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Show A DOSE FOR THE DOCTOR. A country doctor in thy north of Ireland, a bachelor, locally noted for his brusqueucss and irascibility, was driving along a narrow lane, when his passage was effectually barred by an old woman, who was returning from the bog loading an ass. i whose panniers were filled with peat. The" woman j led the ass to the side of the lane as quickly as she could, but not quick enough to please the short-tempered doctor. "Eaugh!" he exclaimed, "women and nsses are always in the way!" "I'm glad ye have the manners to put yourself last." said the woman calmly. ! The doctor drove on without another word. i " t |