. New England farmer, and horticultural register. ave way, and he sunk back a corpse upon hispillow.— Yankee Blade. Use nf Slander.—That slander is often to the person slandered, is indisputable. Werecollect an anecdote in point. A man somewhereout West was elected to congress. He was totallyunqualified, in every respect, for the position. Afriend al Washington once asked him— How was it you managed to get elected ? • I stole a pig. Hey ?—What ?—How ? la stealing pigs con-sidered a qualification for Congress . No—but as soon as it was known, the paperson t other side took it up, an
. New England farmer, and horticultural register. ave way, and he sunk back a corpse upon hispillow.— Yankee Blade. Use nf Slander.—That slander is often to the person slandered, is indisputable. Werecollect an anecdote in point. A man somewhereout West was elected to congress. He was totallyunqualified, in every respect, for the position. Afriend al Washington once asked him— How was it you managed to get elected ? • I stole a pig. Hey ?—What ?—How ? la stealing pigs con-sidered a qualification for Congress . No—but as soon as it was known, the paperson t other side took it up, and of course ourn hadto defend ine. A great noise was made about it:we called it an infamous attempt to destroy thespotless reputation of an innocent man, for partypurposes—the people got roused, and I got in. At the next election his opponent was friend meeting the defeated candidate one day,asked how it happened. Oh, blast the feller—ho replied ; he smeltthe rat and got the start of me. He stole a sheep .—Sat. Pretty Good for a Mnman.—What would youcharge to knit me a pair of stockings such as those .inquired a foppish young fellow of a lady who wasknitting a thick, warm pair of woolens for winter. Would you have socks or stockings . inquiredthe lady. I want them to come up over the calf, re-plied the inquirer. In that case it would take some time to esti-mate. 1 have never knit stockings to cover oneswhole body.—Exch. pap. PATENT COItN SHELLER. A Corn shellcr is one of the most convenient and laborsaving implemenis that the praclical iarmer has in machines for this purpose have been invented. Jlcan be used in all cases for large or small sized ears. It isvery simple in its construclion, and durable in its operation,and no way to gel out ofortler; one man can work illo good advantage, though a man to turn, and a boy to feed it,w Tks il much better than one alone. They are so liglil , as to be easily remove
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