MISCELLANEOUS.

Westport Times, Volume V, Issue 836, 13 July 1871, Page 3

MISCELLANEOUS.

A man of Sparta, "Wis., wishing to present an organ to a; church, wrote to a friend in New York, to know what it would cost to get ono. He received a reply that he could get a little cussed organ for fifteen hundred dollars: " but if you expect to go to heaven on the organ dodge, you had better invest about three thousand dols." He took the high-priced organ. If a lover finds a pleasant note from his sweetheart stuck'in his key-hole, it is a key-note to his heart. "Husband, I must have some change to-day." " Well, stay at home, and take care of the children. That will be change enough." The reason why a ship is by common consent designated in the feminine gender is, because so much attention has to be paid to her rigging. Geneva is at present full of prominent French Imperialists. They make no secret of their hopes that they will not be. long in recovering their lost power. Most of them have plenty of money. Their leader seemß to be Vandal, Napoleon's Postmaster- General, who re-established the Black Cabinet under the sham empire. Mr Henry Roe has offered to restore Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin, at his own expense. The cost is estimated at £50,000.