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Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 19, Issue 1222, 15 January 1872, Page 2

A Bourke correspondent writes to the Dubbo Despatch :—" Mrs James Reed, of Mount Oxley, twenty miles from Bourke, showed me some butter made on the Yankee system. Three pints of cream were placed in a cloth and buried in a garden about 2 feet but before the three days allowed, curiosity impelled them to see what ii was like ; it was found to be nearly all good butter. I am using some of it now, and it is superior to the churned butter, being firmer and sweeter."

The Chicago Journal says that while the waterworks were out of order the milkmen distributed to their customers the richest milk ever enjoyed in that city.

The London Punch advises Englishmen to hurry up with their subscriptions, or Chicago will be rebuilt before the) can get them there. Four shops have bern opened in Aberdeen for the exclusive sale of New Zealand beef and mutton. The meat is retailed in small quantities, to suit the requirements of the laboring classes, and lias been largely sold. A number of the principal gtocera of Aberdeen have also commenced the sale of the meats offered to the trade by the various companies. The consumption of Australian preserved meats is on tbe increase.

A picture of life in Mexico : Two gentlemen of the highest, rank in society meet in the evening in a street in the capital. " What o'clock is it senorT' The other stops, draws his revolver and CQyers his interlocutor, then takes out hu watch and gives the desired information. Number one thanks number two, without the least surprise or remonstrance at the measure, of precaution.

The Post says that there is no truth in the rumor that Mr Fitzherbert is about to join the Ministry. Mary Carraher, a washerwoman at We&tport, ran to rescue some children from an infuriated bullock which cleared the streets after being landed from the "Wallabi, and was gored by the brute and considerably hurt. A learned clergyman was accosted in the following manner by an illiterate preacher who despised education : " Sir, you have been to, college, I suppose?" " Fes, sir," was the reply. "I am thankful" rejoined the former, "that the Lord opened my mouth without any learning." ff A similar event," retorted the clergyman, " took place in Balaam's time; but such things are of rave occurrence at the present time."