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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XV, Issue 15, 17 January 1880, Page 5

( Gardening' is regularly and practically taught in more than 20,001) primary schools in France. Every school-house has its S gardeners but qualified to teach horticulture, I or they cannot pass examination. The Glo'.e of Wednesday Jast says in reference to the case of a well-known Christchurch citizen insulting a barmaid, presiding at a well-known hotel there a few days ago, the matter has been amicably adjusted. The •well known citizen has paid £20 and costs. The barmaid has generously given £10 to the Orphanage aud £10 to the Benevolent Society. Some time siuce a friar came to a French town in order to preach a sermon updn a certain occasion. His sermon went off tolerably well, and the friar was hospitably received. The next day, to his great dismay, be was told that ib was a holiday in honour of the patron saiuts of the town, and that all. the congregation were assembling in the church in order to listen to the new sermon he was expected to deliver. The poor friar had brought only one sermon with him, and that was already delivered. What was he to do ? He got into the pulpit, and looking very solemnly round the church, * My breth.--deu," said he, " certain malignant persons have said there wa9 heresy in the sermon I delireredjto yoti'yestoriay; and, in order to show how false is this accusation, I propose to deliver it to you all over again."