The weekly Shasta courier., 1873-10-25
ANECDOTES.

Is Your NoTE Coop? "A Boston law
yer on School Street, was called on short
time ago by boy, who inquired if he had
any waste paper to sell. The lawyer had a
crisp, keen way of asking questions, and is,
moreover, methodical man. So pulling
out large drawer, he exhibited his stock of
waste paper.
=" Will you give me twenty-five cents for
that?"
The boy looked at the paper doubtingly a
moment, and offered fifteen
Done," said the lawyer, and the paper
was quickly transferred to the bag by the
boy, whose eyes sparked as he lifted the
weighty mass.
Not till it was safely slowed away did he
announce that he had no money.
"No money! How do you expect to
buy paper without money
Not prepared to state exactly his plan of
operations, the boy made no reply.
Do you consider your note good I" ask
ed the lawyer.
Yes, sir"
"Very well if you say your notes good,
I'd just as soon have it as the money; but
if it isn't good don't want it,
The boy affirmed that he considered it
good whereupon the lawyer wrote note
for fifteen cents, which the boy signed legi-
bly,, and, lifting the bag of papers, trudged
Soon after dinner the little fellow reap
peared, and, producing the money, announc-
ed that he had come to pay his note.
Well" said the lawyer, this is the
first time l ever knew note to be taken up
the day it was given. A boy who will do
that is entitled to note and money too 4"
and giving him both, sent him on his
way with smiling face and happy heart.
A SHARP BARGAIN.-The story of
sharp bargain is told in After Dinner"
A poor, shiftless, vagabondish fellow in the
country came into the possession one spring
OF two calves. He arranged with farmer
to have them pastured during the summer
at given price. 1t was approaching win
ter, the calf-owner had paid nothing for the
summer maintenance of his stock, nor had
he made the slightest provision for housing
or feeding them through the winter. He
hadn't cent of money or anything like a
shed for cattle, nor wisp of hay but he
went over to the pasture to look at his herd
The farmer said to him, Now, look here,
you haven't paid me cent for keeping them
critters, you know. and you hain't got no
place to keep 'em this winter, nor anything
to keep 'em on. Hadn't you better let me
take them calves for the pasturing and call
it square The fellow hesitated, at last
he looked relieved. esquire, seems to me
that's rather rough on me. l thought had
quite property tied up in them calves, and
l don't seem to be getting much out of
your trade. 1t don't look to be hardly
right, but III tell you what Ill do, squire,
to make it sqUare-if you'll keep the calves
fortnight longer you kin have 'em!"
How TO BET.-A Yankee arriving in
Boston without money or friends was re-
volvng in his mind whereby he could raise
the chink, as he expressed it. Jonathan
had never visited a city before in his life.
He stroled into shoemaker's where an
advertisement Wanted, first class boot
maker" appeared on the window, and ac-
costed the proprietor:
here ,"
"Yes"
"What do you pay?"
L Hdt ucpcHuo Ou youI CdpdClIJ. nave
you worked on custom work ?"
81 reckon. You jest try me, Captain; l
haint skeered a bit at tryn'."
The proprietor gave his new hand
bench and materials and bade him make a
pair of ladies CATERS. Soon after he left
the store on business.
Jonathan made shoe, but such horri-
BILE affair that, ashamed to show it, he hid it
in the shavlngs. Just as he completed the
second shoe the proprietor returned He
flew into passion at behoding the botch-
ed shoe.
"You confounded rascal, SO bad shoe
as that has never been made in this estab-
lishment P" he exclaimed.
"Would you like to bet on that, stran-
ger?"
"Bet. Yes, bet $40 no such work as
that was ever done in this store"
Jonathan walked to the shavings, dragged
forth his first shoe, and, coolly pocketing
his $40, walked off-Inland Monthly.
THE BISHOP AND THE CoLILERs.-The
Birmingham Morning lNeus says that
story, in which the Bishop of Lichfeld is
the prominent figure, is just now circulating
Wolverhampton. 1t is to the effect that
while walking in the Black country, a short
time ago, his lordship saw number of min
ers seated on the ground, and went towards
them with the object of saying "word in
season." He asked them what they were
doing, and was told by one of the men that
that they had been "loyin'." The Bishop
evinced some astonishment, and asked for
an explanation. "Why, yer see," said one
of the men, lone of us fun found kettle,
and we been trying who can tell the big
gest lie to ha' it." His lordship was shock.
| ed, and proceeded to read the men lecture
telling them, among other things, that he
had always been taught that lying was an
awful offense, and that, in fact, SO strongly
had this been impressed upon him that he
he had never told lie in the whole course
of his life. His lordship had barely finished
when one Of the men, who had previously
remained silent, exclaimed, "Gie the gov
ernor the kettle; gle the governor the ket-
tle." ,E -a-.-
Says Prof. Huxley As to domestic
service, the groans Of the housewives of
England ascend to heaven! In five cases
out of six the girl who takes place has
to be trained by her mistress in the first ru-
diments Of decency and order and it is
mercy if she does not turn her nose up at
anything like the mention of an honest and
proper economy. Thousands of young girls
are said to starve, or worse, yearly in Lon
don and at the same time thousands of