MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Westport Times, Volume VII, Issue 1083, 24 June 1873, Page 3

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

The Coromandel Mail says:—-A ; writer in the Cross raises the question of whether there is such a thing as eternal torment or not. Ho never was "editor and manager of a country paper, with " devils " waiting for copy —Saturday coming regularly round, and subscribers and advertisers neglecting to settle their little accounts. If he had been, he would altogether ignore any such intermediate stage as purgatory, and go in for the existence of a gehenna pure and simple at once. A lady, while enjoying a sleigh ride in Milwaukee last week, claims to have been shot at while dashing down one of the principal thoroughfares. No bullet marks could be discovered on tho sleigh, lynx-eyed policeman found that the explosion of her rubber bustle had caused the alarm. The Wisconsin contained a half-column article on the " attempted assassination." Here is a graphic description of a fishing excursion : —" Went off" Saturday at noon, for half a day of fishing. Returned late at night, having lost a £ls watch, sprained my thumb, spoiled a 80s pair of trousers, by sitting down on my luncheon, and caught a one ounce herring. A wooden wedding—marrying a blockhead. A golden wedding—marrying for money. A crystal wedding—marrying a" glass eye." A tin wedding—marrying a milkmaid. A paper wedding—marrying an editor. A silver wedding—marrying an old maid of GO. An iron wedding—marrying a blacksmith. A linen wedding—marrying a laundress. A ridiculous misprint is going the rounds of the American papers. An ardent lover pouring out his passionate devotion in verse spoke of that night, when, walking with his sweetheart, he " kissed her under the silent stars." In print he was made to say that he " kicked her under the cellar stairs."