Savory Morsels.

Thames Star, Volume XV, Issue 4796, 23 May 1884, Page 2

Savor y Morsels.

Mrs B!:irik, who lives nei.r Ballarat, needed a dome lie servant. Through aa r.dvertisement she entered into orrespondence with a young woman, -whop testimonials being of a satisfactory fcirfii^ and wages having bsen arrange 1, Mra B. telegraph i to Ella Saucebox (hat she might come as coon aa convenient. As is usual in lelegritns, she did not/place the prefix of " Miss " before the new demostic's name, and she signed the message - " Annie Blank."' The young, woman apparently resented the abceme of the Miss, and. revenged herself in a telegram novr " before me, as follows.: — "Telegraph, " Annie Blank, Gras3plains. "Not coming. " (Signature),Migj Ella Saucebox." And Miss S. emphasised her sarcasm by not pro-paying the message.-r-iE^les. _A man, rather uneasy upon his pi u s ( slipped quietly in at the door of hia home, but meeting hia wife, sJd, by way of aPo'ogy, "Sorry so late, my dear, but . . couldn't get a car before." "So the cars were full loo," said the lady. Further remarks were unnecessary. Astronomical Discoveries., —The Great Bear is provided with pointers, but, as distinct from the rest of th« const-; lation, has no setters. The principle setters in the sky are the sun and moon the Dogstar is no setter in the canine sense of tha world.

A Parisian j t utnalist writes :—" Monsieur, I cannot, do myself the pleasure to fight you this afternoon, I have u he gum boil of my father, and the bunion of mygrand uncle. I will wi-h pleasure meet you some other day with the rapier. I have the honor, &c."

In a grocer's shop, about a quarter past eight, the shopmen were gossiping, when a boy entered--" Twa fardens for a ha'penny please." " Coats off, gentlemen. Bujgsess 1 has begun," cried II c foreman. *^f A disj'n .uished novelist observes that he would like to uold an official portion in a cathedral, as he would then never be at a toss for a chapter ; and as forjscribbl- 4 :'' ing paper there would always be a quiwV^ ready at hang ,„> - , XV