A Hard Wind

Old Peter H lived in a onc story wooden house of not very extensivo diïncnsions and when it was subject to the foree of' one of those hurricanes so nunierous of late years at the West, ils poweis of rcsistauce were insuflicieut to withstaud so great a prcssure, aud it yielded tbe point without astruggle; hovvcïer it was not upsct nor torn to piceos, but merely moved a few rods. - Iq tlie course of the jourucy the stove was upset and spilt out, and the dangfer of conflagration Wás iinininent. Old Peter was too nmeh excited tonotico the reinoval of his house, and seciug the uo cessity of inimediately applying water to the burningembers on the ííóor, he seizod a bueket and dartud out behind the house, when great as his astonishment to find all traces of his wc 11 obliterated. Aft er look'nig in blank ostouishment a mouieiit, he cálíeá to his wife. " Sarah, T'll be blanied if the wind has not blown tb.G well clear out of the lot ! there is not db muob as a ston left ! "