The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1872-09-21 00:00:00

Miscellaneous lintelligente,

ROME, FOREIGN, AND COLONIAL,

Face—An American doctor asserts that he
EARL CARNARVON ON WORKING can make a mustard-planter of Buil strength that it
MEN'S CLUBS. will draw the cork of a champagne bottle without
nipping the wire. He will probably advertise it in an-
won Monday, Earl carnal:von laid the foundation stone of a oth r month as useful to foxhunters for drawing
gMn taub at carlton, near Nottingham, The '
building is to he erected entirely at the cost of the Dun. and coverta—Punch.
Rev. O. W. Forester, vicar of the parish. THE " DECLARATION OF In " IN
Earl Carnarvon, addreesing the working men present, DaNucn.—The New York Times says :
Of all documents ever made by the hand of man, the Dee
said if there was one institution in England more par-
ticularly English than nether, he thought it was the claratton of independasice is, perhaps, the most precious.
institution of clubs. Now they very of ten read about Certainty there is uone so dear to American hearts, and there
the London clubs, and be would tell them what Is something very painful In the Asurauce width comes from
thosee clubs were. The London club was alarge house, %it' nion,,, tied the iir:::=
ii,ad!tt,
ritadArloa.wa.y.,:ml
very comfortably fitted up, to which a certain number blank. Neaily all the signatures are 681,1 to be'aireaery
of gentlemen subscribed every year a moderate stun ether& and, unless ....me remedy is adopted, it is easy to
of money, where they could dine, interchange opinions calculate the time when all those nmniorable names will die.
frankly and freely, and where they could meet their op-ear surely, however, this can and ought to be prevented
own friends and acquaintances ; where, in short, they It we mistake not, many old manuscripts have been restored
enjoyed all the advantages of a large house an.l rota- at„telisettilnropglidt,ihberrary,ff:nre,il
oiNooutri .11 ee.ll Tmltrivhe,..litilrti
blishment for • very %midi expenditure. And just as 10. e.., jell If unhappily itshou, d prove tg'nipoi,isle to
this has has been no vet y popular with one class, he never the portions that have become illegible. Both the Declaration
coal see why it about i not be adopted by other classes ant Washington's eonandaion as General ant conmatider-in.
in the country. He understood that in the club the total. Chief are now on exhibition In the Patent (Shoe : and we
el .thou stone of which he had just land they would have trust vast steps w.II he token at once to stay so (also may be
all the principal elements and tharacterietim which the the mournful ravages st thus.
London clubs possessed. They would have food for the FATHER HT ACINTHE'S WEDDING.—The 11-eto
mind and food for the body. Ile hoped before very long York Herald of the 4th inst. published the following
thole would he a very good library formed within it. from its London correspondent :
walls (hear, heal). vsbopla were now very cheap—good '' rine Hy actuate. the .11stingaished pulpit (wave, was
ones as well as indifferent ores. He hoped there w..ulti startled fu this city to-day. The cert molly was perfermed
alsobe tel. lb iing periodicals and newspapers. for in at ti Marsielnine Registry idfice, en' ~t the Waxes lie- n•ed
nothing had there been • greater improvement than in by the Gi iv,-romienic:!or tl.e...vdetor hna,tien Mal me:lntenth of
the periodical literature of the time. It ha i become i' a ?.!rri I Ten 1. I Vl' r1p,g"...,:j..1 TilerTririesnE at
higher, better, and purer within hie memory than sof ,ier,i,e,,,u, ,oged kp years, all Aim-rinse w.dow, dampiter of
other branch he knew, and he would suggest t t those who A. ry ilu.terfiad. the lady is known in Paris as one of
weal have a sl.ore in the management of the club that Pare Hyacinthe', Chinch converts. The Very Rev. Dean
they shauld take in literature which represented fairly Sail Is,, Lei), Augusta Stanley, his wife, with other distin-
Dnettl,hed per,..mages, were pretest at the marriage "
the different poittical opinions tat the day, but have none
of thevile and scurrilous literature whieh noinetimeSdis- UN•1101:ATIAN LIGHTNING.-- While Mr. Enler
graced the age in which we lived. (Hear, ht ar.) There son's house at Concord has been destroyed this Beason
would be rare shmentalso for the laody -not only tea and by fire, the life of Mr. Whittier, the port, has been en-
coffee, and those beverages which cheered but did not dangered by lightning. During a thunderstorm on the
inebriate, but also—and he thought it was decide() very 13th ult. five houses at Amesburg, Marc, were atria
wlsely--there would be facilities to have go- cl whole- by the lightning, among them the house of Whittier.
soine English beer. (Cheers.) He was a great ad voe Mr. Whittier himself w,,a prostrated by the lightning,
cate for good English beer, and thought there was but not seriously injured.
nothing better or more truly English sltogether. Now BUSINESS AND SPORT.—BOOkMakere' Saints'
he had ventured to put in a plea for another class of Da '—St Led,
_..paath.
refreshment—be had said to Mr. Forester that he hope .1 ' „.." '
tobacco would not be excluded, and Mr. Forester at MowEY U.RDERE FOR INDIA.—OD the Ist of
once adopted the pka. (Applause.) There Were very October next, awl thencefor ward, money orders may
many excellent persons who found fault with smoking, be obtained at any money order office in the United
and said it was a terrible vice, and led to drinking and Kingdom, payable at any place in Britidi India. The
all other abondhations. (Laughter.) Now he was net commission chargeable will be unit urn. with that
one of those; he believed on the mintrary, as Shakespeare charged on money i 'Mem issued on the British colonies
said of wins, that "it was a good creature if it Wa..l generally, via :—On stuns not ex ireding el, Is. ;
well no ,t," awl robe (Ms lordship) thought of the to. alsove £2 and not exceeding £5. 2s. ; alx,Ve gr, and not
bacco pipe. They were told it was a slow psis in. Well, sseeeding £7, :is. ; above £2 and not exceeding kW, 4e.
he snawsred it most be a very slow poison iinteed, b. No mingle money order will be immel tore higher bUIIII
canoe sonic of his oldest and best friendo had am eked all than I:10, :al eamire, have been taken for the ismae of
their lwes, and were as well awl hearty an they were money orders in India, payable at money order armee
twenty years ago. (Laughter and cheers.) Thedoeter in this country.
told us that, while tobacc twos more extensively used THE MARCH PAS r.—A correspondent Writes
than ever before, there was a stsady marked increase the following to The Timms .-- .
in the average length of life. He rejoice, I, therefore,
that those wh.a wished might use tobacco in that club. al
tTearliithhoginta,... achtr
pat/ iwn ala ,ofsaxho
es
said.f o r hll. go I obveei %at asked e swhift
A billiard-table would aloe be provided. There might he thought of the troone:—" I never thought there could he
be come persons who were afraid. His answer was it tuch a sight in the w.idd ; and as for that advance uf the
had been tried in London, and hail not been abused, Cavalry in line, I was so overcome l could not speak. I will
and he had sufficient confidence in his fellow-country- (tit ways pay my taxes with pleasure now I have teen what
„lidena;:e Sd showing our Army to the people has its
men to feel thatetben these things were phwed within
their reach they would un- them as seta:able men as ~, lg.?
they did other good gifts which it had please,d tHE LATEST ' 'EARLY-CLOSING MOVESIENT."—
Gml to give us to increase tour happiness, re- The new Licensing Act.—Punch.
membering that they were not the first things A SNAKY. Pct,rGENY.—The Indian Daily News
in which our time and energy should be absorbed. cites the f.ollowing statement ..f Hr. Shortt, of Madras :
After observing that it Won the intention of Lady " Allow me to record • most interesting occurrence
Cameroon anti himself to add a bowling•green to the that took place at toy house on the night of the 30. h
amusements of the club, as a n:ark of thei, goodwill ultimo. A Rana era viper (Ilsboin elegans) that I have
and sympathy with tee work, his lordship said the had for some seven weeks, being the earns that I
.11,C.14 or the failure of the club depended up .n the exlbbited at the rew-nt lectures a-. the medical Colege
working men who had the management of it, and on the 24th June last 16W1 In:lowing days, me:lsar-mg
upon them alone. It simply depended upon modera- three and a half feet in length. ha, produced thuty-
tion, good Renee. and the exerc.se of what lie coiled real nine y. ling. Ea At lithe one measures eight and a half
English qualities to ensure success (ho ere). Ho looked inches in lengli, and I sue out of three about six hours
upon this work with great satisfaction. because he felt old, in an experimert, killed a young partridge weigh'
that iu such an act as they had donethat day they had, nine and a half tolah 1.. tea see aide - Tuis proves Irow
ao to speak, knitted a fresh bond of union between dif very prohfic these de.dly snakes are, and when the
ferent classes. We lived in times when there was a young are put together they will exceed the mother
great deal of misrepresentation very often on this rub- nearly eight times in length. lam glad to add that
jeot. Good education, however, was much wider and mamma had babies are doing nicely."