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Southland Times, Volume 2, Issue 96, 2 October 1863, Page 6 (Supplement)

* Pa, can a person catch anything if he don't run after it !' ' Certainly not. 'Well, then, how did you catch the cold you've sot .' Paterfamilias hits hopeful a rap over the fingers, and grunts, ' There, sir, you caught that without a run for it! 'Grandma, do you know why \ can see up in the sky so far' asked Crarlie, a little four-year old of ihe venerable lady who sat on the garden seat knitting. ' No, my dear ; why is it? said grandma bending her eys, eager to catch and iv member the wise saying of the precious little pet. 'Because there is nothing in the way,' replied the young philosopher, resuming his astronomical search and grandma her knitting. It seems very strange that at the present moment in America, when they are experiencing the greatest difficulty in raising the wind, that every o.ie should be rushing away as fast as they caog to get out of the draft.' A wag has truly said, if some men could come out of their coffins and read inscriptions on their tombstones, they would think they had got into the wrong graves, Singular. Case of Abcuction. — • The Kiama correspondent of the Illawara Mercury write : — Some days ago Mr Sub-Inspect <r AVhite, observed a man encamped in a rude lent, out in the suburbs of Kiama. On passing the tent he accidently saw a young female, who was seated in the tent. He asked her a few questions, which she answered in such a way as caused him to suspect that some- . thing was wrong. He again saw the man, whose name he learned to be John Fear, and put the same questions to him, and in reply got such information as at once confirmed his suspicions. Mr White then telegraphed to the police at Parramatta about the matter, and was soon informed by telegram that, there had been a warrant issued by the Parramatta Bench against Fear for taking Priscilla Champany away without the consent cf her guardian, Fear was accordingly apprehend, and brought before the Bench on Saturday. On being asked whether he had anything %o say, Fear replied that he is a woodman, and earns a living by hewing and drawing wood ; that he had thus worked at Paramatta and at Kiama, since he came hither, that he is unmarried ; that he came to know Priscilla Champagny in Paramatta, where she lived with a half sister who used her very badly ; that her father and mother are both dead ; that her half sister is a disreputable character ; that Priscilla asked him as a kindness to take her away from the ill-usage of her half sister to Kiama, where she has an aunt living : that he brought her all the way from Paramatta ori his cart in search of her aunt, whom they had not yet found ; and that his behaviour throughout has been regulated by the kindest and most unselfish regard for the girl's well being. Mr Chapman said he had no alternative but to remand* him io Paramatta, that' he might be dealt with by *he