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Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2026, 2 July 1875, Page 2

Whichever You Please, My Little Dears.-—We are glad 'to see that the vestry of St. George's, Hanover-square, have split the difference between 1 interment and cremation for that important and aristocratic pajish.iby the following impartial announcement :•—"'The vestry have contracted with the scavengers for the dust and ashes of the inhabitants."— Punch. r Applied Science.—A chunk of a boy was seen studying- the weather report charts hanging in the post-office yester-' day, and wondering at the lad's interest, a gentleman approached him and asked; "Well, my sou, what do you wish to find ? " " I'm looking to sco how the old thermom stands at Duluth," said thpboy. " If she's 10 below I've got to dust for home and split more wood; if she's at zero, I can go off with -Bill Jackson to see his dog fight a tame coon ! " —Detroit Free Press. Uncomplimentaky.—-Bibbs was married the other day to a quiet, not to say stupid, girl, with a face.like a doll's. Some one remarked to Muffington that Bibbs had been on the look-out for a wife for some time, and had now "woed and woa." Muffington said, "Yes, a wooden one—that's just what sho is."—London paper.