MISCELLANEOUS

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume III, Issue 177, 26 July 1872, Page 3

MISCELLANEOUS

"Whose pigs are these my lad?" " Whoy, they belong to that thete big sow." "No ! I mean who is their master ?" " Whoy, .that there little' un ; he's a rare 'un to feight."

For ?>> 11tu^T^difirntibrT—Tii~ah old L i.aarksh■ re kirk, lou * ago, the minister* "} V &S accustomed,- in.connection, with the occasion/' to enumerate in "detail different classes as offenders. " Leddy Betty,"-an elderly spinister,\sat erect inher- family .pew/iand in the pawnext to that .of-her ; lady ship-sat a-'cer-tain old bachelor laird, a neighbor "and acquaintance. When J the minister made ..mention -of " card-players and. gamblers," the laird used politely, but wickedly, to offer,his snuff-box to 'tlie.fair Leady Betty, hoping" thai; "Her Leddyship was hearin':" Then* wh.en th.e minister, in due course,.came to" "profane swearing,"' ESddy Betty quietly leant over, and tapping the laird with her fan, said—" Ye J re no sJLeepin',, I: hope, laird ?"

There has always .been some. speculation on the question whether mail's soul ever actually leaves his body during sleep or at any other time ; before death, but evidence to.solve this mysterious, is rare. There is'.a story told in Louisville; however, .of, a merchant of-that city ■ who ,while - tra- | .i'\ a sleeping car in : Mississippi, ihad a vivid experience of Visiting home- | and seeing his wife and children asleep, and noticing that the eight day family clock had run down, he wound it up and set it going. He then returned to. his berth, which was rattling along^at v the rate, of-forty miles ah hour in the sleeping car, saw his own body distinctly, and resumed his place within its well-fitting encasement. On writing to his wife about it, he learned that the clock had been mysteriously wound up on the night of his spiritual imagination*. ' " . . - A Cleveland dry goods clerk adver-tises-for board in a ..family, where the-secret'-of.Jiow;.he pastes his'hair, .downin scollops will . be. considered a - sufficient equi v. _ Ail old army officer, writing, "from his post in Washington territory," mentions., thisj little incident : —" In- the State of Nevada strangers and sometimes old ; settlers are taking in- and cheated'in the most surprising manner by purchasing claims in ledges of rock' commonly known as Quartz Ledges. The settlers do not always keep truth on their side ; hence there? is frequent grumbliug on the part. of purchasers. A man who had been bitten in this way became - very wroth,: find,recommended to the State authorities rof Nevada that they should adopt the Irish flag, as the coat of arms for the State. * Why should we do so?' inquired one : of the officials-- 'Because,' replied the indignant purchaser ,-of worthless rock, a sham rock and a lyre (liar) are the true "symbols f for your coat of arms.

Thrift.—We cut the following frqm a Melbourne exchange : —Every one has heard of the Highlander who, attacked .upon Hampstead heath by two. arm eel. highwaymen, resisted valiantly for hal£an-h our. . At last, however, be had to give in, and his. victorious assailants tied him to a tree, and instituted a, vigorous search through his pockets. All they found was fourpennyworth of coppers. "By Greorge," said the first robjber, "If that fellow had had sixpence he would have-killed us both." One of the descendants of tbis same G-ael has recently paid a visit to Victoria and took his passage home in_a ship, which sailed a few day's ago. Donald, however, was too late, and when he got .to Sandridge pier the vessel was at anchor some hundred yards away. The boatmen offered to take him off for a shilling, but he refused tp give it, and coolly jumped into- the sea, with the intention.' of swimming on board. The bystanders were ho rifled. The bay was rough, the day was cold, and the professor of economy was rather heavily clad. A boat put off to his rescue, and he was seized by the scruff of the neck and dragged to the gunwale. "You mean to charge me a shilling for taking me off to the vess ?" "We do indeed," replied the waterman. Then I will not pay it j let me go." As* soon as Donald found* himself free, he struck out towards, the ship,: and arrived there wet through of course, but apparently none the, worse for .his exploit. Whether it would not have been more economical to havepaid the shilling, and to have saved his clothes, may be a matter of opinion.