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 10           THE SORROW-DISPERSER.

A gentleman was at his banker's, and observed a little boy present a cheque at the counter. The clerk put the usual question to him--How will you take it?' to which the boy replied, 'In my poeket, sir.' Half Price.--A witty Hibernian, just arrived in London, and wandering about, perceived a blanket at a shop door, with this inseription on it, 'This superior blanket for half price. Pat walked in, and demanded the price; 'just 5s., sir,' replied the shopkeeper. By my sowle, and that's chape enough! And so, folding the blanket up, and putting it under his arm, he laid down 2s.6d., and was walking off. The shopkeeper intereepted him, and demanded the other: 2s. 6d. Didn't you say, you spalpeen, that the price of the blanket was 5s.? And, sure, hav'n't I given you the half of it! And by that same token, I won't give up my bargain.' A scuffle ensued, and Pat was taken to Row Street; but when there, he pleaded his cause so ably, that the magistrates dismissed the complaint, and advised the shopkeeper never again to ticket his goods at 'half-price.' Why was Queen Victoria, before her marriage, the most popular composer? Because her Overture to Prince Albert was known all over Europe. 'Well, that beats me out." as the rye said when the fellow hammered it over the head with the flail. It was quite amusing, a day or two sinee, to see a white man sawing a cord of wood, while a black fellow stood looking on, with his hands in his pockets, giving directions. The gentleman to whom the wood belonged just stepped up, and asked Pompey why the white man was