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22 A poor crazy fellow, who begs from house house, asked charity of the late duke of Newcastle and pretending to be his relation. His grace begge to know how nearly they were allied, when the ma told him, we were all brothers and sisters from Adam very well, answered the duke, 'I acknowledge th relationship and there's a penny for you, and iſ ead of your brothers and sisters give you as much, yo will be much richer than I am.

An Irish Auction Bill. To be sold by auction, a Easter Monday next, all the choice household furniture of Terence O'Braney, who is going to set u for a gentleman in the country, viz: an oak tab with gouty feet; a girdiron that has lost three of i ribs; an ashmatic pair of bellows, a pair of spectacles dim with age, a capboard that has not been e trusted with any thing these forty years, a good ne feather bed, stuffed with chaff, a large tin copper, bedstead instead of a bed, a pair of boots, wrinkle with age, with sundry articles too tedious to insert

A perton who was lately visiting the museum Mr. Geo. Wallis, the celebrated gunsmith, at Hu happened to take hold of a very curious fowling-piece and fixed his attention to particularly upon it, thu Mr. W. not liking the appearance of the man, civil requested him to replace the gun where he found the man replied, the gun was not charged, and they fore there was no danger of its going off.-True, plied Mr. W. but I had a fowling-piece of the sa kind stolen the other day, so that you see it may off though it is not charged.

An honest Hibernian being asked what time usually went to his bed, replied, 'Every night, de about one in the morning.