Said he, "And who are you?" "I'm that same David Crockett, fresh from the backwoods, half horse, half alligator, a little touched with the snapping turtle; can wade the Mississipi, leap the Ohio, ride upon a streak of lightning, and slip without a scratch down a honey locust; can whip my weight in wild cats--and if any gentleman pleases, for a ten dollar bill, he may throw in a panther--hug a bear too close for comfort, and eat any man opposed to General Jackson." AGRICULTURAL RETURNS.--647. A farmer in the West once planted his onions close to his poppies, and the consequence was they grew so sleepy that he never could get them out of their beds. FRANKLIN AND HANCOCK.--648. "We must be unanimous," observed Hancock, on the occasion of signing the declaration of American Independence; "there must be no pulling different ways." "Yes," observed Franklin, "We must all hang together, or most assuredly we shall all hang separately." HENRY CLAY.--649. The following description of Henry Clay appeared in the _Knickerbocker Magazine_; it is needless to say it is by a Western man:--"He is a man, and no mistake! Nature made him with her _sleeves rolled up_." NATURAL MISTAKE.--650. A gentleman at the Astor House table, New York, asked the person sitting next to him if he would please to pass the mustard. "Sir," said the man, "do you mistake me for a waiter?" "Oh no, Sir," was the reply, "I mistook you for a gentleman." _LITERATURE._--651. An American writer says, "Poetry is the flour of literature; prose is the corn, potatoes, and meat; satire is the aqua-fortis; wit is the spice and pepper; love letters are the honey and sugar; and letters containing remittances are the apple-dumplings." THOMAS JEFFERSON.--652. Thomas Jefferson, when Minister to France, being presented at Court, some eminent functionary remarked, "You replace Dr. Franklin, Sir." "I _succeed_ Dr. Franklin," was Mr. Jefferson's prompt reply, "no man can _replace_ him." BORROWING THE BABY.--653. All owners of interesting children will be amused by the following, from the _Boston Daily American_:--A gentleman and lady of that city were blessed with a beautiful child about a year old, which attracted so much attention from their neighbours, that the young ladies opposite frequently sent over to "borrow the baby." After being obliged to send for the child several times, Mr. ----, on coming home to dinner one day, got out of temper on finding it gone as usual. "There, Jane," said he, "go over to the Misses ---- and get the baby; give them my compliments, and tell them I wish they had a baby of their own, and were not obliged to borrow." FORCIBLE EVICTION.--654. Meeting an American friend travelling in the United States, I enquired whither he was going? "Why," said he, "I guess I'm going to take possession of an estate of mine, and I calculate I will have to shoot down my predecessors." BOXES AND PIT.--655.