The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-04-18 00:00:00

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lanai, of the late 4th Regiment Nultie,c.hia captaincy.
dislaitait dealer in j more then quadruple those The deceased bitkonly lately ret einsom medicall
Of tit honest one. Su & facti misilfte misgivings as. i„,to to Eng.h.OL r 4
to tie truth, of de old 04agei.that honesty is lhe beat eLEAFA4 JETNDER-WATER etiffANIOIC. A
polity, if we give a reitsicted,sense to the last wor4; i'ruseian euginemi (states M. t swims) Sal) been
'but A 71,0 thja,...as. it ,spay,, the publics. might Agit jag for about-an hour upon tis One ofa shipwreck,
to be dft at the mercy of dishonest tradesmen, when by the fantastic light of the sea he fancied that
Our laws in this respect are very feeble. The journal hwehitlreeiiviael
naitsii,reifterne
remarked. He
sraeiewdeinsttazer.ewaorl
alluded to expresses a hope that " the public, who, be to examine the unknown object ; but it was in motion,
it known, can have milk tested by the public analysts, and glided thrgugh the water withs 4.; any visikle
under the Food Adulteration Act, for Leif a croWn ineVement, darting forth fearful glaticesAand shedding
so far study their Mtersets. a* to occasionally a kind of livid gibareio r. Where wag n istakeHap,
take She trouble; to vcertmin tietiure)nilk is supplied d time ;llit Walk cest..tf`inlYseeg tniatk• M• bee, with bm
companion, fruite to reflagobehin the shattakeP
to them.'? 14 is utkerlguiel4s t esgpreo suc hull df the stair*reelftd vessel -Their position was a
hope. 'The law referred to has been nominally in critical one. Their friends, not receiving any signals
operation for years, and perhaps has not been nut into from them, might at any moment hoist them up to the
motion times all over the country. Till we a dozen surface; this would have given a great advantage to
the m m monster in attacking the ; the'.' therefore made
have a system of authorized visitation, inspection,
up their minds to cut the rope. The creature came
and prosecution, we shall continue to have our food occasionally to watch them, glaring at them through
and drink adulterated, and short weight or measure the displaced planks !4 the ship. They fancied they
given us even of adulterated articles. could discover sonie ensue of astonishment in his cruel
physiognomy ; he certainly had never before met with
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I anything in the sea of a similar appearance. His sur-
prise was not to be wondered at. The two divers had
made every preparation to sell their lives as dearly as
possible ; but, after mature deliberation, the shark
slowly took himself off.
A FAITHFUL LOVER. —A Canadian paper

Some two years ago a young woman of New Albany was '
sentt need to two years in reiliteitriary for steamt a lot of
clothing from the Israel House. Before the commission of
her crime, she was courted by a young man and /pia pro•
infect! him her hand. Her arrest, conviction, and transfer
to the penitentiary seemed only to increase her lover's
devotion, and when he parted with her before her incarcera-
tion he told her to be of good courage, and he w °Oil not
forget nor forsake her, but would wait patiently till her
term of service had expired and then make her his wile. He
kept his word faithfully. Last week the young woman was
discharged from the prism, and the soma day her faithful
lover procured a license and married.
A PROPOSAL.—The following is from " Table
Talk.," in Once a Week : " On the 14th of last February,
a young gentleman residing in Leicester, sent the fol-
lowing Valentine to a young lady in London :
• Delicate Ears And Radiant Eyes
Scatter Their Wiles In Leicester :
Leicester Your Otter loiter-Buys,
Each Maiden Is Not Esther.
In the course of a few days he received this answer:
Declare, Edwin Can Love Impart
Never Entrancement Dearer,
Will Interest Thy Hanel—Thy Heart -
And Never Kiss Sincerer?

It will he seen, on examination, that the initial letters
of the first of these rather complicated verses form the
words, "Dearest, will you be mine?" and those of the
second, " Declined with thanks." This is the most
elaborate and the most veiled way of proposing and
refusing I have ever met with.
FLoWERING SUNDAY.—A very pretty custom
prevails in the country districts of South Wales of as-
sembling, in the churchyards on Palm Sunday and
spreading fresh flowers upon the graves of frierels and
relatives. After the late mild winter spring flowers
are unusually plentiful, and on "Flowering Sunday,"
as Palm Sunday is called, all the churchyards were
dressed in bright flowers and wreaths of evergreen.
The custom is not by any means confined to the lower
classes, and in many of the graveyards flowers of hot-
house culture were mingled with the more modest
field flowers.
WORTH PICKING UP !—The other evening, a
gentleman walking up Wallgate, Wigan, noticed that
some object on the ground was turned over by the
dress of a woman in front of him, and stooping down,
he found in the gutter a pocket-book. He mentioned
his discovery at several shops in the street, and also in-
formed the policeman on duty, and then proceeding to
the Victoria Hotel, he examined his prize in company
with a friend. What was their amazement to find that
the book contained three notes, each of the value of
£5OO. Several names in the book gave what was
believed to be a clue to the loser, and inquiries were
set on foot, but in a few memento information was re-
ceived from the police-office that the owner, a corn
dealer, was there describing his property. All re-
muneration was declined by the tinder, who had the
pleasure of restoring the book within half-an-hour after
its loss.
AN AFRICAN JlLT.—CiVilisatiOn is marching
with rapid strides among the Kaffiro. A native breach
of !treatise case is reported from King Williamstown,
in which a duoky gentleman sued the father of a jilt
for damages, partly no doubt on the ground of blighted
affection, but chiefly, as appears from the record, on
account of pecuniary loss sustained during the court-
ship. Besides presents of goats to the mother, boots
to the brother, and money to the father, aunt, and
grandmother, the generous fellow lavished "corn,
pumpkins, and beans" on his betrothed, who after all
broke off the match. As a solatimn for lacerated feel-
ings, and compensation for more material sacrifices,
the plaintiff asked damages to the extent of .£2,1, and
was awarded by the matter-ef-fact judge the sum of
sixpence and costs.
AN Huvromc PERSONAGF.—The death is an-
nounced of Mrs. Maria Harding, of (limiter, New
Jersey. This lady was one of the eye-witnesses of
the execution of Major Andrtl. It was she who gave
to Major Andrei on the morning of the execution a
handful of peaches. The Major carried the fruit
some distance, and then gave it to a little girl. Mrs.
Harding was accustomed to speak of this event, and to
It scribe in enthusiastic terms the gallant hearing of
the ill-fated officer, always concluding her description
with the ewe., somment, "Somehow, he did not seem
to have any appetite."
FATAL GUN ACCIDENT.-011 Saturday an in-
quest was held at Male.heoter, on the body ttf John
Millington Wright, a boy who was accidentally shot
at Lower Broughton, en (limit Friday. The boy's
father and two men, named Theo. Berry and Thos.
Smith, went ont to ghost small birds. and the boy
oecompanied them. Smith aimed at a bird, but the
gun missed fire, and the party, not having another cap
amongst them, were about to return home, when, as
Smith was putting down the trigger for that purpote-,
the gun went off, and the charge lodged in the chest
of the child, who died while being conveyed in a cab
to the Infirmary. the jury returned a verdict of
Accidental Death.
AN AMBITIOUS WOMAN.—A Washington tele-
gram, published in the New York Teilevne, eays :
Mrs. Frances Lord Bond is the name of a woman who
ost.ires to represent the United States Government at the
C.uirt of St. James's. She has been trying to persuade the
President to appoint her for months past, and notwith-
standing she is recommended for the place by numernis
members of Congress without distinction of party, she has
failed to get the appointment. She has recently obtained
from Vice-President Wade a letter strongly urging her claims
for the coveted position. She 18,10 w working assbluously for
the rejection of General al`Cletlan, and should she succeed,
she supposes that the President will appoint her for the
reason that she is the only person that the Senate will
confirm.

QUOTATION c. QUOTATION. The Opinion
Nationale quotes the following from the works of the
Emperor Napoleon 111. in support of its theory of
peace :—" Feeble governments alone look to external
complications as a diversion for internal embarrass-
ment." The Liberte, in snstainment of its war theory,
replies by the following extract :—"Never, amongst
free nations, has a government been able to suppress
internal liberty for a long period without acquiring
glory abroad.-- The Litt rlt' commons the Opinion to
reply yes or no whether France has internal liberty.
THE "NEW CHAMPION OF THE CATHOLIC
CHURCH."—The Brussels correspondent of the Morning
Post, commenting on the great interest manifested
there on Mr. Gladstone's proporition and Lord
Stanley's amendment respecting the Irish Church,
observes:—
Every one was eager to know the result, and the Catholic
party went into ecstacy when it became known that Lord
Stanley's amendment had been rejected. There is no deny-
ing the tact that the prie.,ts look upon Mr Gladstone as a
friend unexpectedly coming forward to assist them to regain
some of their lost power, and he will henceforth be reckoned
amongst the champions of the Catholic Church. once the
Established Church is abolished in Ireland, England's con-
version is to follow as Smatter of course, and the Pope will
then be able to hold his own against the rest of the world.
! Such are the hopes the last division in the House of Commons
; has awakened amongst the ultras here.
PoETRT oF THE SHOP !—The following lines
were found inscribed on a piece of paper stuck upon
the shutter of a shop window in 011 t. of the leading
thoroughfares of London, last Good Friday :
We're off by rail; don't rail at us for that
"l'is Easter time and Springy, breezy weather;
That brain and nerve may rest from basiness toil,
Resoled—we all take holiday together.
'Tilt very good, we know, to pray and fast;
For soul and body such is often needed
And in the headlong race for speedy wealth
Body and soul, alas ! are little heeded.
'Tis also good to tin.unt the breezy hills,
And hold with woods end fields some sweet corn-
To breathe breathe pure air by pasture-winding rills,
That soul sod body may keep longer union.
on Nature's carpet—carp at this who may
When high above the skylark chants his praises;
If any one requireth Potter's clay,
They'll find him neck and hod, among the daisies.
ANOTHER NEW RELIGION.—Last Sunday, in
one of our public halls (says a New York paper) a
small audynce was gathered to hear a Universalist
preacher lag the foundation of the "Church ef the
Future.' The speaker proposed that the Bible should
be accepted so far as it is reliable, that reason should
le the arbiter of all questions tit right and wrong, arid
the inspiration of great men be acknowledged. The
audience applauded and retired. A correspondent,
who sends us the account of the meeting, says that it
reminded him of a similar meeting out West. A Uni-
versalist minister had swsembled the people to hear his
argument in defence of his peculiar faith, and to take
measures to builds church. At the close of his dis-
conrse, an old Quaker who wan present, rote and said,
" Friend, if thy dip:trine is true, we do not need any
churai and if it is not true, we do not want thee for
a preacher."
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JEALOUSY AND MURDER. A young man,
named Leteurtre, a farm labourer at Neuichatel (Seine-
Inferieure) has just been arrested for drowning a point;
woman Anais Saint-Jean, a servant in the same family
in which he lived. They had been on terms of intimacy,
but the female having abandoned Leteurtre in order to
form another acquaintance, he manifested great
jealousy, and three days back, while she was stooping
to draw a bucket from a well, he seized her round the
waist with the intention of throwing her down into the
water, but she clung to him, and they fell to the
bottom together. The young woman was drowned ;
but the man cried for assistance, ant was saved. Be
at first pretended that the female bad attempted to
commit suicide, and that he had jumped in to rest us
her; but as lie had been previously heard to utter
menaces, his statement was not' believed, and be
ultimately confessed his guilt. He was removed to
prison by the gendarmes.
FATAL FRACAS—The Pun gala of Milan re-
ports a sad occurrence near that city. Two brothers,
Enrico and Annibale Del Miglio, passed the day
, and dined together at a place called San Fenno. They
then took the road by the side of the river Leah,.
Having arrived at a particular spot they espied two
boats on the Lake of Como. The young nice, being
somewhat heated with wine, called out to those on