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Thames Star, Volume IIII, Issue 1706, 22 June 1874, Page 2

Tekt Fink Art.—A Richmond, Va,, newspaber notices an extraordinary work of art exhidited in a shop in that city. The subject is "Jacob's Dream." Angels* all having yellow hair and blue wings,'are going up and down the ladder, while Jacob slumbers in full Continental uniform, except his.bootSj which are of the Confederate cavalry fashiou .; and close at hand, renting on a rock, is a hunting flask. A Wabning to Ploughmen.—Some amusement was, according to a northen contemporary, afforded to: the spectators of the .ploughing match recently held " not quite a hundred miles from the. banks of the Spey, "ibythb naive manner in which a bonnie Scotch lassie expressed her participation in feminine appreciation of success. One ploughman had.on this occasion made very good work, which was greatly praised in the hearing of his lady love, who having greatly admired herself, exclaimed in the fulness of her heart, " Weel deen, Jock. -Aifter the praise ye've gotton the day, an' the gran' wark ye?ve deen ? I^l stick out nae langer, but gie up my place, an' yell bae me at the term." Jock smiled and nodded consent.