DO-THE-BOYS HALL.

Dunstan Times, Issue 566, 21 February 1873, Page 3

DO-THE-BOYS HALL.

The following will be interesting to the readers of Pickens :—“ From Greta Bridge to Bones, up the bed of the Greta, passing the Scotchman’s Stone (an enormous mass) and the Bobber’s Cave,' or by read, tlic traveller will arrive at Bowes. This (Dothoboya Hall) is the first building in the village on the right hand side. It is now occupied by a farmer, all the upper floor is in ruins. After the school was extinguished, like newly all the rest in the neighborhood, by Nicholas Nickleby, it could not be let profitably ; and so the* rain was allowed to enter the roof, and has actually rotted the flooring, and the two suites of upper rooms make one luico ruin. Here is the head of the hall stairs" where Dummy, au o’d half daft boarder, met his death by falling on the stone floor beneath, and wh»rc a former mistress of the school (Mrs. Clarkson) had met with a similar fate in rushing out along the corridor after an unruly hoy. Of course now there are railmgs to prevent a repetition of such a catastrophe. The incidents of the story are culled from the whole neighborhood. Further on in the village, at the first house on the loft, will he found an old lady of the name of Baxter, who will furnish the travellcr with many particulars respecting the Squeers family. - Many a time and oft have I scon Mr. and Mrs. Squeers heading their scholars to the-parish church-sho very tall and he the reverse, and constantly used we to hear tales of ..her masculine, tendencies. ’ I have frequently seen it stated in the Times and elsewhere since Dickens’s death, that he originated tho ejposure of tbo Yorkshire schools,;: -Now this is wrong I was down there from 1524 to 1823. At this time the agitation was well nigh over. Dickens was not known as a writer then He certainly daliveicd the final blow -that crushed that monstrous system of education. They had been sending tho boys home blind, and afflicted with various cutaneous diseases, while as Mrs. Baxter will tell, they had been writing to their friends that they were in excellent health. In the churchyard is a tomb-stono to the memory of one of their victims from Trowbridge, in Wiltshire. It seems to me that Dickens purposely mystified the locality of his tale, because in He opening he speaks of leaving the stage coach, and proceeding to tho school by another conveyance. This would point to Bamingbam, -..-here there was a Mhobi, lmt-Where“r‘ortainl y r wftß «ot Squeers. He, of’course, had his reasons for this.” ' South London Prcm.

Milwaukee enjoys its own fat women, j Her name isPraegar, and Fairbanks hardly docs her justice at 535 pounds. She girths five feet eleven inches over tho%osom, live feet two around the hips, two feet lour around the arms, and when she laughs her chin wrinkles down into the dark like cellar stairs. The more quiet and peaceably wo get on, the better—tho better for ourselves, the better for our neighbors,- In nine oases out of ten, the wisest course is, if a' man cheat y°n, quit dealing with him ; if be bo abusive f quit his company ; if he slander you, take care to live so that no one will believe hint. In a recent speech, Mr. Robert Lowe, Gliancsllorof the Exchequer, said: “America came out.of a gigantic - civil war, bleeding at every pore, and with feelings very much oxcitod and irritated. To her eternal honor bo it said, she offered an unique instance in history. In her case no ‘statutes gban the refuse of tho swordno executioner was called on to finish the work the soldier had left undone. Whatever blood was ehed was shed in tiro height of violent conflict, No blood, no mockery of judicial ’ proceedings, no semblance of impartiality whore tho sentence was predetermined on and the executioner was ready, clouded the triumph of the civil war, and for that America deserves immortal honor.”

So intellect is only phosphorus on the cram cuter all! At least thus reasons a Pans medico in forty quarto pages of a report to the Academy of Sciences. Acccrd'ng to him you have only to introduce phosphorus into the skull of an idiot and you at once transform him into a man of genius. Wc are not told, however, how the phosphorus is to be introduced. The theory is founded upon observations on the battle field, where at night the wiiter has remarked phosphorescent vapors issue from the months and noses of the killed. If we might be allowed to make a suggestion, we should think that the needed phosphorus might thus be inhaled. In this manner talent would never bo lost to the world and a man might bequeath his “mental faculties,” as he now does his money bags or broad acres. The relative mortality following great operations consecutive to wounds in recent wars was ns follows.-—American war of secession, 42 2 pier 100; England Crimean war 33. 9 per 100; France, Crimean war, 72. 8 per cenh; Italian war, 63. 9 per cent. M. Leon Lefort, who collects and comments upon these figures in a rccentwoik, finds the true cause of frightful excess of mortality following the efforts of French military surgeons to numerical insufficiency of tho medical staff and of hospiatl material, the bad organisation of the service, and administrative incompetence. It must however be remembered that the French motality of civil hospitals is not less excessive. A prior of the Chartreuse, being invited to dinner by the Vice-Legate of Avignon, accepted, provided nothing unsuitable to a fast day should appear at tab’e. After tho soup came a magnificent trout, the sauce of which was most agreeable to the senses of smell and sight. Tho prior was about to begin upon it with'vhablo satisfaction when a small monk in his train wisperod to him. “Do not touch it, father; I saw that sauco being made. Two rabbits and a large piece of ham were put into it. I shuddered at the recollection! ” “My brother,” replied the prior, “will you alhvays fall into your besetting sin? I have told you a hundred times you are too curious. The kitchen was not your place. Besides, you are short-sigt-ed, anil took oniong for rabbits and a carrot for ham.” Ihe young monk thought he really must have been n - is fa kan, and the good monk resolutely disposed of the trout, sauce, and all.

M. X. set out shooting one mornin" recently, first promising his wife that he would bnngher that cv enmg a brace of partridges at the very least. Punctually at 10 o’clock the same night he relumed hom», greatly fatigued, and covered with dust to the ears. His gamc-hag, however, appeared to be very full; and Madame X. atones concluded that her husband had good sport. “How many have you, my dear?” she asked taking up the game-bag. “Two, as I promised,” nonchalently replied M. X., throwing himself into a chair. “I had no sooner reached my destination, than ban" bang, fire !jl had killed the brace. ” Bcddening with pride, Madam X. opened the game-bag; but—o horror!—in place of the partridges, she drew from it a superb lobster rolled up in a paper. Tableau! It was all the fault of tho fishmonger. W lion applied to by the stammerino: sportsman for a brace of partridges, the tradesman mistook him, and gave instead a “cardinal of the sea.” Holloway’s Ointment and Pills.— The victims of scrofula, eruptions, cancers, tumors, bad legs, etc., throughout the universe, lock to thc]Omtment as tho only element of cure. Sufferers from indigestion l bilious .disorders, affections of the bowels etc.,'have an equally firm reliance on tho Fills. In order to bo sura you have tho genuine article, see that the water-mark “Holloways, London.” is on evey leaf of the book of directions enclosing each pot or box. Dn. Bright’s Phosfhodyne- Multitudes of people are hopelessly suffering from Debility, Nervous and Liver Com. plaints, Depression .of --Spirits, Delusions, -- Unfitness for Business or Study, Failure of Hearing, Sight, and Memory, Lassitude, Want of Power, &c., whose cases admit of a permanent cure by the now remedy Phosphodvne (Ozonic Oxygen) which at once allays all irritation and excitement, imparts new energy and life to the enfeebled constitution, and rapidly cures every stage of these hitherto incurable and distre-riug maladies. .Si,ld by all Chemists and Storekeepers throughout tho Colonies, from whom fhamphlets containing testimonials may be obtained. Caution.—Be particular to ask for Dr. Bright’s Phosphodylie, as imitations are abroad ; And avoid purchasing single bottles, I he genuine ardcis being sold in cases only.

UoldsjJitii's Work. The process cf fine-art manufacture in this branch of trade is, strikingly exemplified in a little work published by Mr. J. W Ben Son, of No. 25, Old Bond-street, and of thn City Steam Factory, 5S and 60, Lndgato-hill, London. It is enriched and embellished with designs, by Italian, French and English artistes, of brooches, bracelets, earnings, and other articles, suitable for personal wear, or for wedding, birth-day, or other presents, with their prices. Mr. Benson, who holds the appointment to H. 11. 11. the Prince of Wales, has also published a very interesting pamphlet on the Rise and Progress of Watchmaking. These pamphlets are sent, post free, for two stamps each, and theycannotbotoo strongly recommended to those contemplating a purchase, especially to residents in the country or abroad, who are thus enabled to select any article they may require, aud have it forwarded in perfect safety!