highly displeased my wife. "I never doubted, Sir," cried she, "your readi|ness to be against my daughters and me. You have more circumspection than is wanted. However, I fancy when we come to ask advice, we will apply to per|sons who seem to have made use of it themselves."—"Whatever my own conduct may have been, madam," re|plied he, "is not the present question; tho' as I have made no use of advice myself, I should in conscience give it to those that will."—As I was apprehen|sive this answer might draw on a repartee, making up by abuse what it wanted in wit, I changed the subject, by seeming to won|der what could keep our son so long at the fair, as it was now almost night-fall.—"Never mind our son," cried my wife, "depend upon it he knows what he is about. I'll warrant we'll never see him sell his hen of a rainy day. I have seen him buy such bargains as would amaze one. I'll tell you a good story about that, that will make you split your sides 0