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Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3136, 7 March 1879, Page 4

Con.—What is the difference'between a schoolboy, studying his lessons and a farmer watching his cows P The schoolboy is stocking his mind, and the farmer is minding his stock. An Old Story.-—Smith and Jones were examining a gun that was not loaded. Of course it went off. Smith was filled with remorse, and Jones with bird shot number two. . Insect Zoology.—Josh Billings in a zoological moment tells us that the peculiarity of the fly is, that he returns to the same spot; but it is the characteristic of the mosquito that he returns to another spot. Thus he differs from the leopard, which does not change its spots. Mb Wm. McCulxottgh having been appointed agent on the Thames for the Imperial Fire Insurance Company, is prepared to take risks at the lowest rates. The Imperial Com pany was established in 1803, and has a capital of £1,6(10,000, with its head office at No. 1, Old Broad street, London. The Mcl bourne directory has upon it some of the most influential men in that city, and the name the Company has gained for itself by its prompt and liberal settlement of claims, while charg ing moderate rates, has secured a large amount of business not only in Australian Colon ice, but in all parts oj the world in which agencies have been ••Übluhed.—ADTT. .