To change my name is very-very odd. Me forty years of age, and all my life, Sweet thick lipped Balshabam, my lovely wife,

Has called me "Washee"-Washee was my name.

One day you take poor Washee by the hand,

You speak fine words he ne can understand,

Water you put upon my face—that change my name,

And so this morning "me" have done the same;

ish strange;

And then he telle me, my name be

Nor, if I hope for mercy on the last day,

Must I touch flesh on Friday or on fast-day;

You will be damned, he bellowed, if you do,

But massa Parson, let me telle you, Dam or no dam, my belly I will treat; And cursee me if I don't still eat meat. Well, Washee, James I mean-James kept his word,

Which the good Priest with indignation heard;

To be convinc'd, however, and shun mistakes,

He to the Native's dwelling hied, And there" upon a Friday" spied The white wash'd James dining on beef-steaks.

"Ah sinful wretch, what is it I behold? I grieve to find 'tis truth, that I've been told;

Eating beef-steaks' to day, I wish to

know

Where you expect your precious soul will go?"

No,

fel

"What, Massa, me eat meat? Massa, no;" Then while a mouthful large, the low takes, He adds," what for you callee this beef steaks?

This, Massa, that you see upon the dish,

Is no Beef-steaks, indeed-but dam good fish.'

"Fish," the astonished priest with fury cried,

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For very clear it was, the rascal lied; Why, wretched man, can't I believe mine eyes? They are beef-steaks"-" Fish, fish," the Native cries! [doubt, "And now, good massa, to relieve all I telle you which way I make it out.

them Fish."

Miscellanies.

THE WANDERING JEW. Dr. Percy tells us, "this story is of considerable antiquity; it had obtained full credit in this part of the world before the year 1228, as we learn from Matt. Paris; for in that year it seems there came an Armenian Archbishop into England to visit the shrines and reliques preserved in our Churches, who being entertained at the Monastery of Saint Alban's, was asked several questions relating to his country," &c. Among the rest a Monk, who sat near him, inquired, "if he had ever seen or heard of the famous person named Joseph, that was so much talked of who was present at our Lord's Crucifixion, and conversed with him, and who was still alive in confirmation of the Christian faith?" The Archbishop answered, that the fact was true; and afterwards, one of his train, who was well known to a servant of the Abbot's, interpreting his master's words, told them in French, that his Lord knew the person they spoke of very well; that he dined at his table but a little while before he left the East; that he had been Pontius Pilate's porter, by name Cataphilus; who, when they were dragging Jesus out of the door of the Judgment Hall, struck him with his fist on the back, saying, "Go faster, Jesus, go faster, why dost thou linger?" Upon which Jesus looked at him with a frown, and said, "I indeed am going, but thou shalt tarry till I come.' Soon after, he was converted and baptised by the name of Joseph He lives for ever, but at the end of every hundred years falls into an incurable illness, and at length into a violent fit of ecstasy, out of which, when he recovers, he returns to the same state of youth he was in when Jesus suffered, being then about thirty years of age. He remembers all the circumstances of the death and resurrection of Christ, the Saints that arose with him; the com

posing of the Apostles' Creed, their preaching and dispersion; and is himselfia very grave and holy person. This is the substance of M. Paris's account, who was himself a monk at St. Alban's, and was living at the time when this Armenian Bishop made the above relation. Since his time, several impostors have-appeared at intervals under the name and character of the Wandering Jew."

THE TWO BROTHERS. The Count de Ligniville, and Count de Autricourt, twins, descended from an ancient family in Lorraine, resem-bled each other so much, that when they put on the same kind of dress, which they did now and then for amusement, their servants could pot distinguish the one from the other. Their voice, gait, and deportment, the same, and these marks of resemblance were so perfect, that they often threw their friends, and even their wives, into the greatest embarrassment. Being both captains of light horse, the one one would put himself at the head of the other's squadron, without the officers ever

YEOMAN.

This title was formerly one of more dignity than now commonly belongs to Lit. It signified, originally, a Yewman, so called from bearing the bow in battle, bows being made of yew. Hence, a Yeoman was, at first, of at least equal consequence with an Esquire,* or shield-bearer; and, as a proof of #this, we have even now-Yeomen of the crown, Yeomen of the guards, Yeomen of the chamber, &c.-all persons of the first rank.

PHYSIC AND ASTROLOGY. Persia abounds in physicians and aspetrologers, and the Persians are strongly attached to the occult science of the latter. So much is this the case, that a Persian rarely follows the prescriptions of his medical adviser, without Defirst ascertaining from an astrologer, * that the constellation is favourable to the proposed remedy. When a man of note dies, the astrologer ascribes his death to the uncertainty of physic: while the votary of Galen, on the other hand, throws all the blame on the planet-struck sage, imputing to him an ignorance of the proper time for taking the medicines prescribed. Upon this the astrologer retorts, that the ons his profession is extremely hard, when compared with that of the physician; since, if he commit an error, by making a wrong calculation," heaven discovers it," whereas, if a physician be /guilty of a blunder, "the earth covers "it" the patient dies, is buried, and is heard of no more.

The proper Latin name for Esquire is Scutifer or Scutarius, not Armiger, as generally used.

tricourt having committed some crime, the Count de Ligniville never, suffered his brother to go out without accompanying him, and the fear of seizing the innocent instead of the guilty, rendered the orders to arrest the former of no avail. One day Count de Ligniville sent for a barber, and after having suffered him to shave one half of his beard, he pretended to have occasion to go into the next apartment, and put his night-gown upon his brother, who was concealed there, and taking the cloth which he had about his neck under his chin, made him, sit down in the place which he had just quitted. The barber immediately resumed his operation, and was proceeding to finish what he had begun, as he supposed, but, to his great astonishment, he found that a new beard had sprung up. Not doubting that the person under his hands was the devil, he roared out with terror, and sunk down in a swoon on the floor. Whilst they were endeavouring to call him to life, Count de Autricourt retired again into the closet, and Count de Ligniville, who was half shaved, returned to his former place. This was a new cause of surprise to the poor barber, who now imagined that all he had seen was a dream, and he could not be convinced of the until he beheld the two brothers together. The sympathy that subsisted between the two brothers was no less singular than their resemblance. If one fell sick, the other was indisposed also; if one received a wound, the other felt pain; and this was the case with every misfortune that befel them, so that, on this account, they watched over each other's conduct with the greatest care and attention. But what is still more astonishing, they both had often the same dreams. The day that Count de Autricourt was attacked in

Kien Long, Emperor of China, inquired of Sir G. Staunton, the manner in which physicians were paid in England; when, after some difficulty, his Majesty was made to comprehend the system, he exclaimed, "Is any man well in England that can afford to be ill? Now I will inform you how I manage my physicians; I have four to whom the care of my health is committed; a certain weekly salary is allowed them; but the moment I am ill, their salary stops till I am well again. I need not inform you my illnesses are very short."

triumphal arch in his hour, with the following inscription, which we give in, the original French: "Les petits Bouchers de Grand a Napoleon le Grand!" This unlucky equivoque was by no means agreeable to Napoleon le Grand!

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MAGNANIMITY.-A miller's dog broke his chain; the miller ordered his maid-servant to tie him up again.-She was attacked and bitten by the dog. On hearing her cries, the miller and his people ran to her assistance. Keep off!" said she, shutting the door, "the dog is mad. I am already bitten, and must chain him up alone." Notwithstanding his biting, she did not let him go, but chained him up, and then retired to her chamber, and with the noblest resignation prepared herself to die. Symptoms of hydrophobia soon broke out, and she died in a few days. The dog was killed without doing any

STATE OF THE MARKETS.

GAY. Our readers are aware that Gay, the poet, was a native of Barnstaple. A few months since, at a public sale in that town, a curiously formed armchair was purchased by a gentleman, which appears incontestibly to have belonged to that poet. On examination of this piece of furniture, a drawer was discovered under the seat, at the extremity of which was a smaller private drawer, connected with a rod in front, by which it was drawn out; and within were found various documents and interesting papers, which appear to have been deposited there by the poet himself, many of them being in his handwriting. The chair seems admirably constructed for meditative ease and literary application.

THE LITTLE BUTCHERS TO THE GREAT-The butchers of Ghent are divided into two classes. When Napoleon once visited that city, the little Butchers, as they are called, erected a

An eccentric barber some years ago opened a shop under the walls of the King's Bench Prison. The windows being broken when he entered, he mended them with paper, on which appeared 'Shave for a Penny,' with the usual invitation to customers, and over the door was scrawled these lines: "Here lives Jemmy Wright, Shaves as well as any man in England Almost-not quite."

Foote (who loved any thing eccentric) saw these inscriptions, and hoping to extract some wit from the author, whom he justly concluded to be an odd character, pulled off his hat, and thrusting his head through a pane into the shop, called out "Is JemmyWright at home?" The barber immediately forcing his own through another pane into the street, replied, "No, Sir, he has just popt out." Foote laughed heartily, and gave the man a guinea.

Charles Bannister, that inveterate punster, coming into a coffee-house one stormy night, said, he never saw such a wind! "Saw a wind," replied a friend, "what was it like?" Like,' answered Charles, “ to have blown my hat off."

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A Physician seeing Charles Bannister about to drink a glass of brandy, told him, it was the worst enemy he had. "I know that," replied Charles; "but you know we are commanded by Scripture to love our enemies."

A gentleman who had an Irish servant, having stopped at an inn several days, previous to his departure desired to have a bill, which being brought him, he found a large quantity of port placed to his servant's account, and questioned him about having so many bottles of wine. Please, your Honour, (cried Pat) read how many they charge to my account." The gentleman began, "One bottle port, one ditto, one ditto, one ditto"-" Stop, stop, (cried Pat) they are cheating you. I know I had some of their port, but I did not taste a drop of their ditto."

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