A MIND TO MAKE TRIAL OF THE STOCKS,

Which unluckily stood in the church-yard, and it happening to be a

saint's day, the congregation were at prayers, of which he was

ignorant, when he got a friend to put him in. His friend sauntered

away, whether wilfully or not I leave my readers to guess, and he was

in vain struggling to release himself, when the congregation issued

forth, who were not a little _moved_ at his situation. Many laughed,

but one, an old woman, compassionately released him. A similar story

is told of the celebrated son of Granta,

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