Painters And Poets Have Liberty To Lie.

As Tammie Glow'red, Amazed And Curious, The Mirth And Fun Grew Fast And Furious.

Auld Nature Swears The Lovely Dears Her Noblest Work She Classes, O; Her 'prentice Han' She Tried On Man, And Then She Made The Lasses, O!

Ambition Is A Meteor-gleam; Fame A Restless Airy Dream; Pleasures, Insects On The Wing Round Peace, Th' Tend Rest Flow'r Of Spring.

Suspense Is Worse Than Disappointment.

Burns' Hog-weighing Method: (1) Get A Perfectly Symmetrical Plank And Balance It Across A Sawhorse. (2) Put The Hog On One End Of The Plank. (3) Pile Rocks On The Other End Until The Plank Is Again Perfectly Balanced. (4) Carefully Guess The Weight Of The Rocks.