Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-02-20
ODDs AND Ends

y \ person in England, lately rumag-
ing among his family documents, found
written on the back of an old deed some
words indicating that pot of gold was
buried IN certain place in the garden
1t was at first regarded as hoax, but on
digging in the spot, an iron pot came to
light, containing fifteen thousand guineas,
and scrap of parchment much decayed,
on which was written, " The devil shall
haven't sooner than Cromwell"
GOOD.-Afo foreign paper tells a story
Of two officers who, both enamored of
the same girl, challenged each other to
fight. The seconds, however, persuaded
the combatants to settle the matter by
presenting themselves before the lady in
order that she might make her choice.
They did so, and she rejected both.
~ The prices of cherry wines will
continue as at present, and probably so
remain until the fate of the 1854 vintage
shall be ascertained. They may then
advance, but under no circumstance can
they be lower. The failure of other
white wines, and consequent increased
demand for sherry at home and abroad,
and the great excess of shipments last
year, render prices very firm, and may
make sherries scarce. The last vintage
was perfectly sound; the wines promise
to be fine, and the quality rather exceeds
the produce of the preceding year.
Be CAREFUL TO WHOM You Talk
Two young ladies were once singing a
duet IN concert room. A stranger, who
had heard better performances, turned
round to his neighbor, saying:
Does not the lady in white sing
Bretchedly?
Excuse me, SIR" replied he; 81
hardly feel at liberty to express my SEN
timents, being not impartial in the case !;
she is my sister"
- | beg your pardon sir, answered the
stranger, IN much confusion I" i meant
the lady in blue"
Z" You are perfectly right there" re-
piled the neIghbor &c l have often told
her so myself; she is my wife,
~ Taking the population of England
and Wales at II ,927 ,507, there was pres
ent at the most numerously attended SER
vices on Sunday, March 80, 1851, the
number Of 2,971 ,258 members of the
Church of England; 3,110, 7s2 Protestant
Dissenters; 249,3o9 Roman Catholics;
and 24,194 of other bodies. OF all de-
nominations the number returned as
present on the Sunday mentioned is g.
356,2 ODD.
y We ought not to isolate ourselves,
Tor We cannot remain in state of isola-
-fIon Social intercourCa YpaLao nc The
nlore able to bear with ourselves and
with others.
u In 1851 there were 22l places oil
worship in England belonging to the
Mormons. The attendance on the census
sunday" was, in the morning, 7,l57; in
the evening, 6,628-considerable more
than double the morning attendance.
q Miss Martineau tells story of an
old woman who was urged to cross the
river Forth in ferry-boat at the time that
storm was brewing. She hesitated. The
boalman asked if she would not trust in
providence. Ma, na," said she, IL will
not trust IN Providence as lang as there
IS a bridge at Stirling"
o. The foreign imports of Boston
reached, the last year, to nearly FORTY.
four millions of dollars-an increase q,
thirty per cent. over that of the year pre.
viouS. The total imports of the United
States in the year 1921 were little shor,
of the imports of Boston for 1853. TIL,
exports OF Boston remain about the same
from year to year, generally being from
ten to twelve millions per annum,