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A gentleman while skating fell into the water, and rad imminent risk of his life. A man with some difficulty pulled him out. The gentleman rewarded his preserver with a sixpence. The bystanders expressed some surprise respecting the insufficiency of the sum; but the man coolly observed, that the gentleman knew best what his own life was worth, and walked off.

The following anecdote is told in illustration of the Scotch veneration for the Sabbath:-A geologist, while in the country, and having his pocket hammer with him, took it out and was chipping the rock by the wayside for examination. His proceedings did not escape the quick oye and ready tongue of an old Scotch woman. What are you doing there, man?' 'Don't you see? I'm breaking a stone.' 'Y'are doing mair than that; y'are breaking the Sabbath.'

An old bachelor, in counselling a young friend, cautioned him in this wise:- Ne'er take a wife till thou hast a house (and a fire) to put her in.'

A young gentleman was recently asked to 'take something.' He said he was not dry, but he would take the sixpence, which he accordingly pocketed and marched off.

It is considered a great compliment in the east, to say to a young girl, 'Your skin is as clear and beautiful as the fresh peel of an onion just drawn out from between its flakes!'

A Bremen journal contains the following advertisement:-'A young gentleman, on the point of getting married, is desirous of meeting a man of experience who will dissuade him from such a step. Address,' &c.

It is not always a mark of kindness to possess an open countenance. An alligator is a deceitful creature, and yot he presents an open countenance when in the very act of taking you in.

When Prince Gonzago was in England, he dined in company with Dr. Johnson, and thinking it was a polite thing to drink tho doctor's health with some proof that he had read his works, callod out from the top of the table to the bottom-that table filled with company- 'At your good health, Mr. Vagabond!' instead of Mr. Rambler!