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Grey River Argus, Volume IX, Issue 662, 16 April 1870, Page 4

11 What blessings children are!" as the parish clerk said when he took fees for chi'istening them. Transported for life. The man who marries happily. Action should follow thought. No farmer can plough a field by turning it over in his mind. " Industry must prosper," as the husband said when holding the baby while his wife chopped wood. What is the most extravagant of all coats ? — Waistcoat When does a young lady utter the most valuable words ?— When she speaks in " silvery" accents. Time is woman'STival, for no tight-lacing can compare with the waste of time. Kr young gentleman from the "rooral districts," who advertised for a wife through the newspapers, received answers from eighteen husbands, informing him he could have theirs. What is the difference between perseverence and obstinancy? One is strong will and the other a strong won't. A sailor, looking serious in a chapel with both hands thrust deep into his pockets, was asked by a minister if he felt any change. "Not a darned rap," said Jack. An old tobacco chewer says that the Bible sustains his favorite habit. He quotes : "He that is filthy, let him be filthy still." "Mother, did you hear sissy swear?" " No, my dear, what did she say?" " Why, she said she wasn't going to wear her darned stockings to church on Easter Sunday."