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Cromwell Argus, Volume V, Issue 212, 2 December 1873, Page 7

j We recently took a walk on the wharf,wfth ja friend who is a good ventriloquist. Two ; hands of one of our steamers were engaged I in rolling a cask, when, to the consternation j and surprise of the persons engaged in perj forming that operation, a Voice was heard j within the cask—"Roll it easy; these plaguey | nails hurt. I'd rather pay my passage than ; stand all this!" Holding up their hands, their visuals expanding to the size of two j saucers, the two lahourers exclaimed—'That i beats the dickens !" The mate coming up at this moment, and unaware of the cause of delay, commenced cursing them for dilatoriness, when from within the voice came forth —" You're nobody ; let me out of the cask." " What's that ?" said the mate. " Why, it's me," said the voice ; "I want to get out; I won't stand this any. longer." " TJp-end the cask," said the mate. "Oh don't! You will kill me," said the voice. (i How these nails prick. Look out—don't J" again said the cased-up individual, as the men were turning it over. " Cooper," said the mate, I " unhead that cask, and take that man out." jAs the adze sundered the hoops, and the ; head was coming out, the voice again broke ! forth: "Be easy now; is there any one ! about 1 I don't want to be caught." "Quite I a crowd had now gathered round the scene of ; action, when a low gutteral sound broke ! forth, which made our hair stand on end, aa 1 the cask was filled with bacon. " What does |it mean?" says one. "It beats my time," said another. We enjoyed the joke too well 1 to " blow," as we walked off arm-in-arm with i the ventriloquist and magician. United ' States Paper. The inhabitants o." the Cromwell district are : sometimes puzzled to know which is the best I and cheapest establishment to purchase their j supplies of drapery and clothing at. They should |no longer remain in doubt on that score. If they j will only pay ono visit to W. Talboys' London ! House, they will discover for themselves that | it is not only the cheapest but the best store at , which to deal for these articles. Mr Talboya | has made arrangements to import his stock direct from the Home markets, and the public can rest ; assured that everything will be sold by him at j an advance only sufficient to repay the" original i post, and return a fair percentage on the outlay. | Every article, in Mr Talboya' "establishment is marked in plain figures, from which no abatn- '■ ment is ever made. A fuller description of the : stock will oe found in advertisement in another i column.—[AdVt.] Holloway\ Ointment nvl Pills. Sudden changes of temperature sorely try all persons j subject to rheumatism, sciatica, tic doloreux, j and many maladies scarcely leas painful, though iof shorter duration. On the first attack of stiff- | ness or suffering in any muscle, joint, or nerve, j recourse shnu'd immediately he had to fomentations of the seat of .the disease with hot brine, .and by subsequent nibbing in this remarkable | Ointment, the uneasiness of th~e."pn"rt will be i assuaged, infianun ition subdue, ami swelling nI duced. The Pills. Himiiltanoonsly tak«m, will j rectify constitutional disturbance aud reuew die : strength.