QUEER PEOPLE!-WHAT THEY SAID, AND WHAT THEY DID. "Life's best joys consist in peace and ease, Where are queer people to be found? The difficulty is to say where they are not, for we find persons with queer notions and peculiar habits almost everywhere. There is a diversity of character in every community, all exercising an influence for good or evil. There is a queer street in every locality, inhabited by disagreeable people, who are very queer. Let us mention some of them Conceited people, who bewilder al Mr. Self-Conceit lived in Queer Street; he bewildered everybody who knew him, by his vague speeches, senseless utterances, and foggy ideas. He was truly a conceited man, and loved to talk largely about himself and about his knowledge of things in general. What others thought of Mr. Self-Conceit was quite contrary to what he thought of himself; for the opinion was that he really knew nothing correctly, but had a smattering of many things and did not think for himself. Our advice to such is, think twice before you speak once, and always aim at self-abasement. "Words are like leaves, and where they most abound, Much fruit of sense beneath is rarely found." Mr. Joe Crusty repelled his would-be friends. He was known to be the man whose room was preferred to his company. Never cheerful himself, Joe never tried to make others cheerful, but allowed his temper to burst forth on every occasion of annoyance. Thus he became habitually peevish, fretful, and disagreeable. man, by his uniform snappishness, turned his blessings into trials, and became his own enemy. "As welcome as sunshine In every place, Is the beaming approach Of a good-natured face. As genial as sunshine, Like warmth to impart, From a good-natured heart." This Mr. and Mrs. Whisperer were neighbours; they greatly annoyed others by their slander, fault-finding, and evil-speaking. It was truly a frightful source of |