The Sun.
London, England, 1863-11-25 00:00:00

COMFORT AT THE SEA SIDE.

The most intense sensation was occasioned this
last season at an English watering-place by the
discovery in a lodgingho.use that of 13 bedroom
windows there were no fewer than three that had
not their sashlines broken, and as many as one
even that after much persuasion you could open
at the top. 01 11 bedroom candlesticks no fewer
than four were provided with extinguishers, and
three bore some faint traces of having actually being
cleaned within the present year. .if course every
chimney smoked when a fire was attempted ; but in
two out of eight rooms yofit could escape suffocation
if you only kept a window open and the door ajar.
Out of half a score of looking glasses there were two
which were not cracked, and three of the remaining
eight, if you only propped them properly, did not
twirl round more than six times whiie you shaved
and brushed your hair. Of a dozen doors not more
than 11 had loose handles that came off at a touch,
and one was so well hung upon its hinges that it
actually could be locked. It was also ascertained
that of the leash of easy (?) chairs which had been
liberally furnished, there was one that you could
' sit in without much inconvenience, if you didn't
mind the chance of tumbling
.backwards once an
hour or so, through a ricketty hind leg ; and another.
which might possibly have been found a softish
seat if it had not been that somebody had broken all
the springs in it. One of the three carving-knives
was, after a day's sharpening, made capable of cut-
ting, and of a dozen silver (?) forks five had som
_..
faint vestige of their pristine plate upon them,
of
of
no fewer than six had their full comp after
prongs. It was discovered, too, at tea tiicea
with
many patient trials, that, if probed
n
frequency, the teapot spout would pouar;!lanPd:provided
proper
that the teamaker was careful to
reteluecceed in half
angle of inclination, she mightpossiblY.f3.
na into it more
filling a teacup without dropping ascer-
than half a dozen times. It
WeStbree only had
tamed that of half a score of. cuperse
thelikewise
leaky ; and of
their handles off, and only MX
twoW
even were of the
11 wine glasses as manypped.
same pattern, and not
moreevery one of the two
estii nine were chi
By similar good housewifery
ith a stopper, and of the
decanters were providedS
one had actually a lid.
four dishes for vegetables
•
ispientid to the comfort of our
When such careful heed
surprised to hear that
seaside visitors, who
eanleasure trip they never go
when people
Pocket-Book for 1864.
wants
abroad for it.— Punch's
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EXETER HALL.—To-night the performance of
Judas Maccabcus," by the National Choral Society, will
commence at eight o'clock, instead of half-past seven. blissParepa, Miss Palmer, Mr. Sims Reeves, and Mr. Santley
will take part in the oratorio.
ME OLDEST MARRIED COUPLE IN THE WORLD.
—There are living in Mdrultin, in this colony, two
persona, husband and wife, aged respectively 111 and 107
years. They are extremely feeble and bedridden, but are
in possession of both sight and. hearing. The old man ar-
rived in the first fleet in 1788, and has consequently been
75 years in the colony of New South Wales,—Sydney
(N.S, W.) Lizpire.