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The Student and ms Bear.— On a
certain day in 1847, a large hamper
Oxford, per Great Western Railway, and
was in due time delivered, according to
its direction, at Christ Church, consign
ed a gentleman well known in tne uni
versity for Iris fondness for natural his
tory. He opened the hamper, and the
moment the lid w'as removed, out jump
ed a creature about the size of an En
glish sheep-dog, covered with long,
shaggy hair, born on mount Lebanon,
in Syria, a few months before, who had
now arrived to receive his education at
our learned university. The moment he
was released from the hamper, he made
the most of his liberty, and the door of
the room being opened, he rush
ed down the cloisters. Service
was going on in the chapel, and, attract
ed by the pealing organ, or some other
motive, he made at once for the chapel.
Just as he arrived at the door, the stout
verger happened to come thither from
within, and the moment he saw the
impish-looking creature that was run
ning into his domain, he made a tremen
dous flourish with his silver wand, and
darting into the chapel, ensconced him
self in a tall pew, the door of which he
bolted. Tiglath Pileser (as the bear was
called), being scared by the wand,
turned from the ch&pel, and scamper
ed frantically about the large quadran
gle, putting to flight the numerous parties
of dogs, who, in those days, made the
spot their afternoon rendezvous. After
a sharp chase, a gown was thrown over
Tig, and he was with difficulty secured.
During the struggle, he got one of the
fingers of his new master into his mouth,
and began vigorously sucking it, with
that peculiar mumbling noise for which
bears are remarkable. Thus was he led
back to the student’s rooms, walking all
the way on his hind legs, and • suckiug
the finger with all his might. A collar
was put round his neck, and Tig. be
came a prisoner. His good nature and
amusing tricks soon made him a prime
favorite with the undergraduates; a
cap and gown were’ made, attired
in which (to the great scandal of
the dons), he accompanied his mas
ter to breakfasts and wine parties,
where he contributed greatly to the
amusement of the company, and partook
of good things, his favorite viands be
ing muffins and ices. He was in gener
al ot an amiable disposition, but subject
to fits of rage, during which his violence
was extreme; but a kind word and a
finger to suck soon brought him round.
He was most impatient of solitude, and
would cry for hours when left alone, pai
ticularly if it was dark. On one occa
sion he was kept in college till after the
gates were locked, and there w T as no
possibility of getting him out without
the porter seeing him, when there would
have been a fine ten shillings to pay the
next morning. Tig. was therefore tied
up in the courtyard, but his cries were
so great that his master had him brought
mto the rooms and chained to the bed
post, where he remaiued quiet till day-
SAVANNAH, GA., MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 6, 1865.
light, then woke his master by licking
his faee, and presently put his hind legs
under the blankets.
How to Get Rid of a Rock. —Uriah
Abell was a Connecticut farmer, and in
his time a pretty good one. His farm,
like a great many other Connecticut
farms, was full of stones, so he delighted
to clear them off out of the way of the
plow. Rebuilt a great many rods of
substantial stone wall, but he could not
use up all the stone. He had cleared
one field of all but one great boulder
about the size of a large hay-cock. He
wanted to get rid of that. He would
have “blown it to flinders,” as lie had a
great many others, but it was within two
rods of the “best room” windows, which
might go “to flinders’’ at the same time.
So he attempted to haul it out of its bed
one day. After tiring his own and his
neighbor's oxen, and breaking several
chains, Uriah grew wrathy and declared
that “he would give five dollars to any
one who -would put the pesky rock out
of his sight.”
“Wa’al neoWj I don’t mind taking the
job, if you'll find a spade and throw in
sonic dinner, and a mug of cider along
in the afternoon.”
This proposition was made by a
stranger who had just come up. He was
a fair specimen of a working Yankee,
and Uriah dropped the broken chain,
and turned square round to look him full
in the face.
“Yes, I’ll give it, and the dinner and
cider-too, but I won’t puli my oxen again
at that stone, no how.”
“Don’t want you should. I’m to put
the stone out of sight, make all smooth
about here, so you can plow right along.
That’s what I’m to do, ain't it ? ’ •
“Yes, that is all I want. I don't care
how you do it, but if you 1 fail I don't pay
anything. Do you understand? Very
well, then come into dinner.”
After dinner the Yankee commenced
digging a hole on the other side of the
stone, large and deep enough to bury
the boulder quite out of sight. Then be
went to the wood, pile and got a stout
stick of wood which lie planted firmly
with one end in the bottom of the hole,
and the other bracing against the rock.
Then he began undermining, and work
ed until he saw the dirt begin to give,
and found that the rock was resting up
on its brace.
“Now,” said he, “I think 111 take that
mug of cider.”
Uriah, who had been watching him.
ordered out the cider with a right, good
will. He even offered to add ‘‘some
doughnuts and cheese. ’
While the Yankee was wiping away
the perspiration and drinking the cider,
Uriah brought his oxen around and
hitched a chain to a wooded prop.
“I did say I wouldn’t pull my oxen
again, and I don’t mean to, because it
only needs a smart jerk.”
Jerk it was, and down went the boul
der, and with a shovel full of dirt, aud
another, and another, in quick succes
sion, until all was quite smooth and level,
and long before night the Y'ankee
was ready to resume his journey.
“There,” said Uriah, as he handed
him the five dollars, “there is the best
five dollars I ever paid for work on my
farm. Won’t you Take another drink of
cider ? You are entirely welcome. I
have learned something ot you.”
Perhaps some persons vvho read Ibis
may learn something—learn how to get
rid of some of the boulders that encum
ber the surface, which are often blasted
and broken up, and hauled away, “just
to get rid of them,” at a much greater
expense than it would require to bury
them where they lie, entirely out of
sight.— New Haven Weekly llegister.
They say the Patti is to marry a Rus*-
sian nobleman with an annual income of
nine millions of francs.
Trick of an Esquimaux Dog, —One
day, in feeding the dogs, I called the
whole of them around me, and gave to
each in turn a capelin, or small dried
fish. To do this fairly, I used to make
all the dogs encircle me until every. one
had received ten of the capelines apiece.
Now Barbekark, a very young and
shrewd dog, took it into his head that
he would play a white man’s trick. So
every time he receive his fish, he would
back square out, moved a distance
of two or three dogs, and force
himself into line again, thus receiving
double the share of any other dog. But
this joke of Barbckark’s bespoke too
much of the game many men play upon
their fellow-beings, aud, as I noticed it.
I determined to check his dogish pro
pensities ; still, the cunning, and the
singular way in which he evidently*
watches me, induced a moment's pause
in my intentions. Each dog thankfully
took his capelin as his turn came round,
but Barbekark, finding his share came
twice as often us his companions, ap
peared to shake his tail twice as thank
fully as the ethers. A twinkle in his
eyes {is they caught mine, seem to say,
“ Keep dark, those ignorant fellows
don’t know the game I am playing. I
am confounded hungry !” Seeing my
face smiling at his trick, he now com
menced making another change, thus
getting three portions to each of the
others one.
This was enough, and it was now time
for me to reverse the order of Barbe
kark's game by playing a trick upon
him. Accordingly, every time I came
to him he got no fish ; and although he
changed his position rapidly three times,
yet he got nothing. Then, if ever there
was a picture of disappointed plans—of
envy at others’ fortune, and sorrow at a
sad misfortune —it was to be found on
that dog's countenance as he watched
his companions receiving their allow
ance. Finding he could not succeed by
any change of his position, he withdrew
from the circle to w T here I was, and came
to me, crowding his way between my
legs, and looked~up in my face as if to
say, “I have been a very bad dog. For
give me, and Barbekark will cheat his
brother dogs no more. Please, sir, give
me my share -of capelins.” I went the
rounds three times-more, and let him
have the fish, as he had show T n himselt
so sagacious, and so much like <a repent
ant prodigal dog.— Captain Hal/.
The Brave Little Yankee.— lt hap
pened, in 1776, that,the garden of a
widow, which lay between the American
and British camps in the neighborhood
of New York, was frequently robbed at
night. Her son, a mere boy, and small
for his age, having obtained his mother s
permission to find out and secure the
thief in case he should return, concealed
himself with a gun among the woods.- A
strapping Highlander, belonging to the
British grenadiers, came, and haviug
filled a large bag, threw if over his
shoulder; the boy then left his
covert, went softly behind him,
and called out to the fellow, “ You
are my prisoner; if you attempt
to put your bag down, I will shoot you
dead; go forward in that road.” The
boy kept close behind him, and was con
stantly prepared to execute his threats.
Thus the boy drove him into the Ame
rican camp, where he was secured.—
When the grenadier was at liberty to
throw down the bag, and saw who had
made him prisoner, he was extremely mor
tified, and exclaimed—“A British gren
adier made prisoner by such a brat—by
such a brat!” The American officers
were highly entertained with the ad
venture, made a for the boy,
and gave him several pounds. He re
turned, fully satisfied for the losses his
mother had sustained. The soldier had
side-arms, but they were of eo use, as
he could not get rid of his bag.
A Ghastly Joke.— A couple of medi
cal students disinterred a subject cn *
cold winter's night, and having dressed
it, placed it, sitting upright, on the scat
of a covered wagon, and started for
home. Coming to a tavern, and seeing;
the bar-room lighted up, they left the
w’agon and went in for a drink. The
hostler, observing the man sitting alone
in the cold, attempted some conversa
tion, but receiving no answer, he discov -
ered how T the affair stood, and instantly,
resolved to have a little fun of his own
the occasion. So, taking the corpse to ora
the stable, lie put on his overcoat andl
cap and seated himself in the wagon.
The students soon returned and took
their seats by the side of the supposed
dead man, when one of them, in merri
ment, gave him a slap on the face*.say
ing :
“How would you like some flip, ofci
fellow?” then remarked tremulously t/>
his companion, “He is w T arm. by heav.
ens!”
“Bo would you be,” replied the corpse
“if you had been stolen from U—l as I
have.”
Both students bolted, and never w
turned to inquire lor the horse- aadi
wagon. _
A Disciplinarian. —Gen. Mackenzie*,
when commander-in-chief of the Chat
ham division ot marines, was very rigid ’
in his duty, and, among other regulat ion*;'-,
w’ould suffer no officer to lie saluted ot*.
guard if out of his uniform. One day the*
General observed a lieutenant of marines
in a plain dress, and though he knetv. .hu
youug officer intimately, he called tr> flic
sentinel to turn him out. The ec'Sher
appealed to the General, saving who he
was. “I know* you not,” said tkt-Gen
eral : “turn him out.” A short time after
the General had been at a small distance
from Chatham to pay a visit, and return
ing in the evening in a blue eoat, claijnpti*
entrance at a guard gate. The sentinel’
demanded the countersign, which-,
the General not knowing, desired the
officer of the guard to be sent for, which,
proved to be the whom the •
General had treated se * Ui '
are you?” inquired the officer'. .
General Mackenzie,” was the reply.
“What! without a uniform!”
the Lieutenant. “Turn him out! turn
him out! The General would break his.*
bones if he knew he assumed his name’“
Respect the Aged.— Many an old per -
so* has the pain—not bodily, but sharper
still —of feeling himself in the way. Borne
one wants his place. His very e&aar bat
the chimney corner is grudged him He
is a burden to son or daughter. The veny
arm that props him is taken away trmr*
some productive labor. As-he sits* at the
table, his own guests are too idle or too
unkind to make him a sharer in their
mirth. They grudge the trouble ofthat
raised voice which alone could make
him one of them ; and when he sjwjaks,.
it is only to be pul aside as ignorant or
depised, as old-fashioned and obsolete.
Oh, little do younger persons know their
power of giving pain or pleasure ! It is.
a pain for any man, still in the world, to
be made to feel that he is no longer of it, to
be driven in upon his own little world oY
conscious isolation and buried enjoy
ment. But this is his condition! and if
any fretfulqgss or qucrulousness of tem
per has aggravated it—if ©there love him.
not because he is not amiable—shall we
pity that condition the less—shall vre up
braid it with that fault which is itself the
worst part of it.
Centralization.— The sun, in the ma
terial world, in its natural influence, un -
der the Providence of God, is the boun
teous source of life and light. But collect
its powers into a focus, and subject them
to the craft of man, and who can be res
ponsible for the result ?— N. -V. News.
Gues9 the man who succeeds in doing,
it will have to take the responsibility.
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