MISCELLANEOUS.

Southland Times, Volume III, Issue 10, 30 November 1863, Page 5 (Supplement)

MISCELLANEOUS.

Troops for New Zealand. — The un^H mentioned drafts are ordered to^H held in readiness to embark for J^^| Zealand to complete the strength btV^^J service companies of their respective c^H — viz., 2 officers and 1 19 men of all rai^H 70th Foot ; 27 men of the .Royal H^H Artillery, and 1"> men of the Royal Ei^H neers, with one Medical Staff They are to embark at Gravesenrl. 3^H following drafts embark at Cork^^J 1 officer and 144 men of all ranks, 2nd*^B talion 18th Foot, from Bilttivant <^H officers and 30 rank and file, tOth' Ti^^H ment ; 5 officers and 36 men of all ra^B 65th from Birr ; and 2 officers ahd 41i^^| £7th, from the 20th depot battalioi^H Cork ; making a total of 13 officers r^H 412 men of all ranks. Instruct^^J have been recceived at the / hflH quarters of the Royal Engineer Es^H lishment, Chatham, directing the --.*^H commissioned officers and sappers seld^^H from the depot companies at Brornptoi^^J service in New Zealand, to hold tl^^J selves in readiness to embark for thetr^^H tination. The detachment goes oul^H augment the 6th company, which -^H latterly become very much reduced^H strength. —Home News. <^H " Stop my Paper.'' — The Baffler y]^^k gives tlie following amusing account d^M suhscriber's "reason for having his P*^H discontinued :—" Stop my paper! il^H been a cry coeval with tlie existenc^H the fourth estate. But of ai I the reas^M ever assigned by irate subscribers foi^^H practice, the most curious and extrao^M nary was that which reached our eara^H other day. Whil-t calmly enjoyinjrl^H siesta, an esteemed subscriber rushed'l^H our office in 'a half-frantic state, : .^H begged that we would never more s^H him a copy of this journal. We plied/^^H with numerous questions as to tbecaus^M so sudden a change of niiud in one sostaii^^B and faithful. It was not that Jus^H had not in his estimation been done.tdi^H local topics, that the chairs And tables I^M 'not been duly noticed, and that evevythßß an inch high had not come in for its sh^H of laudations.' What think you, gei^H reader, was «he cause assigned by the g^H man ? Why, no sooner does he get ;^H paper of a morning, aye, often befnte^H agent reaches his door, he is surrounded^B a crowd of literary loafers, who sna^B the paper from hr •, _or bore .4H ahout its contents, and so take his tiJ^B occupy his premises, obstruct his busiht^B and raise his dander, that lie would^B thousand times sooner, be without blessed paper than wih it. We expos^B latcd with our old subscriber, and bejrJH him not to stop his paper till we r^B tried the effect of public opinion V^B lashing these sneaks into a discharge^B their duty to us and others. There is " ta^B class of such persons who wont take^^H paper. Oh! i otthey 1 but they don'tobjj^B to reading it on the cheap. They ohject^B its politics, principles, reports, and eVej^B thing, but they will run half-a-mile to^^H a look at our columns if they can do.it^B the expense of their neighbor. We oiroH whelm them with our honest indignati^f ns low, mean, sneaking curmudgeons,' A^B hopp our subscribers will adopt the irJi^B sensible course when annoyed' by t^B wretches, and instead • of stopping th^B paper send the knaves to Coventry till tl^B have learned politeness and comm^B honesty." ■';"- : *^B ** Can you tell me where Mr SchwackM hammer, the preacher, lives !' ,; .'. : r ':.^B quired a stranger of an old Gerni^H settler in one of tho Western Stat^B •' Yaw," said he. " You shust valkc^B road ud to de greek, and durn de p'titfl over de shtream. Den you go on dill y<B gum to a road mit voots around a schouW bouse ; put you don't take dat road.. . VeH den you go on dill you go on dill you mdH a pig parn, shingled mitshtraw. Deny<H durn de road around de Meld, and go <fl dill you gum to a pig red house sfl speckled over mit vite, and de garret ufl stairs. Veil, dat is mine proder Haifl house. Den you durn dat house aroutH de parn, and you see a yoad dat goes tH into de voods. Den you don't dake dH road, too. Den you go right straight oH and de first house you meet is a haystacH and denext is a barrack. Veil, he donH lif dare. Den you will get furder, andyfl see a house on to tie hill about a mile, aiH go in dere and ax de old woman, and s^B will dell .you pedder as J can." ■ Milking by Machinery. — Another neH inventhn is in course of exhibition al i^M Agricultural Hall, Islington. Here, H three o'clock each day, the visitors are iH troduced to a cow coti^picious for an ampH lactael development." The animal M milked by the aid of the appara f us lH any volunteer who may tender his seiH vices, and the inventor states that tH process is accomplished in half the usuH time, with greater comfort to the cow, arH wilh a larger per-centage of milk to tfl owner. The cow experimented on is ■ native of Alderney, and seems to bel happy, contented, fiagrant-breathing ifl dividual, that rather likes the process, arfl dos-nt at all mind being staied at by tfl Cockneys. — Letters from London. I A L.is;r Appeal — Emotion may not ffl feigned, yet its source may be very 3iß ferent from what lookers-on imagine. . M gaol chaplain strove, day after day, ,-tB awaken a culprit condemned to- ttifl gallows to a sense of .his miserable condfl tion- All seemed in vain. „One njglffl however, on taking leave, 'the prispnerfl manner changed. There was some sligjfl exhibition of feeling; the clergymairß hopes revived. He paused, spoke kindlß to the man, and asked him what was o his mind ? The man burst into tears, ant grasping the other's hanfl, exclaimed: i brok pn accents, " Sir, I shouldlike to hay a good bellyful of victuals afore I die,* - Loid Cockburne, ihe proprietor of |3ot* ally, was sitting on a hillside with a shep held, and observing the sheep repps.iagi the coldest situation, he observed to. hiia •'John, if I were a sheep I would lie 61 the other side of the 'hill." 'iJ'he shepher answered, " Ay, my lord. ; but if ye ha< been a sheep ye w^'dd k,a.Q It ad ojair, scnjse»