Show the lairds pictures some years ago a scotch laird found on succeeding to his bis estates a that the house contained two portraits of a dis member of the family who had flourished during the reign of george III one by reynolds and the other by raeburn ile he knew no more of pictures than a newfoundland dog and he decided that two portraits of the same individual need not be kept the reynolds was retained while the raeburn was presented to a public gallery the worthy man was struck with constipation some ome tims afterward when he found that his gift had been valued at and probably the picture would now fetch double that amount |