HENRY CLAY.—649.
The following description of Henry Clay appeared in the Knickerbocker Magazine; it is needless to say it is by a Western man:—"He is a man, and no mistake! Nature made him with her sleeves rolled up."
NATURAL MISTAKE.—650.
A gentleman at the Astor House table, New York, asked the person sitting next to him if he would please to pass the mustard. "Sir," said the man, "do you mistake me for a waiter?" "Oh no, Sir," was the reply, "I mistook you for a gentleman."
LITERATURE.—651.
An American writer says, "Poetry is the flour of literature; prose is the corn, potatoes, and meat; satire is the aqua-fortis; wit is the spice and pepper; love letters are the honey and sugar; and letters containing remittances are the apple-dumplings."
THOMAS JEFFERSON.—652.
Thomas Jefferson, when Minister to France, being presented at Court, some eminent functionary remarked, "You replace Dr. Franklin, Sir." "I succeed Dr. Franklin," was Mr. Jefferson's prompt reply, "no man can replace him."
BORROWING THE BABY.—653.
All owners of interesting children will be amused by the following, from the Boston Daily American:—A gentleman and lady of that city were blessed with a beautiful child about a year old, which attracted so much attention from their neighbours, that the young ladies opposite frequently sent over to "borrow the baby." After being obliged to send for the child several times, Mr. ——, on coming home to dinner one day, got out of temper on finding it gone as usual. "There, Jane," said he, "go over to the Misses —— and get the baby; give them my compliments, and tell them I wish they had a baby of their own, and were not obliged to borrow."