MISCELLANEOUS

Westport Times, Volume VI, Issue 1018, 1 November 1872, Page 3

MISCELLANEOUS

The Crown Princess of Prussia's last baby has twelve godmothers. The Princess of Wales is reported to be growing deaf, like her mother. The ex-Einpfess Eugenie is said to be haunted with a fear of cancer, of which her sister died. A Cedar Falls (Iowa) minister recently preached in defence of croquet, from the text, " And she took the mallet." A lady in Indiana has been granted a divorce on the plea that her husband had refused to assist her on washing days. A. " Society for the Encouragement of Young Men desirous to Marry " has been organised by the young ladies of Kondout, New York. You will alwus notic one thing: the devil never offers tew go into partnership with a bizzy man ; but yu will often see him offer tew jine the lazy, and furnish all the capital.—Josh Billings.

How to Dwaep a Tows.—Horace Greeley presents the following as a sure means of destroying the prosperity of the most promising town. "If you want to keep a town from thriving, don't put up any more buildings than you can conveniently occupy yourself. If you should accidentally have an empty building, and anyone should want to rent it, ask three times the value of it. Demand a Shylock price for every spot of ground that God has given you stewardship over. Turn a cold shoulder to every mechanic and business man seeking a home with you. Look at every new comer with a scowl. Run down the work of every new workman. Go abroad for wares rather than deal with those who seek to do business in your midst. Fail to advertise or in any other way to support your paper, so that people abroad may not know whether any business is going on in that town or not. Wrap yourself up within yourself with a coat of impervious selfishness. There is no more effectual way to retard the growth of a town than actions like those enumerated, aud there are people in every town who are pursuing the same course every day of their lives, and to whom the above remarks are respectfully offered for their consideration. At a young ladies debating club the following question was lately discussed : " which gives a girl most pleasure —to hear herself praised or to hear another run down ?" No decision was arrived at. A correspondent inquired of H.G. if guano was good to put on potatoes. He said in might do for those whose tastes had become vitiated with tobacco and rum, but he preferred butter and gravy. A Pennsylvania editor, «in acknowledging the gift of a peck of potatoes, says :—-" It is kindnesses as these that brings tears to our eyes. We have trusted in Providence, and this is our reward. One peck of taters makes the whole world akin. We would like a little kindling wood and some good turnips, but that would be asking too much, so we will try and do without them.