The Litchfield County post., 1826-09-12

shirt evry morning. ssEor this purpose"
said she, Is have packed up six, which
will, have no doubt, last you during your
visit" On the sergeant's return, his wife
remarked how stout he had grown adding
at the same, time, ahope, that he had cons
pied with her request about the shirts. Her
husband assured her that he had ;but what
was her astonishment on finding that, with
his customary absence of mind, he had ac-
tually put onsone over the other, and was
at that moment perspiring under the influ-
ence Of no less than six. Eng. paper.
BY Hook or by Crook. These were.
the names of two eminent Judges in Eng
land at the beginning of the 18th century.
They seldom if ever agreed in their opin-
ions. There was . perpetual diversity Of
sentiment prevailing between them on the
bench. Be the case what it might, the
sutton was sure to have Hook or Crook on
his side. They also afforded evidence of
the truth of the common observation, the
glorious uncertainty of the law
Napoleon Chinese Idol.-An Eng
fish missionary in Java, states, that in the
village Of Buitenzorg, in the vicinity Of
| Batavia, where there is colony of two
thousand Chinese, he found, in one oftheir
houses, an European picture of Bonaparte,
in a gilt frame, to which the people offer
incense and pray night and morning.
A correspondent ofthe London Euro
pean Magazine, = who furnishes an account
of the principal American painters, con-
cludes with this story.
IS / will give you q pleasant anecdote Of
Snliy. A husband wishing to surprise a
beloved wife on her birth day, came to
Sully and got him to paint his portrait s on
the sly" 1t was begun forthwith, and Sui
ly was to have it carried home and put up,
while the wife was out But before it was
half done the wife paid him visit by
stealth. /" Pray, Mr.. Sully" said she,
"could you not contriye, think You, to
make a portrait of me by such day, (Sul-
| ly stared, for that is my birth day, and I
should like Of all things to surprise my
husband" "Why-a-a," said Sully. see
ing that she had no idea Of the trick; 81 do
believe that could: and il you viii man
age to draw your husband away the night
before, will have the picture hung up for
you, and all ready to receive you in the
morning." "Delightful!,' said she. To
work he went therefore and so closely was
he run, that once or twice he had to let the
husband out of one door on tip-toe. Well,
the portraits were finished: they were very
like. The night before the birth day arri-
we'd, and Sully finding both parties away,
each being decoyed away BY the other,
hung them up, (the pictures, not the parties
/ in their superb frames, just where they re-
CURED to be hung. Thcrcst ofthe story We
may as well skip, for who shall describe
the surprise of both, when the wife got up
early, and the husband got up early, both
keeping their countenances to miracle,
and each feigning an excuse to lead the
-Iother into the room where the portraits
hung side by side !" 6 t \. gu
Wonderful Gencrosity.---AnAl Albany pa
per mentions that man from Nassau lost
700 dollars in that city some days ago and
that young man found and deposited the
4 sum with gentleman Of Albany, for the
1 owner--whose "little heart expanded with
the strongest emotions Of gratitude when
he found his cash again all safe and sound
and he nobly thrust his dexter hand into his
brooches pocket, and took from thence the
huge sum Of eighteen pence, as a suitable
reward for tho honesty and trouble Of the
finder!'' 1t was, however, rejected with
contempt by the gentleman to whom the
money had been entrusted. who, out Of his
/ own pocket, rewarded the honest youth.
I" To speak in military style" the Albany
paper adds, 1--WE should presume a regi-
ment Of such souls as the Nassau mans
might form hollow square ON the point OF
cambria needle, and have plenty Of room
after stationing their outpOsts ~
j PHYSIOLOGICAL.
j We must not be suspected Of harboring
the slightest disrespect for the august science
of Phfenoiogy, because we choose to copy
the foIlowingjea d'esprit. On the contra
ry, we are grateful that we live IN an era
when it no longer requires intimacy and
long observance to know the world around
us; and when even that difficult problem
of the ancient sage, !" Know Thyself." il
mastered in the most summary and unlabo-
riaus manner - Albdny Argus.
i a PhrenoIogist's Study. Casts, Boxes,
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