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BoNNY DooN.-The history of the air to
which the 'sBanks o'Doon" was composed, is
uncommon. 1t happened that James Miller, a
writer in Edinburg, was in company with Stephen
Clarke the musician; the conversation turned up
on the beauty of the Scottish airs, when Mil
Ter declared he would like much to make one.
Clarke in jocular way, told him that no
thing was more easy: he had only to keep
to black keys Of the harpsicord, preserve some
kind Of rhythm, and the result would be true
Scottish air. What the musician meant for {
joke, Miller took seriously To the harpsicort
he went, applied his fingers with such success
to the black keys that he speedily produced his
tune, which, on receiving two or three touche.
from Clarke, was given to the world-and will
such applause, that Burns remodeled his Banks
and braes o'Bonny Doom and adapted il to tn,
air somewhat at the expense of its simplicity.


A man was lately heard to remark, that h,
had left off the use Of ardent spirits more than ST,
months ago, and ever since that time, he had'n
had the least antipathy for it.