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Grey River Argus, Volume VII, Issue 505, 10 April 1869, Page 3

Why is a vulture superior to the man who shoots him ? — Because the vulture is a foul creature, and the sportsman is a fouler (fowler). There is a Yankee employed as a bridge hand, out West, on the Central Railroad, who brags of having a time-piece that keeps correct time. He was'heard to remark, a few mornings since, upon pulling out his watch. "If the sun ain't over the hill in a minute and a half, he will be late." Misprints will present themselves in other columns besides those of newspapers. The author of a temperance novel, who wrote 1 ' Drunkenness is Folly, " was horrified to read " Drunkenness is Jolly." When we look back upon our past lives the ominous words "irrevocable, irreparable—irreparable, irrevocable !" seem to beat to and fro with a dull, muffled sound from the pendulum of the great clock of time. After rolling all night in yonr berth at sea, till you are miserably ill, to have a steward open your door in the morning and ask you " if you'll have a fresh roll for breakfast." A justice, better versed in law than gospel, not long since married a couple in this way : " Hold up your right hands. You solemnly swear that you will perform the duties of your office, jointly and severally, according to your best skill and judgment, so help your God, Fee, one dollar."