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the vital principle to put on that particular form of covering, which has the property of being near- ly as broad as it is long. Whether this has been done for the sake of keeping itself more comforta- ble, and of enjoying, as far as possible from all ex- ternal disturbance, its morning glass of skidam, so regularly and faithfully transmitted to it by the careful German, we take not upon us to determine; but certain it is the Hamburgh Burgher Guard consider it no unwise provision, and their best " maugre the graces "--to grow in diameter and rotundity, as fast or still faster than in length. Great and ponderous men! Admirable subjects for Cruickshanks! Exquisite matter for Knick- erbocker's historic pen! When we saw you last on parade, slowly moving your immense bodies in a vain mimic of activity, direspectful thoughts came into our wild heads, and we almost laughed at the idea of such soldiers. Wiser feelings straight returned, we remembered of Wilkin Hammock, --we recognised you as his kins- men,--we remembered, that your ungrateful fore- fathers, marshalled in that same cumbrous and un- gainly band, planted the first tree of Liberty in the soil of modern Europe, informed Power that God had placed a limit to oppression and disorder, and made property a sacred thing! Fife Herald.
When it was observed by a grave critic that the Moon in the tragedy of Douglas did not move, one of the audience answered, that being made of paper it was stationary.
