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Pound Cake.-After a minute inquiry into the causes of the unhappiness which is too frequently to be met with in the married state, an ingenious correspondent thinks that he has discovered the principal one in the consumption of that indigestibe compound, vcleped pound cake, at the wedding supper, and during the feasting which succeeds. - When we recollect, that it is the opinion of some 'great philosophers" that the dispo- sition of man, good or bad, is influenced, in very great degree, by the nature of his food. and the state of his digestion, we feel somewhat inclined to admit the iustness of our correspondents conclusions "Wcdding cake," he observes, sss compounded of as many noxious and heterogeneous articles as were included in Pandora's Box: he would, therefore, suggest, that 1t would in future, be called a Pandoriad. The sorceresses, in pre- pairing the pandoriad, use many magical in cantations, and then finish the outside with a meretrcious medley, which is mistaken by the credulous consumers for mere innocent ornament, but which is in reality, clase imi- tation of the obi of African enchanters, from whom it was no doubt borrowed. There are dozen of principal ingredients i'll these com positions, each of which, though harmless, or even nutricious, when separate, becomes ex- tremely virulent, when by the cook, they are magically combined. No sooner is the pan dorad devoured, which, from the quantity made occupies weeks, than its direfnl effects are witnessed! The sugar was only a cover ing to the carbonized surface, the eating of which, discovered itself in the honied terms of 'my ioUe,'' and ''my dear, that are at first, all sweetness, but soon discover the crusty humor beneath. Then too, the bran dy which was blended with the other articles, te of

 iy husband; while the eggs, which, if the course of nature had not been interrupted, would have produced chickens, create iE a wife such disposition to hecking, that her mate often becomes alas before the honey moon has waned, completely henhecked.- The citron, too, is an emblem and d provoca- tive of the green-eyed monster, Jealousy!- Let every new married couple beware of the consequences, when they incautiously admit the pandoriad pound cake as an ingredient in their wedding festival. Of health.