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Southland Times, Issue 1224, 18 March 1870, Page 3

"Osctjlttm" wishes to know how kissing originated, and what were the peculiar circumstances that gave rise to it. We have referred this question to Dr. Dryasdust, the eminent antiquarian, who, in his usual curt style, replies as follows : — " Commenced in Garden Eden, thus, — Adam and Eve had to lay heads together -to solve knotty questions connected with American blight, — in doing so, lips came in contact. Eve rem irked, 'So nice, Adam — do it again.' Adam did as required, and made a habit of it ever after. Children picked it up, and so handed down, generation to generation."

A gentle Quaker, had two horses — a very good one and a very poor one. When seen riding the latter, it turned out that his better half had taken the good one. "What!" said a sneering bachelor, " how comes it that you let your wife ride the better horse ?" The only reply was, " Friend, when thee be married thee'll know."

Among the many privileges of our nobility is a very ancient one which perhaps, few of themselves may be aware of. Every archbishop, bishop, earl, or baron, when commanded to come to his sovereign', may, in passing through the royal forest, take one deer or two, and in '$jie event of the keeper not being present, a horn has to be blown to show that it is not done by stealth.

I was amused with the remark of a boastful American friend of mine whom I met the other day. " Well," he said," you ■beat us in one thing to fits." " "What's that?" I asked. "Fogs," he replied. " I cut out a block of last night's one," he added, " and am just going to send it over to Barnum to put in the museum." — London Letter.