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Southland Times, Issue 544, 20 August 1866, Page 7

The Body~ Avexged. —By too much sitting still, the body becomes unhealthy, and soon the mind. This is Nature's law She will never see her children wronged. If the mind, which rules the body, everforgets itself so far as to trample upon its slave. '"■■3 latter is never generous and amia I enough to forgive the injury, but will rhc and smite the oppressor. Thus has many a monarch mind been dethroned. If some men's bodies were not straighter than their minds, they would be crooked enough to ride on their own. backs. "We fear that the flowering of romantic love in the bosom of the boy does not usually long survive the budding of the chin. To Let. —A lady having cut an. advertisement out of a newspaper w»th an intention to send it to the printer for further information, pinned it upon her gown. A gentleman, to whom Bhe was partial, observing that it began with " To let," asked, " At what price, madam ?" — She looked at the piece, and observing his drift, answered, " At the price of your hand, sir." Some women who are not loved by their own sex, are most thought of by the other. A man is valued as he makes hims«lf valuable. To read without reflecting, is like eating without digesting. Some men were in & tavern, and, when at the height of their jollity, in came a friend, whose name was Sampson. — " Ah," said one, "we may now be securely merry, fearing neither sergeant or bailiff; for, though a.thousand such Philistines should come, here is Sampson, who is able to brain them all." —" Sir," replied Sampson, " I may boldly venture on as many as you speak of, provided you lend me one of your jawbones."