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govern- 

 ment. 



FOURTH w hole swamps in quest of frogs ; a Dutchman's 



JOURNEY. . 



pipe is never out of his mouth ; a Russian 



will eat tallow candles ; and the American in- 

 dulges in the cigar. " De gustibus non est 

 disputandum." 



Our western brother is in possession of a coun- 

 try replete with every thing that can contribute 

 to the happiness and comfort of mankind. His 



its laws and code of laws, purified by experience and common 

 sense, has fully answered the expectations of the 

 public. By acting up to the true spirit of this 

 code, he has reaped immense advantages from it. 

 His advancement, as a nation, has been rapid 

 beyond all calculation ; and, young as he is, it 

 may be remarked, without any impropriety, that 

 he is now actually reading a salutary lesson to 

 the rest of the civilized world. 



It is but some forty years ago, that he had 

 the dispute with his nurse about a dish of tea. 

 She wanted to force the boy to drink it according 

 to her own receipt. He said, he did not like 

 it, and that it absolutely made him ill. After 

 a good deal of sparring, she took up the birch 

 rod, and began to whip him with an uncommon 

 degree of asperity. When the poor lad found 

 that he must either drink the nauseous dish of 

 tea or be flogged to death, he turned upon her 

 in self-defence; showed her to the outside of the 

 nursery door, and never more allowed her to 

 meddle with his affairs. 



