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Waikato Times, Volume II, Issue 80, 2 November 1872, Page 3

There is a sheriff in Illinois who was rather taken in, on ono occasion, and done for. He made it a prominent part of.his .business to ferret out an'd punish pedlars for travelling through the State without a license; but one raoVnmg he met his.mat.ch—a genuine Yankee pedlar. " What have von got to sell ? anything ? " asked the sheriff. " Ynps, anrtain; what'd ve like to hev? Got razors, fust rate; that's an iirtic'o. 'squire, that you want, tew, I should say, by tlieloiks o' your baird. Got' gooil bliielun'; 'twill make thorn oil cowhide hoots o' vou'n shino so't yoii can shave into'em. Bahn'o' Kl'umbv,' tew; only a dollar a bottle ; trond for the ha's, and assist-in'poor human nahir', as the poet says." The sheriff bought a bottle of the Balm of Columbia, and in reply to t e question whether he, wmted anything that fui)o-. tionarv said ho wanted tVsee the Yankee's license for peddling in Illinois, that being his duty as the high sheriff.of the State. The pedlar showed him a document "fixed up good—in.black and white,": .which the officer pronounced all correct: and handing: it back to the pedlar, he added, " I don't know, now that I've bought this stuff, that I care anything about it. I reckon f ituw as well sell it to-you agrh. What'll vou for it ?" . " Qlvl don't know as the stuff's of any use to me, but seoin'.it's yeou, sheriff, I'll give you about thirt-v seven and a half cents for it," quietly "responded the trader. The sheriff handed over the bottle and received the money, when the pedlar said, " I sav, yeou, I've a question to ask yeou now. Hev yeou got a pedlar's license about -your trouse's ? " " No ;"l haven't anviise for the article myself," said the sheriff. "Hain't, eh?- Well, Tguess we'll see about that pootv soon. Ef I understand the law. neow. it's a clear ease that you've been tradin' and peddliu' Bahu o' K him by on the 'highway—:aftd I shall inform on yeou." Reaching' the, tpwfT tTie, Yankee-was as g">od as his word, and the-High sheriff was fined for peddling withoiit a license?, ; . He.was, heard afterwards to 'sav, " You might as well try'to hold a greased eel as a live Yankee." ~, \ contemporary sars:—" We are sufficiently horrified with the details of baby-farmmg as practised anion* ourselves, that now-and then cOrne to light in the police courts. But these dwindle into insignificance compared with the news of-a krhdred character from France. Whole districts of Paris.are-aaered to■< communities of baby farmers. Parent* mom, says the Pall Mall, from a desire to conform- to- fashionthan from hard-heartedness, willinglysnwendferj\eir r children for the first three years People •In Paris alone 21,958 babies w-e rvervvear.' The children are both meaitimate. and belong alike to the-ranks and poor. The results, though dreadful are be expected. Nearly one-third of these fM»K£>» yearly,and not a few.ofthem are deliberately suffered to perish'of neglect" ..__*. !.„__ '..''.. : ..'~'.

| Earl Howe, eighteen years of Inge, was Qf a* sloop of stf&S' An English I merchantman*)nidticen captured at 'the Dutch pottle-. 1 merit i>r-'KUitni-ia,-b7'ari^lM;lf^)rlv«^^ ; ijna|r > .lJio' guns ami protection of the ■governor 1 : - Efcutenjpit Howe, at his own earnest request," wife' sent with order* tu elaim har.for the owners. ' Xhid demand not witb,.lie ,<le*ix&l leayo to go with the bjat3, and uticiapL catting lierout of the W&ar. The captain roproaoniecUlis danger of t»-adventsruns a step ; and afded,il:at h- v »:a4 not »u%ien|. interest to-'«npport' him lrt-JSngiari'd, on a-'represettbtioii J yt ! tiie breach of neutrality. The lieutenant tbc-n roj quested that he would leave the Mp for a-thoit tin.o, and leave the command to him:' Thb being d-Uv, ; the gallant liuiit.cnant went"witb : the boats, cut out i'fclie ver-scl, and restored it tw the proprietor. In 1775, Lord ilawkc gave the following seainanlike testimony 1 to the merit of Lord Howe, in the House of Lordn. ■ " 1 advised his Majesty," said he, "to make the promotion (to the Viee-Admiral of .the- Blue). I have tried my Lord Howe on important occasions ; he ue ver asked lue how he .was to execute - any service, but always went and performed it." A boy "having sold a cow,, at the fair of Hereford, in the year 1706, he was waylaid by a highwayman, who at a convenient place demanded the money ; on this the boy took to his heels ami ran away ; but being overtaken by the highwayman, who dismounted, he pulled the money out of his pocket and strewed it about, and while, the highwayman was picking it up, the boy jumped upon the horse and rode home. Upon searching the saddle-bags, there were found £L 2 in cash, and two loaded pistols. A .Maine paper states that three years ago the first cheese factory in the province was started. This was organised on the American system of association, the company being made up of tliirtecn shares of 100 dollars each. The second year this factory gave a profit of .90 per. cent on the capital invested- Last year seven new factories were started, and Mr Young informs us that from a high hill upon-his farm he can count six factories within a compass of twenty miles. Each factory consumes the milk of from 300 to 500 cows, the season of making cheese being from four and a half to five months. From nine to ten pounds •A' milk are required.to produce a pound of cured cheese, the cost of making which averages one a half cents per pound. . The largo number olfactories now in opera 1 ion lun served to reduce the profit obtained from the business, but Mr Young regards them as per uanent features of the agriculture of the province, and as sure to operate favourably upon the system of farming pursued. The cheese manufactured is m irkete I in Halifax and St. John. It is of uniformly go )d quality, and compares well with that of Caua. i m and American manufacture. Dr William. Ogle recently read a paper before the Chirurgical Society of London, in which he stated his belief that the superiority of the right hand, in works requiring strength and skill, is not due only to custom and usage. His reasons for this view are that the superior power of the right hand is not confined to the arm but extends to the leg, and that it commences in the arm before use or education begins and continues in spite of all efforts to resist or divert it. This superiority has a resemblance to some malformations, inasmuch as it is hereditary and is met will iii.ii efrequont'y in the male sex, not only in men, but in apes and parrots. The author further asserted that the left side of a right-handed man is greater than the right, and vice versa; and he cited seven cases of aphasia, among left-handed people, accompanied by liemiplexy of the left. side, lie coi - ; eluded by asking: What is the cause of this greater develepment of the left side? And he suggests that it is originated by the greater quantity of blood which it receives. At the attack on Kalungo, in the Nepaul War, j after the retreat had been sounded a second time, Major Ludlow' took post in some ruined huts immediately under the wall of the fort, and considerable I apprehensions were felt for him and his party, who j were likely to be cut off. At this instant Greneral Gillespie saw that it was requisite to do something to save this little band of heroes ; and being greatly vexed at the failure of the storming party, he turned to an oflieer standing by him, and said, "Sir, I will take that post, or die before it." He then gave some orders ; and addressing himself to the brigade-major, said, " Now, sir, lam at your service." After this he went on most gallantly, waving his hat and cheering his men, until he was shot through the heart, and fell without uttering-a syllable. x\ pragmatical young fellow, sitting at the t.thle over against the learned John Scot, asked him what difference there was between Scot and sot? "Just -the breadth, of. the table," answered the other.