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Westport Times, Volume V, Issue 903, 21 December 1871, Page 3

" I went in to bathe," said a Yankee ; "but before I was long in the water I saw a huge, double-jawed shark making rapidly towards me. What was to be done ? When he was within a yard of me, I faced round, dived under the shark, and taking a knife from my pocket, ripped the monster up."— "But did you bathe with your clothes on ?" asked the astonished listener. '•Well," answered the story-teller, reproachfully, "well, I do think you needn't be so tarnation particular!" Mistakes Occur in the Best Regulated Departments.—ln the office of a New York paper there stood in type the report of a sermon, and a paragraph about the career of a mad dog. In " making up " the two got mixed up, and the readers of the paper next day were astonished by the following melange:—" The Rev. James Thomson preached to a large audience last Sunday. This was his last sermon previous to his departure for Europe. He exhorted nis brother en and sisters' and after a devout prayer he took took a whim to cut up some frantic freaks. He ran up Smith street to Brown, and down Carr street to College. At this stage of the proceedings, som boys seized him, tied a teakettle to his tail, and let him go. A crowd gathered, and for a few moments there was a lively scene. Finally he was shot by a policeman." The French ironclad, Normandie, has been broken up, her framework being rotten though she was only ten years old.