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Southland Times, Volume I, Issue 13, 23 December 1862, Page 3

13 v S3* 9 Stratts. — A parly has just returned from visiting some of the islands in the Straits, inhabited by seder?. Tue young aiv represented us a quick, intelligent, and affectionate nice, manif sting a strong attachment to the place ol tln-ir birth. The parents arc anxious that their children should be educated ; but scattered as they tiro over many island*, no available stail'of teachers could be eulliciciit. The Sealers are quite prepared to pay for the instruction of their v/un:j people. If a few pliilanthropicid l'riend* « ho il'vl interested iii the matter, would organise and e.-tiiMish an institution on the nnvthi'i-n sea const of Tasmania, where the vexing isl.mdcrs could be lodgr.l. clothe I, i>d. and educated at a small elnrge per annum, an immense amount of go.idmighr. he done. Government would no rlo-jht. give a jiiiifahle sifht of land, which might he cultivated by the pupils, who would thus be trained to industrial habits. They mi^it ultimately b.-cnue the set tiers, sailors, mechanics, and traders of Tasmania, for profitable employment will not be obtainable iii the Straits. Thrice a year the mutton bird is attacked. First, its eggs ;ire collected ; then at a set time the young are kill-d for the pake of their oil. and at. a subsequent period all turn out to capture t':e full-grown mutton-bird for food. The means ol sub i-tence, is in a rapid process of destruction, and the time will come when the mutton-bird will ben curiosity, as the Dodo and the Moa. — Launceston Examiner. Ya\K EX M.D.'s. — Tn one of (lio many phui^p cities for which Michigan is somewhat noted live two individuals who put • M.D.' at the end of their names. Tln'v are lu'ttcr enemie.-:, defaming each other's character at every opportunity. .Mr. A pretends to have the more classical education of the two, though for that matter both can use nnd have ac their tougue's-end any quantity of unpriMiouneiible words. Much rivalry existed between them as to which should be (he rcjtilar physician of a certain family, who, when any me"mb'T was sick, called in the one first found. One day Dr A was sent for to attend one of the children. He and the old l;sdy soon began discussing the merits and demerits of J)r B . Finally, l)r A said to the old lady, " IS- is one ol the most ignorant men you ever saw. The next time you pee him ask him if lie knows the modus' opcramli, and if you ain't satisfied then, I'm a stoker/ Boon after, she saw Dr B— — ; and asked him the question. " Moder t: ipperamli," saj'S "R ; " woder sapprandi. V\ hy, yes ; there's lots of it grows wild right out here in the fields." Th« old lady was convinced. — Harper's Magazine. Stewart, a celebrated portrait painter, met a lady in the street at Boston, who hailed him — "Ah! -Mr. Stewart I have just seen your likeness, and kissed it because it wnsso much like you." "And did it kiss you in return." '' Nn." " Then, said. Stewart, " it, was not like me at all."

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