MISCELLANEOUS.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume III, Issue 12, 15 January 1868, Page 2

MISCELLANEOUS.

Anyone so disposed may now get his glass of colonial wine in Melbourne in the same wa.- that he can obtain a glass of ale. Not in bottles at 2s Gd as in Sydney, but by tumblerful, at 3d and 66. This, however, is not all, for, by the Argus, we find' that special arrangements are made by enterprising tradesmen by which the thirsty, may, during the hot summer months, take his beverage in some cool grot or shady arbour, as the following paragraph will show - — ' The rapidly growing taste of the public for good colonial wine has received a new illustration in the establishment of premises of a novel character in the city, devoted to the sale of the produce of the Australian grape. Mr Fougcry, who a few months ago opened a colonial wine store in Burke-street, has determined to adopt the Continental plan, and enable his visitors to drink their wine in the open air — a custom which it is rather remarkable har. not been introduced here in the summer months before. To this end a garden has been prepared at the back of the house ornamented with shrubs and flowers, and provided with arbour seats, partly covered in, which will be very pleasant in the cool of the evening. It is proposed to erect a fountain in the centre, and make every necessary provision fbr a comfortable lounge. While such weather as we have had lately lasts, this species ofal fresco entertainment cannot fail to be appreciated.'

The London Correspondent of the Western Weekly News gives the following interesting sketch of the Selwyn family: — There was a wonderful gathering of bishops, clergy, and laity at St. Gabriel's, Pimlico, last Sunday evening. I noticed not fewer than six bishops .The preacher was the Bishop of New Zealand, who, thongh he looks soniewhat older than he did (as who would not?) when he was here 14 years ago, is still full of vigour and energy. His voice is still the same clear ringing organ that it always was, and displays his splendidjeloquenee to the best advantage, Those who have known him in New Zealand speak in enthusiastic terms of him. He is the boldest of swimmers, the most expert of mechanics, the most skilful of navigators, the tenderest of nurses, as well as the most 4 devoted of missionaries, The Selwyns are, in truth, a fine family, and their father, the Q.C., would have been proud of them. Besides the Bishop, who was a first-class in classics, there is the Lady Margaret's Professor of Theology at Cambridge, who was 6th wrangler and Chancellor's Medallist, and who, I am glad to say, has quite recovered from his recent accident ; Captain Selwyn, a distinguished and most ingenious naval officer ; and Sir Charles Selwyn, the Solicitor-General. Nor are the energy and the talent confined tJ the male branches of the family. Miss Selwyn is worthy of her brothers, and has established near Birmingham an institution quite unique in its wa^*. It comprises under one roof a home for indigent ladies, a training school for servants, and an orphan school for boys. Attached to the house — a very large one, and lent, I believe, by the Duke of Devonshire — is a farm, on whicli the boys work, and raise the produce required for the establishment. The girls are trained to wait upon the ladies, and thus the whole institution is made mutually dependent and mutually helpful.

Wanting some alternation done in the palace of Fulham, the Bishop of London employed a first-rate architect to inspect the building, and to consult as to what was needed to be done. The business occupied the latter three or four hours ; and the bishop on the report of the expenses, determined not to proceed. He said, however, ' Be good to tell me for how much I shall draw a cheque on account ofthe trouble you have taken.' ' I thank your lordship — a hundred guineas.' ' A hundred guineas?' * Yes, my lord,' ' Why many of my curates do not receive so much for a whole year's services.' - Very true, my Lord ; but I am a bishop in my profession!' The cheque wa3 drawn and handed over in silence.

' How had you the audacity, John, to go and tell some of the people of P — that I was a mean fellow and no gentleman ? ' ' Na, na, sir, you'll not catch me at the like o' that. When I gang to P — , 1 aye keep my thoughts to mysel.'

Tho Rev. Demetrius Doboolie, rector of Fudley cum Pipes, engaged a German governess for his children. - You will have no objection to attend the service ofthe Church of England, younglady?' ' Oh, no,' she replied, ' I well pc delighted. I love your church service ver moche, and above all tings the Litany, where you make such nice, nice prayer for poor governesses.' ' Make nice- prayer in the Litany for poor governesses,' said the surprised incumbent — ••vstiere, wherever is that?' ' Oh, sir,' was the reply, ' where you pray for de poor women laboring wid child.' George Francis Train says modern marriage service should read thus : — - Clergyman — Will you take this brown stone house, this carriage and span, these diamonds, for thy wedded husband ? Bride — Yes. Clergyman — . Wiil you take this unpaid milliner's bill, this high waterfall of foreign hair, these affectionate accomplishments and feeble constitution, for thy wedded wife? Bridegroom — Yes. Clergyman— Then, what man has joined together let the next best man run away with, so that the first divorce court may tear asunder.'

A commander who has been engaged for many years in the survey of the Irish coast, was lately examined before the Select Committee on the Fisheries of Ireland. He stated that the quantity of fish in the sea was so vast and unlimited that all the art of men directed to its capture would have no appreciable effect in diminishing the quantity. ' Indeed,' added the gallant ofiicer, •if you were to take every fish you could catch out of it, I don't think there would be one less in it!'

We recollect hearing of two New York ladies, one of whom was an attendant at the aristocratic Grace Church; and the other at the humbler St. Paul's, that the former one Sunday morning sent a request to the latter that she -frould go to church with her ; to which her friend replied that she would be happy to do so, only she was dressed for St. Paul's!

Word of Command.— At a Fourth July celebration in Marion County a young lady offered the following toast: - The young men of America: their arms our- support, our arms their reward. Fall in, men — fall in.' — American Paper.

An Irishman, driven to desperation by the stringency ofthe money market and the high price of provisions, procured a pistol and took to the

road. Meeting a traveller, he stopped him with ' Your money or your life.' Seeing Pat was ' green,' he said, ' I'll tell you what I'll do— l'll give you all my money for that pistol.' — -Agreed.' Pat received the money, and handed over the pistol. ' Now, 5 said the traveller, - hand back that money, or I'll blow your brains out.' ' Blaze away, my hearty,' said Pat ; * never a drop of powdher there's in it.'

Pay thou the printer in the day thou owest him, lest the good men ofthe law send thy bill. Remember thou tbe printer, and the little devils around him ; and when thou weddest thy daughter to the man of her choice, send thou unto him a bountiful slice of the bridal loaf, and perad venture he will bless thee.

Archdeacon Denison, in one of his speeches at Wolverhampton, said he thought that sermons were very dull things (Laughter). He was dining the other day in London with an English gentleman, who had been a long time in India, and somehow or other the conversation turned upon preaching. He (Archdeacon Denison) remarked during that conversation that he aimed at preaching ten minutes in the morning. • Dear me, Sir, where do you live V asked the gentleman — (much laughter)—' I should like to come to your church every Sunday' (continued laughter). He would tell them another little story. He was preaching a short time ago in Bristol, and the papers described him thus : — * The sermon was preached by that sturdy ecclesiastic — (laughter) — who has no eloquence, but is acceptable to some people because he calls a spade a spade' (much laughter). He accepted the description. Holloway's Ointment. — Painless Cures. — Sores, wounds, ulcerations, and other diseases affecting the skin, are amendable by this cooling and healing unguent. It has called forth the loudest praises from persons who had suffered for years from bad legs, abscesses, and. chronic ulcers, after every hope of cure had long passed away. None but those who have experienced the soothing effect of this Ointment can form an idea of the comfort it bestows by restraining inflammation and allaying pain. Whenever this Ointment has been once used it has established its own worth, and has again been eagerly sought for as the easiest and safest remedy for all ulcerous complaints. In neuralgia, rheumatism, and gout, the same application, properly used, gives wonderful relief. 90