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Grey River Argus, Volume VIII, Issue 597, 13 November 1869, Page 4

It is reported that gold fields, one hundred an,d twe.hty miles long, exceeding the California miues in ripeness, have been discdvered near Colima, Northwestern Mexico, and that diggers are gathering there in large numbers. At a fashionable wedding in Sfc, Louis, the officiating clergyman, Rev. Esther F. M. Keilty, in his address to the groom, said : ■•' You are the man;, and the man must be the ruler. Any idea looking to woman as being the ruler is a perversion of Scripture." The Fond dv Ljnc (Wisconsin, U.S.) Reporter states that five* se&tion.s of Lake Winnebago, north of that city* nut one foot of which has less than 20 feet of w&i&r over it, have been sold and resold by speculators South for 20 years, and still they are at it. It has been valued at 10,000 dols. An ignorant, but welljneanuig man, having been placed on the commission of the peace in a rural district, declared, on taking. his seat as a magistrate, that it would be " his most anxious endeavour to do justice without fear, favour, or affection j in short," said he, emphatically, "I will take care that on this bench I will never be either partial or impartial," "At what rate that girl's tongue is going !" said a lady, looking con'plaoe.itly' afc her daughter, who was discussing some subject of apparent interest with a handsome young clergyman. " Yes,"' replied a satirical neighbour, '' her to,ngHo is going a,t the curate." A man having fallen into a rive.r, was assisted out by person who fortunately was passing at the time, and who, as he helped him up the bank, inquired whether intoxication was the cause of his falling in. The other, who was a humorist, replied, "No, fir ; I really did not find myself in. liquor till 1 was over head, and ears.. " " Please accept a lock of my- hair," said an old bachelor to a widow, handing her a large $url. "Sir, you had bettor give 'me the whole wig." " Madam, you arc very biting indeed, considering that your teeth are proc.4aiu t "