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Southland Times, Volume I, Issue 70, 9 November 1864, Page 3

The hat was passed round in a certain .IS ew York congregation, for the purpose of taking up a collection. After it had made the circuit of the church it was handed to the minis. ci-, : who, by the way, had " exchanged pulpits" with the regular preacher, and he found hot a penny in it. He inverted his hat over the pulpit cushion and shook it, that its emptiness might be known, and exclaimed, with great fervour, " I thank God that [ got back my hat from this congregation ! " Ckoqtiet. — The Owl states that a deputation of young ladies lately waited on the authorities of the ifortieultuval G-aivlens to ask leave to play croquet on their lawns. They were most courteously received, but at the samo time informed ( hat the gardens were for horticulture, not husbandry. The late Albert Smith once wroto on article in Blackicood, ?'*w-l " A.S." "Tut/ 1 - said Jorrokl, on reading lac urinals, ••what a pit,, gttHth will ftU s pty frig tWydf pf ftf t*\\\ik 1 1l •