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T H E S O R R O W - D I S P E R S E R.                                        -

A negro having purchased a hat was observed to take it from his head on the fall of a shower of rain, and to manifest considerable anxiety to preserve it from the wet. On being remonstrated with for his supposed stupidity in thus leaving his head exposed, he wittily observed, 'Hat belong to me--lead belong to massa.' May is considered an unfortunate marrying month. A country editor says, that a girl was asked, not long since, to unite herself in the silken tie to a brisk chap, who named May in his proposals. The lady tenderly hinted that May was an unlucky month for marrying. 'Well, make it June, then,' honestly replied the swain, anxious to accommodate. The damsel paused a moment, hesitated, cast down her eyes, and said, with a blush —- Would'nt April do as well?' Cheating a Frosty Road.--On a cold frosty morning, an unfortunate spalpeen was late in his attendance at school, when he was severely reproved by his masther. 'Faith, sir,' said young Pat, it was no fault of mine at all at all. The road was so slippery, that every step I took forward was two backward,' Oh, you big blackguard, how can that be! If you had walked that fashion, you never could have here by any manes. No more I would, sir, and so I played the road a trick; I turned my back on the school, and made it believe I was going home again. The Difference.--' How do you like the country? said a lady to a little boy from the city, who was visiting some relatives in the country.