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A Pleasant Surprise

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Parent Issue
Day
9
Month
March
Year
1846
Copyright
Public Domain
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- A young man of 18or 20, n student ïft a university, toon a waiK one duy wííli a professor, who was commonly called the student's friend, such was his kindness to the young men whose office it was to instruct. "Wlulc tlicy were now walking together, and the professor was seeking to lead the conversation to grave subjects, they saw a pair of old shoes lying in ttair path, which they supposed to belong to a póor mon who was at work ín the field i close by, ftnd who had nearly finished his day 's work. The yóungsndent turnèd tó the professor, saying, "letus play the man a trick : we will hide lis shoca, and conceal ourselves behind these bushes, and watch to see his perplexity when he cannot find them." . "My dear friend," answered the professor, "we must never amuse ourselves at the expense of the poor. But you are rich, and you may givc yourself a mueh greater pleasure by means óf this poor man. Put á dollar into cach shoe, and then we will hide ourselve?." , The student did so', and then placed himself with tlic professor behind the bushes close by, through which thcy could easily watch the luborer, and see whatcver wonder or joy he might expres3- ...... , .,Tho poor man had soon iïnishctl lus work, anu ;ame across to the path, whcrc hc had lcft his ;oat and shoes. While he put on the coat, lic I slipped one foot into one of his ehoes ; hut ] ing something hard, he atooped dosvn, and found the dollar. Astonishment and wonder were aecn upón hia cóuntenancc : he gazed upon the dollar, turned tt around, and lookcd ágain and again ; Uien he löoked round-him on all sidcs, butcould sec no one. Now he put the mo'ney in Efva pocket and pro'cceded to p'nt ó'n the other shoe ; but how great was his astonishment when he found the óther dollar f His feclings overcame him ; he feil upon his knees, lóoked tip tó' heavcn and uttered aloúd a fervent thanksgiving, in which hc spoke of his wife, sick, nnd helpless, and hi childrcn without bread, whom this timcly bounty froïn some unknown hand would save from pcrisfimg: . The young man stood there deeply aflected, and tears filled his eyes. "Now," said the professor, "are you not much bctter pieased than if you had played your intended trick." O dearest Sir," answered the youth, " you hav taught me a lesson now that I will nevcr forget. I feel now the truth of the worde which I never before iirfderstood, 'it is bettcr to give than to receive." Wc should never approach the poor but min the wish to do tliem good.Tiic Magnélic Telegraph between Albany nnd ihis city is now m operalion, and works to a charm." and excites imich curiosily.- Wc haVe iiéws of all important events in Albany lioure in advance of the mail; and business men in both places can étfchangé orders in a few minuleF, nt on expenso of not much above the oldrates ófpóstaVé.- Ulica Paper. About 100,000 hbgs have been killed at Louisville at the ptebent seacon, being an increase of 40.000 over any other year. The whole number killed in the West is éslimated nl abotit 1,000,000, wliich is ah increase of 150,000. Ten conts per heod is paid fór slouglitcring hogsnt Cincinnaii, and the butchers thus realizc a gooa profit. Thé h'air is made int rïiaitresse8_rthe bristlea into brusliee- thé blood into some chemical preparation - the hoofs into gluc - the fat into lard and oil.The new constkution of Missouri makcs it the duty of the Logíslature to próvido the mode ond manner in which the survivor of a duel, and his estáte, shall bo rendéred responsib!e to, and be charg-ed with a compensation j for the wife and children of tbc dcceased, whcn he wa olaiDt 0