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first. Now, whene'er ye blaw your pipes, Donald, mind ye this, that the faster ye tie these fallows' legs, the quicker they maun dance, and the faster they'll be shure to rin!"

29. DIRECTIONS ON A BASKET OF FISH:-- 'For Dr. Somebody, at Stevenage.--N. B. As                   the name is forgot, and direction lost, be care- ful to whom it is delivered.'--On the other side, on a printed card, Orders executed with great punctuality.

30. An Irishman meeting another, asked what was become of their old acquaintance, 'Arrah, now, dear honey,' answered the other. 'poor Paddy was condemned to be hanged, but he saved his life by dying in prison.'

31. An old woman that sold ale being at                   church, fell asleep during the sermon, and un- luckly let her old-fashioned clasped Bible fall which making a great noise, she exclaimed, half awake, 'So, you jade! there's another jug broke,

32. A country curate, remarked for his great benevolence and charity to all his neigh- bours, was going on horseback, in the middle of a hard frost, ten miles distance, to do duty and seeing a boy sit crying under a hedge, with a pan and a brush, with which he had been marking some sheep, inquired the cause of his grief. I have six miles to go home,' said the