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CUTTING GMISTAKE.--A frenchman, on land
ing at Dover, went into barber,s shop to be
shaved. The poor mans cheeks were SO much
collapsed, that the barber was under the neces-
si,y Of fthrusting his fingers into his customef's
mouth TO assist the operation. .ss,, Il \, ,s '~l.
t.Oh. mon Dieu, mon Dien! exclaimed the
Frenchman, while the barber was dashing
away, me be CUT ggf..,a eqf sSaS1sfJA N


'Confound your lean lantern jaws replied
the StroP, 4 have cut my finger through your
cheek.'sg1Hs atg 4f Ralfsl 3,dGc2ag97 is'3a "a
\ An attorney, about to finish hill Of costs,
was requested by his client, baker, {, !el2o


ITO make il as light as possible 4, rrr.
'Ah,' replied the attorney, THAT'S what you
msy say to your foreman, but it's not the way
to make my bread. s-ra1 bo .-,,r'.7 lrrcam
A man, at work in rolling mill at Fair
mont, was, by some means, drawn between
two cog wheels, and instantly killed. His head
was most horribly crushed, and one of his
arms and legs were torn from his body. The
other limbs were also torn and crushed in a
shocking manner. .,.


DEcENrLY DRuNK.-A man has been re-.
Gently fined in Providence, r. for being Sin.
decently drunk in the streets. Of course the





tween decent and indecent drunkenness; for as
all criminal charges must be specific, a man
would not be specially charged with indecent
drunkenness, unless decent drunkenness were
crime of different character, or nene at all.
What then is decent drunkenpess in the good
city of Providence2 Isit a respectable spree
over champagne, in respectable hotel, among
people Of the first responsibility and standing
ofin choI e. AL vuhto ou
and Santa Cruz, in low .groggery,' among
'loaiers r. 1ye arvyT4


In Philadelphia we regard all drunkenness
as indecent, and should not tolerate even Obe-
diah in taking too much lemonade, though il
were made BY very small boy. We
wish, for the edfcaton Of anxious !nquirers
in these parts, that the journals Of Proyidence
would explatterate upon this distinction. We
can comprehend the distinction between set
to and a mob, freman's fight and an insur-
recron, creating an excitement and treason.
But we are perpexed between decent and In


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SLANDER.-Boerhaye. y says, DR.. Johnson,
was never soured by calumny and detractlon,
nor ever thought il necessary to confute them:
'for,' said ne, they are sparks, which, If you
DO aot blow them, will SO out OF themselves


I'VE cannot says Cato, control the evil
tongues Of others, but good life enables me
10 despise them.' sstsr,, ts- Al
+ ISLANDER says Lacon, cannot make the
subjects of il either better or worse. Il may
represent US in false hghs or place like
ness OF usin bad one; but we are the same.
Not so the slanderer; the slander that he uuers
makes him worse--ihe slandered never @1a.


mo one,' says Jerome, 'loyes 10 tell tale
Of scandal, exceptto him who loves to hear
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