THE CONJUROR AND THE SCOTCHMAN.

Colonist, Volume III, Issue 212, 1 November 1859, Page 4

THE CONJUROR AND THE SCOTCHMAN.

Anderson, the wizard—and a very poor wizard he was—met with a Scotchman who stole a march on him after the following pattern:—Enter Scotchman — "I say; yott Professor Anderson?'' " Yes, sir, at your service." " Weel, you're a smart man, and I'm sumthin at a trick, too, you know." " Ah, indeed, and What tricks are you up to, sir?'' asked the professor, amused at the simple fellow. "Weel, I can take a, shilling, and change it into a gold piece." " 0, that's a mere sleight-of-hand trick ; I can do that too" "No you can't. I'd like to see you try." • •..-....: "Well, hold [out your hand with a shliling in it." Scot stretched out his paw with a shilling •on it. " This is your shilling, is it, sure ? " It's nothing else." " Hold on to it tight. Presto! change. Now open your hand." Scot opened his fist, and there was a gold sovereign on his palm. ■ " Weel, you did it, I declare, much obleegedtoyou! and the Scotchman turned to go out. " Stay," said the professor, " you may leave my sovereign." " Yours' warn't that my shilling, and didn't you turn it into this ere yellow thing, eh ? Good bye! And as he left the room, he was heard to say, "I guess there ain't anything green about this child. The liarey ' Secret' —In the Gentleman's Farriery, by Bartlett, (sixth edition), published in 1762, page 293, is the following : —«The method proposed by Dr. Brachen is to tie up one of his fore feet close, and to fasten a cord or small rope, about the other fetlock, bringing the end of it over the horse's shoulder; then let him be hit or kicked with your foot behind that knee, at the same time pulling his nose down strongly to the manger, you will bring him upon his knees, where he should be held till he is tired, which cannot be .long; but if he does not lie down soon, let him be thrust sideways against his quarters to throw him over; b} r forcing him^ down several times in this way you may teach him to lie down at the same words you first used for that purpose." Rarey's system is exactly the same. Garden Turnips. —The finest and best crop of turnips I ever saw was watered with soot water. They were as clean and firm as a turnip could possibly be, and the flavor was excellent; indeed, far superior to any I have seen in the. field . that were generally acknowledged to be the best. I would recommend gardeners to take better care of their soot, and not allow it to be carried away ; it is a highly valuable manure for nearly all garden crops.—Farmers 1 Magazine. ' .....-■■ A fact for Topers.—-The Bendigo Advertiser thus encourages this fraternity :—ln an ale-house, in lower Huntly-street, one day last week, a man called for a pot of ale, and was served by the smiling bbniface from a new tap, with a foamy top, and a strong recommendation of the article. The man drank deep; arid exhausted nature was satisfied for the time being, and he was about to drain the pot of its contents by a finishing draught, when, lo! ye votaries of Bacchus and all drinkers in particular, his powers of deglution were impeded by a foreign substance floating into his mouth What was it! Will you guess? Well it was a dead mouse, well tanned, beautifully swelled, and with scarcely a hair on it, and portions of it in a state of decomposition. Beer Bibbers, this is a fact; think of it when you are going to the ale-house A correspondent of the Moreton Bay Courier writes that the aphis has completely destroyed the whole of the garden at Dalby.