. Wit bought, or, A New York boy's adventures when the empire state was young . shall takemine. A penknife is a really good thing,and no man need feel low spirited when hehas got one in his pocket. When I am awayfrom home, and feel at all homesick, I takeout my penknife and cut a stick till it turnsout a whistle or a walking stick, with a birdsor dogs head, or something of the kind; andall the while I am as contented as a cowstealing turnips. A penknife is a friend inneed, and no man should ever be without am glad I have thought to give you mine,and you may keep it for my sake, for I ams
. Wit bought, or, A New York boy's adventures when the empire state was young . shall takemine. A penknife is a really good thing,and no man need feel low spirited when hehas got one in his pocket. When I am awayfrom home, and feel at all homesick, I takeout my penknife and cut a stick till it turnsout a whistle or a walking stick, with a birdsor dogs head, or something of the kind; andall the while I am as contented as a cowstealing turnips. A penknife is a friend inneed, and no man should ever be without am glad I have thought to give you mine,and you may keep it for my sake, for I amsure it will never cut our love, even it is as SETH FOLLET S EEL. 153 sharp as Tim Touchenrs scythe, the shadowof which cut off the leg of a man that waspassing by. You must take my fife, too, foryou can play upon it well, and you will findit make you welcome everywhere. I was touched with this fresh instance ofmy friends thoughtful kindness. I couldscarcely thank him for emotion. On this hesaid: e( Come, cheer up, my boy, I am sureyou will get on well. If you once get a fair. start, you will be like Seth Follets eel; youwill be sure to go a-head. « What did Seth Follets eel do ? said I. I do not know the story. What, did you never hear of SethFollets eel? Seth had a little aqueductmade of pieces of timber bored through andjoined together, and by means of this hebrought the water of a small spring on a hillto his house. After a while the water would 154 WIT BOUGHT. not run, for some mud got into the was a strange genius, and he betookhimself to a strange plan. He put a live eelinto the aqueduct, and the creature went ontill it came to the mud. It then wanted toturn round and come back, but the holewas too small, and there was but one thingto be done,—go-a-head; and this was justwhat Seth wanted. You must do the laughed heartily, and amidst laughing andtears, with a hearty shaking of hands weparted. I am not going to give a detail of my tra-vels, at present: I
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