PHILOSOPHICAL INSTITUTE.
An ordinary meeting of the above institute was held at the Public Library last evening at eight o’clock, when the following pjpers were read: —“On the New Zealand Desmidiese,” by Mr W. M. Maskell; “On Sericulture,” by Mr P. Adams ; “On the Study of the French acd German Languages” (paper No. 2), by Mr J. You Tunxelman. An interesting discussion followed the reading of each paper, particularly that on Sericulture, during which tbe opinion was expressed that the climate of New Zealand was suitable for the silkworm. Mr B. O. Bishop was elected a member of the institute. A communication from the Otago Institute was read, asking tbe Canterbury Institute to join in sending a congratulatory letter to Professor Darwin on the coming of age of “ Orgin of Species.’’ The institute, however, declined to commit itself io any expression of opinion on the subject. The meeting then adjourned.
A Nebraska minister preached an hoar and three-quarters one Sunday, and by that time the pews were about emptied, and, as the last worshipper collared his hat and slid out, the disgusted preacher asked tbe choir to sing u Nothing but leaves."
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Globe, Volume XXII, Issue 2067, 8 October 1880, Page 3
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