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Original Aaecdote.-A member of the Massachusetts Legislature, from one of the interior towns, from the cares of business at home, grew thin and poor in the Calvin Edson sense of the word. On his arrival at the metropolis, tue good fare of a good Boston landlord, and the relaxation from business, {epery body knows it is no great affair to say yea or nag in the House of Representa-. tives) caused him to grow heshy and corpulent to such degree as almost to excite the surprise of his brother legisla- >tors. Surprise turned to laughteris the most exciting of all laughter; and it was so in this case, whenssome incorri- gible wag wrote with chalk uponsfhe back of the members overcoat, ss Fat ted at the expense of the State.o This brief explanation of his sudden rotundi- 'ty of countenance and figure, the hon. orable member in question unconscious .ly carried with him nearly whole day much to the amusement of his breth- 'ren-. at the expense of the Slate.''