, 1870-07-10

Ellcnto,oush called to-day, and said che had
bcsn urahle to buy = tu1bot; 30 IGaya her
ours, fo1 twelve ehilliags,. which Wis eighteen
pence more than it cost. Eldop da1ed not
tell Lcr that they hAa lost nine slniilngs by
tic traffic, besides giving .o5altT mean set
out
john Little wae no more notonous TOT Ms
nistsly habits than for bis la,1ed Of Women,
of whose evil Hrattices be had 1s mu1a 10 say
az the hu.band Of the Wife Of Bath. He even
cal evidence By marriage that he Uttered from
Lin in cpinion ~ to this point. He owed ais
death to the indulgence Of Lis ove.EoweriaS
p,saiou- Being ordered by his physician 10
1sink glass or two Of wiae daily on accou>t
cf debility brought on by privation- 1e hal
Himself carried down to the door OF his wine
cellar, He fetched out tottlo Of wine, Lut
the etfort Hts too much for Lin, for Ac h1l
har;ly locked tho door before he waa se:zet
viii. apople1y, I'd died t ''a7 e 13unl tLash;
pairs OF h,ecches. and IN eualeaa VARSITY OF
| uthe5 articles Of clothing.
Dic1 jarrett died 1t 4 rood old age {how Is i
! that n1i=ezH alwsys I've 70 great old age y,
| aud When La died it mas FUND that lie po5seas-
! cd property to the aruouu: Of -c10.oao. Three
hundred guineas we're found under ona hics.
| HIS life was one Of tie most Ahfcct uiser!,
| md one Of bis latest complaints inst before
| his death, referred to the har5ness Of the
times, for whereas lis expenditure iupravioas
years hal not exceeded sir pounds, it lla1 in
that t1et enaed been thirteen pounds. The
beer which had been brewed At his christening,
| to be drunk when he became Of aye, he kept
! TO be drunk at Lis funeral.
! Sir James Lowthet, founder OF tho Lonsdals
peerage, and worth S20o, 600 I year in land,
| used to 50 to little coffee shop N the sttassa,
! London, paS two pence f6E cup Of coffee,
and then, being very feeble and iatirn, ba
helped into his chariot. Once he returned,
and told the wonAu who had served him that
there was . bad penny IN the copper change
she had given him ont Of . shilling, and he
must insist on laying good one in exchange:
The King Of HatteE1ale, whose sesideaes
stood at tie head OF Lake Cleswater, was >
good deal Of the jsckdaw or mAgpie in hla
disposition. 10 used to put away Eunls Of
money in holes in walls or trees, Aide it w
der stones, etc: When his income was eight
, der dirty pounds; and in hia ss.h year, whet
death was upon him, he exclaimed. ''Ah wha'
a fortune mau might make II he could LIT
10 the age Of Methuselah::'
i niser recently died in Pszis, and his way!
I | Of living were certainly novel in the extreme
, He boosted that his breakfast never coat hi1
l | more than halt-penpy. and that it Away.
: consisted Of bread aud butter, or bread ant
! | fruit This was his economic plan: Ever
morning be bought 4 sou roll Of bread Will
| 4 this he went to one Of the markets, and. II
I was winter, he began By tasting the country
woman's butter. \ bit OF this was put in Iii
!. saouth with q bit Of bread previously depos
!, tied. Somehow tho butter was always bad, @
i. had some favor that be did no Ike. Not I
< be rude, he swallowed it. but made no ,pu,
+ chase. In summer be fnred more lu1uriou:
y ly, especially in the tiuo Of cherries, th
q strawberries. the .p1u1ns and the grape;
), Have sou good cherries to-day" Yea,
= SHOW do you sell them p '.si1 sous
j. pound" 'Can ItAsie them?" "CeEsAinly
d lie then takes two or three cherries, eats the
J. with . 1nouthfnl OF bread, And ssye, Hex
y hcu! they nre little sour,' and go he pass,
i on To the next stall. Before 10 got halt W.
x down be used 10 breakfast perfectly.
Il course tho women who SOLD fruit and butter
"a the various markets soon began to know hui
,r And, amused At hiA eccentricities, they seldol
refused 10 lei him taste their goods. he "
D. then rs yenrs old, and WORTH 5oo, 600 fcaac
D. having never breakfasted on dry bread OF al
"a cost exceeding half penny.
b. The acquisition Of 1iches seems, from =
9. beginning Of time, to have been one Of ma,
or universal paseions. The maddess A,ad tbs s.
Il dest lives hsve been spent in the accumu
or tion OF money. le. skers is no cyia in veal
in It is not money, but tho lore Of money, II
es il the root OF evil.