MISCELLANEOUS.

Evening Star, Issue 3067, 17 December 1872, Page 3

MISCELLANEOUS.

Musical but not Orthographic.—There is a young lady in Milford who has been taking music lessons en the piano for some eight years. The other day she scut an order to a music store in New Haven, and fearing her spelling might not be just right, added the postcript“ You muss exkewa this letter, as I pla bi uoat butt spel bi ere.”— American paper. The jokers are not all dead yet. A Hampshire wag put the following advertisement iu a weekly paper “ Who wants to buy a new milch cow, that is every way kind, only five years old, and gives fifteen quarts of milk to a milking.—Jack Rogers.” The next week Mr Kogers received not less than fifty applications through the paper for the cow, which were answered thus : - “ If I hear of any such cow, I will let \on know immediately. Yours truly, J. Rogers.” A would be author was advised to try the effect of one of his compositions upon the folks at home, without confessing his authorship. IT is mother fell ashep, his sister groaned, his brother asked him to shut up, as they had had quite enough of that shower of words without wit, and at last his wife tapped him upon the shoulder, with the sweetest possible “Won’t that do?” He then saw how it was himself, buried his portfolio, recovered his digestion, and has been a happy man ever since. A few days since one of our popular attorneys called upon another brother of tho profession, and asked his opinion upon a c -rtain point of law. The lawyer to whom the question was addressed drew himself up, and said, “ I generally get paid for what I know !” 'J he questioner drew a half-crown from bis waistcoat-pocket, handed it to the other, and coolly remarked, “Tell me all you know, and give me the change.” There is coolness between the parties now. The following story, which is going the round of the French papers, ought to serve as a useful lesson to practical jokers. Two diners who were unknown to each other were sitting at the same table in a restaurant in the Place de Cnateau d’Eau. One of them joking with the mistress of the establishment. said, “ I must have some fresh lobster, otherwise I shall kill you,” His neighbour, a young man of about 25 years of age, then drew from bis pocket a small revolver, which he handed to him saying in fun, “Here is something which will enable you to accomplish your crime.” The revolver was examined and returned to its owner, who had scarcely time to remark that it was loaded, when, owing to some defect in its construction, one of its chambers exploded, fortunately without its injuring any one. A crowd however, collected outside the restauraunt as though some tragedy had just occurred, the agents of the police came up, and the unfortunate delinquent was carried off to the commisary of police to give some explanation of the affair. In the meantime, an individual present, who had up to this moment kept in the background, but bad a perfect knowledge of the hero of the adventure, ran to the lodging of the latter, declared to the landlord that a murder had been committed by his tenant and that he himself was an agent of the police come to make a thorough search of his rooms. The doors were accordingly thrown open to him without hesitation, and after he had completed his iuvestigatious he retired with an air of much dignity. A short time afterwards the owner of the revolver, who had been set at liberty by the commissary of police, returned home, and to his astonishment and disgust found every drawer and cupboard open and empty, and all his money gone. The so-called agent of police bad managed to get clear off with money and goods to the extent of about 8,001) franca in value.— Pall Mall O'azette.