MISCELLANY.

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PHILOSOPHY AND INDEPENDENCE

 You can't make me believe that folks who have their five thousand dollars year ant any happier than I am, said tarmes Jones to his neighbor Bond: Well, then I shan't try said neighbor Bond, quietly knocking the ashes out of his pipe, e,and wip- ing his mouth for draught of cider: Hi any man likes to think Providence has dealt over hard with him, he may have the comfort of it, for all me. .'-'There is no getting round you, neighbour Bond,' said farmer Jones: but tell me now, honestly, shouldn't you be willing to leave off work ing, and take fifty thousand dollars if it were offered to you?' 'Very like might flor, as Aunt Betty says, there is great deal of human nature in man ; but l hope the temptation won't come in my way,- for I shouldn't be as happy as am now You wouldn't be obliged to work then, neighbor.' No, and ifI was not obliged to work shouldn't work and then am sure shouldn't be contented. l have had bit of experience this way, Mir Jones, though never was over and above rich. I'll tell you my experience. Dick Brown

 

 boys together-a couple of poor and mer- ry devils as ever capered to " Yankee Doo- dle.' Dick and never had but one fight, though we were always together, and that, Aunt Betty has often told me, was all ow- ing to the sinful uplftings of my nature.- A sick gentleman came to our house upon horseback, and father told one of us boys to go to the tavern, and buy some gin for him..

 'The tavern was three quarters of a mile etf, the road lay through pokersh bit of Wood' and it was beginning to be dark.- My brother Jim had parcel of 'raw head and bloody bones' stories told him and he didn't altogether like the notion of going. Youmust know, neighbor Jones, that, man and poy, nave always been over and d. bove willing to be brave Ny proxy. as ,hey call it. So I says to Jim, luol;un as 6c,ca as bullet all the time, 'Now Jim ant vou ashamed of yourself to be scared P I had just as lief go through tha, 'ere woud as ,o go to bed.' My father laughed ,and ln,keJ sort of mlschievous,E thought. Well, ,WM suppose you go then,' said he. He migh, just as well have shot mo dead, as to have said them words. But, thinks Jim i'll crow, and Dick i'll laugh,--so I-may as well stand to Ay word.' It was but a boys motive, neighber Jones but if you will show me man who was never gov erned by just such motive, in tho way of politics, business, and such like, will tell you that man IS one in five hundred We'll,