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% slaves or pieces of furniture; that thew are !
y treated by their liege lords cooped up in priso
:. like harems. and denied every liberty and q,
% Joyment. On the contrary the husband
E. usually very indulgent to his wife, consults an
s. takes her advice on matters of eyery descr;
of ton, and is not unfrequently com pleteIy rule
n by her; for l am told that the noble arts
D. hen.pecking, coaxing, and Worrying. are ful
e as well understood and as often practiced
u this country as by their fair sisters in any qua
" ter OF the globe. To mix in the society of me
If and to walk abroad with the face exposed. a,
}, indelicacies to which no Eastern lady woul
!. submit they have no notion how any fema]
:. OF reputable character can allow herself to
d stared at by every man she may happen
y meet-Binning's TTavels IN Ceylon and Persi
I DR.. WATTS AND HIS PATRON.-In 1872. d
Il watts was seized with a nervous fever, whic
continued for many months, and from the effec
OF which his constitution never perfectly reco
cred. And then it was that Sir Thomas an
! Lady Abney, having tempted him ont to the
charming retreat at Theobald's, made hir
their prisoner for life, and converted week
visit into delightful detention of ve.and-thirt
years. Here, in the words of his biographe
Dr. Gibbons, she enjoyed the uninterrupte
demonstrations of the truest friendship. Her,
without any care of his own, he had everythin
winch could contribute to the enjoyment @
} lie, and favor the unwearied pursuit of hi
) STUDIES. Here, he dwelt in family, which
ior plety, order, harmony, and every virtue. wa
house of God. Here, he had the priyilep
OF country recess, the fragrant bower. I'll,
spreading lawn, the flowery garden, and othe
advantages, to soothe his mind, and aid hi,
restoration to health; to yield him, whenever
ne chose them, the most grateful intervals from
MS iaborlous studies, and enable him to return
to them with redoubled vigor and delight"
In all the annals of hospitality there is hard
ly such another case "a coalition" ga Dr
johnson calls it, "a state in which the notion.
OF patronage and dependence were overpowereG
oy the perception of reciprocal benefits :" and
IN which, it may be added, there must have
Oeen, on either side, rare exemption from the
I0ioies with which ordinary goodness is afflicted
Inc Abneys did not weary of their guest, nor
did that guest, amidst unwonted Injuries. grow
SOFT and idle; and as it was in the cheerful
asylum which they opened to the shattered in
valid that most of the works were penned
which now fill the six collective ouartos. we
are all OF Ms debtors of the generous knight and
his gentle lady; nor, we may well believe, is
their labor of love forgotten by Him who. in
the case of the least of His servants when sick,
remembo those who visit them.-NorM Brit.
tsb Rerieto.
NORTH CAROLINA WIrEEss.-It must be con.
fessed they sometimes meet with rare speci.
mems OF human nature in some of the courts of
North Carolina. Here is a case recently re-
ported in the Asheville Spectator. The writer
gives it under the head of " Legal Proceed.
ings:"
Action for work and labor done in cutting
ditch on defendants land. Plea: Payment set
off in bacon and corn meal
Plaintiffs son on the stand. Recollects the
oltchlng perfectly, but seems to have forgot all
about the bacon.
You say your daddy did all this ditching.
Do you know what he got in pay for it?" in.
quired Col. c. for defendant.
" lie never got nothing, as ever hearn on !;
that's what he never got" answered the wit
ness.
con Didn't your daddy get corn and bacon
"What did your daddy and his family live on
last summer"
"Vittles, mostly"
"What sort of victusls ?"
DWELL, meat and bread, and some whisky J"
"Where did he get that meat and bread?"
"Well, fust from one, and fust from the
other"
didn't he get some of it from defendant 2"
"He mought"
81 know he mought, but did he that's the
question:"
"Well, he mought, and then again you know
he moughtn't."
with considerable excitement, and in tones
of thunder,) "Answer the question, sir, and no
more of this trihing with your oath. Did your
daddy, or did he not, get corn and bacon from
the defendant for ditching2"
"Well now, he mought it don't occur
adzactly, you know"
Here his honor iuterferes, aud, with stern,
judicial frown, addresses witness thus:
"Witness, you must answer the question, or
the court will be compelled to deal with you.
Can't you say yes or MOP"
81 reckon"
"Well, then, answer yes or no. Did or did
not your daddy get corn and bacon from the
defendant at the time referred to ?" inquired
the Court.
Now fully aroused and conscious of his
danger
"Well, Judge, cant adzactly remember,
you know, seem as how it's all dun bin gone
and eat up; butt planting himself firmly, as
one determined to out with il, :" to the best of
my reckerection, if my memory serves me
right he mought, and then again he moughtn't.7
cordingly.
A LANDLORD OUTwITTED.-A correspondent
of the Philadelphia Press relates the following
amusing anecdote Of one Of the citizens of Lock
Haven, Pennsylvania. Ben. w. Morrison is
the person spoken of, and is said to be one of
those free-and-easy, good hearted, humorous
fellows, that are always ready to crack joke
or perpetrate q )" sell"
Some fifteen years ago, Ben was travelling
in Butler county on professional business. The
roads were intolerably bad, and, worst of all,
the stage drivers and landlord at certain no.
tel, where they stopped for dinner, had an uu-
derstanding with each other, something like
this the passengers were taken in to dine, and
when cleverly seated, the coach would furiously
dash up to the door, and the driver would call
for his passengers, stating that he could not
delay minute, on account of making his time.
They would rush cut, leaving their meals half
finished, for fear of being left. For the half.
finished meal they were charged half a dollar.
The victuals were kept for the next load of pas.
sengers, when the skinning process was re-
peated.
Ben had heard of this place, and when they
arrived at the hotel, he set his wits to work, to
see if he could not get the full value of his
money. The bell rang for dinner, and the
crowd rushed in. They had scarcely got COM
fortably ceated, when the coach refined up at
the door, and the driver vociferously shouted
Passengers all aboard can't wait but FIVE
minutes"
A general rush was made, but Ben sat still,
and ate his dinner very composedly. The stage
drove off and left him, but he seemed to care
very little about it.
Having disposed of his dinner, he was enjoy.
Al L. r.