For doubtless 'twas at first design'd To make the people seasons mind, That so they might apply their care To all those things which needful were; And by a good industrious hand, Know when and how t' improve their land. Ellis, in his notes to Brand, says, "the practice of eating goose on Michaelmas Day does not appear to prevail in any part of France. Upon St. Martin's Day, they eat turkey at Paris. They likewise eat geese upon St. Martin's Day, Twelfth Day, and Shrove Tuesday, at Paris." In Denmark, where the harvest is later than here, every family has a roasted goose for supper on St. Martin's Eve. PHILO. _The reason why Pennsylvania was settled._ "Penn refused to pull his hat off Before the king, and therefore set off, Another country to light pat on, Where he might worship with his hat on." H.H. "Mollissima tempora fandi." A translation of the above is requested, in one line, which shall rhyme with the original. H.H. _Motto for a Cigar Smoker._ "Non fumum ex fulgore, sed ex fumo dare lucem cogita." H.H. * * * * * St. Cross, Winchester, received some weeks since, shall appear next week. * * * * * THE LATE SIR WALTER SCOTT, BART. No. 203, price Twopence, of THE MIRROR, Contains a STEEL-PLATE PORTRAIT and MEMOIR of the late SIR WALTER SCOTT, BART. * * * * * _Printed and published by J. LIMBIRD, 143. Strand, (near Somerset House,) London; sold by ERNEST FLEISCHER, 626, New Market, Leipsic; G.G. BENNIS, 55, Rue Neuve, St. Augustin, Paris; and by all Newsmen and Booksellers._ * * * * * End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, by Various