fire, and every feature lit up with the desired expression. "There, that will do," said the painter; "please sit just as you are." The result was the admirable picture which now adorns our City Hall, representing the hero standing in his boat, with his flag in one arm, triumphantly waving his sword, as he left the dismantled St. Lawrence for the Niagara, to renew the contest, resolved to conquer or die.
JARVIS AND THE PHILOSOPHER.
Jarvis was a great wag as well as an inimitable
story-teller. Whenever he met with an eccentric
genius, he delighted to make him indulge in strong
potations, and then engage him on his favorite hobby.
On one such occasion, a gentleman who had
a smattering of Zoology, declared it as his opinion,
that it was possible to change the nature of animals;
for instance, that by cutting off the end of dogs' or
monkeys' tails for a few generations, they would become
tailless. "That is capital logic," said Jarvis,
"I wonder that the Jews have now any tails!"
The philosopher shot out of the room amidst shouts
of laughter.
JARVIS AND DR. MITCHELL.
Jarvis could not forbear to crack a joke on the
learned Dr. Mitchell, whose profundity sometimes
led him to analyze cause and effect in a hyper-philosophical
manner. "Can you tell," said he one day to
the learned Doctor, who was sitting for his portrait,
