Some time ago, a gentleman was robbed of some _loose_ silver and an
_empty_ purse. The highwayman discovering the inutility of the latter,
very politely returned, and gave him his purse back, with the following
observations:--‘Sir, I shan’t put you to the trouble of advertising it;
for indeed it is of _no use but to the owner_.’
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_For the +New-York Weekly Magazine+._
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Thinking the following Fragment, found among the writings of the
late much lamented Doctor _Joseph Youle_, will be an acquisition
to the Editors of the _Weekly Magazine_, I have endeavoured to
obtain a copy of it, and present it to them, with a wish that it
may be received by the public with as much pleasure as it was by