town, while half of Smith's property had been sold for taxes. The five-acre lot passed from his hands, under the hammer, in the foreclosure of a mortgage, for one thousand dollars! Thus it is that inordinate selfishness and cupidity overreach themselves; while the liberal man deviseth liberal things, and is sustained thereby. HE MUST HAVE MEANT ME. "HOW do you like our new preacher?" was asked by one member of another, as they walked home from church. "Only so so," was replied. "He cuts close," remarked the first speaker. "Yes, a little too close." "I don't know about that. I like to see the truth brought home to the heart and conscience." "So do I. But I object to personality." "Personality!" "Yes; I object to personality." So does every one. Was Mr. C--personal?" "I think so." "That's hardly possible. He only arrived last week, and has not yet had time to become familiar with facts in the life of any one here. Moreover, a personal allusion in a first sermon, by a stranger, is something so out of place and indelicate, that I cannot for a moment believe that your inference is correct." "While I have the best of reasons for believing that I complain of him justly. He's been long enough here to visit a certain family, fond of tittle-tattle, that I could name."