Year: 1879

moon eats up the clouds, that
! thunder bolts are made Of stone :"
and other items Of the vulgar
creed. Accurate knowledge Of
facts might thus be promoted by
u catcchism Of things not TO bc
believed.


How TO LEAD 4 CALF.-Hc was
& small but muscular boy, and the
calf was probably two months old
There was a rope between them,
and, as they went down an Easton
street. bets were about even as to
whether the boy was leading the
calf Oh the calf leading the boy.
The calf made dash for the Gen.
trail Express Office. The boy
pulled him back, and he made
dash for the boy, who ran around
a wagon and fell over a water
melon pile, the proprietor whereof
swore copiously.


Come back here, you internal
clodbuster, and pay for this mel.
on"


Say, minister whoa-give me
my--thundera,ion on you-hat,
won't yer?"


And the calf kicked up his
heels and D,a-a d, and tried to run
into a store, but the boy sat back
on the line with all his strength
and suddenly sat down in the
mud, as the calf altered his mind
and turned around to look at him.
They went quietly ten steps, till a
dog barked, when it took four cir
ces around the boy in as many
seconds, tying his legs up in the
lire, ii 'ng him down in the
mud again, and dragging him
around until be looked like an old
hat that had been rgn over by the
ice cart for t"o seasons.


4 phiIauthropic fat man went
to the boys assistance: but the
calf kicked him on the shin and
butted him in the condenser, so
that be aat down on the curb.
stone and tried to die easy. Then
the boy and calf entangled them
selves and started down the street
like mail train behind time, un-
Til the calf, scared at something,
stopped suddenly, and the boy fell
over it and lost the rope. The
calf At anee took to his heels,
every boy in the street running
after and grabbing at the rope.
until it got tangled in the bridge,
when bis coDdaotor caught him
by the ear and tail, and a lively
tight took place all across the
bridge and out Of sight, while
everybody aIoag the street pro
oeeded to tell how easy it is to
lead a calf if you only 60 their
way about it:


AN AFFECTING lNCIDENT-An ex-
change relates the following tonccil
Jag story Of the sseea: On the
home't"ip TRIP of one of our New York
and Liverpool packets, she being
crowded with emigrants, that aw-
full scourge, the ship fever, broke
out. The carpenter Of the vessel,
who was one Of natures noble
men, and had on board his little
son. a lad of ~ summers, was one
of the first victims. His ship
mates sadly inclosed the body IN
his hammock, and, having read
over the burial service, and at
tached to his feet a grindstone TO:
the purpose Of sinking it, com


mitted it to the embrace of OLD
ocean. The poor boy, filled with


grief at the loss of his natural pro


tector, sprung overheard, and be-


fore he could be rescued he was


beyond the reach Of all human


aid.


On the day following the burial


a large shark was noticed IN the


wake Of the ship, and, as it was


almost calm, the sailors asked per


mission to catch it, which was
readily granted by the Captain


Having procured hook and at


tacbed a chain and line, and baiteo
it with pork, they cast it over


board, and soon had the cxcitlrg
pleasure of hooking the monster


and, with the aid Of the windlass


they hauled the writhing mass or
; board. As it lay on the deck in


it's death struggles, the sailors


heard q singular rumbling noise