... I- POETRY'1 -. THE COTTAGER AND NAPOLEON. Amid the lowly, straw-built shed, Long will the peasant seek his glory; And when some fifty years have fled, The thatch will hear no other story. Around, some old and hoary dame The village crowd will oft exclaim- Mother, now, till midnight chimes, Tell us the tales of other times. He wropged us, say it, if they will, The people love his memory still ...

... I | BONNET O' MINE. TH DL EDWI' WAIJGEI teh WoAULGB, Ljf aM Localities, to. .AiutlOr' oF O Wcekly Tima.) The dale's i' tbis bonnet @ mine; My ribbilns'll never be reet; Here, Malty, aw'm bike to be fine, For Jamie'll be comin' to-neet; He met me S'tb lone totber day,- Avers gooin' for wayter to th' well,- An' le begged that aw'd wed him i' May ,_ Brth' maus, iv he'll let me, aw will. When be ...

... BO. ?? NORTH LANCASHIRE AGRICULTURAL SHOW. e ual meen of this association took place on I The 3acd WednesdyO last, at Ulveraton, principally, t ?? on account of the very earnest invitation of we oehe e'the Duke of Devonshire, and the warm desire Hilbe tenant farmers in that district; the use of Light- e park being gratuitously lent for the occasion as a b ground by J. Brogden, Eaq., the owner. ...

... _P O E TR Y. - - ?? THE OLD ANlSDR . BY 0. W. HOLM-ES. (Froim the Atganijc Jfonthly.) O for one hour of Youthful joyl d Give back my twentieth springI I'd rather laugh a bright-baired~ boy Than reign a grey.balred king I Off with the wrinkled spoils of ageo Away with learning's crown, Tear out life's wisdom-written page, And dash its trophies down. One moment let mr life-blood stream From ...

... . OLD CHRISTMAS. (For tae Preston Chronicle.) Through cold Decembers stormy halls, His merry minstrel band he calls; Decked with bright holly forth they go, Dancing under the mistletoe. He joins the song of man or maid, Or trails the vule log from the glade; Onward he goes, through snow and sleet, The poorest in the land to greet. Where midnight strain of waits is heard, What smiles light up ...

... . Vftftfng% (from It ?? BALK OF COLV51d1A.-.Directiy go61 was discorered in Brltlsh Columbia, a bishop was appointed tO the colony. CONVENTIONALITY.-In a ?? society, the best possible substitute for virtue. CHINBSZ Dawnureo..-Pride objects to carry a cottonumbrella, and gets wet tbrough for Its pains. R&IID QUESTION POP THE CuIEF RABEL. -Could Baroe do Rothschild, as a Jew, conscientiously ...

... ?? frao Dunct. THE ARREARS OF LrE.-Gratitude. ROYAL HuSBANDRY.-The Prince of Wales has started on a foreign tour. UiFi'OM LovE.-The love of a lady for an officer who wears a love of an uniform. RxewT ABOUT FACE ! as the man said when he asked his friend to publish a treatise on physiognomy. THE ADULTERATOR'S MAxi.-' Your money and your life I,, A MATRON'S MSTAKE.-Mrs. Caddy, having been ...

... I1 I- - jvfckfist; frow ~jUnb. To KERP FRUIT FROM WAsps.-The surest way of keeping it is to preserve it. GOOGRAPHICAL PARALLEL.-Frankfort is on the Oder, and Lon. don Is on the Thames. What Ecclesiastical matter Is it probable the Jews will not meddle with ?-Tithe pigs. Cassur or NAME.-The Pool of the Thames is to be hence- forth called The Cess-Pool. PARLIAMEITARY QUALIsuCiTIoss. ...

... WiftflkTa from nQpuncbo Aessr Osny.-Prince Napoleon has built himself a house in or Paris, on the model of the house of Diomede, in Pompeii. When th does he expect the lava from the mountain? bi THE BUDGET IN BRIEF. e: John Bull to B. Disraeli. TJ rve etxty-seven millions to pay, And sixty-three millions to pay it; 'Retrench' Is the cry of the day, And rve come to ask you to essay It. W B. ...

... ALONE IN THE CITY. sueets street-a nation, a city fun, Terrace5 palaces-Lord, how they grow 1 Wealth and prosperity, thats the true verity- Money's the secret men scramble to know. gaudlin religion, and overspun charity- Glorious show ! Mnmen-a terrible multitude l- geed'eslyt hastily, onward they flow. (tvilimatioIs remodels creation, Hardens the soft heart and quickens tee slow; gah for ...

... lirarcents came, as out- .. .- ?? She WlI5per'd-! Cease, but ceseUP5 Of doves. .d weepairg grves WIth theeJ. What. anacan t tdare; Wo TUIE LOVE KNOT. Tying her bonnet under her chin, She tied bar raven ringlets in- But not alone in the silken snare Did she catch her lovely floating hair For thig her bonnet under her chin, She tied a young man's heart within. TheyI were strolling together up ...

... A ROMANTIC AND PATHETIC STORY OF RE , lRAL LIFE. The Cleveland Herald relates the following aflecti narrative, which is represented to, be no less true thae s We:eterdy learned the denotement of a - story, equal to the most thrilling romance ainful with the circumstances and actors of which we Wer. sonally well acquainted. Some twelve years ago, two young men, named Clyma and Paull, lived in ...