Among the local items of news in the Pennsylvania Gazette, published in Philadelphia, and bearing date of November 4th, 1772, is recorded the following:—

"At the Mayor's Court, held in this city last week, John Underwood, for counterfeiting and passing counterfeit money, of this province, was ordered to be whipt, stand in the pillory, and have both his ears cut off and nailed to the post; others were ordered to be whipt and stand in the pillory for divers felonies, and five more to receive the discipline of the post, which was put in execution on Saturday last."

One Hundred Years too Soon.

The following appears in Baker's Chronicle, sub anno 1524:

"In this yeere, through bookes of prognostications, fore-showing much hurt by waters and floods, many persons withdrew themselves to high grounds for feare of drowning; specially one Bolton, prior of St. Bartholomew's, in Smithfield, builded him an house upon Harrow on the hill, and thither went and made provision for two moneths. These great waters should have fallen in February, but, no such thing happening, the astronomers excused themselves by saying, that, in the computation, they had miscounted in their number an hundred yeeres."

The Manner of Watchmen Imitating the Clock at Herrnhuth, in Germany.

VIII.—Past eight o'clock! O, Herrnhuth, do thou ponder;
Eight souls in Noah's Ark were living yonder.
IX.—'Tis nine o'clock! ye brethren, hear it striking;
Keep hearts and houses clean, to our Saviour's liking.
X.—Now, brethren, hear, the clock is ten and passing;
None rest but such as wait for Christ's embracing.
XI.—Eleven is past! Still at this hour eleven
The Lord is calling us from earth to heaven.
XII.—Ye brethren, hear, the midnight clock is humming;
At midnight our great Bridegroom will be coming.
I.—Past one o'clock! The day breaks out of darkness;
Great Morning Star appear, and break our hardness.
II.—'Tis two! On Jesus wait this silent season,
Ye two so near related, Will and Reason.
III.—The clock is three! The blessed three doth merit
The best of praise, from body, soul and spirit.
IV.—'Tis four o'clock! When three make supplication,
The Lord will be the fourth on that occasion.
V.—Five is the clock! Five virgins were discarded,
While five with wedding garments were rewarded.
VI.—The clock is six, and I go off my station.
Now, brethren, watch yourselves for your salvation.

Household Rules in the Sixteenth Century.

From Sir J. Harrington's (the translator of Ariosto) rules for servants, we obtain a very clear conception of the internal government of a country gentleman's house in 1566—

A servant who is absent from prayers to be fined.