John Morgan And The Monk

tlio guerrilla chief made liis hile raid ir.to Kentuulty, he called at the Tr.inpist ïnonastery at Gethseiuane. and ordered tlio Abbot to S'.'rrender bis horses for the use of the cliívalry. Accordingly, one of the brotliors led out before the indignant cliiet' two miserable jadfs, wliich loked as if they had fasted uioro than tbair marters Moi-g :n turncd away !n disgust and inquired of the Abbot if be had do ? Tlie Abbot replied in the negative. " But,"' s.id Morgan, " I know that you had some fine horses a short time a;o." '■ Olí, so I had,'" said the kind Fathor, " but I heard that t,01' we{ coming, and I sold thern.'" Morman laujrh'-d and luft the moiiastery -C'atholic Telegraph. ü" Am old school-niastcr, vlic uáUftlly heará bis pupils onca a week through Watts' Suriplyre History, and af'erwüi-ds asked thein promiscuously such questions as suggested thernselves to Lis niind, onc day desired a young urohin to teil him who Josse was, when the boy brisklv replied, " Tl;o Flower of Dumolane, sir." 1 1 ■- 1 1 1 The dwelliiiít house ot Dan Arnold, near Constantino, was totally destroyed by fire mi Saturday ovening, 25tli ult. - . lilverything was burucd, including tho olotliO! ot' the family, and a valuiblu piauoforto. Loss SI 500; no insurauce. JCfT It was once (.bsei-ved, m ihe parliainent houe at JSdinburgú, tbat a geiitlonian, who was known to have a pi-etty good appetite, liad eatcn away Ins smses. ' Puoh ! " replied IL'nry Erskine, " they woijld not bo a moulhfulior hiiu. jRg" To loave men in error, ray bo rh wrong as to load thein ftito it. Henee silencH on our prt i nqt jijst, wlitu tho truth should be viiidio.ited. SJ2" Said (ma student to another, whom lie cau;ht swinging a scythü (nust lust il y ni a field of stout grasa, '■ Frank, whnt nialfi jyu wik íát ;-. living? A fi-How wiíh your talent and ibility sliould not be eang!it engaged in hard Ubor, I mean to get my living by my wits - " Well, Bill, yon can work with diíUff touls than I can," wns the reply. f-igr Soms men envelop thcmselves in suoh an i;iienetrab!e cloak of silene, that the tongue will afford us no fjinp tonis of the teniporaiunt of the mind. Suoh t:oitui-n!ty, indeed, is -isa if they ' ara foslisL, fcnt fcoiish if they ars ko