BIG MOSQUITOES.

Hawke's Bay Weekly Times, Volume 1, Issue 12, 25 March 1867, Page 67

BIG MOSQUITOES.

THEjlafe Jtey. Zep:, Twitchell was,the most noted Methodist' ,minister in- Vermont for shrewd and. laughable sayings. In the pulpit he maintained a suitable gravity of expression, but out of the pulpit he 'overmischief. [ Occasionally-he would introduce something' very queer into the sermon. for the r sake of, arousing th'fe flagging attention of his hearers; It Was he .who originated the story of 1 great mosquitoes, • r„ : ‘; '

r-j Seeing tome;of; his audience were get*; s“?ff-seeP7» he paused In his discourse arid digressed #B. follows: - , 1 t jojihaven’t any idea of how the missionaries “suffer in' the new settlements' on account of the mosquitoes. - r In some of- those regions they are enormous. ,r- flf®B.f m*ny pf them, will weigh a pound, and tW-will get on the,logs and hark when the missionaries are coming along.” : -'-‘By- thja time ‘all‘ ears' and ’ eyes were opened, and he proceeded with his discourse., - ; - ,The nqxt day one j ofhis hearers called him to account for telling lies in the pulpit. - •' - c •

“There never Eas a friosquito that weighed a pound.” ; ; - . “ But I did not say one would weigh a pound. ,1 said a .great many of them wquld weigh a poiind, and I think a million'wcrald.”

.E- But you said they would biark at the missionaries.” ;

. • 4t No, no, brother, ;I said they would get on the logs arid bark.”

Mink culoit s Escape. —On Tuesday last, about 11 a.m., a child 2-Jr years' old, belonging to- Mr 'Baihesj residing'on Captain Eome 'Pic'- 1 ton was. missed by its 1 mother, who anxiously sought her lost darling in every possible direction. Finding.her efforts of no avail, Bhe alarmed hpr neighbours, who nt .once instituted a search all' over the neighbourhood.; Night, came, but still no tidings to relieve the anxious mother's heart. Early in the morning the party renewed their' efforts, which were crowned'with success about • two p.m., • when- * a • young man- named Peter (in Captain Baillie’s employ) discovered the, poor thing sitting by the roadside, about a mile from, its home, to all. appearance well and Hearty, although so long a period' had elapsed since it was missed,' during which it was without food. The joy-of.the. parents on its. recovery may be, more readily imagined than describedMarlbprough Express.

The Nelson Evening Mail, of the 14th inst., says“ The murdererßullivan.has at'length found his place in the Nelson prison gang. He may be seen daily marching to and fro with his fellow coni victs, .and .working , with them in the city works. He. looks well, aud. assumes , a buoyant air that is not supposed to belong to great criminals. It is an instalment of justice to the comunity which he has outraged, that- he is, at length compelled', to toil-like other convicts, before receiving the prison rations. It Has riot escaped observation that.he is riot in irons, and that some hardship is east on the'men who, suffering for minor offences, are placed in the Bame category with so great a criminal.”

A ' smart .shook of an earthquake was felt in Nelseri, between three - and four on the morriirig of the 24th ult. There were three distinct vibrations, arid : severer than have been felt for- a long , time. : Mr Benson, ;0n the . beach,; was awoke at four o’ clock by the falling of his clock. Many persona ! who J did riot feel the shocks, were, roused at that time by something they could not account for. . A correspondent informs us,that be.felt six or;seven shocks at ten, minutes ; past two.—Marlborough '".‘V