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in Clydesdale:-O Lord, we'r ay gangan, and we'r ay gettan. We soud ay be coman to thee, but we'r ay forgettan. We leive in the gude mailen o' Kelloehsyde, suppan thy gude peisie kale, puir, sinfou sons ofthat we are. Monie mercies we reeeive, gude trowth; and we'r little thankfou far them, gude feth. Janet, rax by the spunes, and aw praise and glory sall be thine. Amen.
New Method of Teaching Music.
A Highland piper having a scholar to teaeh, disdained to craek his mind with the names of semibreves, minims, erotehets, and quivers.—"Here, Donald," said he, "tak your pipies, lad, and gi's a blast—so, very weel blaun indeed; but what is sound Donald without sense?—ye may blaw for ever without makin' a tune o't, if I didna tell уоu how thae queer things on the paper maun help you—you see that big fallow wi' a round open face, (pointing to a semibreve between the two lines of a bar,) he moves slowly, slowly, from that line to this, while you beat ane wi' your fit, and gi'e a blast; if now ye put a leg to him, ye mak' twa o' him, and he'll move twice as fast; gif ye blaek his face, he'll rin four times faster than the fallow wi' the white faee: but if, after blaekin' his face, ye'll bend his knee, or tie his legs, he'll trop eight times faster than the white faeed chap that I showed you first. Now, whene'er you blaw your pipes,—Donald, remember this, the tighter the fallows' legs are tied, the faster they will rin, and the quieker they are sure to dance."
A parson in the eountry taking his text in St. Matthew, Chapter viii. verse 14, 'And Peter's
