The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1872-12-28 00:00:00

le(b, Hablt gild Ms wife, admmelmulewaris Ma aut 1 .
gpiakhag low, "Have you heard the Maul wanting r SELECTED A.NECDOTES.
.. Whet warning, gear r he asked, Months enddenb and
bobbin the door opn
_behind him with One hand whibt he ( Colirldwgwrsalt.—" Please, Mr. Smith, papa wants
elmmed his We's Us 4 sib the other, "What is themsan. to know If you can lend him the model of your hat?'—
Ingot this I" " Oertainly. my son; what tor F'—" He wants to make a
"The epectral bell," replied his wife, "Have you not Scarecrow to keep the rooks out of our corn-field."—Exit
heard the spectral Curlew? " precocious youth, followed by Smith and • new are-helve.
"I have heard the Christmas Curfew," he replied, "if WANDERING FROM TEI POlNT.—Carlyle relates, in
that's what you mean." his history of the French Revolution, that. wood-cat arm
"Oh, my darling boy I moaned the poor widow, "My -
issued representing a rourmand convoking the poultry of
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own brave, handsome boy Is "--- !. Ida barn-yard, with thls opening address :—n Dear animals, I
i have amembled you to advteo me what sauce I shall dress
"Here," Intemtpted O'Hara, ea he threw vide the door you with I "—To which • cock reeponding, "We dent want
behind hum. and the lithe young iIiGITI? of Donnelly sprang 1 to be eaten," Wel checked by the remark, "You wander
bto the midst of no from the point!"
Oh, the shriek that rung through the building ere the son . The BEST PLAN.—Dharlotte ChllSMan once related
had folded the senseless form a his mother to his heart, the following anecdote. She said a man In the gallery of
and the sobs far sweeter than her sweetest singing that broke . the theatre (she was on the siege at the time) made such a
from the bosom at his affianced bride, se their lips—no room disturbance that the play could not proceed. Cries of
for false shame now—were premed together, "Throw him over ? • arose from all parts of the house, and
I mot go on with the scene that ensued-for grief trans- the noise became furious. All was tumultuous chalk until a
to sudden joy, thongh not so terrible. Is, to my sweet female voice was heard in the pit exclaiming, "No, I
r, much more touching than joy transformed to pray you, don't throw him over! I beg of you, dear friends,
grief, don't throw him over, but—kill bin 'there he is / "
. reason retuned to our councils, and I again found WON'T DO IT AHAlN.—Teacher, in a loud and
...1 snugly ensconced in the family parlour, I quickly pompous tone—" What is your name?" By in a weak
-earned all. The man auusinated In Dover for his per. voice—" Johnny I Vella, sir." "How old are you, John
tidy by • former accomplice was none other, as my reader Wells I" " Twelve years old, sir?" "Now, John, tell me
no doabt knows, than the Informer, Wilkinson. NS hen the who made this grand and glorious universe ?" " Don't know,
unfortunate wretch learned that there WU no hope of life, sir." " What ! twelve years old, and don't know who made
he sent in hU last extremity for Lord Bligh, before whom and this noble sphere! James Smith, go and cut me a whip."
another magistrate he deposed that he had lithely accused The birch is brought and held over the trembling boy. In
young Donnelly in the hope of obtaining the hand of Mary ; thundering tones the rigid disciplinarian demanded—. Now,
but that now gliding himself at Death's door, he wished tell me who made this great world we live in." In • tearful
for his soul's sake to make the only reparation in hi, power voice, Johnny answered —" I did, sir, but I won't do it
by acknowledging his men guilt and proclaiming the limos sain !"
canoe of his rival. Mr. O'Hara, as the magistrate by whom AN AWKWARD COHPLIHENT.—RecentIy a wedding
Donnelly had been committed for trial, was summoned to breakfast was given by a substantial farmer bleued with live
appear before the Secretary of State. and returned to Dublin daughters, the eldest being the bride, when a neighbour, •
with the prisoner's pardon in his pocket Thence he had farmer who was honoured with an invitation, think.
posted that day home; but left his carriage outside the youngDo De doubt he to say aomething smart and compli-
town so that Donnelly might be able to announce—not In the -- - - ought -
~,., meutary upon the event, addressing the bridegroom, mad,
manner it turned ech."Mle coming by the chiming of ""' "Well, you have got the pick of the batch I" The count.
Christmas Coif eW. nances of the four unmarried ones, as may be imagined,
The following was • week of such Intense enjoyment as I were awfully indignant,
can never hope to experience again. The merry
meet merrily ; and OD New Year's Day I wCaehrtnasof po Imes o e insurance ese,
"Ir DIVIISG."—In all 1' ' f life • th
LT:Leases of the treaty for life to which Robert Dons among a host of other questions occur:—" Age of father, if
nen, and his modest Wary were the co-signatories. liVing ?" " Age of mother, if living 1" A man in the
country who tilled upon application made his father's age,
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