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The Quaker and the little Thief.

Children, have You ever heard of Isaac
T. Hopper, Or Friend Isaac, as he is fa-
miharly called? He belongs to the society
Of friends; and if you should happen to
meet him, you would not need be told that
| he was very good natured man, not par
| ticularly averse to an occasional joke.
Well, few days ago, the old gentleman
came into our office: and among the stories
he told was one which we must retel.
While residing in Philadelphia, lad
in my yard pear tree, which bore most
excellent fruit. Between my ward and
that Of one of my neighbors, was a very
high fence, with sharp iron piclzets upon it.
Now did not put these sharp pickets there.
| don't approve of such things. 1t was the
landlords work. Well, one year, when
the pear tree bore very abundantly, there
happened to be a girl belonging to my neigh
boris family. who was as fond Of pears as
I was myself, and | saw her several times
climb the high fence, and walk very care
fully along between the piekets, until she
| came opposite the pear tree. Then she
| would reach over, ill her basket with fruit,
and carry it away. -:
One day called upon my young friend
with basket of the incest pears l could
find.
~'Rebecea," said l, s'here are some fine
pears for thee
She did not know what meant. I ex-
| planned: "Rebocca, brought these pears
on purpose for thee. wish to make thee
a present of them, as ! see thou ait fond of
them.'
81 don't want them sir
'Ah, but thou dost, Rebccca; else thou
would not take so much pains almost every
day to get them.''
Still She would not take the pears, and
I used little more eloquence:
"Rehecca," said |. "thou must go and
get basket for these pears, or / shall leave
| them Oh the carpet. am sure thou must
| like them, or thou would not climb such a
high and dangerous fence to get at them.
Those piclscrs are very sharp, Rebecca;
and if thy feet should slip while thou art
walking along the fence, and I am very
much afraid they wiil-thou would get hurt
a great deal'rnore than the pears are worth.
| Now thou art welcome to the fruit; but |
hope | shall not see thee expose ;hyself any
more SO fooiishly. But perhaps thou hast
taken the pears so long, that they seem to
belong to thee as much as they do to me.
| So do not wish to blame thee, any more
than thy conscience does. But, pray, look
out for those pichcts. They dangerous.
| would have them removed, only I am
afraid the landlord would not like it. Thou
art welcome to the pears, though, and |
will bring thee Il basket full every day."
The little girl did not steal any more
pears; and venture to say she was sufli-
ciently rebulzed before the end of the pear
season, for | remembered my promise, and
carried a basket full every morning
| ToUth's CaLinef.
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OBJ funnp Garner.


rs An old woman who lived near the
frontier during the late disturbance with
Great Britain, and possessed a marvellous
propensity to learn the news, used frequent
ly TO make inquiries of the soldiers On
one occasion, She called to one of those de-
tenders of cur rights whom she had fre-
quently saluted before: 'swhat's the news2'
"Why, good woman, (says he) the IN
dians have fixed lever under Lake Erie,
and are going to turn it over and drown
the worldI''
30, massy, massy, what shall / doc" and
away she ran to tell her neighbors Of the
dangers, and inquire Of her minister how
such calamity might be averted.
"SYhy, says he, you need not be alarm
ed-we have our Makers promise that he
will not again destroy the world by wa
ter"
II know that" replied the old lady las
tily, '.but he's nothing to do with it; its them
are plaguy Indians"
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r@SAn Irishman employed about a
store in Boston, was one day surprised and
delighted hy the entrance ofan old acquaia-
lance. After ten minutes jollification
the friend left, when Pats employer said to
him:
$50, Pat, you knew that chap in the old
country"
''Och, an sure did I; an it's lucky day
met with him here. It's fine boy he is,
wild all. all his family. His grandfather
was gencral-his father was a general
and he'd been general hisself if he had
not come away"
''But what was he after in yoilr pockets?
I thought I saw him put his fingers there
rather silly"
Clapping his hands to his pockets, Pat
ascertained that both watch and pocket
book were missing.
'.Murther,'' he cried, gesticulating like a
whale with dozen harpoons in his sides,
"the thafer' the spalpeen. the coorse!
knew him well wild all his family. His
grandfather was hanged-and his father
was hanged-and he'd have been hanged
hisself if he'd not run away
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sGyA wag of fellow who was rather
shcrt of the .'trash,' that Shalespear wrote
about, wishing to attend the theatre the
other night, bethought himself Of a new
way to raise the wind, which he practised
most successfully. Shouldering an old split
bottom chair, he proceeded to the haIl and
started up the steps as coolly and de-
liberately as though he had been made the
object Of special invitation. But the door.
keeper was widc awake, and suddenly de-
rnanded the young mans ticket.
s.Ticket.'' said the wag-ssguess you've
got it already. Didn't give it to you when
I first came in-before went down after
this chair?"
The cool impudence with which this was
said, satisfied the door-keeper that all was
right, and he permitted the chairman TO
pass up. There has been considerable
laugh at the expense of the door-keeper,
who prided himself on being exceedingly
watchful and hard to fool.
AS reward for this piece ofimpudence,
Mr.. Crisp gave the s'chairman" a ticket
for the balance of the season.
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SERIES FOR 1855.
THE HOME 30 RNAL.
MORRIS AND WILLIS. EDITOR.

MORRIS AND EDITORS.
TTNHE first number of the new series will be
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OF THE
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PFaonogcaphy.

'sHad Photography been known forty years
ago, it would have saved me twenty years of
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ssSome of our students, not twenty years of
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AN EYE TO BrsISrss.-Th following
is verbatim copy Of the proclamation with
which deputy-sherif Of Colusa county.
California, closed district court awhile
since:
Ovez. Oven Oyezn! The honorable
the 9th district court in and FOR the county
of Colusa is now adjourned until the next
regular term; the races will commence over
the Colusa course on the 18th, and any
gentleman in this crowd who fatters him
self that he has an animal that can beat
my horse for a single dash of a mile. may
,her and there, on the day aforesaid. by
trotting out the aforesaid animal. have an
opportunity to win all and singular the Sc
veral shads now in my pocket!