sharp-pointed, can answer no purpose but that of carving.--In
England the case is different. The steel forks, in common use
among the people, are incapable of raising thin viands to the
mouth: while the broad, round-pointed knife was obviously
intended for this business.

[8] The vin d'Aï, in Champagne, according to Patin, was called "Vinum
Dei," by Dominicus Bandius. It was the common drink of kings and
princes.--Paumier, Traité du Vin.

[9] Mabillon, Annales Benedictines.

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THE GATHERER.

A snapper up of unconsidered trifles.
SHAKSPEARE.


A clergyman of the name of Mathson was minister of Patteesdale, in
Westmoreland, sixty years, and died at the age of ninety. During the
early part of his life, his benefice brought him in only twelve pounds
a-year; it was afterwards increased (perhaps by Queen Anne's bounty) to
eighteen, which it never exceeded. On this income he married, brought
up four children, and lived comfortably with his neighbours, educated
a son at the university, and left behind him upwards of one thousand