A FABLE.

Pulse languid; he has DOCTOR PARIS has just been with me. prescribed a tonic. He talked of the folly of patients, prescribing for themselves, and quoted a fable of Camerarions:-"An ass, loaded with salt, was crossing a brook; the water diluted the salt, and lightened the burthen. He communicated his discovery to a brother donkey laden with wool. The latter tried the same experiment, and found his load double weight."

NOVEL DEFINITION.

THE other day, the teacher of a lady's school in Wick, while putting a company of juveniles of the gentler sex through their lad," of which in facings in the spelling book, came to the word " accordance with the modern method of tuition, she asked the signification. "One little puss, on the question having been put, with a sidelong look, blushingly answered "For courtin' wi';" a reply which we accord of the future lexicographers.

THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON'S APPETITE. WHEN the Duke was at Paris, as Commander of the Allied Armies, he dined with Cambaceres, one of the most distinguished statesmen and gourmets of the time of Napoleon. In the course of dinner, his host having helped him to some particular recherche dish, expressed a hope, that he found it agreeable. “Very good," said the Duke, who was probably reflecting on Waterloo, "very "Good Heaven !" good, but I really do not care what I eat." exclaimed Cambaceres, as he started back and dropped his fork, "don't care what you eat! What did you come here for then ?"

WET CLOTHES.

NEGLECT of changing their clothes, when wet, is a great source of disorder among husbandmen. To remain in wet clothes, when the body is at rest, subjects the person, who is so imprudent, to the united bad effects of cold and moisture. Much worse consequences, however, may be expected, where they are heated by labour, and lie down to rest, as they often do, in their wet clothes. The diminished force of the circulation, and other powers of life, which always takes place during sleep, cause the bad effects of cold to operate with much greater danger to health and life. This hazard is much further aggravated, if they add to this imprudence, by sleeping on the ground. This not only communicates additional moisture and cold, but is, perhaps, still more prejudicial, from the nature of the exhalation. It is the opinion of great eminence, that the vapour which arises from moist earth, is the cause of the most dangerous fevers. Those, therefore, who themselves wanput tonly in the way of such danger, are guilty of little less than suicide.

THE WAY TO THE WORKHOUSE.

JOHN REEVES, the actor, well understanding human imperfections, was accosted on the Kensington road by an elderly female, with a small bottle of gin in her hand. "Pray sir, I beg your pardonIs this the way to the Workhouse ?" John gave her a clerical look of dignity; and pointing to the bottle, gravely said—" No ma'am, but that is!"

GOOD TEMPER.

There is not a cheaper thing on earth,
Nor yet one half so dear ;

'Tis worth more than distinguished birth,
Or thousands gained a year:

It lends the day a new delight;
'Tis virtue's firmest shield:
And adds more beauty to the night
Than all the stars may yield.

It maketh poverty content;
To sorrow whispers peace;

It is a gift from Heaven sent,
For mortals to increase.

It meets you with a smile at morn,
It lulls you to repose;

A flower for peer and peasant born-
An everlasting rose.

A charm to banish grief away

To snatch the brow from care;

Turn tears to smiles-makes dulness gay-
Spreads gladness everywhere.

And yet 'tis sweet as summer dew,

That gems the lily's breast;

A talisman for love, as true

As ever man possessed.

As smiles the rainbow through the cloud,
When threatening storm begins;

As music 'mid the tempest loud,
That still its sweet way wins:
As springs an arch across the tide,
Where waves conflicting foam,
So comes this seraph to our side-
This angel of our home.

What may this wond'rous spirit be,
With power unheard before-
This charm, this bright divinity?
Good temper-nothing more!
Good temper! 'tis the choicest gift
That woman homeward brings,
And can the poorest peasant lift
To bliss unknown to kings.

DOBBS, the portrait painter, says that every thing should be in character. For instance, search warrants should be printed on "tracing paper."

A DUN.

A FEW days since, a dun called on a young gentleman, and presented him a bill, when he was somewhat taken aback by the gent taking him aside, and blandly saying " My dear sir, call next Thursday, and I'll tell you when to call again."

A NEW FORM OF HEROSHIP.

THE robbery, as said, committed upon a French author, by our Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he was expatiating on the virtues of Wellington, was intended, after all, as a compliment; for Disraeli thought he could not pay the memory of this departed Hero a greater honour than by taking something more from the French.

THE WEATHERCOCK.

IN Wales, as in England, formerly, weathercocks were commonly placed on the church towers, and in one of the Welch villages there happened to be one so placed, but which from want of proper attention ceased to act. A new incumbent having come to the place, who had not paid much attention to its utility, (though as a matter of course, perchance, looked to be satisfied it was safe,) being on a visit to a friend, a neighbouring clergyman, was taking his morning walk, when his attention was attracted to the weathercock on his friend's church, but to his surprise and annoyance it kept twisting and whirling about, so that when he met his friend at the breakest table, he said—" I don't like your weathercock." Why ?" Because," said he, "it is always moving about. Now, mine never moves, so that I always know where to find it."

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SHARP RETORT.

A YANKEE, and Patlander, happening to be riding together, passed a gallows. "Where would you be," said Jonathan, "if the gallows had its due ?" "Riding alone, I guess," said the Irishman.

UNSOPHISTICATED ELOQUENCE.

A COUNTRYWOMAN was carrying on a very simple process, against a neighbour, in one of the small courts of Germany. The attorney of the opponent pestered her with so much of chicanery and legal subtleties, that she lost all patience, and interrupted him thus"I bespoke of my opponent, the carpet-maker, a carpet with figures, which were to be as handsome as my lord the judge, and he wants now to force me to take one with horrible caricatures, uglier even than his attorney. Was I not right in breaking off the bargain?" The court laughed at the comparison, the attorney was stupified, and the woman won her suit.

PARTY PREDILECTIONS.

A YOUNG American lady, being asked by a politician, which party she was most in favor of, replied "That she preferred a wedding party!"

"I SAY, mamma!" Well, my pet!"

"Was Uncle Tom the

husband of Anti-Slavery ?" "Tut, nonsense, child! tell Jane to put you to bed."

HAVE COURAGE.

Let's do all the good we can,

Let's always have courage to try,
Let each think and act like a man,
And each on his own strength rely.
Whatever life's journey beset,

Or in what direction it lay,
We must never give up nor forget,
With the will there is always a way.

Our pathway is onward, and we
Shall always find crosses attend;
There's nothing for you and for me,
But manly to bear till the end.
There is nothing too great to perform,
Its but the will that we need:
And, though opposition may storm,
If we try we're sure to succeed.
Have courage to trample down sin,
And let not its lure baits entice,
Lest its meshes entangle us in,
And perish the victims of vice.
Have courage to follow the path
Of virtue, of truth, and of love;

"Twill lead us through life, and through death,

To thrice happy regions above.

Let us learn to labour and wait,

Let nothing our spirit subdue,

Let's burst the dark trammels of fate,

And mind's glorious pathway pursue.

And despite the raging of strife,

Let's all do the good that we can,

And bear every conflict in life,

With courage becoming a man.

THE VALUATION OF A TRUE THOUGHT. I LOOK upon every true thought as a valuable acquisition to society, which cannot possibly hurt or obstruct the good effect of any other truth whatsoever, for they all partake of one common essence, and necessarily coincide with each other; and like the drops of rain which fall separately into the river, mix themselves at once with the stream, and strengthen the general current.-Dr. Conyer Middleton.

AN AUSTRIAN HEAVEN.

AN Austrian, upon being asked for a defininition of Paradise, said "I believe it to be a kingdom where you can travel backwards and forwards without a passport."

COPY OF AN ADVERTISEMENT IN A NEW
JERSEY JOURNAL.

"To be sold, one hundred and thirty-one suits in law, the property of an eminent attorney about to retire from business." NOTE.The clients are rich and obstinate.

FEES.

THE fee of a Spanish physician, at present, is said to be two-pence from a tradesman, ten-pence from a man of rank, and nothing from the poor. In France, the fee from a tradesman, is from three to five francs; from a man of rank, the amount varies, large sums being occasionally given.

PARIS AND LONDON.

Ir must be acknowledged, that a walk from the Boulevards down the Rue de la Paix, through the Place Verdome, to the Place Louis Quinze, and so on to the River, proceeding along the Quai to the Tuileries and the Louvre, exceed anything in London.

THE DWELLINGS OF THE IRISH POOR. THE dwellings of the Irish poor are wretched hovels, built of earth and rudely thatched, without any boards, consisting of only one story, and frequently of only one room. Almost every Irish peasant possesses a pig, which usually shares his cabin and his meals; and upon which greatly depends the payment of the rent, and support of the family.

A traveller, who was visiting an Irish cabin, expressed his surprise that the pig was treated so much as an equal, when the master replied "Sure we cannot turn out the gintleman that pays the rint."

SINGULAR.

A POPULAR writer remarks-" I don't think there is any thing more curious in history than the changes of opinion. One would think that right and wrong must be always the same, and yet how differently people think of it!

The change of opinion may be generally traced to the progress of knowledge. The more the human understanding is cultivated, the more it is enlarged, and the better able to discern good from evil.