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It may not be generally known that in

 many parts of our State, our schoolns.,s.r.. s ,.'

 are not only boarded r0tfSd.s so .r .,

 save the drawing the pay of the schooIanas- terss board from the scboOf f;and--,ha, ;s the schoulmaster is boarded a week here and three days there, according 10 the num- Der of children-but that fife schooImas,er IS often bid ofp' of " put ilp at auction '' as. are our paBpeFs-and the Ioapest bidder m inc district takes him. as the highest bid- oer takes an article at regular auction. Ihe writer of this article. when prepar- ing to be college boy, being short of funds, and with no otller means of getting money than by keeping school, hired out as a srhoolmastsr at ten dollars a n,ontIl..- Ihis vas all the school district could well ahordt to give, as their fund was small: ]: and even With this small sun given, 1t was ne- cessary to board the schoUlmaster as chear aspossihle. The school committee. there- lores called the school district together. ;n- 70 new, neat, conveRienf; and comfurta-t ole school house. and in his presence. a scene of this sort took place..

 A!nctsOnecr.-- .---' What will you take him

 ist Bsdder.-" One dollar and twenty five cents a week.''

 Asetioneer.-" !. ,i One dollar twenty five, one dollar twenty 6ye.'' Pa Bidder.--" Ono dollar twelve cents and a half" Vi " ss'.> ''9 - !, % Bidder.---" One dollar"

 Aucf'oneer.--" Que dollar, who'll take nun for less than dollar? One dollar. one dollar. any body less !? Who speaks r,

 4th Biidcr. =" Seventy i've cents"

 5M Bfdder.-" Seventy ce,ts.''

 And iIns the bids went on, the auction- ger excldin,'no as usual, in the moan time. tlli the schooltnaster was bid off at forty cents per week! Yes, the lowest bidder took hinl to board for forty cents per week, On going home with this bidder, a socjable happy man, whose house had more con,- forts and luxuries than nine terilss of the houses of the rich planters in the interior oI the southern couatry, and whose table was as good as many sit down at paying fourteen dollars Il week for board, the wri-'. ter held the following dialogue:

 How on earth can you afford to board me for forty cents week ?''

 A"s.--i make money by i,, and have your r so"pany in the bargain" p.,,"y uvr uoard WIFI to s, 60. My taxes are little over six dollars. Now have bread enough, meat enough, poultry enougis, in snort, enough and more than enough Of every thing to eat and drink. ! have enough of every thing but nancy. All want of money is to pay my taxes. But, in order to raise these six dollars, if do not get a town order for your board, ! must make n journey to Portland or to Bath, with three times the prodGce you will eat. and from alE this Gtsd it difficult to raise six dollars in cash. Therefore, make moneyin keep- ing you to eat this produce, and have your company, these long winter evenings, in the bargain. Thus you see, ! am lnteros- ted in boarding you even at forty cents per week."

 Now we give this to all our Southern brethren as n specimen of the manner in which we Yankees live and thrive. Let then, do Likewise, and their country will be the richest and happiest on the glcbe.-- Here we are shiveriHg in summer, with corn but three inches high at the most, while they are enjoying the blessings of mid surn- mer, and have corn alnos. ready for the narycSt.-M0sNe P0peT.

 Wr. Rash.--In MT. ,Rush's work, there is pleasant anecdote of Lord Howe, who before his great battle with the French, when the British sailors expressed wish for little more grog, replied" Let 'eEp wait till lis over, and we'll all get drunk ltogetheE" An incident quite as charac- tcfistic occprred on board Com. Stewards frigate afieFbis engagement with the Britsl, Corveites, the Levant and Cyane. Tbe two captured British commanders were sit- ting with the Comm odore in his cabin, when ,a sailor entered and asked whether tho crew of the frigate could not have their, allowance. of fgrog. "Why," said tho T

 modoEe, "grog timeis pas. ..--@~1

 allowance before t.r G1SIKY. ."Rsns,ra;L.."scrib~r irndsrs his services to

 N inhabitants of Litch6eld as SUR0 ON DEnrisr. His place of r.sideOes ' ss ,.