ANECDOTE.

An Hon. Member of the Senate, some years past, inquired of a brother

Statesman, if they had made a House? No, sir, says he, there are but

nine; we want one to make a quorum. Aye, (replies the other) I knew you

could do nothing till I arrived. Very true, retorts the wit, a _cypher_

completes the ten.

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_THE FARRAGO._

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