GRAINS OF SALT.

North Otago Times, Volume XX, Issue 965, 25 August 1874, Page 4

GRAINS OF SALT.

One of the boys at a school where the Bible is read»i while reading a chapter in Genesis, pajused-to a«k-h» teacher whether the boys_ in olden times : used to do' their sums oh" Che grbundT? It was discovered that he had, beea read*, ing the passage,?. And the tions of men multiplied on the face of the earth. 1 ' - A darkey was, once attempting to steal a goose; butia dog raised an'objec- ; tion, and Sambo retired.^ ' The" next night, during a thunder shower, he attempted it again, and just at he was on the point of getting-away-with the fowl, the lightning struck dote by, and: the noise nearly frightened the poor "fellow" to"dipa1;BVCrDf9ppIng"fBe goose, he staYteo^wayihuttSring/** Tear* to me dere am a mighty lot o£ fuss- made (bout^a commoi* i g^os"e i .'* " " r - ; t ' ,lScarcelya.Week passes without the i record < of ■ some ' wonderful surgical operation* Sallj Brown was recently, taken in hand, had a broken knee and a dislocated rib taken ouf andTnew ones put in, and she \a now: as good jm ever. It may not injure the story much; to way. that 8aUy Brown is a canal boat. How comfortable for a young wife td feel that her husband is a bountiful provider and that she will never want for the the hfecessaries of life ! A newly married man was recently directed by his wife to order eome yeast, and not having a very well-defined idea of the.

article, lie told the baker to tend up a guinea's worth. At 9 o'clock the next morning three men might have been seen tugging up the front steps of that man's house with a cask .of yeast. Magistrates who wish to take lessons in "suitable admonitions!' (says the* "Pall Mall Gazette") will find a few useful hints in the feeling observation* addressed by a judge' in Kansas, tJnited States, to a prisontr the other day*, reported in one of the 'local papers :— i " Brtinley, you infamous scoundrel, you are an unredeemed Villain ! , You ( haven't a single redeeming trait in your < , character. Your wife and family wish we had- sent you to the penitentiary. This is the fifth time I hate' had you before me, and you' hav£ put; me td more real trouble than your neck is worth. .I've exhorted and prayed over you long i enough, you scoundrel. lust go home and take one glimpse of your family, and be off in short order ! Don't let's ever hear - of you again ! The grand jurylfave found two other indictments against you, but I'll discharge you on ( your own recognisance, and if I catch you in this neck_of wopds_ ta-mdrrow morning at daylight, I'll sock you right square in gaol, and pump you off to Jefferson ville in less than no time, you infernal scoundrel ! If I ever catch you crossing your fingers at a man, wojman, or child — white man or nigger — I'll 1 sock you right square into the jug! Stand up, you scoundrel, while I pass sentence on you.'.' The judge, while delivering this solemn charge to the prisoner could 'hardly conceal his emotion, and there was scarcely a dry eye among the audience in court. 1 , Brunley himself seemed to be least affected of all on the occasion.