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Wellington Independent, Volume XVI, Issue 1514, 16 April 1861, Page 5

Equinr Qualifications. — A man wat once selling a horse. The would-be purchaser enquiring as to his leaping power..,. asked—" Would he take timber ?" ■&&&«*- . jump over your head," answered the other, " 1 don't kuow what you call that" A Indy once complained to her dootor that she could scarcely breathe. "Don't try, my good soul," replied the candid physician ; " nobody wants you to do it. -i The reason why whales frequent the ; arctic sea is, probably, because tbey sujp-i ' ply the "Nolhern lights" with oil. ... .-, Alauming Inteligence.-— An old wo*'' mau who lived near tbe frontier; during' the last Amioa, aud who possessed a marvellous propensity to learn the news,] used ' frequently to mako inquiries of the soldiers. On ono occasion she called to ono whom she had frequently saluted, befora — " What's the news ?" " Why, woinan^said be, ,f the Indians have fixed a crow-* bar under Lake Erie, and are going to turn "U "over and drowu the world. "rr"!t?l» mercy ! what shall Ido ?" she ex olai met!; - and away she ran to tell her ueighbouttk . of the danger and inquire of the miulsiiil how such a calamity .could be odvqrt^j]*;; "Why,"' said hei **-yi>ii need not ibealwnil:] cd.— wo have our Maker's ! prQ^is-a^tbl^l He will not again destroy tlie 1 ■yimft^MfX.y^, water."—" I know that/.' .replied- lhj^sqW|^ lady hastily, " he's nothing to ]do wiwi-|| jf — it's them plaguy Indians !" : • 7^-1