MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Westport Times, Volume VIII, Issue 1227, 10 November 1874, Page 3

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

An extraordinary marriage is reported to have taken place at Jevington, Sussex, the ceremony being performed by the Very Rev. Archdeacon Phillpots in the presence of a large congregation. The nuptial pair both belonged to the parish of Jevington, but the singular part is the fact that the bride has no arms, and the ring had to be placed on the third toe of her left foot. At the conclusion of the marriage ceremony she signed the register, holding the pen with her toes and writing her name with a very fair " hand." The bride has accustomed herself to use her needle and do many other useful things with her toes. It was an expressive remark of a praciical man recording the woman of the period recently—" She don't know enough sir, to boil wtter." A well known author was about to read a new piece in the green-room of a West-End theatre, when, before commencing-, a young and charming actress, who is always remarkable for the elegance of her toilette, smirking, said, " My dear Mr , is the part you have written for me well within my power ? " " Perfectly," replied the author. " You have to change your dress seven times! " The Venerable Archbishop of Tuam speaking of the press, says:—" Of such a powerful instrument of good or evil, we should be all anxious to extend the beneficent, and check the baneful influence. If, however, you wish to have an honest press, you ought to honestly and generously sup« port it." Caution to- Women Lecturers— A grocer in Quincy, Illinois, has donated the city 41 dozen bad eggs, to be used in keeping women lecturers beyond the city limits.