MISCELLANEOUS

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume III, Issue 158, 15 March 1872, Page 3

MISCELLANEOUS

' The Ron. Mr. Stewart, *oi o? Lord Blantyre, is on a visit to Melbourne 'He;was initiated a freemason in the St. C7air Lodge'. ' .-; : Tn reviewing the dillne=is of times in Rosa, the Guardian!sa\"s:— "Things are assuming a,inore critical position every da v.The list month has been >, Very; severe,one for the business ponron of the community; fresh .failures are taking place every day. A meeting *ofycredftors is now/ so common any' 'noKce is taken of it,' arid the msol>;e:"l,ls* terms he chooses so long" as he promises something at'aTefiiofe period. Effects of Drinking-—lie- who takes too many glusses \vi!< likely become- a tumbler." ' - ~ - • --'-»*-','•

v T'le popular mode of asking one what '^.wni^ilca-^ drink ia Yieksburgbf is, " P.ea'se noiniri ire your family /disturbance. "

.., - " WKa* do you take, one. for, sir ?*' said a gentleman to'* cabman who had ■ j?. een grossly insul_ting;him« " Tal^eyer for ? Vy, I took yer for a shillin' a mile but I give* .eightpenee." _ There have been many definitions of a gentleman, but-the prettiest and" most pathetic is that givenbya<young lady—- " A gentleman," says she, humble being combining" a woman's tenderness with a' man's courage." . .he Scott Ce?frEy.\B-r -Oottagenear Edinburgh.—Old fiustic to hi* Wife—"Come awa' P«'ggy ; ye maun "'gang to the toon the nicht." Wife—" .o'\, I caana be bothered, man, John. We'll'may be gang the next time.'* - ".

The remark of a cotemoorary,-" tha many of our successful • lawyers commenced life-as preachers;" is-"'gracefully cor reefed by'one of the/legal gentleman referred to, Who begs to say that he began life as an 1 infant. American

Paper. When Eoote was at Salt Hill, he dine* at the Castle lnn, r an.l when Partridge, the host, produced his bill, which was rather exorbitant, the comedian asked his name. "Partridge,,sir, " said he. " Partridge ! It should have been wood* cock,' b v'-the'length of your bill. " ' nDa JoHjr Egerton, on coming to theSee of Durham; employed one Due. as His aren't, to find out the true value of the estates held by lease un ler him, and in consequen.e of Due's reports greatly raised both the fines and reserved rents of his tenants. ,On this account the following toast was frequently drunk in and about Durham:-- •' May the Lord take the Bishop, and the d 1 have his Due!" Gexuine Conversion. Spurgeontells the fpijowing :—"J.like the story of the servant maid who, when she was asked, 6 r n joining the church, 'Are you convened?' / I hope ro, sir.' '"What makes yoirthink you are "really a child of G-od?" Well .sir, there is a, great change in there used' tobe.' 'What is, that change?' ' I don't know, sir; but there's changes' in all time**; but there isone thing, 1.-al-ways sweep under the mats now!' " Artemis-' Ward 1 had just lost'his'father, and one day, at the store, in ,his native village, he met a veteran' drunkard; some 90 years of who had been constantly " corned " oa new rum for about 40 years. '.' Wall, Charles, " said the veteran, " so you've lost - your father!" Charles assented. "Wall" continued the*-' veteran, " I've neither father nor mother." "And theoldcuss," Artemus used 'to "say, " leaned up against a barrel of No. 2 mackerel, and wept because he was an orphan !"-. The Melbourne ' Leader ' hasf'cbmmenced to give a series of portraits of successful colonists, the first " subject" chosen being Mr. W. J. £ Clarke. In the biographical sketch • given of this gentleman's career, it says .-—" If is impossible to form 'an' exact estimate of Mr. Clarke's wealth, but he must be worth*at least' 1 two' millionth sterling. His lan-ed property consists of 120000 acres' in Victoria, '5G;000 in Tasmania, 75,000 in Australia, and 45,000 m .New Zealand He has valuable town proptrtfoi* in Celine street, Emerald Rill, am; La>t Akiboume.' He owns- 15,000 'shares in the Colonial Hanky "and he has a large number of shares in other banks, gas and insurance companies, besides' lent out on mortgage."