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sound wind and limb, and WITHOUT FAULT. It afterwards appeared that the poor beast could not see at all with one eye, and was almost blind of the other. The purchaser finding this made heavy complaints to the dealer, and re- minded him, that he engaged the mare to be                    'without fault.'  'To be sure,' replied the other, to be sure I did; but then my dear honey, the poor crater's blindness is not her FAULT, but her MISFORTUNE.

21. Almost every body has heard the hack- nied Joe Millar joke of the Irish footman, who refused to tell his master's name, when he called at the post-office for his letters. This, however improbable, is equalled by the following fact, which occurred in this country not many years ago. A countryman residing between Arbroath, and Montrose was in the practice of depositing small sums occasionally in the bank at Arbroath. At last, from some motive which he deemed prudential, he conceived it might be as well to                    make his next deposit in the bank at Montrose. He accordingly went there, and handing a cer- tain sum across the counter, inquired if they would keep that for him. 'O yes,' replied the banker; What is your name? What's your business wi' my name, sir? Just gi'e me a bit o' paper,' said the countryman, with an indignant air. 'We cannot give a receipt till we know your name and place of abode,' replied the ban- ker. 'O'd, you're ower qusitive fo'k for me!-- Provost of Arbroath never speers my