TOWN AND COUNTRY. ■ : It is an old saying that; there is no accounting for tastes. .The bodies and minds of all human beings seem to be formed on the same lines, yet there is a strange amount of difference in tho bodily,: and 1 still. more in. the mental, characteristics of individuals. Man is generally a sociable being, and to be cut off from all communication with his fellows, like Robinson Crusoe or Alexauder Selkirk, is generally felt as a sore privation, yet seclusion and solitude is much more tolerable .to some people than it is to others. Some people can tolerate the comparative solitude and seclusion, of a life in the country with equanimity and content, and even prefer it to. town life \ but others, if by circumstances condemned to a life in the country, are ever hankering after the excitements of a town life and constant intercourse with other people. Some people take much more interest in rural pursuits, such as farming and gardening, than others. Perhaps the choice depends In some measure on what people have been accustomed to. There are some people who, being long used to the pleasures and excitements of a town life, though they may keenly enjoy an occasional trip into the country, would think it a woful privation to be forced to live continually in the country. Dr John son is said to have regarded a country life with horror. He liked to roam about Fleet street and other' streets in London among his fellow-men and study mankind, hold intercourse with his friends, and enjoy, in literary clubs, 'the feast of reason and the flow of soul.' There is a story of a certain lord who had a strong antipathy to a country life and separation from the pleasures and excitements of a life in London. One clay ,a little dog bit him on the leg. He did not swear in the usual way, but exclaimed, 'I wish you were married aud settled in the coun : try,' which he seemed to consider a dreadful curse on the little dog. How ever, whether people are settled in town or country, they would probably like to change -their quarters at their own free will and pleasure rather than be moved about at the will of other people. 