MISCELLANEOUS.

Auckland Star, Volume II, Issue 457, 28 June 1871, Page 2

MISCELLANEOUS.

i I/think that the civilized world nev*B w| s"o Kappy in ancient times as it is nowfrftta' tively, I mean, compared, with what civilization is now.doing. If you go. back tw.6. thousand years/even, you,will, find ;it io (he s6Z jfen like to praise ol&*'tinie6; ■ They like to praise,for instance, the gdbd',old. days of 'England before' fcng. Heni-f • VHI.? feigned, when there was simplicity, and; whsn'tWre was d rude ybomanry virtue, aitid wh'efriiien were gay and happy. I tell you/Jthafc wSre § jouMio'take these men up,. and -cari/ fthem M back there, and let them sleep wheJte* men 1 slept then, and let them' eat^wHat mehiate *tbe^;and letiiheni "dt>" wlrnt-iaaa "HaajWdo ' then, and take away from them what s men did not Jfvattt then* butdo hayd how,; Jron would hear the most piteous moaning and whining and complaining t that fivht f fflioted your eirs. j For we have grown in the number of enjoyments, in, the refinements of senaibi':ty, in the : realization of life, in all the sweet elements that!|;o toJ'eonstitHe satisfaction' in No pen can record, no tongue can tell, the growth «th£t_ has bßettf m?de, in five f||un/i*Sl\ filrs, •u!he world* itf steait ily growing.^J^Jerf' fti r; # T TJk jt^nifs wipßßpsr.'j nrcr I ?.\ #ißhl,lsecMt*aS'a^ave!4iaow'l-i-,'-»' _ " I do; I cannot doubt.it; That tells you all about ft?' j A farmer inspire^ Jby thel^jt^atThompf £on's "tnwtion. enginjp;^s;destme^.to:work a beneficial^ revolution rnotjgnljQin ploughing, but in the drudgejqr.afjj'arml work generally, .Jrarsta forth injthe ftdlowjng-ji^ithp^ fe-'gk-flown strain^n^ prP!ses':— * " * jnR ■;■,:. Holfirearysinewsl iEestl •. i • * In the;Ba?t.and in the West!— . . For,tiieUbo'ur-parigis"past'! V: :iu.v, FoV'tfiircyidis bohiat'laSM*; ~ For the colt ( isfoaledv whosßitrfead , Transmute your dp4«^ tyfs/Q Aha! the steed of ste^,-,,- ; ,j-tj:'. , With the India-rubber heel!. .-. With the ""inbs tljatii^ "'tir6: And the lungsof-Wrask SKTf ;.:o'; To tug our plahefc stfaightfjil'J On to Eden's gate,l-.;. y ~.,;-, Lot the valleys dance and sing I Let the bUls;qf harvest ring ~ With a triumph" peil/'hefore''' •fTiieswordlesSeiitiqaerOf!! '■'•■'•'"' • . a i , .Whose nbt,ceaS6rThe'Stitraileur of .Peace..., ; ;j A now,story- oi .'tßobjMct^Hallifist going fche rounds ofi thboEnglish'" papery Jife the effewj that one of the congregation took him to task! for not preaching icofdr^quentl^JCon pred#| tinatiou:; 4 ;MftU*', was*'very'Jindignant. B*l looked ste&cPy abtrhis',censor) for a momentil and then, replied ;^" Sir^, I ; percei^j ?fls "?■ predestinated toJte-an ass: and what isiwwl v -that you.are determined itq^make y<?»';7ical''^l We have a little revelation ..fipgi pfflFfi - field, MassAohiisetfcs.- -A-lady,-ydungrw^J i tive, and just nwr|ied,..|eft her house in th»| city and wentjinto the- country, ficcoinpai»|| bj her husbaiffi|&|^jkfter the debut as Wm H——• sbo„at|e.naea s a spjving society. Af|J thse maiiat/Js'iibjeifislbf bWtersatiQb had rj ceived attention, the lunar eclipse was alludw to. "Ms'M^-itMyou'iit up to seol «h ffi j U OSfeE did mot/Zwae the reply. "*■ H—— sat up., In Springfield, whew J e'ame- from,* ■hliey"' are'sudh-k bbi^wV^l them so often !" !.'-..*. tifl JVlarr.ifgp£iu Spain arei arranged by parties most concerned,, and no fo^U" 0.1 liecessary onthbjparfc.of'ibbe lady, thehi|»™ being very generous and disinterested.?* ™1 loTeJa^its] kjifjk property, matches are sometimes mfije* .18^, parents b'otwbWah iinolo tiiid niedoMj ■■ being to spcvretlie: money'for the la| w^L tho..evil.of such unions is so visible, I Illf . are loqked upon with disfavour, a& wNr question the right oft theiOhurch to g*«fw pensations under.'such circumstances. I