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The^-Chanii^)iou -Reaper aud Mowet, which, we have sold 

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Mr. PsDUNei^A'STD HW'Cfw.— Mr.Pedunele went 

 out to milk the other day. NowtfWici-e is one thiug 

 .Mr. Peduucle prides lilmseH' U|ioii-,', it is his perfect 

 c-onituand of a cow. With hie bucket on the tri'ouud 

 he milks with both hands, and ■sings mean-while, oe- 

 easioually he.^towiug a word of waruini; upon the cow 

 if slie whisks her t-ail at him, or tries .to scratch her 

 back with her hind foot. On this occasion Uc had- 

 nenrly finished and was .sin^insc cheerfully :-V ^ .( i,-. 



"My soul (so now!) be ou thy.guard— >(what in' 

 Effyptiau sand-hill ails this cow i )" _ - . 



'' Ten thousand (thunder andtiorax ! stand still I) 

 foes arise — " ' 



And as Mr. Peduncle raised himself up from the 

 barn-floor and wiped the milk out of his ears and 

 nose, he saw' up. in the loft, the wife of his bosom 

 with a Ions switch in her hand, with which she had 

 beeu tickling the gentle animal's nose, and .she said 

 in an awful voic* : 



" OliTCT Peduncle, T reckon you'll w*ap your old 

 tobacco box in my handkerchief again next Sunday, 

 won't ye ?— and have lUc take it to cliurch and sling 

 iton tlui-Jkior— liey .' '.' '. 



When Tie milks now, Mr. Peduncle sings very soft- 

 ly, indeed, aiid keeps oUe \6ye pn ^'ioit.-rChkago 

 Courier. 



In a pamphlet entitled '"'Reminiscences," by W. 

 H. Sumner, among otUer.cutriuv^s iti?^i8 is the folloWr 

 iug, Avhich will be of intci-est to our readers in con- 

 nectlou with the biographical sketch of Sam Adams 

 erven in the July number of this Magaziiie; , 



In 18.5?., Mr. W. H. Sumner, by invitation of Lady 

 Abingdon, lunched at Wytham, the seat of the Earl 

 of Abingdon, four mil.es from Oxford. Lord Abing- 

 don's first wife was a daughter of General Gage, and 

 cousin to. Mrs. Sumner. While awaiting th(i arrival 

 of the host, Mr. Sunuier was examining the' family 

 portraits that. ,huug upon the walls, and was much , 

 struck by oiie' that extremely resembled the Revolu- !: 

 tionary patriot, Samuel Adams. When his lordship 

 ajipeai-ed, Mrs. Sumner remarked that it seemed 

 strange to see in his house a picture so like one of the 

 so'denpminated Revolutionary patriots frosfribed, Ijy 

 his father. 



"Why," answered Lord A., "siti.gular as -it m»y 

 seem, that is the portrait of General Gage, the 

 very mau who pi'oscribed him." 



It is finite possible, w'ith this clue, to trace a re- 

 semblance even in the ordinary wood-cuts of the two 

 men, so unlike in temperament, disposition, and cir- 

 cumstances—a curious problem for the phrenologist 

 and physiognomist. 



It was the last night -but one of a protracted meet- 

 ing in a little place called Webster, in. the southeast- 

 ern part of Missouri. A large crowd had gathered 

 in tire old one-room log-cabin where the services were 

 held. The rickety seats were nothing but .strips of 

 board resting on small blocks, aud were getting un- 

 comfortably niled. To make more space, for the 

 ladies, half a dozen or so of the best-looking men in 

 the room voluntarily stood up at one side, and as they 

 were all six feet anil over, they made a goodly show. 

 It isjust possible they knew tliis, seeing there were so 

 many pretty girls present. The services began by 

 reading, singing and a prayer. No words could de- 

 scribe "that supplication, shouted out at the highest 

 pitch of the minister's voice. One sentence alone re- 

 mains as a legend iu the place : " Bless us all in 

 these last ends of the earth. And, Oh ! our heavenly 

 Father, help us— Oh ! help us now to pray for the fall 

 dinners Of Webster ! " Down like shot went those 

 sinful meu, and the maidens tittered. 



Wh.vt diabolical beings those London cabmen are, 

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 hovering' on the side of the pavement, vainly ende-av- 

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 to venture over iu safety. At last She made a start, 

 when a Hansom-eab driver, cra-wliug along, saw her, 

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 ing her over. Happily, however, for the old woman, 

 she escaped, aud the driver said, as he drove on, 

 " Missed her, by Jove ! " just as If she had been a 

 bird. ■ ■ - ■■ ■ '" ■ 



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