A Sharp Trick

-It is saidthat "Okl Sharp," the solebrated maker of artioies from the Shakspeare "mulborry troty' of which as many wero sold as would havo taken almost "a small forost to supply, used, whtn disposjng of a curious article, to place his liand upon a piece of the real tro.n, which wus affixed to his beneh, and say, "I solemnly swoar that I hold in my hand a portion of tho tree whieh Shahspearc liimself planted." ïhe trick Bucciïcdcd ad'.nirably, and old Sharp died very rioh, but oa his death-bed he confessed that he hui décoived ibtmsmh.