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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1832 Excerpt: ...years since, a book keeper in one of the banks of our city, received a challenge from a person who kept an account with the bank, in consequence of the former having reported the latter, as an overdrawer. The book-keeper returned the challenge, with the following laconic note written upon it, "The bank pays me for writing, but not for fighting." Going Different Ways.--Dr. Hosack has more than once, in his Lectures, contrived to bring in the following anecdote:--Rev. Dr. Witherspoon, former President of Princeton College, was once on board a packet-ship, where, among other passengers, was a professed atheist. This fellow was very fond of troubling every body with his peculiar belief; and of broaching the subject as often as he could get any body to listen to him. "He didn't believe in a God, and a future state--not he!" By and by there came up a terrible storm, and the prospect was, that all would go the bottom. There was much fear and consternation aboard; but no one was so horribly frightened as the atheist In this extremity he sought out the clergyman. He found him in the cabin, calm and collected, and thus addressed him:--" Oh, Dr. Witherspoon! Dr. Witherspoon!" we're all going for it--we have but a short time to stay. Oh, my gracious! how the vessel rocks. We're all going--don't you think we are.Doctor?" The Rev. gentleman turned on him a look of most provoking coolness, and replied, in broad Scotch--" Na doubt, na doubt, mon, we're a' ganging; but you and I dmna gang the same way." Getting Your Foot iw.--According to the Asiatic Researches, a very curious mode of trying the title to land is practised in Hindostan. Two holes are dug in the disputed spot, in each of which the lawyers on either side put one of ...