MISCELLANEOUS EXTRACTS.

Southland Times, Volume I, Issue 66, 31 October 1864, Page 5 (Supplement)

MISCELLANEOUS EXTRACTS.

The captain of a trading Teasel was very much disliked by his- crew] arid one>,day; ; a&;he jrtM.'pass-;' inft the c&oboseT' he&eardthe cabin-boy, (Who wal talking with the cook, his opinion of thei officers of the ship, which was not at all comphv inentary. ..He .enteredr^h 6 caboose, and, .after; uiflicting sererei cKMtisment on the delmquerit,; j 1 ""flich. was administered with the^toe' of 'hia boot, y^-'told "the > boy 'thai theSiext.tinie he said anything: 4gainst any one .on board., bf ' his boat^ he must' always except the captain. 4 The' boy promised impliict obedience, and subsequent events will prore Low well he kept his word. The next d*y; the captain, .was, standing on deck in full view of ' the caboose" door, when he saw "the cabin-boy coming- out with a roast leg of pork on a large platter, which was intended for the cabin tablej He was so intent upon keeping his' "leg of 'pork "right side up with care," that he did not see a' half-grown pig that was standing in his path and; the result was that he suddenly found himself and! the pork landedin a heap upon'-the T fl66r.- He if as soon upon his feet again, and shaking his fist at the pig, which had by this time got out of reach/ he gave vent to his anger in words,, and thus ad- { dressed the cause of his misfortune.. "You are the vilest, meanest hog I ever did see !" andseeing the captain watching him, he thought of his promise, and nnished^with, "except the captain!" Sxbike of "Women at BoEDEATTX.r— The Bordeaux journals give an account of a. ..revolt of the women employed in the-tobacco manufactory of that city owing to the expulsion of fifteen of them for recent insubordinate conduct. ■■; Thisdeeision was announced .to them on. Monday "week; when they were permitted to leave .work at four o'clock, on the occasion of a , popular fete in the neighbourhood. It appears, however, that, while at this fete, they planned a general revoltfbr .the next day. On the following morning all" went quietly to their work as usual ; but two of those who had been expelled managed to enter with the rest, and when they were ordered to leave, the whole of the women refused to work any longer^ and went out into the court. The Prefect of the Gironde, having been apprised of what had taken place, went to the manufactory, and endeavored to persuade them to return to their duties, adding that all who did not choose to do so were free to leave. After hearing the Prefect's address 500 of them then went back to the workshops, while about the same number left the establishment. Everything- has gone on quietly. Rjjxway Trayeeling — CojnnmicATios- Between Gttards and Passengees. — We have seen the model of a very simple invention for effecting communication between the guard of the train and any carriage in it. The inventor, Mr. Abraham English, of Hatfield, proposes to fix upon the top of every carriage a flat piece of wood shaped like a battledore, but having in the wide part of it a pane of colored glass. This piece of wood ordinarily will lie flat upon the top of the carriage, being fixed by a hinge. In every compartment of the carriage there will be a line like a bell rope, and this being pulled the "battledore" on the top of the carriage is raised on end, so that the guard from his post may at once see that he is wanted, and the carriage in -which he is wanted. At night the colored glass will be shown by a lamp fixed on the tender, so that by night and day the signal in effective. The invention is remarkable for its simplicity. Mr. English has, we believe, brought out several other usrful inventions, not the least useful of which is a set of harness which effectually prevents horses in a railway carriages from injuring themselves or, the vehicles in which they are beiug conveyed,— -Morning Star. Fbejtch Women's Bathins Dkess.— The Paris Correspondent of the Jersey British Press asserts that the manner in which the ladies dress and conduct themselves at Tronville has become a perfect scandal. They wear garments which for cut are the most extravagant that it is possible to conceive — ■•* sort of man's coat, petticoats only descending Vr' / little below the place at which garters are •■■-, posed to be attached, and consequently exposing a great part of their legs. Those legs adorned with Hessian boots, mounting to more than half the calf, the said boots laced in front, bearing tassels at the top, and having very high heels-; round the waist a great black or blue strap, fastened with a buckle as big as a saucer ; the garments of the most violent colours, and often of a combination of colours which violates all the rules of art. On the head the smallsst hat possible without strings (bonnets have long since been discarded), and adorned with eagle's or other feathers the hat being stuck rakeably on one side, with the hair protruding in a huge lump behind, and a great gilt comb thrust into the lump ; lastly, along walking-stick in hand. The dress isjoffensive, but what is more offensive is the manner of wearing it. That manner consists ,in a sort of jaunty impudence. Formerly the distinguishing mark of a French lady was quietness — quietness in dress, in manner, in conversation. But the contemporary generation has change tout cela." An AanraiNG- Lettbb in Rhyme. — The following humorous specimen of epistolary rhyme was found some time ago in St. James's Park : — "My dear Lady If orris, — My mind very sore is to find it in vain to hope for less rain. I'm tired of reading and. almost of feeding, and wish I were walking or sociably talking; but I mope all alone quite as i Btill as a stone, and have nothing to do but get into a stew, and stare through a pane at the thick faffing rain. You'll own such employment lias little enjoyment. I've only one book into which I can look, and so often I've read it that really I dread it. 'Tis Gibbon's great tome of the History of Borne. He is pompous and grand with fine words at command, but somehow or other I find it a bother to follow him long in his Bolomn singsong. This pragmatical prig was as fat as a pig, and almost as short, and perhaps you have heard, what has oft been averred, that he once paid hi 3 court to the famed Madame Neckar, and, anxious to check her before she should lose her power to choose (outrageously jealous of all other fellows), he fell on his knees, and by rapid degrees unfolded his' heart. ' This of course made her start. In a minute or two she recovered her cue, and telling her lover the iaree to give over, she coldly entreated he'd please to be seated. 'Cruel fair one,' he ■aid, 'I'm as heavy as lead, and I swear most devoutly, by those lovely eyes, I find it more easy to kneel than to rise.'. The poor fellow spoke, I assure you, no joke, but gravely and truly. So the lady quite cooly gave the bell-rope a tug, but her laughter to cover she turned from her iover, who was fixed on the rug like a little fat pug when you've taught him to beg for a duck's wing or leg. A man-servant came (John Stubbs was his name). 'Alas!' cries the mistress, 'here's a writer of hist-ries (a sceptic, they' say, who ne'er knows how to pray) ; having dropped on his knees, he he swear 3by xay eyeß he's unable to rise, so John, if you please 5 without rope or ribbon, pull up Mr. Gibbon !' I give you this letter in lieu of a better, and perhaps you;Buppose I should send it in prose, and 'tis wasting my time to write it in rhyme ; but I find it a pleasure the sounds thus to measure, and the task is as light these wild rhymes to indite, " as it is to compose the same quantum of prose. Believe me, most duly, yours very truly." EXTBAOEDINABX . SCENE IN THE TtEOL. — A remarkable event has lately happened in the Tyrol About the end of last month a man was sentenced to death, to pay the costs of the trial, and all damages demanded. for assassinating one gendarme, trying to assassinate another, killing two menj resorting to violence against the guard in the /"'Execution of their, duty; and wounding another !;/anan; The culprit,' a man named Gasser, had threatened 1 to kill his • wife ; she had heard of it, t^md'took "refuge in a neighbor's house ; whereupon Gasser shot the neiglibor'ia dog.' The neighbor complained 'to the police, anct two gendarmes were sent to arrest Gasser ; but when they got to his door he fired upon them; One -fell dead on the.spot, and the other y was,seyerly wounded. On this, gendarme's.' and, guards from another place were.called up. 'Gasser had ■ barricaded himself in his house, had "three guns," and fired on everyone >who came near. The corpse of the dead gendarme w,as still before the door) and a.relation of Gaßser, trying to take it away, was shot. dead. The t excitement was now intense. Some of the beiiegew posted themselves in the house opposite, tni tttty ft ftMttfl hQ\W wri wceirecl hit fir«

"in return," losing one dead and~having another wounded. ; iln .the course of the; dayna. .-hundred shots were fired; against Gasser's .house, and' at night he was etill in possession. The .weather, was bitterly cold; t : all ;his^windows were ;broketti>and during the night he took refuge .',• in the; cowhouse: Next morning7two_^cannon were brought up, and some canhon.shots fifed on the. house.- At lastj as all seemed Jquiet, a I body of men. stormed: "the house, arid found .. Gasser lying voe crouching down on the floor. He had-opened'thr veins at his wrists and lost .some .blood ', but the state of the house, with the windows, broken: and stains of blood upon: the floor, >;baffled all descrip4 Hon. The account of the man himself .ia,,tblaflie was between thirty and forty, .married .a; second time, father of two children, a passionate drinker of brandy, a bad character, often brought before a justice for brawling ; a passionate sportsman. The;scene is at Lauteraeh, between 'Breg--enz and Feldkirch. , '■