MISCELLANEA.

Cromwell Argus, Volume 2, Issue 83, 13 June 1871, Page 7

MISCELLANEA.

An Irishman, who was found guilty of stealing a lot of eoifeo, was asked by r lte magistrate what ha (lid with it. " Made t:iy wid it," was the reply. La Fol'lefc.—Tha girl of the period 13 accused of being And yet i gl'iuco at her chignon proves how loud she is or building castles iu the ftair. Henry Ward LJoeeher, tho fmious American minister, once asked L J ark Benjamin, the poet and humourist, why he had never been to Brooklyn to hear him preach. Benjamin waggishly replied, " Why, jßeeoher, the fact is, i have conscientious scruples against going to places of public amusement on Sundays." Mr Lorenzo Day, oE Chickasaw county, having married Miss Martha Wee!;, a local poet comments : i A Day is made, a Week is lost, But Time should not complain : There'll soon belittle Days enough To make the week again. The Cliattanooua Times asks :—" Whither are we drit'iiug?" To which the Kiioxv'dic ! Whhj replies : —" It would be prol'ano iu us to ; "Woman i; a delusion, madam ["exclaimed i a crusty old bachelor to a witty young lady. The following am using ilc&ciiption oi | Blcnheiui, the capital of the L'rovinoo of Marlborough, is taken from an article published iu . the lUtinhhn Hrmhaj lU, dd :—" I came in Hie J Falcon. 1 wish 1 hadn't, tor 1 don't know how to get out, having spent all my money. —Blenheim is the capital of Marlborough ; it has a Superintendent, Inspector of Police, and two constables, who have nothing to do. The same amount is done by the other Government ollieials.—lt's a very healthy place, the only disease | prevalent being Quartz on tho Drain. Mimyaro | suilcring from this complaint, and many more ! arc expected to sulfur under its "' crushing iiillu i enee."—Money's very tight here ; and so have 1 : been ever since I arrived. -The principal anluso- ■ ments are 'Yankee-grab' and bottled porter" ! —There are three papers iu the town, vi/., the ; Jf<ndd(ov Fighting Editor) tho A'un., and the i IJi-pixsa. They are all full of news which might ; have been read somewhere some wee!.:-; before.1 Climate of iJleuhcim : Good. -Disposition of iti- | habitants: Going on the burst, and there lcJ mainiug. None liavo bursted yet, but sonic are | expected to." FAULT-FINDING. What are another's faults to me .' I've not a vulture";; bill, J'.) peck at ever, nave < L-.ee, I < i ■ -. . . ... And make it wider stiii. ii is enough for me to Limw i I've follies of my own ; And on my heart my care bestow, And let my friends alone. I'.