General News.

Thames Star, Volume XII, Issue 3872, 27 May 1881, Page 2

General News.

Mfm the ToBs vr -Some time since WWg Att4 to go from Wicklqw tjOrDttWio,, and as the mare was found to traref much more briskly under the influenced hUm Jf whiskey, the habitual trarellers subscribed to supply her with this stimulant. 1 rarellerW £« t , 0$ ttarb' 'j&tV rAsi& all I?"*? 1' J™™***, you di^not gire her the drop." Driw^W^j^ri&if I'll tell no He;* It wWaa^lwft^cSSd mOTniiivandl wantßda dhrop meself M bad^i Kiut t io we td ßß ed<for^ infi^ l won the toss.

—A laird StrathaTeo, who owned*a quarry, a«d who wa» reported to be wptth • Kay twa or three bawbee., besidj? was playio R one day, and bia foremTn an- 0"111 wr ß L*™c" 1S& with him on the «m>e «ide. TbfiSl

where the laird wished it. "CapiJal, Jockr'WP'^! Te'cohldna hae done -:- better,", and" ye can get Jean thtf morn i( y« want her." •• Ye meun gie me „, .«onatbinir elae than Jean, laird. I h"e .. -'.i'if^ her already. We were married sax weeka ajrd ; and we hae been thinking ? taking your blesaing ever since, bofc something aye cam' in the way." The laird , :#W ddubfonndered when he heard this ; , but he comprised matters V Ba7inK - « Aweel, aweel, Jock, I'll W by§* nes *? e , ■ ' by*M M . A man that could lay doon sic j '» psjtfid lite that is worthy o the beat an bonniest lass in Lanarkshire; keep her W welcome. »n. yell maybe get the 'imitfor o' »ax hunder wi' ber. Keep hf>r "" Jodk ; and if ye hae only weans atween ye bring them up in the name of the Lord, and be sore ye dinna forget to make quid jjJHpkw, o* them." . . , >: v lAaingalar ceremony was recently wit* i :>*■ seised in Manoekjee Shett's Wadi, i '■' Bombay,: when seren happy eonplw - ' belonging to the Faraee community were united in the holy bonds of matrimony. <; The«« aspirants to hymeneal bliss were «ee«dingry yonng, as may, be gathered from the fact that the eldest was only 1 £fteen years, whilst the youngest bride- • groom was; about fifteen montlia. "jd he . yoWgesUride a blushing beaoty .of nine months. Of edurie the mma^^e^of the two latter prerenfed their taking my aetire part in theceremony beyonj d gi* ng f Tent iQ their 'fceliw* -i- *™« »»» "J ... style, and the marital bond was tied - whilst each jshild «s seated in its : . mother's lap. The .oene, as one canjel imagine, created much amusement amongst the spectators, and .we.are told that the advocaftif-bT ««hrly marriages were exeeedingiy rejoiced at the strange spectacle. "Timnpf India. :i Boientißts calculate the duration of a J;* lifehtjiing-laih at less than the millionth Cthi«Sest sheet of iron that human ".".. inffennity e*er sucreeded, in manufacturing was made in Wales, and wu indeed nothing but a gossamer, of which 4800 sheets were required to make one inch in Paddy: <rßWwhat'll we do. Mike, if tW Liberator becomes a landlord him-self?"--Mike: M Och, sure, thin, well jilt .shoot his tinnants for him!"— Exchange. .

1870