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Hawke's Bay Times, Volume I, Issue 14, 3 October 1861, Page 3

Ms.'s. Fajct»mjiox's Last.— lke read —“ ‘Tf you marry.’ said a Homan consul to Ids son, ‘ let it* bo to a woman.’ ” 11 Very proper advice,” said Mrs. ihvrtington. interrupting’nan ; “ but I don't know bow Iso could have given any other under (be circumstances, sco'ng lb at Providence foreordained t at it should be so previously, beforehand, though in one sense nil the girls (bat marry are net women, o tlier been - so tney toil not, neither do they spin, and know no more about housekeeping than fifth wheel of a “But.” said ike, putting in, “ you dr:n t hear it all. ‘ I f yon marry,’ said a Roman consul to ins son," let it be to a woman who lias jud< ment and industry enough to get a meal of victuals, taste er.out.it to dress neat, proud, enough to wash before fcrt akfast, and sense enough to b.c.kl her tongue.’ ” “ Terr good,” said tho old lady, and she nodded her head as though the idea were adjuring itself to a satisfactory place in her mind. —Pcclon Gazelle. The Retout Lie. — Perhaps the best retort upon a lie is to outwit it, as Calba did, when a cmirt’cr told hint that he had bought eels in Sicilly five feet long. “ That," replied the pmperor. “ is no wonder; for there they arc so long that the fishermen use them for ropes.” A con ceiled man is like a cock that thinks the sun rises on purpose to hear him crow.