BRIEF MENTION.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLIII, Issue 59, 5 March 1909, Page 5

BRIEF MENTION.

" A little nonsense, now and fhrm, I& relished by the wisest men."

March 5. Born: Dr George Stan- ■• hope, Dean of Canterbury, 1660. On this day, 1649', James Ikft»vrfHamilton, Arthur, Lord Cape'li, Henry, Earl of Holland, were beheaded in the Old Palace Yard. The best thing in the. world is joy, but only the sorrowful know it. De bes' pussan is made o' de lynilearid de tear; Sunshine and rain is what make"de cotton.—West Indian proverb. "I wouldn't cry like that if I «:ere you," said a lady to little- Alice. "Well," said Alice, "you can cry ■nny way. you like, but this is my way." There is about a mile of wire hidden away in the interior of an ordinary piano. Landlady: You make ;an aivful noise with that flute. Boarder: Well, I'm sorry to hear it. Landlady: So's everybody else. The Prince of Wales Ims de<?Jiled that all the slums situated on j;*6I>erty belonging to the Duchy of Cornwall in South London shall ke swept away and repltced hj |er buildings for the working classes. Lady Visitor: "That new gM of yours seems very nice and quiet." Mistress oi; the House: "Yes, she's -very quiet: sho doesn't even disturb the> dust when she's cleaning the room.'" M. Santos-Dumont has lost the bet which he made with M. Charron sis months ago, that within that time te;. would build a hydroplane, capable -of travelling at the rate of sixty naitesan hour. ' ;; "What you need most," said the kind old lady, "is a change of shirt. ' "Mebbey dats right, ma'am," replied: the unlaundried tramp, "but I ain't. the kind of man to'throw down a bosom friend." ,"You love long rambles ,in the country?" asked the impudent girl. "Yes, indeed," responded the young: man in the buckled shoes and.green, hat with the purple band. "When \"T go out in the country all riature- ! seems to smile." "Gracious! I don't: blame her. It-, is a wonder she don't, laugh outright!" ' . A prisoner at the Sheriff Court. ! had been duly convicted of'theft,' when it was seen, on "previous convictions," that he had actually been in prison at the time the theft was committed. "Why didn't you sayso?" asked the Sheriff of the prisoner angrily. "Your Lordship, I was. ! afraid of prejudicing the jury against ! me." ' '\ . . ■,'. ,'. School teacher: ''Johnny ; I hearj that) you have two little twin sistersat your house this morning." Johnny: "Yes, ma'am; and we'vo got names for 'em, too." .School teacher:. "Why, how nice! I suppose one of them is to be named' after your mamma; but what is sho ; going to call the other?" : ■ •' j Johnny: "No) they ain't got gjirF : names. Pa called them 'Thunder and: j Lightning' as soon as he heard about them." The word "sterling" has a peculiar origin. Among the early minters of coin in 'Europe were the inhabitants, of Eastern Germany.' These people were such skilful craftsmentthat numbers of,,th ft m to manufacture $£'6blfof fhej, realm. They were known' as'"easterlings,''' and in time the word became' con:tracted to "sterling." In this conj; tracted form the word has come toimply what is Ji genuine in money,. . plate, or character,,,,^ ■~.•*, -'^B-ftfi f > j An" amusing;dxaldgue iwa^bverneard". 1 after a race at a recent meeting "between a trainer and his jockey (says ;an Auckland paper). "Why didn't you keep him in front?" wrathfully demanded the trainer. "Why didn't I?" sarcastically replied the Tod Sloaner, "Well, yer see, it's this way, if yer gets off to carry a horse,. ; them bloomin' stewards u'll rub yer I out for breakin' the rules." "Why didn't you use your whip then?"' "Oh, I don't want to be attendiri'* any bally inquests. If I'd hit the\ mong with the whip he'd a dropped', dead." .