38o <e correspondents. March 14, 



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ANECDOTE. 



Sir, For the Bee. 



The following anecdote Is much in the spirit of that 

 which was lately given by your facetious correspondent 

 J- G. 



About the year 1750, Mr Sim was minister at Glafs, ia 

 Banff-fliire, and had, as a pariftiioner, the late much re- 

 spected Mr Gordon of Auchmull, who had entertained a 

 long and inreterate grudge at the honest parson. Mr 

 Sim got or procured a call to the neighbouring parlfli of 

 Mortlich, and, as usual, preached a farewell sermon, which 

 Mr Gordon did not honour with his attendance j but 3 

 third person extolling the discourse "to the flties^ 

 and lamenting Mr Gordon's absence, the latter replied 

 pnly by afking the text j and being told, Acts xx, 

 22. And I go bound in the spirit to Jerusalem, not knowing 

 the things that Jhall befall me there. ■ . " Ah ! d — 1 curs* 

 him ! Weel kens he that the stipend of Mortlich Is better 

 .than the stipend of Glafs." 



TO CORRESPONDENTS. ~~ 



1 He very flattering letter and communication of Misitrontes are receiveJ. 

 Perhaps the Editor will best act up to the character this correspondent has 

 been ple.\sed togive him, by deferring to publiih his animadversions till the 

 whole of the obsen'ations he criticises are finiflied. He thinks, too, the 

 writer will be thankful fur being allowed time to revise his piece coolly, 

 before he thinks of laying it before the Public. When a person's feelings 

 4re warmly excited, he does not always say what he himself on se- 

 cond thoughts would deem the best. From these considerations the pu 

 blicition of this critique (hall be deferred. 



An Ol/i Coiespor.tt-;nt will observe that his remarks have been in some 

 ineasui€ anticipated. Af;er the whole that occurs on the subject of hij 

 paper i; publiihed, his observations will be more apropos. The epitap!} 

 Jie has bie 1 so kind as transcribe, has been sent from diiferent quarteis, 

 and h.is been often publi(hed; — so often, indeed, that it could be new ta 

 few of our readers. 



The verses by a Frierd tc Merit, are safely come to hard. If tT.e wri- 

 ter does rot forbid it, they will be printed with a few oroifsior.s, so as ta 

 lender it (horterfor this Miscellany. 



The very beautiful orginal letters ar-A verses of Thomson, are received; 

 •(pnd several other perfur^nanccs, which ihall be acknowledged in tur next. 



