It always cuts better for being warm. If you shave quick, the razor does not want setting half so often.

I am, Sir,

A LABOURER.

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GEOGRAPHY,

I HAVE already mentioned the different counties in England, and in Wales; and our young readers, therefore, know that England contains forty counties, and Wales twelve; six in North Wales, and six in South Wales. They may, some of them, wish to hear of the counties in Scotland; I therefore copy the following extract from "Mavor's first Principles of Knowledge," &c.

"Question. How is Scotland divided?

"Answer. Scotland, which contains not much less than two millions of inhabitants, was once a distinct kingdom of itself. It is divided into thirty-three counties,-eighteen of which lie to the south, and fifteen to the north.

"Their names are Edinburgh, Haddington, Merse, Roxburgh, Selkirk, Peebles, Lanerk, Dumfries, Wigtown, Kirkudbright, Ayr, Dum. barton, Bute, Caithness, Renfrew, Stirling, Linlithgow, Argyle, Perth, Kincardine, Aberdeen, Inverness, Nairn, Cromarty, Fife, Forfar, Banff, Sutherland, Clackmannan, Kinross, Ross, Elgin, and Orkney. To Scotland also belong a number of islands, known by the name of the Western IsJands, or Hebrides, (Heb-ri-des *); and likewise

*. Our readers know that when this curved mark (~) is put over a syllable, it is to be pronounced short, and when a straight line (-) it is to be pronounced long. As (confi-dent,) (de-lu-ded.)

the Orkney and Shetland Islands, to the north.If a map is at hand, it should be consulted. The chief town of Scotland is Edinburgh."

THE TEETH.

To the Editor of the Cottager's Monthly Visitor. SIR,

YOUR receipt for tooth powder, in your last Number, page 162, is excellent, but a great deal depends upon having the materials of a good quality, and having them properly powdered and mixed together. Care must be taken in the first place, to go to a good druggist; and let him prepare the materials properly and mix them well together. If there are any gritty little pieces, it is no proper toothpowder.

The cuttle fish-shell scrapes into a good toothpowder,

Yours,

CURIUS DENTATUS.

ADVICE ON SEVERAL SUBJECTS.

WHAT provision thou shalt want, learn to buy it at the best hand. For there is one penny saved in four, betwixt buying in thy need, and when the markets and seasons serve fittest for it.-Lord Burleigh's Advice to his Son.

Cure for Bunions.

WEAR easy shoes-soak the feet in hot water and mustard, strong, or, if you object to hot water, rub the parts with water and mustard-it must be strong, but not to raise a blister.

Eclipse of the Sun.

CARE should be taken, in looking at an eclipse, not to injure the eyesight.-The reflection in a pail of water, or looking through a piece of smoked glass, is safe-but many people still feel the effects of gazing at the last great eclipse of the sun without some such precaution.

Savings Banks.

WHEN there was lately so much distress from the failure of Bankers both in town and country, those who had money in Savings' Banks, and prudently left it there, were safe. The newspapers, at the time, stated, that many persons went and took their money out. Above a certain sum cannot be put into a Savings' Bank by the same person in one year, therefore these will not be able to repair their imprudence, if, seeing that the Savings' Banks have been safe, they should now wish to put their money back again.

One of the managers of a Savings' Bank in London, is said to have taken the trouble of explaining this, to many depositors, who began to be alarmed, and meant to take out their money. They were wise enough to be persuaded to leave it, and there it is still. The gentleman's name was not mentioned in the paper.

To prevent a decayed Tooth from aching.

A VERY small piece of Gum Mastic (to be had at the Chemists and Druggists) softened in hot water and pressed into the hollow of the tooth before it hardens again. If too large a piece is put in, it will not remain. The piece may be held in the mouth till soft, and then bitten into the hollow part.

ANON.

We have already recommended our correspondent's method of preventing the tooth-ache. We neglected, however, to say that a small piece, is more likely to continue in its place, than one which completely fills the tooth.

ED.

BISHOP BUTLER.

Ir is said that, in his last hours, Bishop Butler, when conversing with his Chaplain on those subjects which could then alone be interesting, thus expressed his uneasiness-" Though I have tried to avoid sin, and to please God to the utmost of my power, yet, from being conscious of my constant weakness, I am afraid to die."

"My Lord," said his Chaplain, "you forget that Jesus Christ is a Saviour."

"True," replied the Bishop; "but how shall I know that he is a Saviour for me?"

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"My Lord, it is written, Him that cometh unto me, I will in no wise cast out.'"

"True," said the Bishop; " and I have read that Scripture a thousand times, but I never felt its full value till this moment;-stop there,-for now I die happy!"

PAYING LABOURERS ON SUNDAY MORNINGS, To the Editor of the Cottager's Monthly Visitor. SIR,

THOUGH your book is intended for Cottagers, yet I happen to know that it has afforded many useful hints to readers of a higher class. May I, therefore, be allowed to ask you, to state the bad consequences of paying labourers their week's wages on the Sunday morning? I remember you did treat of this subject in the early part of your work, but a

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fresh hint may still be of use. The labourer who goes to be paid on the Sunday morning, generally loses the early and the best part of his Sabbath duties, and his mind is turned from its Sunday thoughts and duties, to its week-day cares. Moreover, the shop will probably have to be visited on the Sunday, and thus the shopkeeper is tempted to break the Sabbath too. Even when the payment is on Saturday night, there is hardly time to provide things necessary for the Sunday. The late Mr. Bowdler, an account of whose useful life has been lately published, always paid his labourers on the Friday night, an example well worthy of imitation. Yours, &c.

X. Z.

TWO FOOTMEN.

I KNOW two footmen who live in different families in the same town. They are the only men-servants in the families where they live. They are brothers, and very much alike in person, but one always looks clean and active, and busy and cheerful,and the other looks always a little below par, as if he hardly knew how to keep himself out of difficulties, and yet the wages of both of them are the same;-yet the first, from having made it a constant rule, from a lad, to lay by something every year, has now got a very comfortable sum together, against the time of old age or necessity. The other never saved any thing in his life; he is always behind hand in his payments, is constantly thinking that his wages are too little; in short he is a perpetual grumbler, and always in some trouble.

At the house where the first lives you see every thing in order; every thing looks as if it were done by one that understood his business. You are