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1l)09. On a certain occasion Mr. Routson was heard to observe as he discerned the sword of Orion, "Twinkle, twinkle little star," to which very propel' desire Miss Barnes inquisitively added, "What in de debil you doin' up thad The first verse of this edifying stanza was articulated with much tenderness, due, we supposed then, rather to circmnstaetccs than to any affection for the celestial bodies. However, finite suppositions are far from infallible, and the scene now presented seems to make those words prophetic. In the Princeton Observatory a gentleman is pointing his telescope to a first magnitude star fat above the horizon. Beautiful Venus, whose course we observed so eagerly in college days, is again at Western elongation; and Professor Routson instructs the class 1911 concerning the astronomical inferiority of our com- panion planet. Before announcing the ne x t presentation, dear readers, I will tell you a joke on Emma Shipley confidentially. She was visiting relatives, and being of a solitary turn of mind, she wandered into the woods one day to solace her pensiveness with Tenny- son's poems. On her way she encountered a cousin, who asked her to purchase some articles at the village store. I will relate what transpired at the store verbatim. Emma.i--Will ),011 please give me tell cents' worth of- Merchallt.-Ah? Emma-(thoughtful1y.)-I can't remember the first part of the word; the latter was holes. Cousiu-said he particularly needed them. Merchant.-Perhaps I can help yon; was it carriage bolts, -, -, etc? Emma.-No! no! Merchant.c-c Not post holes. Emma - (ill ecstacies.) -That's it! that's it! Oh, thank you! [Uproarious laughter.] Emma.-\Vell, have yon got them? I wilI leave yon to draw your own inferences about so unsubstantial a commis- sion. EI11ma says that after that Occurrence (for it leaked out as all jokes will) the simple country folk regarded her as a being of another order. The scene has gone; my gossiping revelations have lost me any knowledge of Emma's future, save a glimpse of an imposing school-house. . t896. This scene, though of an extremely laughable character, serves only to suggest 1\1r. Smith's vocation. A marriage has just taken place, Mr. Smith, the clergyman of - officiating. The contracting parties have entered the seventh heaven, which state belongs essentially to the newly wedded, and the groom, actuated by generosity almost ponderous (to.him at least,) offered the clergyman a dollar for his services. His thrifty spouse, however, deeming such extravagant expenditure unwise, and probably picturing in mind a New Year's bonnet, nudged him and whis- pered. As a result, the groom thrust the dollar into his pocket, reproduced a coin somewhat less in value and bade the minister good-day Financially, Mr. Smith is very little farther 011 the road to wealth, but the hearty laugh which attended the countryman's exit signified a men tnl diversion at least. 11 19 . ".A1j1 Dcar COlfsill:-Were I to comply with your incessant demands for 'sOI~ething abont myself," 1 sl~ould soon fall prey to the petty sins of egotism. The excitement attending the election was great and my three weeks' judicial career, full 7"