Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-12-12

land sale in the Island of Anglesey.
The property WAS described as lying in
the parishes Of "Llanbeulan, Llantri-
saint, Llanddauseint, Observation-Disclosures
neithafpentraeth, Llanddy6an, Amlwch,
Llandyfrydog and Llaneilian.
CHARLES LAMB gives some advice
about making speeches which might be
applied with advantage to other occa-
sions. He says a speaker should not
attempt to express too much, but should
leave something to the imagination Of
his audience; and he tells how, being
called on to return thanks for toast to
his health, he rose, bowed to his audi.
encc, said, Gentlemen" and then sat
down, leaving it to their imagination to
supply the rest.
AT tho recent preliminary exan,ina-
ton, held in the high-schools and acad-
emies of New York, under the direc-
ton Of the Regents Of the University,
one Of the questions was, " What is the
grammatical gender Of nightingale, and
why?" One gentleman. Of the class
answered, "Feminine because tic
nightingale is the queen Of song. birds,
and queens are always feminine"
A lady member Of the class wrote,
" Feminine; because, in speaking Of
the nightingale, We refer to Jenny
Lind"
AND that reminds US Of the expert
snce Of very earnest little lady who
has particularly d fiicult class Of girls
in city mission Sunday-school. Her.
chief trouble is to gain their attention,
and few Sundays since she went pre-
pared with some ingenious methods for
the accomplishment Of the purpose
Putting them in practice, she was re-
warded by the earnest gaze Of pupil
whose attention was perfectly rapt
one auw, but just as the teacher began
to feel assured of her success, the little
Arab called out, in a voice audible
throughout the room,
II say, miss, is them yer own black
hair 7"
| A SuNDAY-scHooL teacher contrib
utcs this:
had in my Sunday school class one
of those unfortunate children who arc
constantly making mistakes. had
given the class Scripture texts for the
monthly concert, written upon slips of
paper, with the place in the Bible where
they were to be found. I gave the
simplest to my blundering pupil, " Feed
my lambs" and beneath the text, John
81: Is. Quite sure there was no
chance for a mistake this time, what
was NY astonishmcnt, as she arose in
her class, to hear her repeat in loud
voice, Feed my lambs, john"
"My little daughter" writes sub
scriber, /" is much interested in her Lat
in exercises. was explaining to her
one day something in regard to the
names Of rat and cat 10 that language,
viz, Mus rattus and Felis catt,ss, etc,
| .tc. She thought moment, and then,
| with perfectly serious face, asked me,
Father, is the name Of dog in Latin,
CAMS dogyus p"
In 1853, l believe it was, We had
splendid aurora; tho whole northern
heavens were aglow with the splendid
streamers. Among the spectators were
two 81 cullud pussons" discussing the
phenomenon. Said one to tho other,
What is it, you reckon?" Dunno"
said the other Il thinks I heard 'em
call it the roaring bellows.'" (Auro-
ra Borealis.)
MARCUS ATREL1Us has had nothing
to say for several months, but he has
not been idle in the mean time. He
now comes with a spick-and-span new
conumdrum, namely. Why is the
sound Of dinncr-bell like a sarcastic
remark made by Frenchman :" And
i,s says the answer is, " Because, when
you hear it, you hear the Ting1e Lin
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