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Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2113, 12 October 1875, Page 4

It is some time since we were called upon to record anything in the way of " selling off". or " immense reductions " in the clothing department. But we are now reminded that Messrs J. Cosgrave and Co., are calling a sale of drapery - and clothing at their establishments in Owen and Albertstreets. The' stocks in these establishments embrace £20,000 worth of goods. Cheap drapery and winter clothing will now be the order of the day.—Advt. Fkom a Cheonoiogical Point of View. — Mamma (after a lesson in English History) : " In what reign should you like to have lived, Ethel ? " Ethel :• "In William Kufus's, mamma!" Mamma : " Why, darling ? " Ethel: "Because I should only have had one date to learn." When .a playful lad is sliding down a sand bank, with a heart full of careless joy, and a pair of summer pantalooos, nothing more'quickly turns the current of his thought than a slide on a briar.-— Borne Sentinel. . " That clock, my friend," said an Aberdeen farmer, " Was the best kind of dock up to six months ago, when: my daughter began to have sweethearts', and now the wretched-thing is -alwajs iwo hours too slow." \~* He Wodld Want Them Ail.; —A subscriber to a South-western newspaper died recently, leaving four years' subscriptions unpaid. The editor appeared at the grave and deposited in the coffin a palm leaf fan, a, linen coat, and a thermometer. —American paper. CußioTis Fbeak of Nat DEE .—One of our favourite prinia donnas has a falsetto teeth. i