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Grey River Argus, Volume VIII, Issue 576, 25 September 1869, Page 4

The Americans — especially those "raised" down East — -are very good at getting up things. At Chicago the other day, as may be seen in a picture iv the Illustrated Times, they raised an hotel 20,000 tous twelve feet by means of screw-jacks in twenty-seven days, without the service of the hotel being interrupted for a single hour. We could not do this in England, for our houses are so rapidly raised— not to say run vp — at first, that any attempt to get them or their rents, higher would bring thatn. down. We .are capital at raising Hotel Companies, but we must leave our American cousins to raise the hotel with the Company in it. They tell a good story of two bachelors who lived a sort of cat and dog life, to their neighbors' discomfort, for a good many years, but who had been at a camp meeting, were slightly converted, and both of them concluded to reform. " Brother Tom," says one when they arrived at their home, " let ussit (l own. now .and I'll tell you what we'll do. You will tell me of all my faults, and I'll tell you of all yours, so we'll know how to get mending 'em. " " Good .!" says brother Torn^ "Well, you begin." "No, you begin, ' brother Joe." "Well, in the. first place, you know, brother Tom, you will lie !" Crack goes brother Tom's double fist between brother Joe's "blinkers," and a considerable scrimmage ensued, until, iv the course of about ten minutes, neither being able to corae to time, reformation was postponed sine die. I An impious parrot belonging to a clergyman in York was generally removed at family prayer lest he might join irreverently. Recently his presence happened to-beian-noticed, and for some time he maintained a decorous silence ; but, at length, instead of "Amen," out he came with "Cheer, boys, cheer." On this the butler was directed to. remove him, when the bird, thinking he had better apologise, exiled out, . "isiorry I spoke I" . . A couple of rival politicians were disputing about the extent of a recent procession, one claiming that it was- a small affair, and the other that it was the "biggest thing of the kind ever seen in the country. Why, said he, ' ' it was twelve hours passing a j^iveu point, as I'll make you admit," looking at his opponent. "I'd like to see you do it," said the latter. "Well, the pom); it took us twelve hours to pass was the whiskey shop at the corner." The opponent gave it up.