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Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2036, 14 July 1875, Page 3

A grocer in the suburb?, when complained to about selling bad eggs^ said, ," Atthis time of the year the hens arenot well an d often lay bed eggs." * A citizen of Syracuse has 13 children, all girls. What that father has spent for hairpins would have bought the Western Union telegraph wires.—Milwaukee Sentinel". '

-Thicks on Youngsters.—A Poughkeepsie parent lately induced a croupy youngster to make quite a hearty meal of buckwheat cakes and " maple molasses," but the latter proved to be nice syrup bf squills. The boy said he thought something ailed the molasses the very minute his father told him to eat all he wan.ted.!

A SiTMMEK Episode, as Evolved byLittle Johnny.—Last summer our dog To.wser was'allying in the sun a trine to sleep, but theflies was that bad he cuddent, cos he had^ to catch 'em, and bime by'a bee lit on his head, and was a working a bout, like the dog was hisn. Towser he hel his hed still, and when the bee was close to his nose Towser winked at' me, like he said, ." You see what this duffer is a doin'; he thinks ram a lilly of the vally which issent opn yet, but you. just wait till I blossom, and you "will see some fun.'' And sure enough Towser opened Ms mouth very 510,.50 as not to frighten the bee, and the bee went inside Towser's mouth. Then Towser he shet his eyes dreamy, and his mouth too; and had begun to make a peacefle smile, when the bee stung him, and you never see a lilly of the vally.ack so in ol your life."