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A MAN GRowN BY GUANo AND ELECTRICITY.


"A citizen of this place, while recently on a
tour in the State of New York, was induced
to make one of the audience of an itinerant
lecturer who was holding forth upon the eff.
cacy OF electricity, as applied to vegetable
productions.


In the course of his harangue, guano was
incidentally alluded to as powerful agent in
quickening the growth ofplan's, and the effects
of both were displayed in such glowing Ian
guage, that the auditory soon imagined them
selves standing in the midst of field, and en-
deavoring to measure the height of the grain,
before it was out of reach. The whole assem-
bly, were in fine state of enthusiasm, and
swallowing down the wonders revealed to
them with open mouths and staring eyes,
when a plain looking farmer arose, and with
apparently much difidence, begged leave to
confirm the lecturers statements, by the rela-
ton Of an incident which he recently witness
ed, and to which he was party.
al have" said he, ga very bad boy, named
Tommy, he's given us good deal of trouble,
and having tried various methods to reform
him without success, told my wife that it
would be best to try something that was new,
and rather more severe. Accordingly we
agreed to shur him up at night in the barn.
This answered very well for a while, but he
grew worse again, till finally was obliged to-
shut him up in the barn every night by sun.
down.


"Weli, one night while Tommy was roost-
ing with the cattle, and was in bed, there
came on tremendous thunder storm. 1t light
ened sharp enough to put out mans eyes,
and thundered so loud that il made the house
rattle like snare drum. Feeling rather un-
easy about the boy, got up early in the morn
ing and went out to see how he had Jared.
As was going to the barn, met man most
eight feet high coming towards me. never
had seen such tall critter in all my life be-
fore, and begun to feel sorter scarible at hav-
ing him about my premises.


"Hollo, says l, as soon as l could speak,
who are you? and what are you doing in my
barn yard?


The strange looking animal answered, in
little squeaking chills voice, why father,
it's me; don't you know Tommy?'


"You, says l; why Tom, how on earth did
you get stretched out so long in one night?
why you've grown as tall as all outdoors,
don't you know it?


"'Why, yes. father says he, I s'pose I
have, for last night I slept on them bags Of
guano you put in the barn, and that and the
lightning together, just did The business"


The effect of this story upon the audience
was indeed electric. Peal upon peal Of laugh
ter followed, the people went off every way,
and the next day the lecturer upon electricity
and guano was among the missing.-M H.
Courier.