Savory Morsels.

Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4463, 25 April 1883, Page 3

Savory Morsels.

Can a person, who is always throwing „ mad, be considered a person to add-mire P - .A wretched volunteer, lost to all sense . of shame, wants to know the difference . between a cows-grunt and a bull's sigh P ■. : During the recent' performance of Shakespeare's " Romeo and Juliet," the fair Juliet's question in the soliloquy, be- - fore taking the sleeping draught, " What : if this mixture do not work at all P " was answered by an urchin in the pit with, " Then take a dose of pills ! "

According to a London evening paper, an enterprising gentleman has reared and trained in Australia a kangaroo, which he is bringing over to England with a view to its introduction upon the English stage. The beast is said to be exceedingly clever, and to possess social qualities of no mean order. A Brooklyn schoolgirl, 13 years of age, in reply to the question, "Which three inhabitants of the world would have baen most spoken and written about P" took the prize with this answer, " Jesus Christ, Shakespeare.JSTapoleon," A Methodist clergyman, who had been assigned to a congregation that began to criticise his preaching, said they only ridiculed themselves,'" because friends, if I could preach well, do you think! would have been sent out here to minister to a lot of lunk-beaded ignoramuses like youP" ,