MISCELLANEOUS.

Dunstan Times, Issue 617, 13 February 1874, Page 3

MISCELLANEOUS.

Nineteen now f 'rts, to be corrected by .a circular railway, are about to be con•tructe lat a distance of from twelve to fifteen miles from thi walls of P ris Lord Chancelh r Hardwick’s bailiff, having been order' d by his lady to procure a sow of a par'icular description, cam" one d.y into the dr lug room when full of company, proclaim ng, with a burst of joy he could not sn"press, “ I have been to Royston F dr, my lady, and have bought a sowjust your la lysh p’s size.” An Americ m jury were recently brought into Court, in order that one of its number mi.hi l>e instructed upon the following p bit of l.iw “If I believe that the rvid. nee is one way-, and the other eleven belt ve,differently,does -ha’ justify another juryman knocking me down with a chair?’ The judge answered in general teims. The follow ing dodge has been n sorted to in Australia by storekeeper? in order to pass bad coin “ When a sovereign is offered him in payment of a ‘mall account he take# up the money, and after opening hj s till, says he hasn't si fficient change, and joHtely tills the mstomer it will do again, de xti rcusly handing him the bad •overeign. retail in;.- the good one.

ft is s fated that there is now being constructed at Grcnstadt a submarine vessel of enormous dime si- ns. In it two thousand tons of iron and stem have been employed. It is piopelled by two powerful ai. engims, will learned with a formidable ram, and will cany all the means for fixing to the hulls of the vessels large cylinders of powder which it can afterwards explode by electricity’. Two glass eyes will eua'de the crew to find their way. about, and they choose their couue at any depth they please. A Rockliampt < n (Qiutr.elsi d) lotelkccpei advertises in the local Argus the fol lowing seitcs of 1 evcirf.es “ Corpse Reviver, the Templar’s Smile, the Connecticut Eye-opener, V bite Volf's Milk, Alabama Fog cutter, Kentucky Egg-nog, J paneae fmktails, Sangartef, Slings, Stone Vails, 1 oily Vau’ens, Sa'saparilla Bats, Blessings, mid i.Gin Slings. The The “ Smile ” is described as an a rceeb e bt-vciage, haimless as a kitten, and mild as a pet lamb. A capital drink for politicians—cheering, but not inebriating, Co mpited ed mystery and preserved snow balls."

A correspondent writing from Newliri'ge, reports a courageous act m the part of a liny only eleven years of age. The excessively ho- weather hail induced some of the school children to walk on the ha..ks of the L cldon, accompanied hy a pupil teaehei (Miss ( herry), a young lady eighteen years of a r e. (hie of the c-hil Iren, George Baylcy, nix years of age, an orphan, and under the gnaidiauship of the Cherrys, fell into a vo y large water-hole This circumstance produced such a panic among the group that a girl name Harriet Cherry rushed in, c’osely followed hy her sister, the pn; i' toucher, together with Letitie Grant, aged fourteen years. Three o' these would in a few minu es have keen drowned—Emil\ Cherry having scrambled to shoe—had r n Ibeen that J ones Brownhill, son of M l . Will,am Browi hill, of Newbridge, was 1 assing b\ on hoisihiiek, when the scream of those on shore attracted his attenth n.

e galloped forward, and without waiting to undress, plunged into the water. The nly object visible n ihe surface was Miss Cherry’s hand. This the lad caught, and b v.i n with her to sh ire. Dashing in again, aid diving d vvn, he succeo e l in finding Letitia Gr. nt. Hpon Bringing her to the shore, the ap, arently lifeless body of George Baylcy was 'mind clinging to her clothrs. All recovered after a few minutis’ expnan e to the air, and their rescuer received the hearty thanks of the parents and friends, who hy this time had assembled in the

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