; tic fined him, and
doomed his writings on liberty to be
publicly burnt. Nothing daunted by
these fierce and multiplied trials, the
great poet retired into private life*
evokedJijs mighty genii ~ ~ _
&a3*HH$^Jaradise Lost f" fil'afte/heiad
eriuuiM tlie ills of poverty several
years,Charles, feeling the need o€> Ms
matchless talents, invited him to
sume his former pest, with all its J
ors, emoluments, and court favors^ Bu!
Milton knew that she price of this hon-
or must be Silence on the great ques-
tion of human liberty, Therefore, htt;
did not hesitate a moment. It vnft
strong temptation — the bribe was
splendid. By merely keeping silencd
lie could have honor, abundance, and
high position, in exchange for poverty^
persecution, and neglect! But this-
could not be. The poet loved truth too
well; his soul was too noble, too sin-
cere, too firm in its allegiance to God
and liberty, to barter away its right to
condemn tyranny for place or gold.-^
Hence, lie spurned the roval offer,
clung to his principles and his poverty,
until death called his free soul to enter
its congenial heaven. And so gentle
was the summons; so sweetly calm
his unruffled spirit in the hour of disf.
solution, that his friends knew not the
precise moment of his death.
How sublimely beautiful the
old poet stands out before the mirtd ii
this fact! Harrassed, tried; aged*
blind ; having the power to turn lite
enmity of a royal despotism into favor,
by simply refraining to speak and write:
on the liberties of mankind, he growf},.
majestic in his poverty, as he noblj*
spurns the bribe, in obedience to the
voice of duty. For the truth's sake he
holds fast to poverty and obscurity;
To maintain the right of free speecti,
he sacrifices himself and defies the-
power of the king. Noble Milton I As .
the author of Paradise Lost, seated^ jg}
his study, surrblinded by the subline
creations of his genius, he wears an aj- <
pect of sublimity-; but in that
fidelity to God and Jil' * *
tade
beautiful. As
shines resplendent within!
tre ; as the scorner of the
he exhibits the moral granc
faithfnl man—he fills our -ideal'
man of faith, standing defiant and
awed by human power, because uj"
by immoveable trust, and by an uneoflh-
querable allegiance to the invisible
God. Well did the ancient heathen
exclaim of a good man, in similar cir-
cumstances i " See a sight worthy of a
god I" .....
SSil
Two or three nights ago, an agreeaMa.
incident opcurred at a, weddjjjg ili.Njsvr
York. I'he father of the bridegroom waa
sick and not able to attend the wedding^,
but desired to see the bride tu her bridal
dress. So immediately after , the perform-
ance of the ceremony the "happy pair
stepped into a carriage and drove to
residence. On their arriyajl, they,
the side-walk, steps, ball and) at airs, cov-
ered with floweis. and in ^dditiop te thq .
warm congratulations of the old gentle-
man, the bride received the deed of an e|j
egant new house, superbly furnished ana
elegantly fitted tip in every respect!
—■■■ .. . t
The more peaceable and quietly we get
oui the be^ei; for and others. In niii^
cases out of ten, tile wisest policy is%(if a-
man cheats you quit dealing With him j U
he is abusive, quit his company; if ha
-landers you, take care to live so that no-
body will believe him; No matter who ha
Is, ot How hfe rHisiises you, tKe wisest wajj
is generally to let him alone, for there if
nothing better than this cool, calm, quiet
way of dealing with wrongs we meet.
The worthiest people are those most
injured by slanders, as we usually find
that to be the best fruit at which the
birds have been pecking.
You may wish to get a wife without
a failing, but what if the lady, after
yclti find her, happens to be in want of
a husband of the same character ?
Au uncle left in his will eleven silver
spoons to his nephew, adding—
"If I have not left him the dozen, he
knows the reason,"
• The fact, w«s, the uepl.etV lifed some
time before, stolen a spoon from hi rela-
tive.
HomiI.-
sorry to say, she has broken at least a
dozen times in as many weeks.'"
The Secretary of the treasury has
submitted a plan for diminishing the
expenses of collecting, the revehftes, tcf
the amount of some $3,000,000 per a.n^
Dum* . -.
He proposes the re-organization of
the Collection districts, the reduction of
the iliiiribfer of ports of entry, and ih^
discontinuance of twenty-two otit 6T
the eighty ports of delitery.
Wit h foiir metallic qualifications a man
may be pretty sure of wo'rtdljf' auibiJj^—;
they are gold in his pocket, 4}is
tongue, brass in his face, and iron in his
heart.
Mow more tHatf beati£ifut, ^Koij
art;—how like an untaught letigion! a
golden link between the soul and heaven,
i He presence tK pure hearts makes thee
radiant, and i!ie rinjsie of their affection
fi jats like Hie chorals of umeeli ctierubiuis
around the (rauc)uil hearth.'
An Italian IV-t tkncE —'t e way
they manage the poet-o(iice at
Roinp. I'aly, is queer, ratlu-r. A comedi-
an recently applied f- r a teller at the post-
office, aud-was,told tfiefe uerfe fofiy (jpnt#
io | ay for it. " I can't pay tha ," said he,
" for I know what's iti it,*' " Well, how
much wdl you pay !" s> ked the post mas-
ter. " Four sous is all it is worth to me/'
skkI thj comedian.. *' Well, take it theu,"
replied th'e postmaster. " tor i've read it,
sind it's only .a :ov2-letter?"
Bfifevrfv i.N Cor.kK- roNDE«cE.—'t*hefe,
is a story tolil of a a:ljut, who wrote to
a noted general ilis lb lowing brief ephgle :
" To (General Si!t|pi«o'ti •
Silly lias accent fed u'le. Cau
miml.
To Which the sjeueial
"Gotfliead.1 Y6urs;
b ■r.'frgj""'
A'tesbrvi
didatibu-of
ihg heart, said Patribk
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