The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1864-07-26

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whom were seeking offices under the
government, aere scattered on the
tavern poseh, talking, whcn an old
topper, named D. came up 20 them.
Now, said d. Nho IA person who
is very loqnaeious when seorucl. but
exactly he opposite when sohpr AZ
tAg prcscui time being "teli, he
said if tle company had no objection,
he would lcll them story. They
told hlm 10 fire away. uhefeupon
he spoke as follows
"a certain king don tscolieet his
pamo-had philosopher, upon whose
Judgement be always depended. Now
i, 50 happened that one day the king
took !, into his head to 20 hunting and
after summouing bis mobiles, and max
lhg oil necessary preparations, he
summoned his philosopher aud asked
him il il would rain. The philoso-
i pher told him il would not and he and
his mobiles departed, While journey
ing along they met eountrymm
mounted on 4 iaekass be advised
lhcm % return, Tor, Hid he, ii will
certainly rain. They smiled con
tenpiuou,ly npoh him, aud passed on.
Before they had got many mics,
however, they had reason to regret
not having taken the rustic's advice,
as a heavy shower coming up they
were drcnehed to the skin.
When they had returned to the
palace, the King reprimandcd the phil.
osopher severely for telling him that
Il would be clear when il was not
j met countryman.' said he, and he
knows great deal more than YOU,
for he lold me it would rain, whereas
you told ne il would not.
The King then gave the phloso.
pher bis wnking paper, aud sent for
the conntryman who made his ap.
pearance. Tell me, said the King,
how you knew il would rain /
didn't know, SAID TIE rustic. m, Jack
ass told me- And how, pray did he
tell youY the King said in asfonish-
menl. By pricking ~ bis ears, your
majesty, TAe King om sent the
ceunIrJman away procuring the
mckass. lie placed him Ia the office
the philo opher had filled. And
here, observed D., looking very
wise, here is where The KING made
his mistake, How so" inquired
the audilor. why ever since that
time, said D, With grin on
his phiz, every jactoss wants an Of.
lice.'
SOUTHERN CnIyALRY~- Capt r.
II. Levy, First Georgia. nephew of
ex-senator Levy Of Florida, was cap
tured jy the pickets Of Col. Gibson's
brigade, with about seventy men.
asked the Captain, Didn't they think
their cause hopeless, and was it not a
useless sacrifice Of life for them TO con-
tinuei"
There are, replied the malignant
Captain, "about one hundred thousand
high toned, chiyaric Southern gentle
men whom you may cxlirpate, but can
never subdue.'
This sounded very fne but TO
spoil the ehiyalry Of the thing, il turn
ed out that the Captain and his seven.
ty men were surprised on the picket
line and captured by sergeant and
seven men who frightened them into
submission by pretending 10 have n
whole regiment in the rear.
pray, my lord said a gentleman
TO late respected and rather whimsi-
cal judge, what is the distinction be-
tween law and equity courts p Very
little in the end, replied his lordship;
they only differ as far as time is con
cerned. AT common law you are
done for at once 10 equity you are
not 50 easily disposed Of The former
is a bullet, which Is instantaneously
ard most charmingly eFective; the
latter is an anglers hook, which plays
with It's victim before it kills it. The
one is prussic acid, the other laudan-
am.
TnE PaEsESr IsFLATIos.-BHl
s. is a good accountant, but like