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Southland Times, Volume III, Issue 12, 4 December 1863, Page 3

Tlia youth wlio cut open the In-lluvs to see where the wind came iVoni, is now Iryinsr his hand at fattening <jreyhoumls. *• The d'-ar liMe things." said an oH nurse, of her nmtrr.Vs twin children, " one looks .so much like both, yea can't iell t'ofher from wliicli !" " Ilnvcu't you finished scaling thai fish ypt, Siim?'' siid n. fislnnoriper to iiis l):i\ r . " No, muster, it's a very large one." "Why.you have hadtime to scale a lnountain." "Landlord." s"iid «i seedy pcdn^r^tio somewhat giv^n to strong libations, " I woulrl like a quantum of spirits a medium of sugar, in conjunction with a little water ; hut deal laively in the spirits-, thou man of mixtures !" A wretch named Cooke, \vho wrole tender verses to his intended on her birthday, was divorced from her a year aftur marriage. One of the charges against him was, that lie ate all the delicacies his mother-in-law Pent to her ?ick daughter, and drank up all the beer the nurse bought for herseif.