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 last he would ever ask of them;- it was that he might be permitted to take one more glass of liquor, and smoke one more pipe of tobacco. So small a request was readily granted: they promised to postpone the execution, till he drank and smoked again. Having got them sufficiently committed to this proposition, he gave them to understand that he never intended to do either! Such is the sacredness of an Indian promise, that subterfuge has thus saved Glover's life: and this occurrence took place ten years ago.

An Irishman, a short time since, bade an extraordinary price for an alarum clock, and gave as a reason, that, as he loved to rise early, he had nothing to do but to pull the string, and he could wake himself.