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LITERATURE, | ‘Baty fathor did not love him so well eae ums

| ‘ But my father did not love him so well | «*here are muskets and pistols in the| was not a legal document, of course, but it | as another person did—at least, he did not | cabin,’ said I, and we have two cannons on had its weight with my father.

powers,.and progressive denominations. The | been properly cultivated, might have qualt- ifaculty must bave been instinctive, for he/| fied him for acting a distinguished part on

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on up duane THOUGHTS wish me to love him. It was only in the | deck.’ ‘Our captor took his leave, with such | was destitute of even rudimentary education. | the theatre of life, he pursued “ the noise- GREAT GEORGE STREET, |. , jintervals of long voyages that I saw him,} «+ Well, enough to frighten savages, or | Stores as we could get him to accept. His|To these subjects of calculation he applied | leas tenor of his way.” sufficiently contented 1 ~ \ OW 0 P E \ Spring is lay 7 ing = om CATeSses jand when the time for his arrival drew near, | peat off the Malay pirates; but the brig is| boat’s crew looked at them wonderingly as the whole force of his mind, and upon them | if he could gratify the wants of natare, and

; i ule be On the sober earth land the ship, for me so vichly freighted, was | well armed, and must have plenty of men,| they were passed over the side to them, and | his attention Was so completely rivetted that) procure a daily subsistence for bimself and

have much pleasure in Trees have shaken loose their wavy tresses, due, I spent many hours in the observatory ‘by the way they handle her. If she is q | even still more wonderingly at the manner | he frequently lost sight of external objects ;| family. But if his enjoyments were few,

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on the top of our house, sweeping the line | privateer, we must surrender, If a pirate, in which their captain took his leave of us. of the horizon with a long spy-glass, and | we must fight. Her Long Tom will make ‘Ina week more we were safe in an| |watching for the little signal flag that 1| even wood of us, but we wust take our | Koglish harbour and on English ground. alone knew of, and that would tell me he | hance,’ The war lasted two or three years, and many was coming. So you see, my dear, that 1 prizes were taken on both sides, and some

and when he recognised them it was only in| they seem to have been fully equivalent to respect to their numbers. If any space of his wishes. Favoured by nature ina very time was mentioned before him, he would singular manner, and raised by the powers soon after say, that it contained so many of his mind far above his humble companions minutes; and if any distance, he would as-| who earned their bread in the like manner

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ting joy in flowere— For loved ones are below.

‘ We held on, praying for night, and storm

' a ~ oe Sear lenperth- Feiner cometh<owrith the ereen bowsbe waving |" well acquainted with the sea. and darkness. The full moon rode high in| men — a by a eusip asc - eer = ee cans. . z, metic Mma! 5.9 8 yee iene silt lel Siieieiiee | En the sun ail day; ‘One day this brave, good captain, who! the heavens, and silvered the waves through | ee card | at any ship ever escaped as es tb no question was asked him by Se ae ene bis repose ; nor Niriped Kegutta $Licting 4 Tobacco, Samay Mo. | 0'et the pathways which the grass is paving, had won my heart, asked my father for my | which our good ship ploughed gallantly. | — : : company. : P ¢,om bis return from London, regret Peante, Ginghaiua ar ee | Gland iatea Uke hand. fle could have nothing eguinet hiss. | Nearer and neorer ante Our sie eed This was my dear little aunt’s storyas we| Being required to multiply 456 by 378, | the loss of any of those delicacies, 90 rarely Penima, Drills asses, Soap, Candles, rianeing shadows play ; : . >) Ne i a4 C suer. os si . oes : ss . “a . : . es .

Bed Tick Guaebeien core See, ye r,} But the b mele wave over cold eves sleeping There could not be a better or braver man, ithe wind freshened, and we scemed to gain a ms ae the wee oa rig DO more, — ie reas or mane? aa j eae Aig or in, which he had + meg st Mustard. Ginger, Blue, | emails Se a ice ee as ha ; ’ . 5°)" but sat in a reverie, looking into vacancy— | (for he could nether read nor write), as soon | left be . i ith hi = ee oe Shawle Baking fieda, Haberetea | an ® RENUNY Comal ; ; He was nobility itself-——but I was my father’s | slight advantage, but it soon fell off again, looking as if.ahe sow a. 0hi 2 the fi; Ye i = nother person present sadicteenleted i ania 7 a rn — — Pal whee el eke Washing Suda, Se. de. | Aud the shadows fall on dim oyés weeping pet and pride, and he was ambitious. 1| and the brig crept nearer and nearer, Pew|. e . i : " caw a pi 0 ah . -|as : other person pr o . P y rustic fare, he despised the lux-

& . . ° ‘ > { a RX i er an c188e s) ss 2 we ° . > ; Hlosierv, Gloves and other Groceries, In the mournful room. think nothing less than a lord would then | slept. By the full morning light there lay | 208. stole softiy to her and kissed her! in the common way e was then request-| uries of the great ; and while his chief plea-

Straw & Felt Hata, N.S.

Wieweus, Shiatheun, and mend for fumily use.

which we can recom.

Autumn cometh, with its generous pleasures,

have satisfied him for a son-in-law. \the handsome brig, fall over our taffrail,

ed to work it audibly, that his method might He began by multiplying 456

| little hand, and then glided noiselessly away,

| for I knew that she was thinking of her cap-| be known.

sure was to exercise his ingenuity by ealcu- lation, he was still of opinion that » slice of

Ribb * Captai falter co: ith | ing along with a bove in her ice . : . 7 Mohair. Silk & Chenill Hardware. And ite ripened grain ; ae sie vos a told me, with ae. 6 S ethatlehe deck rere. tain, and that the great blue sea was now to| by 5, which produced 2,280; this he again | bacon afforded the most delicious repasi. Hair Nots Nailsa—4d, Gd, 8d, 12d, 20g | And glad eyes are gazing on the treasures _— itterness, the result of bis interview eclde aelgepagre Ue eee Sy. | her but as the grave of him she loved. But multiplied by 20, and found the product Buxt ied had Black und Colored Co- Horse Shoe Nuils,&e&e.} Of the field and plain with my father. I knew that he was poor, |trouble. He had mote the ‘Dest pemible veaidson: He" sed te ee ete

bars, Luastres Table Knives and Forks ,

Winey Cloths, Gala Plaid Dessert do de

; ie Mellow fruits are falling late and early,

preparations for defence, the crew were

but I knew that this was the only reason- | ready to obey his orders, but the case was

able objection that could be made to hita, |

45,600, which was the multiplicand multi- plied by 100; this product he again multi-

she was not sad long, for she believed that “the sea shall give up her dead.”

veral ebildren, He died in 1788, being about seventy years of age. Whenever he

Fanoy Dresses and Dresa Carving and Butcher's Seattered rich around ; és } ‘cialialieage dita i 3, ie od 36,800, the ts i i at . coe must a s ae e ~ 1 So the human form divine as surely and | laid my hand in his—a strong, manly | hepetens. : : shale ‘ ae: i a ae navipets saaitiplied by ‘300. aes =o eee Site at his habit Py naar word ac perrems Cheat do. | Drops inte the ground. hand — strong and true, and I said: ‘ Be ‘Ags the light increased, I watched the GR EAT M EMORIES. It remained therefore to multiply this by ‘ ” Dy . € ot ig 0. pore hat, Fancy and Chenill Searfs Weav a. patient: | am yours, and I will never be | brig closely through the glass, trying to 78, which he effected by multiplying 2,280 ee Soe his —_ generally a very . eee wd baci Tenia, eel Winter cometh, with its snow-wreaths hoary, any one’s but yours, while this world stands.’ | ascertain the character of our pursuer. A See ought to be a store-house, not a (the produet of the multiplicand multiplied one oe reas oe work. a White and Colored Stays Gan Caps, Candiewick ‘He went away upon a long voyage, and | flag of stars and stripes went up to her mast- by 5), by 15; five times 15 being 75. This J a. ee

A further supply of Hats, Plough Mounting i

jiunnets, Flowers, Fea- Hams, Traces, Backbands

thers, Gloves, Mantiles, Shove Is, Hoes

Shawls,Faney Dresses, Blister Steel

and other fresh Goods Blac king, Shoe & Scrubb ; >

| And its icy gems, Drooping from the trees that fiash a glory From their diamond stems ; Glittering like the frostwork hopes of morning,

That like dreams depart,

a very important one, for my father liked |head, and the smoke of a cannon curled up him as a captain of his ship, and knew well | from her deck. It was the first signal. The that be could trust him to the last drop of commander of the brig was in the field of my his blood to protect ship and cargo. | glass, and my worst fears were dispelled.’

History furnishes many instances of persons remarkable for the strength of their memo- ries, which, when we reflect on the limited extent of that faculty in the generality of

product being 34,200, he added to 136,800, which was the multiplicand multiplied by 300, and this produced 171,000, which was

handkerchief thrown carelessly round his neck.

lo 1790, there was living, in Aberdeen, a gentlemau’s servant, who possessed some-

nal : : e 375 ti: 56. To complete his operation, ©. shortly expected ing Brushes | And in Seeing leave a Srstcold warning : ; es a. mankind, might be considered as fabulous 375 times 496. 0 Compe P vas . Boots, Shows, Rabbers in Paint, Putty and Glass | aos a i sy ee at ‘When he came home next time, I had| ‘ * Look! said I to my husband, giving were not some of them too well attested to| therefore, he multiplied 496 by 3, which — of ae od = a8 Gua ee | Wlakbel ecbackinn se Ral reflected much, and determined upon what | him the glass; * that man is not a pirate.’ |b. doubtful produced 1,368, and having added this nam. | 93 phe: ” Nv» Miley \eeorant otGrenk: Men's aud Boys’ Cloth Patent Stove Polish | So we, with the sunlight on our faces [ ought todo, I did not wait for him to| ‘I could not be mistaken. He was a fine- as ber to 171,000, he found the product of 456 |20¢ tim, and’ even but differently skilled : , . : 1 * : . Mithridates, who ruled over twenty-two in his vernacular tongue, upon heari be Caps, Storm ditto &e. &e. de. ke. Venture hopes as bright— come and see me. I did not wait for him | looking man of thirty-five or forty, In an un- ti : ss se t ‘th all th af multiplied by 378 to be 172,368, t fH gue, Oy ors *e 4 ‘The above Goods have bee u purchased w th the | Remembering not that in its angel traces to ask me to do anything. I knew that he | dress naval uniform. eae was man- Sons ae rik yale es 7 “a atly By this it appears that Jedediah’s method eae tele ented: irgil een d * K L care, from some ¢ the firs _Houses in iil sae en, ee ae . ’ * | is face, w pare i p 7es8 + > ec en : : “3 vau, e Tepea, e whole . Great Britain, and with a view to suit the require- | Surely cometh night. sar while he was my father's eeptana ies arn —_ | OEE Sie) in each Quintus Hortensius, one of the | Of arithmetic was entirely his own, and that | without missing a single nail While hi ments of Town a ad Country, and are offered to the | Still we will enjoy the light of heaven, 'So L went to the ship, and said: ¢ Captain | clear and open, My captain took the glass, > 1 i “s he was go little ac uainted with the common . § . g' fa - public at prices that will, We are satisfied, compare kite wee liclee. was | Walter, will you leave this all to me, to do |and gave an anxious look.’ most celebrated orators of ancient Rome, ; yf it : 458 hess bil Saad th tening to the reading, it was his custom to taverably with any in the trade. on ee es | ; . . . ° ari ‘ ; .| rules, as to muill v rs ao e i > is face and : DEL ANY & WILSON For as sure comes on the gloom wrapped even, as I think right id sae | believe you are right, my darling,’ had a memory 80 tenacio aS, that after study d t b * 20 ’* d j t y it 1d put both his hands before his fi lean Reatiew Mouse. Oct. 6. 1882 Tel 7: alten Relbteaiiiied ian. ‘He only held me to his big heart a mo-|said he. ‘That man is no pirate. ‘Then it |!" 4 discourse, although he had not written | product by <V, to Rad what sum it Would! upon the table. His general judgment and icf naeleeeiillion es ment, but be looked a thousand yesses out |is War, and we shall soon be his prisoners, {4M a single word of it, could repeat it/ produce multiplied by 100; whereas, had| ordinary qualifications were like those of Queen Insurance Company ’ of his handsome, loving eyes ; ‘Itis a hard case, but there is no help for | exactly in the same manner in which he had | he added two cipers to the figures 496, be) ijliterate persons in the same sphere. It MY AUNT'S STORY. ee ee lea y ~~ |gomposed it. We are told that i se-| Would have obtained the product at once. ‘with B Except in i OF LIVERPOOL. ‘ The day his ship was to sail on her next | it. I sh aes h ’ . ” 7 Coase | A person, who had heard of his astonishin lati sows uxton. in its caleu- ~ - e £ Sie s | § é § i : FIRE AN “eo My Aunt Calista was one of the prettiest | voyage I sent my trunks on board the ship.| | ‘' Do not be cast down, my brave hus- | (uence of a wager with one Sicana, he spent | ™ i . say hs ident! -€/ lating power, his mind was more below than ' AWD Lili ’ : : ; : oe ; : aw ae at an aneit > erformances, meeting him accidently, in ef , ; lof ail little dairy-like women. As 2 girl{Then I found my captaia, and said: * Come | band said L; ‘ father has more ships, and |* whole day at an auction, and when it was |P . g. J». 9 | above the average. Such instances as these, PEXHE Subscriber, having been appointed |™ * ltic Gairy-'iKe women. OSS Be itl pte. niiageesiongne Seip te alg he f} -*, |ended, he recapitulated every article that |°rder to try his calculating powers, proposed | with others of a similar ¢lass that might be avent for tlie above first class Insurance Com | her beauty must have been something won- | W't8 me, and redeom your promise,-aad [/5¢ ean. .deduet this op emmy portion. 4 |. d bee d. together wi i to him the following question. Admit a i i i . = ¥, is prepared to take risks o leecvintions of | derfull imesh : / ca «tha | will keep mine.’ ’e went toa church, a} ‘Just then another shot from the long g had been sold, together with the prices, and . c enumerated, induce an itpression that this pany, is prepared to take risks on all descriptions of | lerfully distracting. She was once the} Wil! keep mine, We went toa church, a u c 0 ot from the iong gun : Sees field to be 423 yards long, and $83 broad > . ; nen dae OCT OO gd peeps gage ng a ee eit ete ai aR arried, came alongside, and showed that we were| ‘He names of the purchasers, in their proper -3 J & »| peculiar developement of retention is a me- Chasl ttetown, Feb. 10. tt elle of a famous and quaint old sea-town, 1iccnse i was rea 1¥, an we were Married, | oe 1085 . S we - e were jeder witheat eeviaie i. ona sint as was what is the area? After the figures were read chanical ift rathei th hi bh full of fortunes made in foreign trade, prize- lhe ship was ready to sail, and I knew that | within point blank range. The order was ‘eee sae a : e i: at |to him distinetly, he gave the true product ; g r than 8 aig developement ; oe : palling, iol sees cies ets ; ol ara - \etven to take oii j aited for the | Proved by the clerk, who followed him with | ‘ J, he g P ») of intellect, ae ACTS FROM NEWSPAPERS money, and kind of traflic, thought honorable | ™y #ther was on board to give his last di. | given to take in sail, Gnd We waited for the his book. The erudite Justus Linsi ,. | 162,009 yards, in the space of two minutes ; —_— alia ; ; pti . enough some years ago, but now held in such | Fections, and see her off. J went on board | brig to come up. As she came on, dashing | : , . ape ot for the proposer observed by his own watch — eneeee | / , . site ape ‘ate gts to meation wuith my busbend, and my father was not gallantly through the waves, imy captain | membered the whole history of Tacitus, and ie propos rved by AOomeuk Sia 6 Th Jan ‘ ae r probation, that i preier not to metatio t, 3s, ¢ - J ae 8 DOLE ‘ his t o nied tell hi The hail | pledged himself to recite, word for word, any how long each Operation took the respondent, 2 oa TORY.—— ¢ correspon- for the ) 1 then. surprised, for I had ofien sailed out with | took his trumpet and hailea her, ae hail) fs : erg Oe ee : . dent of the Cincinnati ‘ Times’ with G being t ed returned in the pilot-t was courteously responded to. It wasa Yan-|PsSage that might be required, consenting The same person asked him how many acres Mi ’ a + ; . 143) , 2 Ie é@ pilot-boat, | 20usly res DB 6 f ane | *S : : i + ether office ever yet established tn this ¢ My aunt was very little. When I was ee Peers oe ce POv nome. eee , ee sh jat the same time to allow a person to stand | the said field measured? And in eleven| Mitchell's command is respousible fur the (From Geve's General A Oct. 24. 12 bee aaa ahh TE euee thn Gh aes ‘When the ship had _got a good offing, and | kee privateer, demanding our surrender. . ee oe ie he replied. 33 3. 1 rood. 35/ following yarn: : yy =e yao was the biggest. ct) ne pilot was ready to take us back, my fa-|. ‘°Oh! fora tier ‘bf gune, and half a} by him with a dagger, and to plunge it into} ™Mmutes be rephed, od acres, 2 rood, vo ear ‘Indeed, we believe that we might be, for a man could span her waist (RE POL Was Teacy one OS eee ee bs oe ae ‘ his body if he mad inole tri did perches, 20 yards, and one quarter, He| The hogs in this part of the are fis ‘ cs eit . | ther said his last words to the captain, and | chance at him! exeldimed my captain ; but | on; dee ee oe i incli - Mt ; with his two hands, and she was more like | ee . ’ ae ms ’. , (faithfully repeat the words of the author. | Was then asked how many barley-corns | musically inclined, and all come up to break- eitl k D 7 ‘ a marvellous doll, or a stray fairy, than a| shook hands, wishing him a good voyage. | the disparity of force was too overwhelming. g eet reach ciglit wiles? In‘a minute and / fast to the tune of Dixie. Onggyery plan , ‘ L ei a Sone a §& i mitye i ra ‘ : a ie oi: si 4 answer t vest » os : \ s late ictate ‘ | 4 wept | . '. - £. 5 ~ ‘ +S uk inns : «| mortal woman. Her feat and ankles were | Come » dar bg. sal i he to me: my good- Lo pswer c the q es jon, he gave the ae Muret - ne that he a day to la half he answer od, 1,520,640 barley-corns. | tation the oldest * darkey’ has honor of y companies, uamely, the Liverpool and | oast all comprehension for littlenesa and ele- | OY to Captain Walter, for we must gp now.’ of our goal ship ang itis.owa. a Noung Corsican an innumerable maltitude| nye ftlowicg qavstion was put to him at | playing music to the hogs for about an hour Loy i the Lancashire Insurance Co — ps be at, |“ «é Dear father,’ said I, ‘forgive your! “ben I, who was watching the deck of | of Greek, Latin, and barbaroas words, al! ; oe : i nS ee gs ee ee aan gence. Perhaps she did not wear nice shoes Jarling, L hy ; I ; ‘the enemy still through the glass, though we | distinét from each other; and that wh o | the same time : Supposing the distance be- every morning, and from the very moment , he vil Service Gazeite foy. ? 61.1 ; +: . ¢-30.t@e gv, or ith you ow. $ mys ig 1e@ glass, g 2; ais I ac ors anc p e - . ir [From the Civil Ser Gazette, Nov. 2. 1861.] | and stockings, and maybe she did not hold - mg ee annot go wit = D ° E — = catiantae pio anes oe Meg ae enka of di chal inci apelanie compet tween Lendon and York to be 204 miles, | when he first commences, till the end of the * Among these in institutions st ¢ ie ge ne velieh+, Sail this voyage with my Ausvand, Uaptain ere y S80 pear, saw a Strang ement, | was > aictating, tae UOrsi ” “ : : Si ‘ pt ; trang up her black brockade daintily on the slight- | , sm ae : 5 : : ame as how many times will a coach-wheel turn | piece, the shrill, picre nent for its selidity, as well as for its success ee eC eee. 2 ee The captain of the brig suddenly put up his| them without hesitation, in the same order, 7, . a is . phen, Sema of the hogs Queen Insurance Company,” whicls last week held | est provocation! Ah! but her hands; bow He looked fi to the other, t | glass, which he had turned on my husband. | and then in a reversed order, beginning at round in that space, allowing the circum. are heard coming from all directions, and . . ; ee . . ‘ > - o 0 . o> i ass a o . “Ne sb . an ne 4 avers om 2 ¢ . ‘ 7 . its annual meeting of proprietors ia Liverpool. A} small, and white, and delicate they were,|...).° ooked irom one to the other, to see | b'Sss, ‘eogy 7 ees a oe Sea tht Fie ES ference of the whee. to be six yards? In/ blending with the music of the darkey, from reference to the ample report in another page will| 4" oo) tioned tapering fingers. S$ if this were jest or earnest. | '.en he appeared to give some order to his| the last. The faculty possessed by Philidor thirteen minutes he answered 59,840 times.| the very full grown sow to the ile of vot dwege> Frctet Fe mene s channel. heck look ail sheets “ a paw «+ Pather, dear,’ said I, ¢ you could never | lieutenant who was preparing to board us, and in our own days by Morphy, of playing} “i housh these instances which are well | the litter shoes votes are audible an sade by this assiation since oundation. Suc ooked ¢ yore pelilte anc roud Tul : " ‘ ‘ ic ° d Cf Sta B . euceess is, indeed, rarely attained ; and it attests at ey ; a : So I | and s00n sprang into the boat himself aud | several ganies of chess at the same ume, and a i caer

ouce the excellence of ita management, and the pub lic confidence in ite constitation.””

her delicate prettiness, for always dres-ing iin black, which brought out her pale, lily-

have found me so good a husband. took him this morning, and made him marry | came on board of. us. me, and here is the certificate that I am} ‘ He was received with a not very cheer- |

authenticated, are sufficient proofs of Jede-

without seeing the boards, is almost as extra-| 3. - ts without Seeing (he Doards, 1s amos! as eXtra) diah's astonishing powers of mental calcula-

ordinary.

distant. I can never forget when I first witnessed the scene, and for the life of me

[From the Liverpool Mereary, Nov. 2, 1861.] | like beauty, and bionde hair with great dis- |)", . ‘ ; ; tne tion, for the further satisfaction of the eu-| [ could not tell or make out what it meavé i be ys “ ’ Saati | ful politeness, but anne 2 sd | 9 Magliabe smo|-. os ; . ; . it want be gratifying to the public generally, | tinctness. Her deep blue eyes seemed to |™ wife. | fal politeness, but his manner, as he stepped} | Antonio lagliabechi, librarian to Cosmo) 1:54 we subjoina few more, Being asked| I was on my way from Shelbyville, Tenn. and expecially to the proprietors, to find that its in-]) : . ; ‘Poor father! He turned very pale, but | 07 our deck, justified the opinion that I had | the Third, Grand Duke of Florenee, is quoted | . tip : , s comes darintr the past three years has increased at | 100% through things and people. All this , ; ; ; : : ‘how long after the firing of the cannons at| to Huntsville,Ala., and being alone,! started ee Or eee ee een nee wei »:_,. jhe loved me, and there was no help. He) formed of him. He raised his hat to me/as possessing such a memory that his head} pj ¢ ey . the rate of £20,000 per annum. We believe that! made me a littie in awe of Aunt Calista, | A pacar e | kissed arte | witha geecefal-bbes sind” Gay: kucteitd: io-| was called beSG0 whe hubw Sim," an-nni | Retford the report might be heard at Haugh. | very early, so as to overtake the army, whe o other Compan thin the same short period, | } . ’ . jheld me u is 2 s and kisse > W y ; e ; -) Was calle ’ - . . ‘ . ar evel ont a 1 Se bined ontion odie ther in the Fire | though I loved her, with the romantic, re- os ies - aa ade oa be a oan vited hia to enter our cabin Cebich he did | cae mine both of titles and matter.” ton Park, the et being five miles, and | were a day in pee of me. Riding up a or Life Department. This speaks highly for the | verential love of boyhood, as i Re Slee oe ae a eee oe Seat ; vera Saeco * | supposing the sound to move at the rate of| very stecp hi i or iat on eo ren - ie tgp’) 7 _ verential love of boyh d, as if she = ” Plas out his hand to my brave captain in | with every courtesy. Wine and other re-| The following trial, it is said, was once Z Ppo’ 8 : _ . . y P ill heard a shrill, sharp sound, grompinees w! h ull the ela . ut | Sovely princess, enchanted, or otherwise. | f forgi He went home alone | freshments were brought out in plenty, and | made of his powers of retention. A gentle 1,142 feet in one second of time ;—he re-|and thought it must be a locomotive. At ProInpiness W W the cliiius, arising ont | el he Pee ia “ft, tteas | token OF forgiveness e went home aione 28 > , s p ’ ( a ; . 7 ied. af delib * f abo this ti i d < of the Late dixastrous fire in London were met, tes-| A childless widow, my Aunt Calista had|.” ar ; . ; a J . . plied, after a deliberation uf about a quar- | this time 1 was surrounded by trees on either ce ; : . > pilot-bo: ave sar- | the strange : >| m: “lorence ad a pie ; 213 : ; Ges to their | ty and the care and pru-| Jived with us since 1 could remember. She |'® the pilot-boat. I waved him my tear- | the Stranger told us of the outbreak of the | man of Florence, who bad written a piece | to. ofan hour, in 232 scconds, and that 46/ side — sound continued. Finally I heard donce which marked theinvestiuwent of these funds.” | i | ful adieu as Jong as I could see him, for be | War with America, and also of other events | which was to be printed, lent the manuscript : I : ie : ; os ance, | ener ee ny Sieber; WEt Be ORS COmld | de kind and indulgent fat! , We) which were news to us at that time to Magliabechi, and some time after it had romatnen: He was then asked : admit that | such a terrible rumbling in the woods among ee ; i. lhawe’ told ber see from hee looks, for hor | %94 °° 5 SRS BBO Ineugrae ather. eC) we : 7 rf —— Beep: , “. | 3,584 brocoli plants are set in rows, 4 feet | the trees that L put spurs to my horse and Rocklin Fullin r Mills ie S a sped on our voyage. | ‘Were we prisoners? Was this our cap-} beeu returned with thanks, came to him with) , ; £ Se | singular beauty s:emed to have in it no ele- | *P° | yage. ; : ‘ Sa . |asunder, and the plants 7 fect apart, in a/| started off as fast as [ could go, andieths FEXTIIE subscribe at banks Rake be Wa. 1; - | «The shores of Kogland faded from our | tor, quietly conversing with us, and court-|a melancholy face, and told him of some in- . > ] £ subseribers return thanks to the'r) ment of decay. We lived inland among the} . & a ee 3 ; > : rectaugular plot of ground, how much !and | further and more swiftly I sped the greater toil at vats iti Bhaja Gur tha | os sight, aud we were on the open sea. We | cously drinking to our prosperity? He| vented accident, by which, he said, he had|". ° oa ; ; , iends and pa in Prince Edward for the } hie and eli L knew of the ocean was from | 89% 200 | : y or ; en will these plants occupy !—Within half an}|the rambling. At last I came to the seri- literal pati » extended to them, and | ’ ; : had fair winds and foul, stiff gales and gentle | looked at me attentively, when my eyes were | lost his only copy of the work. The author aa gp . would respectful mato that they are still on | my books of geography, and the pictures and | : 9 eee ae } . , hour, be said—2 acres, 1 rood, 8 perches | ous conclusion that I was ‘ played out,’ and es ee ee ees A, ae eae ieee ak | breezes, and I became a sailor. We crossed turned away, and I thought I saw a strange | seemed almost inconsolable, and entreated cr ioe must sorely fallinto the hikbde of th ‘ : STYLE, aad ut the SHORTEST NOTICE, and | YO3#8°* 10 / a ea aii 7 f he \the line, doubled the Cape of Good Hope, | Smile upon his face. Magliabechi, whose reputation forremember-|" , * . : Ih ited, E din less th ; fiv ai 1 ex} rue inerease in their business this season. | binson Crusoe. But I dreamed much of the | and sailed on weeks and weeks through the| ‘My busband opened a locker, and tak- | ing what he had read was already very great, This extraordinary man would stride over sited, ad in lem than Bye munates I wing are their prices in Prince Edward | sea, built mimic ships, and waited with im-|* sth 5 . hin? . : a piece of land or field, and tell the contents | 84% bogs of every grade, color and species Sol: , ies 1 1 should be old enough to run | Indian seas to Batavia, and then to Canton; | ing out the ship's papers, laid them on the|to try and recollect as much of it as he)*P ’ ‘ making the talleet-kind’of tracks Ge the , ne uid he 0) , i oie . . ° ° ° UME 00 hed... «ohh cgdhberetsacanns £0 @ 4| Patzence Until: 4 should He Ole cucu” i wou have read about it in Lord Anson and| table with a heavy heart; but he would not] possibly could, and write it down for him with as much exactness as if he had mea-| ™ g , we the Full eh ee 0 0 Slaway like the aforesaid Robinson Crusoe, ly : ° a é i . ‘ ne . . sured it with a chain In this manner he hill toward where the music came from. Sullien and Sinaia Gal’ Tell Deemion.@ © IC! J , +, |Captais Cook. When our cargo was com- show it, and said with an air of assumed | against his next visit. Magliabechi assured | Sure ” ~ | Ph bl: : wil me and i ‘ inw = a oh pec (a who has, perhaps, done more to help meer pleted ron oailad Wiadieard ‘oan pee cheerfulness : him he would do so, and on setting about it measured the whole lordship of Elmeton (a . ere Se hogs, rips hogs, yellow ) for eselby i coors, . le ' : : ekes | > g eS _— . 1 ° , = . ; : a ' : one, 6 ors an ‘a G d es g CN cece eee cece eee eeerees : ; 4 aan a ruiec the waves than all her Dra es a long and solitary voyage, but I was never ee It is the fortune of war. My ship 18 transeribed the whole manuscript without stmall village near Chesterfield, and the plaee mala I ia one ane = hogs f all “ Freen pet PO hss adwenened and Nelsons. _ lonely. My world was with me, I wished | your prize, captain, and since I must sur-| missing a word, or even varying in any of bis nativity), of some thousands of acres ccaeaitines aes aa aoe ae Suthee iiss evil Pe ae ee sce 0 0 5|_ 1 forget—there was another source of 1D-) i sce my father, but we were homeward render here, I am glad it is toa gentleman. | manner from the spelling. When consulted belonging to Sir Jobn Rhodes, and brought Alietead to die eens cod a ‘de finally, Dyeing und Dressing. ....+..00ee+eeeeee: 0 0 6 formation, better than all the rest. My | pound. Where do you propose to send us ?? by the learned writers of the day, on any him the contents, not only in acres, roods, la A ad ni as — Dyeing Scarlet, per 1b.-.+++eeeeeerererees 9 3 ©) Aunt Calista had been born in sight of the). One day, as we were reaching our north-| _‘ The stranger moved into the light, brush-| particular subject, he could tell them at once | and perches, but even in square inches. yy Moyihe Ataris ona he ack as <a x as oti. 2 2 no's . : . ebon * The following gentlemen will act ae Agents : sea. She had seen the great ships call in ern latitudes, my captain came hastily into ed back the curls of his dark hair, and turn-| and sometimes to the number of a hundred After this he reduced them, for his own : 8 y OG horn, sur

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aud out of the harbour of her native town. the cabin to get his spy-glass, and I followed She had picked up beautiful shells ard peb- | him on deck. There was a vessel in sight, bles on the beach, and sometimes she helped bearing down dircetly for us. She had

jme to sail my little squadrous on our duck |changed her course since we first saw, her,

pond, and told me many a sea story she had | 41,4 iy was evident she meant to come near heard or read, us. ‘ Aunt Calista,’ said I, one day, when we} ‘My captain took a long look at her. were sitting under the willows by the water-|+ Well? said (, standing at his elbow, ‘and side, watching my last achievement in naval | taking the glass from his hand. architecture, as it danced over the billows—j| « * You have good eyes darling,’ said he, the billows of the duck-pond — ‘ were you |‘ see what you can make of her.’ ever on the great blue sea, with only the; +{ adjusted the glass to my eye, and look- 'sky and clouds above you, and the water | ed intently. ‘ It is an armed vessel,’ said \all round, out of sight of land—nothing but |], « I see ports, and a large gua amidships.’

ing to my husband said :

* «Js it possible, Captain Walter, that you do not kuow me? Have you forgotten a man whose life you saved, and who owes you. so much ?”

‘My husband looked earnestly at him a moment, then grasped his hand, and said :

‘+ Hardy! Frank Hardy! is it really

ou ?’

« « Yes, old fellow; said he, ‘ it is really me with a better memory tkan you have, who saved my life at the risk of your own. And this is yonr wife? I congratulate you —lI congratulate you both with all my heart.

authors, all who bad ever treated of the same, naming the book, the words, and often the very number of the page in which their remarks were to be found, Magliabechi, too, aithough he never travelled beyond Florence, had a local knowledge of the places where every important book stood, in the great collections of different countries. He studied the plans and sections of the libraries and their catalogues, as generals study the ground on which they campaign. One day, the Grand Duke sent for him to ask whether be could get a book that was particularly scarce, marked with four Rs,

amusement, into hair-breadths, computing 48 to each side of the inch, which produced such an incomprehensible number as appear- ed altogether astounding. Lut, perhaps, his greatest feat in calculation was the answer to the following most complicated question put to him suddenly in the field when walk- ing with many other labourers. In a trian- gular body, whose three sides are, respec- tively, 23,145,789 yards, 5,642,732 yards, and 54,965 yards,how many‘cubical eighths of an inch are there? He gave the exact solution in five hours.