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The Best Pears I ever Tasted.

&hS oGbt &edIS ! 6Ver IaBGeQ.
Boys! what treat are ripe juicy pears.
Take one whose treasury of sweets is so full,
that it seems ready to burst into pumpn. If :;
and whose soft creamy tinge on one side
shading into crimson blush on the other
reveals TO the eye the feast that awaits the
palate. How it makes the mouth water to
look upon it! do not doubt that YOU
have felt this you have gazed wishfuly at
the tempting load Of Il neighbor's pear tree
But l hope, unlike our first parent, you have
been able to resist the temptation if YOU
could not get the fruit honestly. I will re-
member tho finest pears l ever tasted. Do
you ask what kind they werel Well,
have forgotten, whether they were Bell,
Sickle, Bartlett, what not! do not expect
ever to taste the like again. And what is
singular about it is, that while these pears
were so delightful to me, I have gooo rea-
sons for thinking they were decidedly dis.
tasteful to one Of my companions. Now
would you know what made the difference? {?
just listen. and will tell you.
Away back in boyhood-one August
morning, on going to the old Academy
where most of us village lads finished up
our education, my appearance excited unu-
sua interest on the part Of my school mates,
and they all set up hurraling when
came in sight. had no idea that I was
to be SO distinguished character, and was
entirely unconscious Of deserving and spe-
cial attentions. An'd this uproar, heard
the cxclama'ions-"How did you like those
pears" IA fine treat you had" "Hand over
fow!' Though was pretty wide awake
to the village affairs in general, and those
OF our boy communityin particular, was
all in a fog here, and did not well know
how to meet the jeers ofmy comrades.
might have told them was rather partial to
nice pears, but had not had the chance Of
gratifying my taste for some time. After
the tempest had spent itself somewhat,
learned by snatches from the boys, the fol-
lowing facts. Late the evening before, our
village merchant having locked his store,
observed as he was going home singular
disturbance in the branches Of pear tree,
which stood in the yard Of a maiden lady,
his near neighbor. 1t was the more strange,
because the evening was quiet, and the
birds as well as men were expected to be at
at rest. Being curious to examine farther,
he crept softly into yard and under tue tree,
when 10 he saw, as did the old man in the
fable of tho spelling books, in dim outline,
n young rouge making free with fruit not
his own. The juvenile cuI2ri,, far from rel
Ishing the presence Of an observer, with
very i'll grace obeyed the summons to come
down. He was required to empty his poe
kets, after which he underwent thorough
shaking, upon the principle, l suppose, that
the process of clearing the dust out of a dir.
ty carpet, was fitted to start the roguery
out fla thievish boy.
- How like wild fire, does news fly into a
quiet gossippibg village, if only dispatched
from the head Quarters of inteligence-tbe
county sfora. This WAS in ths mouths OF
Ill the boys and some of their elders when
Iappeared and what caused me te be re-
cipient Of such uproarious shouts, was, that
thestorekeeper pointed me out as the cul-
prit ofihe previous evening. Perhaps sfhe
real offender; keeping fast hold Of his Gun.
ni1gSpoth notwithstanding the violent efforts
tosdslodge it to the inquiry, "What was
his.name,," gave mine instead, and as our
forms were mot dissimlar, the smerchant
thought the answer correct. Ny compan.
ions soon found from my appearance that I
W6b luuOCCukS soo$ PIiuC VI CudT
acfeFgo61d not suffer me to rest until I had
hurried ;offio the mistaken informer, and
with. noaitile spirit repelled The charge, as
ssrti1gsthass atsthe b6ur namedI was in bed,
HAsipgsspent aA thessEening at home, and
ssfsysef tony parents as witnesses Of the
M6 Hewas cohyineed2of his mistake
ssld 6e would rectify itSat once, ,eaiid went
to o'fhe:Iady whose fruit had been ,molested,
apdte1dAer that he had accused, tie wrong
ones MYscIaracter went up;faster than did
so1Sd ssScks after an absn.d panic. and
camsef with. .eymg eolofs We boys soon
funa8s sontsiinaopr sly way, who Ihe real cul-
priswaa !, but ths older heads wers.nohe
the Nissr srfosSk e slk1h,n but you. say, you
Iiaysshot told nss III shout these delicious
pesfl ;the. good lady, and s9e was
obs of fhs End and gentle of the earth. sent
me heaped dish of the choicest.spe peeiuasna
from herpea tree, asa proof. .ofg her conf.
dsnesnfhy. u hasaselsE and ;ber Aesiis e
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