"why white sheep eat more than black ones?" "But is it a fact?" enquired the Doctor. "Most assuredly," said the painter, "as every farmer will tell you." The Doctor then went on to give sundry philosophical reasons why white sheep might require more food than black ones. "Your reasons are excellent—but I think I can give you a better one. In my opinion the reason why white sheep eat more than black ones is, because there are more of them!"
JARVIS' HABITS.
Jarvis, in his more prosperous days, was always
improvident and recklessly extravagant. Dunlap
says, "when he went to New Orleans for the first
time, (in 1833) he took Henry Inman with him.
To use his own words,—'my purse and my pockets
were empty; (when he went to N. O.) I spent $3000
there in six months, and brought $3000 to New
York. The next winter I did the same.' He used
to receive six sitters a day. A sitting occupied an
hour. The picture was then handed to Inman,
who painted upon the background and drapery under
the master's directions. Thus six portraits
were finished each week." His prices at this time
were $100 for a head, and $150 for head and hands.
"Mr. Sully once told me," says Dunlap, "that calling on Jarvis, he was shown into a room, and left to wait some minutes before he entered. He saw a book on the table amidst palette, brushes, tumblers, candlesticks, and other heterogeneous af-
