The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-12-09 00:00:00

A NOVEL INSTITUTION.

There was opened, in Loudon, on Saturday last, in
the immedate neighbourhood of the Vauxhall-station
of the South-Waster's Railway, a hospital for thy study
and treatment of the diseases of quadrupeds and birds
nseful to man. The late Mr. Thomas Brown, of
Dublin, bequeathed nearly twenty years ago the
residue of his personal a-tate to the senate f the CM
e ersity of Loudon, tor the .ounding, establishing, and
upholding such an institution. The property thus
secured consists of two adjoining houses, with
a 15 table and coach-house, and a considerable pieoe
of ground at the Lack. Upon part of this land
the hospital and its appurtenances have been
erected, the remainder being laid I lawn in
turf and excroAdmi ground. Accommodation is pro-
vided for ten horses or bullocks, shed a or folds for
twentir animals, such as shell., kennels for dogs, hatches
for smaller animals, besides -hatches for poultry and an
aviary for birds. The stalls, loose boxes, and kennels
are all warmed by hot air, are paved with Asphalt, and
are fitted with everything that can convince to the
comfort of their future occupants. The buildings
already mentioned, which are detached from the new
erections, have been arrange,' for the reception of CLVIed
of infectious disease. A. room has boon specially
constructed for post mortal' examinations, and a
laboratory has been built, and will is, provided
with all appliances for the investigation of the
chemical or other changes wrought by disease.
Mr. Brown's will provided for the purchase of the
carcasses of animals for the purpose of investigation.
The jest of Professor Superintendent of the Insti-
tution has been conferred upon Dr. Durdon-Sander-
RON the Professorof Physiology in University College.
Dr. Burdon-Sanderson has at his asssistant Dr. Klein,
a most accomplished observer, who was formerly in
Dr. Strieker's laboratory at Vienna. The pathological
laboratory will not be ready for work for the next week
or two ; but the resident veterinary surgeon, Mr.
William Duguid, enters upon his duties forthwith, and
is ready to receive as many sick animals and birds RA
the" beds "at his disposal will allow. The owner will
in every case be called upon to pay the bare cost of the
maintenance of the animal; but beyond this no charge
whatever will he made.

CUTTINGS FROM AMERICAN PAPERS.
"The city of the sacred concubine" Is a Gentile
wane for Young's abiding place.
An outer garment called the " " is much
admired by ladies. Many gentlemen also adrabe the gal
that's in it.

"Who is that foreign lady with the low cut dress,"
asked a bystander at. party. " That is Mrs. Chendsod, •
Russian lady."

The mot-her-in-law is got rid of in Mormonland by
the sou-in-law marrying her as well as her &wider, and
then exercising over her the authority of. bulbul

A 11Iassachusetts paper says there is a piece oaf road
in Winchemion so narrow, that when two vehicles meet,
they both have to get over the well before either can pass.

A Vermont girl, who sued a false loser for forty
dollars for breach of promise, gave the court this rule tr
reckoning the damages :—eager week for "setting up," plus
the value of lights awl fuel.

It never seems too late for an American to change
hie place ‘,l* residence. Samuel S. 31arsha11 aa)inl In Ver-
mont m.til he was one hundred, and believing the climate
did nut agree with him, he removed to Detroit. Michigan,
where, with care and prudence, he hopes to live toe ripe old
age.

" I hope you will be able to support ihe," said a
young woman, while walking out with her Intended during
a somewhat slippery state of the pavement. 'Why yes,"
replit d the somewhat hesitating swain "with a little
assistance from your father." There was soLlc confusion,
and a profound silence.

06e-asionally a husband objects to harlwg even a
second wife linposed on him One was hemd of the other
day who, though he finally submitted to the command of the
Imperial Brigham that he should take and provide for a
cerrtain poor woman—" alone, lone cretin' "—declared that
he couldn't " abear her," and at once put her away on a
ranch forty mtleafrom town—pensioned and pastured herout.
A fellow in Albany flunk his sweetheart off a balcony
and broke her leg to three places, lie was arrested tor the
deed, but she declined to appear against him. There is some,
comfort in having a girl like that. Your ordinal.), heart-
less, and brainless maiden, whom It is dangemus even to
kick, and who fur every Mendful of hair you pull and of her
scalp will make you suffer a week's vexation, la a weloine”
to the flesh and a heaviness to the spirit. Shim her, dear
reader, even as you would shun a creditor. Close your eyes
to' her charms, as you elciae them to the contribution piste
at church. Shut your tars to her appeals, 118 SOU do to those
of a sick beggar. Have no more to do with her than if she
were a needy relative.
MOW TO MAKE A GLORIOUS ICATIoN.-- Mare in
what they sing at public school examination in a Vermont
to the the tune of " Yank, Doodle," visitors aud all
Joining In the chorus:-
11 anything no earth can make
A great and glorious nation,
It Into give the little one. •
A thorough edicatiou.
Chorus.—Fire times eve are twentyllve,
Fine times six are thirty,
Five times seven are thirty.flve.
And five times eight are forty.

A PRINTER'S LITTLE MISTAKE.—In an American
paper we read—, home years ago, when one of ear staff was
a reporter Iqoo an opposition paper, it devolved upon hint to
write for the same edtbu an account of the presentation of a
gold-headed cane to the Rev. Dr. Mudge, the clergyman of
the place, and the description of a patent hog-killing and
mileage-machine which had just been put in operation at the
factory. Now, what made Rev. Dr. Sludge mad was this.
The inconsiderate buccaneer who made up the formes of the
paper got the two locals mixed up in'a frightful manner, and
when we went to pet-ma, something like this was the appalling
result—. Several of the hoe. Dr. Mudge'a friends called upon
him yesterday. Slid after a brief conversation the unsus-
picious hog was suited by the hind-legs and slid Monica beam
until he reached the hot-water tank. Ills friends explained
the object of their visit, and presented him with a very hand-
some gold-headed butcher, who grabbed him by
the tall, swung him round, split his throat from ear to ear,
and ill less than a minute the carcase was in the water.
Thereupon he came forward and said that there were timee
when the feelings overpowered one, ann,h for that reason he
would not attempt to In more than thank those around him,
for the manner in which suzli a huge animal was cut into
fragments was shuply astonishing. The doctor c 4 dichnied
his remarks, when the machine seized hint, and, in less time
than it takes to write it, the hog was cut into fragments and
worked up into delicious sausage. The 0CC3131011 will hong
be remembered by the doetor's friends as one of the most
delightful of their lives. The lost phmes call be procured
for fifteen cents a pound. and we are Imre that those who
have eat so long under Ills ministry will rejoice that he has
been treated so handsomely."

SPUTTERINGS FROM "JUDY'S" PEN.
IT is a singular fact tint tn o of the greatest authorities
on deformities are Lima and Woo.
TIIE female of ottoman must be SoMir.
A liomn amcc.—.s tea-kettle.
A SAYE IllteStMent.—Cold victuals.
Hut:BT.—Do cannibals prefer tender-he:tete/3 people
WE,: a monarch always shower blemings on his people
when he reigns
TICK-DOULOCREUX—The sound of a clock in a sick man's
room.
Tile Heart tnion—Marriag
Ann ICE to Young Married People—Look out for sedialls.
WHAT most sporting men have at the lingers ends—Tips.
A RevoLvEn—The earth.
DEMING Freely—Doing it on tick.
TIMES are so Ind iu some places Just now, that people
can't even pay attention.
TIIE man who bolted the door was rescued by the aid of a
domach-pump.
Arrta all, what is more harrowing to the sole than a peg in
one's boot
Too man who quarrelled with his iswail-and-butter lots
since eaten his 05thI Tds.
EramsrAYlNG Knowledge—Learning the cost of a heavy
feed.
IF we had windows in our breast, shotildn't we just keep
our coats ifuttoned ?
IT is not every man who can laugh in his sleeve when he
Is out-at-elbows.
TuEr.l3 never was an honest red-breast—He is always a
robin.
HIRT does the Solicitor-General want to prove about the
Claimant being the rightful heir 7—Why, he wants to prove
that there's a doubt he is 'a lad:atm is).
A YoENCI Lady's Wine—Madnme Mumma.
. A GRASS Plot.—The attempt to enclose Epping Forest.
A Rom, of Pleasure- A round of toast.
TIM: Fish—Fresh herrings. —Judy.