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stockings the wrong side outwards ? Because, said he, there is a hole on the other side.

An Irishman in the late General Washington's army, being separated from his companions, was met by five Hessian soldiers, Pat seeing his dan- ger, ordered them to surrender.—They, suspect- ing him to be backed by numbers, immediately obeyed. Pat shouldered their arms and marched them to the general’s tent, when being asked how a single man durst encounter five. O by Jesus,my General, I surrounded them ! Wash- ington, who was seldom seen to smile, laughed heartily, and promoted him to a halbert.

As an Irish Officer, who was severely wounded at the battle of Waterloo, lay on the ground, a foreign soldier, who was near him, also wound- ed, made a terrible howling; when the officer exclaimed, D—n you sir, what do you make such a noise for, do you think there’s nobody killed but yourself !

Once, at a meeting of ministers, a question of moment was started to be debated among them. Upon the first proposal of it, a confident young- man shot his bolt presently. He said. Truly I hold it so. A grave minister answered, You hold, sir, it becomes you to hold your peace.

..A minister asking a lady in the neighbourhood of Norwich, whether she knew any thing of Christ? was answered, Yes, sir, I remember that I once saw bis picture. Lady Huntington once asking a person, if she