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FOETBT. Fran the Notes to Bland's “ Collections from Ike Greek Anthology, In the fair and courteous days of France, when a gay and half romantic gallantry was the universal taste of the young and old, the lofty and the hum ble, Madame la Marcschale do Mirepoix, already in the winter* of her days, but , with more wit and tfarmth of imagination remaining than most of the youngest and gayest ladies of the court, sent to her old admirer, M. le Due de Nivcrnois, a lock of her gray hair, accompauied^by some very pretty and elegant verses, descriptive of the regard she felt for turn, which age conld neither extinguish or diminish. The Duke’s reply is one of the sweetest specimens of gaiety and tenderness that I ever remember to have met with. For the consolation of those English Ladie3, who* like Madame de. Mirepoix, are growing gray^^nd’ro assure them foat the aged themselves, although not likely to make new conquests, have, at least,* the pftwer of retaining the admirers of their youth, I ven- tqle afy rude copies of these charming originals: ■de Mirepoix to the Due de Nivtmois, with a '*v«v lock of her hair. 5,-ifhey are grey—but turn'd to grey , _ fiese locks our union’s date attest, Poor spoil that age can bear away, 'But leaves, me yet in friendship blest, phials of forgotten physic, papers of un known' powders, seeds and dried herbs, hand-fulls of old corks, tops of tea-pots and stoppers of departed decanters : from the rag-hole in the garret to the rat hole in the cellar, no place escapes unrummaged ! It would seem as if the day of general doom* • was come, and the vftenkils of the house was dragged forth to judgment. In this tem pest the words of Lear. naturally present themselves and might with a little alteration be strictly applicable : — i“—-— L Let the great Gods, “ That* keep, this dreadful pudder o’er our heads,; “ Find t«t their cqemies now. Tremble thou wretch “ That hash within the undivulgcd crimes “ Unwhipriof Justice!—— ■ ■ r Close pent up guilt,' never did closer work on the yielding tin than "did that dreadful scourge of beauty, the Small Pity, when it set its»emphatic signature otymer face! she was horribly cross-eyed as well as cross-grained, but nevertheless^ she w^s A sharp shooter.— Nothing was more common thah to see her in full pnrsWt of the bounding stag—the huge an ties, that hung round her cabin, or upheld her trusty gun gave proof of her skill “ Rise your concealing continents anflask * These dreadful suiftmoners gra^b A ’» house i star appears, "^.les in, the Winter of our years, , Kindled by choice, and fed by time. . No more the'World our flame reproving VVill force our bosoms to repress it; Gr^ hairs, beside the charm of loving, ow the freedom to confess it. Answer of the Duke de Nivemois. Talk not of snowy locks—have done— Time runs the same, and let him run— To us what bodes the tyrant’s rage? He knows not tender hearts to sever, The little Loves are infants ever, The grace# are of every age. To thee, ThcUtfra, when I bow, For ever‘in Spring I glow, And more m age approve thee. Cou\d It o'gaj eighteen return, With 1 longer ntdour I might bum, |Vut dearer could not love thee. E NEW-TORK PACKET, OP APRIL 11, 1788. 'sent to our fair married dames a e description of the white-washing a letter from-the facetious F. H lia, to his friend in London. uUR ANNUAL WHITE-WASHINGS, y wish is to give you some account of th e people of these new slates; but I am far from being qualified for the purpose, having yit seen little more than the cities of New York and iMjadelphia: I have discovered but a few natii singularities among them. r heir customs manners are nearly the hie with thos England, which they long been i to cony. For, previ- ) W** A»\ericana were, y> taught to lA-> 0 k U p to the ghs patterns' of perfectly ^aU things. I have observed, however, one) custom, which for aught I know, is peculiar/ to this country. An account of whicto will The ceremony completed am entirely evacuated, tti§ mto smear the walls and coifr ^ jufevery, room and closet with brushes, dlpped in a solu tion of lime, called white-wask: } to pour buckets of water over every floor and scratch all the partitions and wainscots wun rough brushes wet with soapsuds and. dipped stone-cutter’s sand.—The windows%hy n o means escape the genera! deluge.'V seify*,. c vant scrambles out on the pent houseU the * 0 & risk of her neck, and with a mug in he^and and'a bucket within reach, she dashes t^ay innumerable gallons of water, againsVthe glass panes, to the great annoyance of sengers in the street. ‘|I have been told,that an action atria* va3 once brought against one of the wa mphs by a person who had a new suit - ^ ot ^ es spoiled by this operation': butye'? Malone argument, it was determined by t^ e wh 0 i e court, that the action would not v, a - nas . much as the defendant was in the ex(\ rc j se of a legal right, and not answerable fo^ r t ^ e consequences, and so the poor gentle«_ an was doubly non-suited, for he had not lost his suit of clothes, but his suit at la v “ These sraeariogs and scratchi- .igg washings and dashings, being duly pei form ed, the next ceremonial is to replace f he dis tracted furniture : you may have i en a a house raised, or a ship launched, wh ? all the hands within reach are collected togeth> er, recollect if you cap, fo**''hurry, bustle, confusion, and noist^oA such a scene, and , , She was re markable for her frequent robberies on these patterns of industry, and piqued >ereelf on the invention of an infallible bait of their discovery. Many can testify to hex marie art in the mazes of cookery, being able°to get up a pumpkin into as many forms as there are days in the week : she was exten sively known and employed for her profound knowledge* irv 4 the management of all ail ment^ tad yielded Jhejaa/pi to no one, in the variety and rarity of her medicaments. Her skill and knowledge took wider and f mpre.p.rpfitahle rapge, for it is a well known f fact thahshe held a tract of land by foe J fcniijn of i on puppet-shows now on novels, now on Heaven help me! the calendar is really' Ao distressing, a complete Newgate caloric in shon, so I hasten to dismiss it. In tl^e year of our Lord 1S14, this good lady tokk it into her head to marry : I sup pose wjth a view of talking her spouse to death.' The gentleman she selected for this ejfoeriment, was a good-natured har.n- less little fellow, and one Who adored taAi- !t n ^ hnn«V lhe W r ite COmb drained ° f tumit r ? judge, then, what a prize he must Ld inJf U E nrna ™ nt festifi - ha ^ rained!, For the first month, however, ed her powers in bee finding. She was rp- thinerkwont nn 4 n i«i-.ki.. .u’ i ° n tolerably smooth—& newly married husband. will pardbn jpnuch in a good-looking i wife—even her tSngue—the only, .edge-tool, I should add, which never "'ears out by,constant use. For a .full calendar month, therefore, novery desperate quaiTel took place—nothing further than a perpetua 1 buzz, on the part of the "rife, and then hope to be capable to c resignation on that of the husband. But service, but till then I can < narties nave hpcnmn ‘ i, 1 :. f , »» . , than any man else can be; any defects, which others may discover in you, I do faithfully deci never able to perceive them, and doul those persons are actuated purely by a spirit iof malice or envy, the iqseparable attendants on shining merits and parts, such as I-have always esteemed yours to be. Itmay-.perhaps, be looked upon as a kind of violence to modesty, to say this to you in^ubluaji but believe me, it is no more thalffl^"’ ^thou sand times thought of you m i I follow the impuse of mys r subject I could launch into v sure than your panegyric. ;B» thing is due to modesty, Jet me telling you that there is nothing desire as to know you more tho I have yet the happiness of doi ■ do y 4 onlj that I shall continue to be, as since then both parties have become.sadly lliai x vyuwuuw w changed. The wife’s buzz has dfeepeued ^han^^y mam alive, Sir“ yom ^ mto athunder-ckp; the husband’s resigns- friend and the greatest of your 5* Pope. Guardian, No. 4 tion has become despair. And who can irstiSurvei ichetit which "as mav I "’dnder at it ? The dear lady’s tongue night-. lalld day is perpetually at work f she eveiv ; K 1 it J nCi. Advice to fi - . ■* ******** . ~prattles herservauts into rebellion} but the ttuic highitoned idea^ 0 f liberty* hpf elven details their conduct to hef husband, ' “ hnnt / ' s ’d resfraVn ’till the poor man grows black in the face i for her ni*. «taiy feats. She. < even-foe marriage knoi ;i% that subject; like fo usd and land, 1 Lo’er hi9 hand."/ **n lUUV buujvkv , 4,1 • tae received over her totoueVscourged hus- hta d ! “ a “ __ “ The reins of ebsQlute < r What alt the ^vemmentof AndetmWfitfcrTus fongq? The clouds t && with a-- dreadful Nancy’s spirit rt declared tad pr< countty, r« 2a(Jy 4 to of whig' , snfl had to | or hverc^d Mr . Hart wa in the canebraHwith'^ they kept up a prowlW ipf life, occasionally salying t , iPredatory styft. -TlSfe ' K \ a' 1 le ngf™»A| termined to b<&t the bra 6 however conceded to gii " r *^Vt*i.Bath, ^1 with foe’exeirfion of listening. The loqua city of foe whole female creation, past,; pre sent, and to come, seems centered in hfer single person. There has been not a “lapsus lingua” but “ linguawm ” and it and bur 4 <-J bas ^ a ^ en upon her. She stands alone, like , tP Pompey’s pillar in the wilderness, an tm le " adulterated loquacious anomaly. And who is this gairulouscuriosity—this unprecedent ed egotist—this assiduous linguist—this monument of talkativeness—this human flood of verbiage—this Niagara of non sense? Reader.^she is my wife. , ' iimm ■ . - , she friend’to her All accused ig—the lily- last to seek neighbours: Dg kind of in a kind of tern. They Hart a call, you will have sorrie idea of this clenafng match,—the misfortune is that the sole ob- i .l? , ject of which is to make things clean; It foe J mnttara nn» t ! ■ a PPe«te Of Nancy soon had the V““ W "T for a good feast spreafc™ J em; * e poking tension, the has„',°?“* 0 ’“ d fresh'honeycomb, ivere s ' nt ' 0 P rov ‘ ke icure! They matters nojt howjtoa^taeful, ornatnejtaj/l mns|nd seat- serve to fill up the remainder of this (sheet, ; and may afford you some amusement 1 “ When a young couple are abovft to en- .», ■/. - ,. „ ter on foe marriage state, a net ailing ar- me 8bmes ’ ** ,s su ® c 6®^ tide in the marriage treaty is, u. yt/th lady Sail enjoy the free and ^nmolestediexercise , jf foe right of whitt-vfdshing, with all its 4 ceremonials,, privileges and appeitenances. A young woman would forego the most ad vantageous connexion, and even disappoint the wannest wish of her heart rather than re sign this invaluable right. You will won der what this privilege of white-washing, is ; I will endeavour to give you some idea of the ceremony as 1 have seen it performed. “ There is no season in the year in which the lady may not claim her privilege, if she pleases; but the latter end of May is most generally fixed upon for the purpose. Tile attentive husband may judge by certain prognostics when the storm is nigh at hand. If the lady grows unusually fretful, find? fault with the servants, ia discontented with the children, and complains much of foe ^asti ness of every thing about her, the-' i are signs which ought not to be neglected—yet they are not decisive ; as they sometimes occur and go off again, without producing any further effect. But if when the hus band rises in the morning, he should observe in foe yard a wheel-barrow with a parcel of lime in it, -or should he see certain buckets with like desolved in water, there is then no time to be lost,—he immediately locks up - the closet or apartment where his papers or his private property are kept, and putting the keys in his pocket, betakes himself to flight. Ftfr a husband, however beloved, becomes a perfect nuisance during this season of per fect rage ; his authority is superceded, his commission is suspended, and the very scullion who cleans foe brasses in the kitch en becomes of more consideration and importance foan^.him He has nothing for it ’ *t to eVs.'iate and V which' W V e- t. VI he «v . fe^^.inutet rip- . JWfumiture ; p&sl's, prints hnd P c k? jfgiasses, lay in huddled heaps ab^ut valuable articles are mutilated or suffer d tat j under the operation $ a mahogany chair a^d carved frame undergo the same decipUmY they are to be made clean at all events jjbut their preservation is not worthy of attenjbn. For instance, a fine large engraving is vrid flat on foie floor, smaller prints are pileriup- on it untilthe super-incumbent weightcra'ks the glasses of the lower tieir; but fois is of no consequence. A valuable picturf is S aced leaning against foe foarp corner of e table"; (itliers are m?de to lean against that, until the whole ftree the corner of foe table through thp The frame and glass of a large, prid etc to be cleaned ; the spirit and oil use6v oa this occasion are suffered to leak throu^f. aod spoil the en- ed themselves, when quick fes th ght..- dauntless Nancy seized o^b of the gii cocked it, and with a blazing oath, deck she would blow out the briips of the firi Portrait of Laitf Byron and her DaUgh- knew a great deal of Lady B. when she livipu at——, 1 orgot the name of the place now,*- not far from Bromley— and thought her a woman of Masculine un derstanding, and great conversational pow-. ere, and strong natural good SensC^rbut not altogether the wife for Lord Byroii. She shewed her admirable sense : of propriety by, the seclusion to which she consigned bec / " self, and the dignified silence jshe iimoyt*^ maintained respecting wh»t qtay be tm£" ed “ her case.” I believe, to her *«ostinti» , ^ te associates, Lady Byron never bre^jJ^* her husband’s name; never alluded in fof^Most casual manner, to her own peculiaf ^ situa- mortal that offered to ris^ or to ta^te tion. On the contrary, she appe; They all kney her character busly to avoid all referencr too well to imagine tlyit she would say one Ter daughter Ada Byron studir ibject. B _ j # to wh6V-*£uch thing and do another,'especially if it fay on touching interest attaches, strongly the side 1 of Satan. * ffc ’ said she to one of kVt her gifte J father. There is, in farticu- her son*?, * and tell ^ie whigs tfistt I have i ^ ezpression »boutlhe moutlr^a curl, taken six d—>d Tfries.’ They sat still, J* n shew displeased, in her yoi^fd hp— each expecting to b« offered up, ’ ’ ' gedly mean coun^nances, b< TO1 marks of disappoin^d revjengef,' "nappeased hunger ' nrv - *’ lfVt gruity between Nanc^^eyssptaxobjfie^i. angularly ^nking. It iR. nirVinw k ^ far* I Ilf? nr a Afh/k nf surli graving; no matter if foe is clean ,ha r '° t -'-— ^ • tho tesuis to imagine , himself her immediate ^ferr 4'bd attitude. V , not worthy af oonoidcratioi,'? 5q able arith metician has made a calculation founded on long experience, and discovered that the Iqsses and destruction incident to two white washes are equal to one removal, and three removals equal to one fire. ; “ The cletnsing frolic over, matters be gin to assume their pristine appearance.— The storm alates, and all would be well again ; but it b impossible that so great a convulsion in ;o small a community should not produce stme further effects. For two or three weekVifter the operation, the fami ly are usually aHicted with sore eyes or sore whether her commanding attitude, ferocious fixture bf countenance, okg 0 ij* d them, or foe powerful idea of their uS < fo- ,er like conduct unnerved foem, or the ty of death, it is no<£ e ty easy to ^ ^ • They were soorf relfeved, and dealt)wiu ac-; wording to the rules ftf the times.j This leroine lived to see km country fr 4 e; she, lowever, founfl'gemu' and bees decreasing, and the countr.' becoming old so fast, that she sold out her possessions, in 8{iite of foe remonstrances of hdb husband, and ^as amongst the first of ttjs pioneers whoj^aved the way to the wilds of the west. / throats, occasioned by the caustic quality of the lime; or wit, severe colds, from theev. ; S’ OI a P™’ IBSSBZkZ? halations of wet loors and d a m P „Sl 3 » “ “SCt A SKETCH OF COMFORT; On the 1st of April, 1796, a was T Nancy Hart.—this old-fashioned matron of Amazonian strength and habits, occupied such a conspiciioas station during the times that tried men’s siiils and women’s too, that it is thought expedient to take a passing notice of some of her mej t prominent actions; par ticularly as the €d Revolutionary stock is nearly gone, and |ieir deeds, like the white sails of the yesseldisappearing in the midst of the ocean, jbfomVi more indistinct until they are lost, fo w^/foe so distorted by tra dition, that eredulitjtitsclf might pause their recital: the Knowing particular a/ based on incontrovertble facts. Nancy son ifrj/m ^lyplace, Holbom, whfch daughter, i that V* I** 6 hour to foe pwsent, has never once fees Staiias got the gift of tongue in tlj most exuberi'i man ner you can ebneeive. Stentor wa^va fool to her: he, it is true, was noisy: sle is ab solutely deafening: His loquacious thunder e and her husband sefojd before the revolu tionary struggle a fevt miles abq q the ford on Broad River, knoVn by the riarae of the Fishdam ford, in Elbert county, Georgia, in tho bead of the river, near a very extensive cane-brake ; an apple orchard still remains to point out foe spot, tud to prove the provi dent powers of its platers. P . In altitude Mrs. M ■ ' >P> eYl1 genian, and rfem?>^kab/j %V(? n limbed ,-and prevent or Iti miurillnr i'n a « rA.shl wao UlnAv anJ muscular—in a *' rd,sb4, was “ lofty and sour;*? sb v cuione of t nobility of nerve y . * characr>zes ,rn times; marked by nature with promn^nt features, . . circumstance*" and accident added perhaps "ors; the curtains are tora from the notafet/p, .er peculiarities; sht.nossess- P, foe beds crammed into the windows; -* none of those graces of motionvfoich a »etical eye might see in the heave oh foe knew at times repose : her’s is the psrpetual motion vhich even the grave would have bard woik to stop. The very first thing she did (vhen.bom was to experimentalize on her lungs, and I think I may safely add, that the experiment Vill stick by her to the last.. As a^r grew up this amiable weak ness grew vjith her; at six years old she would talk ai'you. by the hour together, no matter to 'whom or to what, jvhether to a man, a woman, a pug-dog, or k bed candle stick. | She ice talked her!grandmother into fils, nri',1 ^ hen an apothecary was sent for, sle chattered^ him into such confusion that the worthT man forgot to take his fee.* L Her father fought a school might possi- bly jure this- distressing malady, so dis- 'cular instance so continually quoted, he was almost Fata- patcied her, phe Midsummer, outside the grossly misrepresented. I hav# reason to r>—Ir or j atagr.,; to Mre. Thompson’s Semi- believe, though not from her o«r lips that Maw upshot: on foe road, she.*Xady Byron now feels this.”- with the coachman, and the Dead. ' * mj!ting *o check her prattlei e likeness is ardly fair to judge of hei at such tend<F years; but I thought I ha&^iscovered gems of talents, and—shall I adi—a spied of Lord Byron’s disposition—a l^fge leaicn of self-indul gence and self-will^ Laly Byron was pas r -rjnately attached to M an ^ ™ ost vigilant attention'to ^ ^e grand essentials in a woman’s happineSbL?temp^r and dispo sition. There was 08& thing in particular which struck me veffjforcibly. It is a rule worthy the adoption of every mother. Ihad dined alone with Sir Ralph and herself; little Ada was with us at tea ; but at% con clusion Lady Byron rose and said, You must excuse me I always giv^ an hour to my daughter every nig^h beforte she goes to bed, when we talk^ ver the evenfsyol* the day. I find it by^ar the best hour in th«Pi&$ for affecting an^ f orrecting the heart!” If she was 1 learaedfynd < mathematical ’ most assuredly it appeared in her conver sation. It was that, and that only, of a higher accrinplished and very well inform ed womanjAAn accident occurred—I don’t choos* aivulge it—which was perfectly copclusjive to my mind that Lady Byron was still fondly attached to him. And from the account of others who knew the facts, I am thoroughly satisfied that Lord and Lady Byton might have been living together at fo is very hour had his life been spared, but for the intervention of a third person. Lady Noel never could endure him; and foe feel ing was reciprocal. She wds perpetually Vaunted by the idea that his Lordship was an unfaithful husband. On the other hand, he never spared heT; and, unhappily Lady Noel’s temper and unguarded expression ^Forded ample scope for the most biting sa- a de a view ^-._s ove speeding her, thoughtless career are beautiful and have n\any ad mi soriy for it. A young woman,. v duct is marked with strict horn ciplfo,, cannot have many ad is nothing that more certain heart and depraved moral prm worse, a thorough destitution ofit, .. mfe/^and guilty encouragement of hp. A young man is never long attached yoang lady without her being aware of commonly indeed before he is himself a of foe nature and extent of his feelings knowledge* is almost intuitive. F moment, if she be pursuaded"' reciprocate ^is sentiments, * plain i*efor'e her—-it is cool unhesitating repulse—on eve place and manner. Love will hope. To crush loije in the bu< ljut trifle and tampeVjsyith it till it root in the hearty .its desft’ tended with fo*^ .ction of noblest feelingsi"^, a ? P r *‘k- matters not to discourage is courage. A mean and culpa? coquetry, is the practice of n e cided encouragement or **pul of keeping your, slave till yy. oave learned, to use the cant phrase, you 'cannot do bet ter. I know ttot an expression that betrays more despicable meanness; and she who uses it, shows a willingness to sell her hand,j to traffic hp»\person for value received, that is revolting the highest degree. No one^C* even a parent, can tell wpa 1 character w#t render a lady happy, buf hdr self. On herself alone then, must and ought to rest the responsibility of her choice. I have seenko many marriages commenced with all thetglitter of wealth and pomp, ter mutate in misery and broken hearts; and so many tha^were begun with no very promis ing auspices, which have proved as happy as human life admits, that I u m convinced that the parent who officially interposes, stands answerable to God, his child, and his conscience, in a degree of responsibleness , most fearful an^ tremendous. Ladies too often attempt to gain husbands as anglers catch fish—by drawing the bait as he approaches it, till he impelled to grasp at/every hazard; but she who angles for a husband may find too late, that she has gain- I edthe man at the expenso of the husband’s confidence in her prihciples and heart.— Philadelphia Album. ire and caustic Irony. 'Whatever bis Lord- ship might have been previous to his mar riage, or since the separation, in^he parti- The Living chairs^N n nd tables, bedsteads and cradle crowd fo\ yard, aad foe garden fence bends : _.V * • V.* beneath \*e weight of carpets, blankets, cloth cloaks, coats an^rag|ed breeches- Here may be the lumber of the kitch en, forming a dank and 'eVnfused mass, for foe foreground of tr.e pictuYq, gridirons and k7ken tongs, frying pans, rusty shovels ai | epits and pots, joint stools, and the fractur ed remains of rush-bottom chairs. There a closet has disgorged its bowels, rivetted plates and dishes, halves of china bowls, cracked tumblers, broken wine glasses, ocean’s wave, or the change of the summer’s cloud; nor did her cheeks (I will not speak of her nose) exhibit those rosy tints that dwell on the brow of the evening or pi ay in the gilded bow; no one claims for her throat that it was lined with fiddle-strings, but this must be acknowledged, that her step be spoke energy, and he it said only for the sake of truth, that she could roundoff a sentence regardless of being called a hard swearer. { - : - jjpfU The perforating punch of the grate-maker his reins, wl» e ^ eU po n the horses , upset foe vehickj^an# j irked an Al an, in white cott< n stockings, head Viost through the ^jUnt of a pig-stye, for the choachman, fc%y he onh^^Jfe neck. After a year’s pooling, ^ Miss returned hom<t a more de )V .tier than ever. Xofinst came^aiSfjn ■.—Did a Politician.Poet, a i’atrioCa on, a Pbysicianj a Volemic, did any or of these happen iy ill luck to dine with bir father? no mat^r, his daughter would s^ll set to; talk~y*alk, tittle tattle, now on dress, now on bills, now on theatres, now P*This is the .only good that ever resulted loquacity. I' 1 ;.' ~ her WltTY DEDICATION.-^T^wJdtAorto himself. Most honoured sir,—These labours, upon man* considerations, so, properly belong to none as t&you. First, as it was your ear nest desirealone that could prevail upon me s to make tlivn public. Then, as I am se cure (from that constant indulgence you have ever shewn to all which is mine) that no man will so readily take them into pro tection, or so readily defend them. More over, there is none can so soon discover the beauties, and there are some parts which it is possible few besides yourself a*-e capable of understanding. Sir, the honour, affection, and value I have for you, are beyond ex pression ; as great, l am sure, or greater, The Tailors dream.-—A tailor wKn ce dangerously ilfefo&d the follcwii ^ Jj- arkable dream, rile saw fluttering in the a pie”*? of ri,.oUi of prodigious length com- colours. The angel of death, held this piece of patch work in one of hh hands, and with the other gave -the tailor several Strokes with a piece of Iron, The le a vow, )bage no tailor awakening in a fright, ms that iS' he recovered he would c< more. He soon recoved and bring diffi dent of himself he ordered one Cf his ap prentices to put him in mind of hW dream, whenever he cut out a suit of cloths. /The The tailor was for some time ojjedippt to* foe intimations given by his appre a nobleman having sent for him to q coat of rich stuff, his virtue could not the temptation. The apprenticepot him in mind of his dream to no purpose. I am tir ed of your talk about foe dream says the tai lor, there was nothing^like fois in my dream —and I observed likewise, that there was a piece deficient; that which I |un now going; to take, will render it complete.” We toill Many.—A couple of young la- . dies having recently buried -their father who was an humorist, and had such aversion to matrimony foal he would not allow them, to marry, however advantageous lhe u off conversing on his character, the . eldest o* ^ served, * He is dead at last, and now we wih _ marry’ * Well, I am for a rich husband, and Mr. C. shall be the man,* said the youngest. • * Hold, sister,* said the other, * don’t let us , be too hasty in the choice of our husbands ; let us marry those whom the powers above / have destined for us ; ; for our marriages are registered in heaven’s book.*- ‘ I am sorry, for that,’ replied the youngest, 1 for I cm fraid father will tear out the leaf.* the sxs it as A. Scotch blacksmith, being asked meaning of metaphysics, explained follows—“ When the party who hears dinna ken what the party who speaks means, and the parly who spearU dinna ken what he means timself—that is metaphysics.’