... What vegetable is anything but agreeable on boark shlip?-A leek. Why is wool unablo to contend with silk ?-.ecauro) it is always worsted. When is a bonnet not a bonnet ?-When it becomes lady. What is it that you drink at dinner and eat at tea -'roast, Why is life the greatest of ?? we mus. ' all give it up. What is that which ties two persons, but only touches. one?-A wedding ring. Why is ...

... | THE LANDLORD'S CHRITMrAS JOKE. Not far from the city of MontgRomery, in the etate Alabama, on one of the roads ronninL' from that B city, lives a jolly landlord by tho name of Ford. In is fair weather or foul, in bard ti nes or soft, Ford in would have his joke whenever possible. One bitter, ie stormy Christmns night, or rather mirnzina, about ,e two bours before daybreak, he was arsused ...

... . SpEcrATLy WBtTTEN FOR relc No ari WALls CHRoiNOLic, BY FREDERICK LEY. I am, going to ?? ?? ?? ta-night, and I want you to oome with me, said my friend Mrs Barkertome. t o me. I c ome for afewdays' rews and' change, so did not care to go; besides, I had just become interested i n a new novel, and did not like to lay it aside. Thbank you, bub I ?? much prefer staying bore. I know no one ...

... IANECDOTE OF VIOTTr, THE CSELEBRATED VIOLINIST. The Queen of France (Marie Antoinette) wished l Viotti to come to Versailles. The day was fxed for a concert, the whole court arrived, and the concert began. The firs5 bars of the solo commenced, and the greatest attention was elicited, when, on a sudden, a cry was beard in the next chamber of room for the Count d'Artois. In the midst of the ...

... SelectedL Poe ry. FANCY. Whitt is fancy blut the Past Or Future, ba bed in light which nover sh.o(ne Or shall. upon tbe ear h, and yet which shows NeRrer than reRI ife, anud cleauer far- A Life i herein the terror of thi world, Its in- stery, its awe, its boundless hope, Are plainer than in ours, whireiii he 1 uig Of hopeleisa loging anld uni0nerited pirs Wllich vex our thougit. the blind ...

... THE PORTMADOO FLOWER SHOW I -_ _ On Friday week the tenth annual exhibition of this society was held on the Park at Por~madoo, I The arrangements were very similar to those on I recent occasions, the exhibition being held in a I ornoiform tent, one wing of which -was filled with: exhibits by the gentlemen gardeners, the other three wings by exhibits of cottagers and amateurs,and the centre ...

... - 1ARLECH MUkICAL FESTIVAL. la 1867, a few of the leading men in Merionethehire, with one or two energetic men from Portmadoc, held a preliwoaur me0tiDg, under the presidency of the late Rev. E. Morgan, Dyffryn, to take into consideration the. desirability of forming a Temperance Choral Ucion for the county of Merioneth. They unanimously agreed to form one, and decided to bold a festival ...

... ORIGINAL POETRY, PENY ?LLLON. I. Cris n en fryrl yr nrlar ?wylll Ion, II rev ?? lyred ir fan cc fvrcoec', Vi eltir is 'r for, ?eaille c?. 'r fynycid, A clod a?i:O yie deli4ctydd. yn v roor y henrI rev reysyrici S0dd yes encleliec Ilto lii eic-isn5 rid ?'ci ('heWn cttcwsilh relwg crecci Cyri iv gelses elirlert den, S. Trirm ycc''r plirns, a tlcrwcii y;sr car ig.- irrent yce s-euro icv1c d. ca ...

... This flourishing Society's first excursion of the I season took place on Saturday last, the rendezvous being Aber, one of the most interesting and i historical spots in the ncighbourhood. Notwith- E standing the threatexing aspect of the weather in a the early part of the day, the afternoon turned outc remarkably fine. A party of about 40 members, C assembled at Aber. Mr H. Barber, solicitor, ...

... F AS 1IION S FOR J UNB. Tihe mc de, a.s thal otling ae it is faiieslable, of wfearing Iwra'hie?~txs'es of f dt'ernl naterli.;s, lain britoglit in i;pda:nzJ ltiu-:ie h.r the hot dsyprof dhii slttitner, andl h-iP *m oi t-2?a arc tiiy azttvasttte. 'Tito boiltoce alre . - tlie c ~vn,.r i .h utatin iil bstii4; toat thin ta look retil en ?? s g~zl F i,; stripe l innust Is e tll I toncs try:ti j ?? I ...

... THE BANGOE, DOrl POULtTRY, PIGEON, OAGE BIRD, A&ND 3ORTI- CULTURAL SHOW, 1883. The general committee meeting of the above show INas held on Friday, the 6th inst., at the CafU, Bangor, when a very numerous and influential gathering assembled. The chair was taken by Mr W. Arthur Dew, and among those present were Captain Savage, Messre Cameron, W. Pughe, J. Denman,' R. B. Watson, I.V. Baker, C. H ...

... THiE ART OF BOOKNIAKING. The boekmaker is a cool, calm, and altogether busi. noes-like person. To ims the whole theory of betting oeestitutes a practical art-a real profeasion-to which he must devote the principal part of his tiree and thought, and almost all his personal attention. The fact that out of ten bookmakers who really s ick to their legitimate busineos six or seven, or probably ...