w to identify the bones of a French ecclesiastic amid so
many. After much discussion, the shrewdest gravedigger suggested that,
being a Frenchman, the darkest coloured skull must be his. Acting upon
this idea, the blackest bones were sorted and put together, until the
requisite number of rights and lefts were obtained. These were
reverently screwed up in a new coffin, conveyed to France, and buried
with all the pomp and circumstance of the Roman Catholic Church.

AN AMUSING INCIDENT.

An American correspondent writes:--"I have just finished reading a most
amusing incident, and, as it occurs in a book not likely to fall into the
hands of many of the members, I am tempted to relate it, although it
might prove to be 'stale.' Well, to begin: It tells of a maiden lady,
who, having arrived at the mature age of 51 without ever having seen a
railway train, decides to visit New York. The all-important day having
arrived, she seats herself calmly on the platform of the country station,
and gazes with amazement as the train draws up, takes on its passengers,
and pursues its journey. As she stares after it the stationmaster asks
her why she did not get on if she wishes to go to New York. 'Get on,'
says Miss Polly, in surprise, 'get on! Why, bless me, if I didn't think
this whole concern went!' Being placed on the next train, she proceeds
on her way, when, finally, having seen so many wonderful things, she
concluded not to be astonished, whatever may happen. A collision occurs
and the gentleman next to her is thrown to the end of the car among a
heap of broken seats. She supposes it to be the usual manner of
stopping, and quietly remarks: 'Ye fetch up rather sudden, don't ye?'"

A LITTLE BOY'S COOLNESS.

The suit of William O'Connor against the Boston and Lowell Railroad at
Lawrence has resulted in a verdict for the plaintiff in $10,000, one-half
the amount sued for. This suit grew out of an accident which occurred
August 27th, 1880. The plaintiff was the father of a child then between
five and six years old. He and his brother, three years older, were
crossing a private way maintained by the railroad for the Essex Company,
and the younger boy, while walking backward, stepped between the rail and
planking of the roadway inside and was unable to extricate his foot. At
that moment the whistle of a train was heard within a few hundred feet
and out of sight around a curve, and it appeared from the eviden