MISCELLANEOUS.

Tuapeka Times, Volume III, Issue 187, 7 September 1871, Page 6

MISCELLANEOUS.

The " Creelong Advertiser " is responsible for the following : — An anecdote that is too good to be lost is told of aclergyman well known in Geelong, who hails from that land north of the Tweed where " bawbees " are estimated at their full value. A day or two ago . this worthy divine was inspecting a new manse intended forhis future accommodation, and his thoughts being evidently absorbed with the costliness of the undertaking, he remarked to the workmen, "I'm surprised at your exorbitant wages ; you demand eight and ten shillings a day here, while in the old country I could get as good a tradesman for three or four shillings." " Aye " promptly replied one the rnaaons, lifting his eyes for a moment from hia chisel and mallet, and in broad Caledonian accent, not to be misunderstood, " and in Scotland they can get plenty o' clever ministers to preach for twa hunner punds a year — what think ye o' that, mon ?" It is needless to add that the clergyman, turning his back on an audience of faces lighted up with a sardonic grin, walked away in silence.

Recently an immense tidal roller rushed up the Hokitika river for about a mile, swamping the passengers boats at the ferry stairs. On entering the river the wave is said to have been six feet high.

It has been decided by a new NewYork Judge that a sewing machine catinofc be seized for debt — first as being a necessary article of household furniture, second as being an article wherewith to earn a livelihood. May his shirts never want a button !

A Victorian paper observes, that any farmer who has a nice rich piece of land in the corner of his farm would do well to reserve it for a trial of '' Cobbett's corn," or dwarf maize. A patch grown this year at Ores wick, yielded at the rate of over 150 bushels to the acre. It is worth sewing, if only to feed either fowls or pigs on, as when ripe it only requires gathering, and throwinginto the sty. The animals prefer husking it themselves, and its fattening qualities are so well known by breeders as to need no comment.

In an article on the Limit of Personalities, the "Spectator" says: — Severe criticism of a politican's conduct, or even of his bearings in public life, is also good for the community, and so is that of all men who profess to be performing publio duties. But criticism of private men, or public men in their private capacity, to be justfiable must be kindly, for just the same reasons as those which make kindliness a virtue. The publicist has a right to speak in their presence at his club. Beyond that, all personalityis certain to be either malicious or impertinent.

About 8 o'clock one night, a man was seen by a workman of the Galatea claim, Smyth esd ale, (Victoria), in the sluiceboxes. The workman called three times, and receiving no answer, fired a shot. The intruder was found to be a Chinaman, who received the shot in his back, and he is not expected to live.

A trial shipment of 1800 lbs of American broom seed has just been imported into Victoria from San Francisco, where the broom flourishes in f nil luxuriance. The money annually spent in the brooms has been somewhat very considerable, and they are always in request. It is stated that the plant will flourish in the Colony. If such be the case, 'an important addition will be made to the many colonial industries that have sprung up of late in Victoria.

The seam of coal up the Buller river, at Coal Creek, (says the " Westport Times ") his been found to run continuous for several miles on each side of the river, and is several miles in width ; and, without doubt, forms a portion of the great Mount Rochfort coalfield. Thecoal is practically unlimited in quantity, and in quality unsurpassed.

Holloicaj/s Ointment ami Pills.— Disorder of the Throat and Chest. — Whoever had once made a trial of these iv valuable remedies can truthfully bear testimony to their astonishing efficacy, their curative and preservative powers, against the many maladies of winter. The Ointment, rubbed on the chest, acts more beneficially in arresting inflammation, irritation, congestion, and all pectoral complaints. In ulcerated sore throat, diptheria, mumps, quinsy, and similar ailments, the Ointment should be well rubbed upon the throat and summit of the chest at least twice aday, while the Pills are taken internally, according to the plainly printed directions. Holloway's remedies contitute in themselves a perfect safeguard against most diseases dependent upou changeable or inclement weather. They counteract the sources of disease.

Holloway's Pills. — Nervous Debility. — Persons who feel weak, low, and nervous may i-est assured some serious ailment is looming in the distance against which instant action should be taken. Halloway's Pills present the ready means of exciting energetic action on the liver, liberating accumulatexl bile, and lifting at once a load from the spirits and expelling a poison from the body, This simple and natural method of remedying the first tendency to disease gives present ease and ensures future safety. The pale, and all those who are losing flash, should try these Pills, which are especially useful when, the digestive or other functions are imperfectly performed and demand immediate correction; "or in after years neithei mind or body will he, veil de,* yeloped,