BRIEF MENTION.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLIII, Issue 97, 22 April 1909, Page 5

BRIEF MENTION.

"A little nonsense now and then, is relished by the wisest men."

To-morrow—St. George's Day. Wear the red and white and fly the bunting.

"He might have been a Rooshian, A Frenchman or a Prooshian; But he remained an Englishman. In spite of all temptations To belong to other nations, He remained an Englishman."

Patriotism, like charity, begins at home. It is more patriotic to love our fellow-countrymen than to hate the foreigner.—Truth.

April 22.—80rn: Henry Feilding, dramatist and novelist, 1707; Immanuel Kant, German philosopher, 1724; James Grahame, Scottish poet. Died: King Henry VII., of England, 1509; Antoine de Jussien, eminent French botanist, 1758; Thomas Haynes Bailey, lyrical poet, 1839.

Recently a country resident "lost the run" of The Marlborough Express sheet almanac and trade directory for 1909. Diligent but fruitless search was made, until one Sabbath morn—well, where do you think the sheet was found?

Just doing sacred duty in the Family Bible as "bookmarker." Both were in demand, you see; but if the F.B. had not been sometimes used, the almanac would not have been either lost or found.

That sheet-almanac (none the worse for its escapade) is now where it deserves to be—framed, and occupying prominent wall space in the best room. We must never judge of the quality of teaching by the quality of the teacher, or allow the spots to shut out the sun.—Lord Acton.

"Barney's wooden leg has been paining him of late," said Scholesto his wife. "How can that be?" said Mrs Scholes irritably. "Mrs Barney has been thrashing him with it," was the explanation.

"I lay especial stress on fruit," says a great doctor, when speaking of children's diet, "because a child's system requires an abundance of good, wholesome fruit."

"Davie," said Edith, "what makes grandma talk so much?" "Can't you see?" replied the boy. "She's got a double chin !''

For nearly thirty years Sir Andrew Torrance, who died the other day, travelled from his home in Highbury to the City by the same omnibus, in which a corner seat was always reserved for him.

Old Lady (to new curate): "All, sir, we do enjoy your sermons. They are so instructive. We never knew ■what sin was until you came to the parish."

In Russia the law provides that a person may not marry more than five times. Many men in this country have only married once—and some of them wish they hadn't.

Lady: "You ought to be ashamed of yourself to have such a tight check-rein on your horse." Teamster: "Oh, he doesn't mind the check-rein, miss; but he'd kick like the devil if I put corsets on 'im."

"I enclose photo of my wife and myself, having no other _ encumbrance." So says an applicant for a local municipal billet (reports the Taranaki News).

"Never tell me," said the editor, "that there's no such thing as 'poetic fire.' That stove there is red hot, ain't it?" 'Sure.' "Well, I Just threw half a crate of poetry into it."

Dr Sven Hedin tells us that he tried to drive a flock of sheep, and that he found he had no gift for driving sheep. If he had been in the profession of politics, he would have found that those gifts were sorely needed.— Lord Morley of Blackburn-.