The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1852-11-09 00:00:00

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fo'r separation from the Church of England--2(qf you have
nothing but chaff from the pulpit, you are abundantly fed
with the finest of wheat from the desk."
A. MAN whom Dr. Johnson once reproved for follow-
ing a useless and demoralising- business, said in excuse,
" You know, doctor, that I must live." This brave old
thing mea❑ and hateful coolly replied, that
the least necessity for that."

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HOW TO CATCH THE EYE OF THI7 LADIES.—The last
method of advertising we have noticed is that adopted by
Genin, the hatter, in New York. During the summer he
distributed an immense number of fans, labelled with his
card, in the streets and omnibuses, gratuitously.—Ame-
rican Courier.

" How MANY RODS MAKE A FURLONG ?" asked a
father of his son, a " fast" urchin, as he came home one
night from the town school. " Well, I don't know,
boss," was the reply of the young hopeful, " but I guess
you'd think one rod made an acher, if you got such a
tanning as I did from old vinegar-face this afternoon."
The parent stood aghast.
A CLEVER CHILD.—" Is it true, mamma," inquired
a little girl, "that a Quaker never takes his hat off ?"
" It is true, my dear," answered the fond mother ; " it
is a mark of respect which he thinks he should pay to no
man. " But, then, tell me, mamma," answered the
clever child, " how does a Quaker manage when he goes
to have his hair cut ?"

CORNELIUS being asked at a party what he thought of
Miss Arabella Wilhelmina Josephine Jones's singing—
who was a vocalist of the " screamer" kind, and had
favoured the company, to the great danger of their tym-
panums, with some specimens of her musical powers—
replied. " Oh, she's a delicious creature," (screecher).
Miss Jones's friends were slightly puzzled to know his
meaning.

ANTIQUITY OF THE ORGAN.—The organ, the most
majestic and comprehensive of all musical instruments in
the present almost perfect state, was not in general use in
churches. until the tenth or eleventh century ; but it is
known that organs were in use much earlier than the
eighth century, as mention is made of them by various
ancient authors. 1 itrlivi!is, celebrated in the age of
Augustus, described this instrument, and St. Jerome
makes mention of one with. twelve pairs of bellows, which
might be heard at the distance of a mile; and another at
Jerusalem, which might be heard i
at the Mount of Olives.
It is said that the English had their first organ n 650, A.D.

A LADY'S ORTHOGRAPHY.—The " following " cha-
racter" of a housemaid by her mistress has been sent to
the Dundee Advertiser for publication. In its orthogra-
phy it is certainly a scandal on the boasted accomplish-
ments "of this enlightened ege," as the writer must have
had the opportunity to make herself conversant with the
rudiments of her native language :—" The Barer, Mrs.
—, is of grate rispektability, and is a most exlent dumys-
tic in a codfidentkapacity. She nose all sorts of cookary,
and gets up plain linen. She has lived ate years in her
last plice, and has a hunimpichable carreter. She is bir-
fectly sobar, and never drinks nothink but what does her
good. Will be fund a great acusition to a singel jintle-
man, or would chute a weddower. The lady where she
Uri gives her this carreter, and never would hav pearted
With her, but she gos to osstrilye."