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Grey River Argus, Volume VII, Issue 501, 1 April 1869, Page 3

" There is one kind o' ship I always steer clear of," said an old bachelor sea captain ; " and that's courtship, 'cause oa that ship there's always two mates and no captain." The famous saying of Shakespeare that '*' there is a divinity that shapes our ends, ' is exemplified in the employment of thou • sands of young girls who are making gentlemen's boots. A sheriff was once asked to execute a writ against a Quaker. On arriving at his house ne saw the Quaker's wife, who, in reply to the inquiry whether her husband was at home, said he was, at the same time requesting him to be seated, and her husband would speedily see him. The officer waited patiently for some time, when the fair Quakeress coming into the room, he reminded her of her promise that he might see her husband. "Nay, friend," said she; "I promise! that he would see thee. He has seen thee. He did not like thy looks ; therefore he avoided thee, and hath departed from the house by another path."