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4. mt Totter dicd; and nsade his sv1l. The law l yer proicssed himself utterly unable to under stand him; the countryman in vain cndeavored to make himself understood and took his depas- ture, surprised at the dulness of one reputed to be singuarly acute. Meeting with friend, he expressed to him his disappointment, he more knowing, at once inquired whether he had gV- en retaining fee to the lawyer; "No,' was the reply. q Jeff that for anotheropportunity. v His friend advised him to return, and by no means to postpone that preliminary step. He did so; placed shining guinea in the learned gentlemans hand, and began once more. My father died and left his will The lawyer stop ped him saying. ss0h! understand you now, you near, your ather naadehis zetlond 9aea dsed. From that time forward, the client found no cause to complain that his coansel was either dull of apprehension or negligent of his inter. ests. Hints should not be thrown away.

 The sublime end the ridiculous.-it is stated in the Philadelphia Inquirer, that Mir. $. mem- Der of the Pennsylvania Legislature from that city, made speech in that body against the bill prayed for by the citizens of York county, au- thorzing them to make Rail Road from York to the Maryland line. In the course of his re- marks, Mr. $. said-EsThs bill will render Philadelphia Palmyra" "sir," he continued, "she is the goose that lays the golden Egg--as a gentleman once observed in this house-and you ate about to cut off her head.n

 This sudden transition from Palmyra to the goose, must have been not little ludicrous, and was rendered still more so, according to the h. .quirer, by the retort of western member, who observed that he believed the remark of Mr. $. true-Philadelphi was goose in one sense, for he saw gander among her oflspring.-Bah. Patriot.