Hummings.

Colonist, Volume II, Issue 148, 22 March 1859, Page 4

Hummings.

/ ; Ventilation/of; flip.Bee-hive y ;f The bees iiveirn'a.close/ erPwded house,/ without; a winc!pw,/,and ;Wfith,but/onef dfior.; . They need, .to breathe, they^ do not like poison/arid they are 'not/lazy; ■ /You- may: lipar a/constant.humming/or fanningin/the /hiye;if ybu/bepdffdown ypur ear tp,.||s(beri. j There: is a; strong.;steady draught iiof ; going.on witliiri; ,so that a piece of thistledown is blpwhay^y row;bf steady industrious bees are flapping their wings backwards and forwards without a moment's -pause; holding/on; to the' floor/ with /their/feet, /ai^/as/th^y /tire, pthers; supply, tlieir /place, YfoiY.wntifqMon is part of:the regular/work iof that/well-;-p^ered!;'hoi^yy;;://. •;.;//f. f ■■■ 'f; ./fyfy/y/; /; ,f ;^ j , A tutor should notbe cohtinually thunf denng jinstructipn into tnefears/of his pppi) r^jjl he ijvas^ > but/faftef! haying put/ the lad, like a young hore&bh airot beforehim; to observe;/ his /^aee^-^'5.^ i&6uj<£;. accpi^iag/.tPi/the /extent/of Wis: capacity, induce: him to taste, to* distinguish, arid to find but things/ for himself; sometimes :;'pj^ningy^§/ ; wa^/:/;^t' ptteiy/times; jeaving/it. for him /to open; and bf ajjfc-/ ting or increasing: his own pace, accommb/-; datehrc precepts to the capa/city. of his; '^pil^moMai^ne^'" y////;/// '///././//''///'/j / -Z_ -'■;--r:f''-T%e.-^imder:of;C^ /; After a- q parrel, bptween/the" ;M6gujf arid \ ttie/fßastf Indiaf Oojhpany, /a/p^ce/.\Vasses|-/ /tabiished/; and/about^ nock; being the Company'sagent iri'Beriga),. had/th^ ;ai^ Kjjartpf/thM /and _ Wythe ? sake{pf '"^jlarge/ shatfy.; 'iflfyl chose thai,pliace, thbughhe/could/nbtha^e: /cfeoseii; -/a- more' unheal thy/one; P^/all/the;' ;i^er///./,/;if //,-/(/hp|3^ng//the: 'gjcottna//.of : Ihe icolb/tvy/where jf h reigned-mbre^^ /^wanted; /yjsen/ f/any/;/of y/ pppr-; /ignp^i.,^itivf!B/ transgressed/bisy laws;* :;^ Al]adeigof/;^ and thefe:x^tw at dinner, so near his diriing-room, that the gitiaris f' and/cfiea ;bff tii^p^y^ ih^uenjtsr ;:s(#^d H him;;^/mu^

: being overspread with.paganism the custom df-wvies-Wrning wittf their deceased>hus-/ Mogul;? war, Mr. Charnock went oneUime,; witli his ordinary guard of soldiers,; to see /a iybuhg widow/act that tragical; Catjwtrophe •»» ; bht he Withthti widow^s beiau ■'•; tM^y^Y- ;;aen| // Kisl;^o.a)!^sJ//^|;; take; //Kei^ I'.-bp^^^^ tlG^ifrgly1/'?^ ehUdrisi^^^ ;ieUled/in:'/daJ^t£::; //Bu{^n^*e^^J[^ri^ft^f /ing/her .tosiChristianity she/made liim fa/ "proselyte to^paganisrii/rand thefpnly^pa Chnstiarilty/that/wasT burying, her de^^ /over; whichsaiihisiife after, herfdeath/ftete.pt /theanni yiersary day of her fteparthre, by jsiac--* ; /rificirigfa CPck fph/l^tpi^.au ,. — 'Aberdeen yM^(mm^ r^^ZZYy aZyxZ:Z'-. /''Shdden;T^ptattpi-/ ;Y^ X^XyAyY | f/A-yputh hariiedfGebrge/Preeman f service;; b%Messrs;;Smithurst. aricl Co.,]of/ fNew-Bond-^reetylarhp^and oil; dealers^ the" /son'..-.of'-..respectable^ parents^ a bearing an excelleritcharacter, was charged, jwithstealirig from.ytheyresidenQe/.b£..^9r<3: ;i Mai mesbujry/f Whitehall-gardens;? a/watch' I valued/;^ jGjeme^s,l^is lordship's ]itated jtliat the • prisoner; called; jwith/some bilr j which; had ibeeh n ordered:; froniyjißlessrs^ /Smi|huiret/ h'^^ a.\^rap:;iiri i v-/&e^ orders '■■ He vifasl eft alone in the jforiti-y. for /that 'prirposey //After h^wehtaway^ witness imi§sVd i:h'is/wat'ci_ii;V'. .jfrh/^/had^ ;ing/.heref.A_l^^ Lpckyer, a detective officer, .deposed that in consequence offiriformatioh receivedfrom Clements he had called on/the prisoner, who de.pied the robbery/ /; Srib'sequen ceived ful:therinfof^ pawnbr<^r/;?/^ ripon which/he took /the/prispii^ in'custody/ .'■ An^/a^istarit ; /at ■ '"< /' Mr/'/f'Eatpn's' ; ySeposed that \ :■, the^ipri^o/heyf/ Mmseir/plefigeli | watcli pri^ name; of jame?jjWbeelei..; lather,| who/appeared deeply; dieted at Jiis sou's position, said he had;hitherto; bfeen a re-*----markablywelNonducted; lad. ■-* (He enjoyed • tKe%6od opinion- of his employers ariel/had firiequently •, been trusted-Avith large suhris of rnionfeyl-; He /had-never- 1 befpre'C^mittetl hjhftselfrthbugfr'f^ tempt^tiphsi/' //Oh" ; this; /occasipn /;-.%:/ , roust; h^e/yielded |o some suqd^ b|e \X impulse, ff,.The, /'prisoner, fwho jivept tiittiijly /but f m^e;/hp^ ' fences'/>yas committed fpr/i toid.-y^eehly I|4.y;fyy y ZIX-xyA AnExebutibii at theiTolbpoth/ y^nbhrgh.; ?-■ The' criminal - was/led out from the; Tolbooth at the Cross; arrayed in/a!:loose; dress; of white linen;; with/trimmings of; black, fHisarmsf being/pinioried/^e^had Hist: station at the end. of & ;cart,ypnf.which; lay extended before bis eyes /they coffin or; shell iri .j^hich.'/nis body wa? about /tpy.b/e/ deposited* fHe had an; ppeh//Bi]|^e .{jjp,. ; his; hand, and was/us/ualiy at|en^edyliy, fi -j6 ! i^. or two clergymen, who .encouraged/lflm in his; devotions, by the/way, and aided ./him vin| his preparations/for eternityi .The/ magis-.. trat.es of : the city, preceded by -the. .town; officers with theirhalberts;andaccorripanied; by 'a strong military guard, -formed the procession. On;its arrival at the ,'i.Bell p* the: brae*' (in/ former times,a veryf steep, part of the' High-Street) it stood :s^l, when 'occasionally a verse or two'pf fa psalm was sung/ the malefactor himself giving put thp line, and the /multitude raising, theiiyhats in token of sympathy*, whilst .every window adjacent/was/: Crowdedyfwith/fspectatprs. The.f/oectirig/; cerenapny/ was ;, sometimes performed in/front of the: Alms House',; iri Kirk-street; where the tremulous notes of the cnrhihal/were; internlirigled /y^th/the /plairiiiff/ intohatiorisypf /the/passing /bell, and the Avhole catastrophe wassuriinied up by a psalm and a ;jpray"er,f'';a:nd;:freq:uently a/last speech /at thef-,exe,C'utioh^^^<?4 0& -Queries. ; Y..Zv~-:'\ '/■ /yf.f .'-.., x ■ X\y-, -y •' . Old Presbyterian: Vigour,; //',/ y In 1598/weL^ Glasgow /concerning/ itself/ about a rjpung; man who/ had passed his father wftKput lifting'*JhU-.bq.Baet'iv^^HJß..'.was, judged- a. stubborn arid disobedient-sonto his father.'.': Aboptj /^4j/the:lcirk-sesswhfp^ • was/ occupied for /some; days in; considering the case of Niel Lang, accused of making p,. pompous convoy./and supferfiupus'^ ing at 'the niarriagef /Ma^^^Danjel^pri;, ;««;to ;the; great slander: of we I£ii4c/V;!which had-'/forbid suchy^^ doings.<v The'^absence of / external appe^i^es of; jpy in ;Scotland,/ih ■. /cpivtrast ;wUh;/ihe ] i requent holida^np^n^ merry-makifigs" of the Continent, has been much remarked; ttpon;! We ffindf-iri-thef rectffdsy Pf eccl^i^stical / dis«pluSeiyclear; j^aces.^thefprp^ss..!'^/ wWch/^ln^di^H^cr ; tion/was Jbrought/about; To the^Puritah Kirkef the si^eerith^and Seventeenth^ceni* '■ tiiries/efv«^!;^ui^ard!,3e - iural//g6bd,/s^nit^/v^ as far as .possibleyre^ressed^ marriages- spbet ■> arid.^uietswas;cfne;speeia|ly Pbjectl: ff;TOe Jiirlr^^ipii/pf c .''in-; 16^9,/; ordained ■"''•^;-tj^!t7')tte!^''T?3ii9P^* ! /be no pipers at bridals,iand.whoeyei. should; i^have a piper play.ingattheir brid^ ■1/bse v':.f^ieir'//eOTsig^ IJuheJnext ;yeaiy tM-/sa^/reye^n^f/l^yf ; decreed;thatF men /arid women;;"^uil.3r_.pf/ ; fprpmisctipufei /'dancingi"--- Bhpuld;y6tand 'in/a_ [public/ placed and / .coh^si/th , Y^ba^er^ :/ o;fy/ll^'Cb^}(tf jti - ;//yArh;^aal//^pCutperit ;[f^rtf^a\m*g/'|rpm;'' ; Mr_ /;/ Stephen /Spames, of ip;/ Stpnerbuild-^ ; Qings,liineoln's-iriny the jelectiou - auditor for, ;:/^rtfbr(_ls}iii*e;;-has' : just '/feny*published;; fffem/^hich;itf appears/that,.the" ppsfcto/Sir*: : jJEdv^ar^/Bu]wer : .^tt^ f fbrjthattppunt}^, follbw^SiTnmediately uppiif ■Ms t/to -of State for the Colonies, was no less than £1,147; 12s. 3d. . The election was uncontested, ooly. eight days intervened be-

/t^en^'iss^t^ '.ihjK|l^ Ys&'ti(rm^ /yiwhit&fM&ft^^ ~ tl^y^ndita^ad^^sjed from a Maggbj^^ pi^ely/fpr mal ip^^^,9j^i?P^q^^BipSS ;vli is-^ceptiriigw r^n^xijnlcey J jifider f^theut; ; -,*Gir6wnif#y :f -; Zfeutyectedihirri^ ■inc^ded,:.^^^ salary of: ££$00.as-//f-f-'y/ThefDe^o!^ ■jofnthe/wp^ :jwliiel_ywe:fbun^ ihaifJis^i tis;/mbsitatriking feature waf^the^tfil^fyf:; /h§ss,.^n#i^ fn/ew;f wp,^ : .;-/; rouhded;us;nb souridibfaiiy'lnndinterruprtedt ;; ttl]io^jje'fib6^ Jlie^ seat^aiS ;• n;dt'-/bii^BLk f. v j^n'^thl^.: (s^cZ/hC/bi^ y-. / visible,./ the//mi^highy sim;; \hyZlM*-Mi!fo&Zy /muffled*;in;aytr£nspar^^ j m^fen^us! 1 ustre/soif/; pi|l/inQd^mtalii^ ;.-; I eaxitli'^/yitality); ■ r.ati /^iy^rsal ; n i_«m^^aiiii/ana/::' j dumbness seemed to periradd thelßdlitittdei. * j I suppose in scarcely any' othkr ?part dMfe :•'-'^-'ij'?.:*•-'-.'-vi*M'.: sH-iAA-uyy-^,-u ■, -*K'XL ■•jK.f.i.-.Ki' ■-■ ; \yprld --, is r .*thi.B. appearanCeybi:;/dea^essj^"'. v ■:'■■•■■■. /strikingly,../exhibited..;.,i;.On : merr. da.y?in;Eriglapd 'tliejJßJis ■_ always-^per*y j.p§}^iblp.?;att/:u^ ,i tj^i^gh/Yjfthe^.:^^ /brpe^.;sliouldy:stiiysa/single{leafi^Siii>'ider. f/f . /fault/pf motion/fthere''is^lway#iafw'ns6«of./•'/.'./•: ;. gro^th/;/-but/h'e^^ /; ■/ .p.f\;grass,was^^ bald/e^riatpd hills^^ eternal/ice; constituted^they landscaipe.^-^* Duffer.iris VmiaqesA . A'xy.-,~xY^'Y'v^X'Yy-x----..'M-:&yr v;;.--■ i!^:]-y .:r:'X:-;-r i.:;::-'. A-yrX-y* y '■'■'.- Y. ' >;y;A;/medi^ beingyaskedy they dU&rerit .aTid\^d/f;re^ied//://f «^l^i/CTpai^sy.^p!^.. /■;" f/cold^qbn^^^^^ . give f&ey aY summfer >whichis;hot/the day^arelongeK;; ■fb'utyiri :i' wiri teiSf which' is cold,- the dayis-afe f 'j^&S3yy^ /ujAy^ tprhis ihaster;a jjairtof boots, theflegfpf one :6f whjcHywai- muchldri^r'thah'tKe'^fieltl ■ ( *^.Hp f w^ comes f -:it,"'-'^ .jnpt;'/se//sa;me^^^^ knowy '■<. sir;-fbut/what" bothers me'niostls; ; ihat thie 'pairdown -'stairs^ are ih; the ysarhe '£■.'»■ '■■ ■-. .1~ ' '.:;!''-';*U./;.'?f*".n ■-•■:ii•:/.••? .(..,{■;.;-. ■ ■iv.i&t&a ;. ~. ■ ,tj;x.. ■--■ ■,--;.; .y<>-y yArc.yy V , M - yy-- :,, £he,ugiiest ; pf .tra^ of pleasure. I were a fgravedi£ger, or eVeh; a/lfc^ginan^there? arey some] Icould woT^/fdr.with/'aJgreat! deal.ofenioyv ment. .y. u-xxyyA-AYxX .^x :;X: i -Ay:Axx nf{ -.y"Xx /A very charming daughterbf en6;pf^the M solid/nr^^ ■fe'wy&v^ biriation of moustache,- starch/and broadcloth, for .the honor of heir hand in;a!dan/ce, / ;tp which soiicit^ion^ jatiye/ranswefc^^ tion, the aforesaid; combinationfnquiredlfer - fathers business, f" fHe-js'-a:.%£> od 'ajtwyer,'*'^/t she/; replied.1' /i^lie. ;f(^l,6w;y/sid|yped, fie^liiig * % thiatfhe hadletW by, ; association, f The lady's father;wasfta ■.*/ wealthy dealer in mahogany; whiclisocca- • siorially/'hasf'tp.besiawed;; ZZIZZZ f How toy preventf.fli.es yfrphif your bacon in summery .03at it all in the early spring.;;; y ;>'/;y^;yy*"?^.-:yy;- ■; ;-'-■■'>;' • f f I sayi what are ypu about-/—sweepirig put that io6mYV^,%^oZx^^^rS'^Susari, if', I'm sweeping out the dirt.and leaving the *-rbpm'_"y-f; /'■';■'.': 'f -y:A ;'/ "; Mother, Ishouldn't/be si^rprisedif/pur ;Susan/gets/ chpkpd/,Jpme//:'day..V~?.? ( Why, ~.-- --/my son ?''^-." • Because ,he^beau; twisted his arihe around her tieck the otherfhight, arid if she had,riot' kissed hirri'/tp/let "her go, /Ke,wou/ld,haye strangled..Ker.";.'y./ J.-;//';'/:'/■//.■-" ;.y:,^ Jones," said.a s^-rppathising.neighbour to a ba^chelor friend abouttb/mariy^*-' what in the/world put matrimony mtp-yoiir heatl?" ■y Weil/.thei fact/is;!, yras/gettmg/sli^rt'/of shirts j":-;; AA* ■' :v< - : x X- . :/ y yyx --<;-; '-;'■ , ■" ■■f;^Wheri" ; 'the body of the^ill-usti'iousi-^ero ;:pTTrafalgfir;iYas.?^ ftp ./.be,' .transported, t fe/pldy Epgland^/the .bung acci.dentaily. : fell;.out.^ ;and on^bofrfhis I-prdship's' fingers ;'rriade its fappeararicef 'at fhe/bpenirigV Af seaman whpKad/for/sc.me years served in the. Admiral's ship/seized ; the hand, and giving.<it a cordial gripe,'; lat the sametime fwiping a/tear that glistened on /his / we/atl^i^beaten jfilkek,;/^c|aimjid. ■',^-Hang,, me,^pld/ffcoy;/ if; ypuX are^ ; hpt/i*in/'.-•'• better spirits than any of us !'v; i y y y, ; -ASchoblnriasteri/ wishing f His pupils to f h^i^ i//cUair/fidea f;^ /thus-^KHerei'iaan vapplejypu/pqe/itjyaijnd there (ore- know '-that it. is there| bpt;: wbeo I pliacp ityiinder this; tPa-cup^ybrt f;h^yo /faith/that/it is/therei,/ ; th_p^gKf^^ no^onJ|er :see, jit" /The ,jlad?/ : seemed;tp; ; understand perfectly^ and;the ; ;next time -the^ master askfjd- thprriy^/%hat;/ls;fait|;^ swered with,^.#cepn3/^;^n;'/^p]je^ui§jer;'.:; ;a;tea-cup.'/;/'y;,yyyy;;/;.-.' :n iWyx-; ;;n/;T;-y;;'": f:.-.!,A Avpmanvireceritlyyappeas-edfbefbreya magistrate to y^i^|^n;/Pfythp f ill :hs^ge /.sli^/recei^eol/fpom'/f her; 'h?Kband;Vf*]/iVhat fpre|ext'had-)he//fbr'/beatihg^yo^ •ithey magistrate;-^' fPlease^ sir, /he- didn't hayp no pretext," TppUedth /^v£^/^a/th)^ck' siicjk-r' : .ft/f' ■'/.;// '-y^/jV;/'ff.'i^// "/^j- ■'" ■