USEFUL MISCELLANY.
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WAsuNGToN.-Th following analysis
of the epocbs in the life of General Wash
inpton. is made out from "Spark's Life of
Washington" which has just appeared. 1t
NAV interest some of the readers of our pa
per.


George Washington attended school till
he was sixteen years old. From sixteen to
nineteen his time was spent in surveying,
part of the time in private and part of the
time in public capacity From nineteen
to twenty he was absent several months in
the West Indies, with sick brother, and
the remainder of the time at home, settling
his deceased brothers estate. From twen-
ty to twenty-siX he was in the French and
Indian war. AT twenty-six he was mar
ried, and resided as private citizen on his
estate at Mount Vernon, till he was forty
three. AT this age he was chosen Com
mander-in Chief of the American Army,
which station he held eight years, and re-
tired at the age Of fifty-one, to Mount Yer
non. From fifty TO ffty-seven he pass
ed at Mount Vernon, in agricultural pur-
suits. AT the age Of fifty-seven he was
chosen President of the United States, which
office he held eight years, and retired again
to his favorite pursuits at Mount Vernon,
at the age of sixty-6ve. Here he resided
till his decease-three years. He died at
the age Of sixty Eight.


A traveller stopping at an inn down east,
rnL a.
York were getting along.


"Oh,'' answered the traveller, many OF
them have got upon their legs again.
Chow so; has trade become more brisk"
" No, no, mean that many who former
ly rode in their coaches, are now obliged
to learn to walk"


GRIEF AND JoY.-It is easier to conceal
great grief than great joy, though our ac-
quaintance sympathize more with the for
mer than with the latter


GooD AND ILL FoRTUNE.--Good fortune
is the ordeal by fire, misfortune the ordeal
by water



OLD MEN.-Old men, like old trees,
have rough bark, they give you their re-
collections as they do liquids, with trem-
bling hand, that spills half.


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