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says happiness consists in negations ? I never 

 read a book, I never look at a newspaper ; if 

 one arrives, I give it to Jack Sullivan to use up 

 instead of wads. He has already, through 

 motives of economy, fired off a volume of 

 Euclid and Valpy's Delectus over Murphy's 

 bog. These works, he conceives, save him or 

 his master the expense of purchasing a box of 

 wads, my uncle giving them up for the purpose 

 with a certain humorous alacrity. For the 

 rest, I may tell you we are as little afraid of 

 Fenians at the Wisp as we are of earthquakes 

 or an attack of Iriquois. By cock and snipe 

 (to use a picturesque oath), I should like to 

 see them come near us ! Nor are we troubled 

 with messages from ' Rory of the Hills ' or any 

 other patriot of the same emphatic views. We 

 burn our powder in a most peaceable fashion. 

 I suspect Tim Callaghan of treason, but Tim 

 cannot do much to effect the disintegration of 

 the empire. Besides, your tailor has a natural 

 tendency towards Radicalism, as Mr. Kingsley 

 has typified in ' Alton Locke.' One story about 

 Tim. In order to encourage native talent, I 

 gave him instructions the other day to make 



