SIXTH WEEK. 



OMEBODY has sent me a new sort 

 of hoe, with the wish that I should 

 speak favorably of it, if I can consist- 

 ently. I willingly do so, but with the under- 

 standing that I am to be at liberty to speak 

 just as courteously of any other hoe which I 

 may receive. If I understand religious morals, 

 this is the position of the religious press with 

 regard to bitters and wringing-machines. In 

 some cases, the responsibility of such a recom- 

 mendation is shifted upon the wife of the editor 

 or clergyman. Polly says she is entirely willing 

 to make a certificate, accompanied with an affi- 

 davit, with regard to this hoe ; but her habit of 



