The Atherstone Times. — 1879-01-25 (Atherstone, Warwickshire, England)

FOES E'ER ON THE MINISTERIAL WIT AND HUMOUR. POLICY.  A tall .man having a.friend on the short; • -The Right Hon. W. E Forster an Saturday a„8 his le). a, the friend replied, "My lege free* addressed a crowded meeting, at Yarmouth, support of the candidature of Sir T. Fowell Baron f r the ground—what more can yours do " North Norfolk. He i.aid the election was perhaps Here is the reply of. a Quaker to an antagonist the most importaut einee the dissolution in 1871. of dangerous proclivities—' I will not hang thee. He observed that in t.e spot elms of the °tiler side tier beat thee, but I will call thee Mad dog.'" ' ~,owrors-etreminindeidg: no reference was made to home queatitnis ; but were The longest.seetance on record was pronounced there none in which the merchants of Yarmouth, by a.Western judge. He sentenced a murderer to and farmers of Nerfolk were interested 1 On the imprisonment for life, and afterwards added two important quesiiun ef county government he warned msre yews to the sentence because the prisoner them it was of no use expecting a reel toe tsure or called him " gentleman." reform from the hlinistty of L .rd Beacoostield. " Well, soldier,' said the Irish barrister O'Connell Were he ten years younger he might educate his to an aloes Ih he mw al!,en obffieicnegr pirty to give it, but if they wanted a Government measure of c.mnry reform they would have to 'lent interruption of the irate Briton, " Well," said ' " I am no sold7tehre;n secure the help of the Liberal party. Then with O'Connell, " well, officer who are no soldier--.e regard to the laws regulating the transfer of land. A. lady VMS engaged in domestic affairs when No one would doubt that they were not likely to some one rang the street door bell, and the Roman get an improvement from the present or any other Catholic servant-girl was bidden to say her Censervative Government. Mr. Forster cited the mistress was not at home. She answered, Yee, County Government Bill as an example of what I Ma'am e and, when I cordate; to the priest, shall I might be expected from Jonsarvative legislation, and ' confess it es your sin or mine 2" described the Agricultural Holdings Act as a Coisseesems.—There is said to be something mockery and a chain. Corniug to questions of consoling for every ill in this life. For instance, if foreign policy, he said some of the newspapers which a man is bald-headed, his wife can't pull his had urged the Government to bring this country hair, into such a daegerous position were now asking why A .SHORTCairn.-:—A sceptical young 'man, ono the subject was talked of any longer. His reply day conversing with the celebrated Dr. Parr, was ,that the country was in serious danger. The obietved that he would believe nothing which he socret convention with Turkey was a sham for Rood could not undet stand; at which the doctor grimly but it was a reality for harm and danger. True, said, "Then, young man, your creed will be the our pledges were given on certain conditions, which shortest of any men's I know. would never be fulfided. The Government had A PENSISTaNT Coeeearon.—The Marquis of three courses open. They ought to declare to Tur- Huntly, it appears, is a bricei6rae bunter; and key that, unless the conditious were fulfilled, and once, killing time at a town in Northamptonshire, quickly fulfilled, then our guarantee would explre. he found himself in tee shop of "a silversmith with Was there say chance of their taking that course three balls over the door. " Having asked the There were two other things, one of which, or a Price of everything in the shop-window, and finding mixture of which, must be and would be done, nothing of interest, he inquired if there were any Teey must try to believe and make the country great collectors in the town. The silversmith's wife believe in these reforms, or the Government must said there was Mr. Sadler. "Prey," continued 'the ho urged to insist upon these reforms. Well that Marquis, " what does he collect.? " "Oh replied meant lending more money to Turkey to follow the the woman, "poor-rates, sir I" two hundred millions that had already gone there,