226 OUT-OF-TOWN PLACES. 



This is the cock that crowed in the morn, 

 That waked the priest all shaven ar,d shorn, 

 That married the man all tattered and torn, etc. 



Can we say as much, or fancy as much for an 

 awkward, frizzled creature of Shanghae name, as 

 stupid as the celestials with their hair tied into a 

 cue? 



And yet those city gentlemen who have come 

 newly into possession of fifty acres, or ten acres of 

 farm land, are prone to distress themselves with the 

 notion that they have not precisely the right breed 

 of cattle, or hens, or geese. Their griefs (allow me 

 to say) for they will have them will not rest upon 

 BO inconsiderable a base as a wrong choice of animals ; 

 any of God's creatures will be good enough, if they 

 give them requisite care. 



Question of localities. 



I PERCEIVE even now that I have not replied 

 to every query of my friend Urban. " What do 

 I think of New Jersey as a residence ? " 



I know a great many excellent people in New 

 Jersey entirely unconnected with its railway system. 

 I have reason to believe that there are villages in the 

 retired parts of the State where the houses and door- 



