IRISH BULLS.--On the first appearance of Miss Edgeworth's admirable
"Essay on Irish Bulls," the secretary of a celebrated agricultural
society in Ireland received orders from its committee to procure several
copies of the book, for the use of the members in their labours for
improving _the breed of cattle_!
AN AMBITIOUS HORSE AND ACCOMMODATING RIDER.--An Irishman was riding
through a bog, when his horse sank deeply into the mud, and in his
efforts to extricate himself, Pat got his foot into the stirrup. "Arrah,
musha!" exclaimed the rider, "if you are going to get _up_, it is time
for me to get _down_!" and he forthwith proceeded to dismount with all
reasonable speed.