... THIE SONG OF THE GAB. lv,N ?? feei: eirivps weary and wern, C AitIh *pos beavy as lead, N A h l~nto,. as he event to town, Jl .orsIef paper read. ?? I L tti hi thlirougli in the cab, P AId than, in a voicr that seemed to beseech. C us III, he 'song of the Gab. C 'T dk.-tatlk..tahli I .It, thieir cliuinq are crowing aloof C w t!le ot trs ?? olt tila roof. to 11bv a rule 1 Iite 'b oi the ba ...

... NfAu Under the heading of A Shilling's Worth- More or Less. we may briefly catalogue somue recent additions to the boojst1ll. First on the list comes MIr FHawley Smnart's' Cleverly Won: A Romance of the Grand National (1), and a capital specimen of the sporting novel-or, in this cmse, novelette. AeSnksual, the interest of the tale centres chiefly in the ladies, and in Kitty Bonr- don ...

... LOFTUS AGRICtULTURAL SHOW. THE PRIZE LIST,.13 The. eitihtieenth aunnial show of thide society- lea M dtil hi~i. o4, the, ewi-omi in the C1oieilaxid dietrint- MAI' 0,WAS held] 'm terday i ii field hi-4nving Lin Mr in r, Joilm P r's~ Iicl:. heday wei fiue, anid ttheme wic tOF a Ia rge ?? icab (if vise tore. The titries iii Ci~ ?? 'l nimibilered 420, bting a ?? of 71 its corn- Ofi at pa101 i Nuit ...

... HAUGHTON.LE-SKEERNE AGRICUL- TURAL EXHIBITION. - . .,I . -, -1 - .A In pleasant weather jand moat excellent and appreciable surroundinzs, the third annual show -quite a miniature Shildon one as regards entries-was ?? on Saturday in Red Hall Parl, lHaughtnn, lent by the kind permission of Mrs Colling. The entries in horticulture, agri. culture, and various things of industry, were well filled ...

... A: SONG -OF dCOEICION. - (With nalo1ogiea to Lord Tennyson'g Brook.) I come from hstnstis of power nnd pride A nation's rights to imnffilre I wander o'er a coontry wid', Thnir ?? hopes to battle. Bv tlijrtY ciiftaes biurired dnvn 'RII stallv ig wormen's soreeclies, To prismiw, wvhere it loutish cilwn Parloiwn O'Brien's breechlos. At hast -by Tollunoiro I flie, The parriot's heart to quiver ...

... I11 1U11X1U tN11~.Wh1 UV *#Q0tAVItD&*iIi! A. SC[ENTTFfC DISCOVERY. - .- .- ., ?? - , . B, n.I . ; f anyone had infoirmed Queen Elizabeth in her palmisest days tli it she could have been seated in her | v palace in TLondon and conversed with Sir Walter A Rlaleighl in his Worth Carolina home. receiving a reply F from hin within an hour'e time, she wvou ld have de-. clrored it to be a miracle; ...

... , it,, BOOf)K SOCIAL.| V [Dr Mat BLUoaiio ]n p j itrt vill:tge (or town 8 sl (uld IL c,.11 t \:itr Maidre was all alive last nighit. ii to say, Its extraordinary vitality, l :,il is a yitys present, was more ei t tmii:t usual. The Free Public Lore ilP Il to be opened, and there was to ; k 8 t oc lSial The paragraph in the ?? of invitation to the ?? core- rreld as follows :- Ihe ?? to bave ...

... , Cut ?Poolo. A RRAr. GOoo 1ll. By Mrs Edwlvard Kentiardl, 1 autbor of The Itigbt Sort, &c. lii three vols. : Loisleu: F. J. While & Co., e Suthasliptoon. t A srcot, Stranti 1s87. ?? Mrs Edward Kennard's latest novel is hardly tl the Real Good Thing it professes to be. In ip the first plice, the writer transgresses one of thio a rnles laid down reconily by an evninent master of the art ...

... I . m- ?? ?? A n 1A. ?? The sixth annual brass baud contest, in- er- dustrial and floral exhibition, promoted by tho ed Temperance party at Mickleton, was held on ur- Saturday in a fiedi adjoining the village. For or8 the band contest 20 'vae, offered in prizes. Five it hands entered - Cockerton, Butterknowie, I oi Coundon Star, Bliddl'2ton-in.Teesdnle, and ral SpennyTnoor Sons of Temperance. ...

... . DARLINGTON SCHOOL OF I i I ART. | if IThieanniual meeting atnd ?? of the Dar- iii11' e lington. Government School of Art was hield last ticia ? nignt it, tho Mlechanics' Hall, Darlingtonc. A in th iargo number of people attended thle preliminary view 1 of the exhibits. Thuhteofc al e 5 report made the absence of any contributions he d from South Kekisington a 'subject for regret, for apo ...

... I ST, PAULINUS' ACADEMY. pI Yestrrday wna the exhibition day at the Aoadeiny of St. Panlinu., Catterick. This or academy hau for twenty-fivo years been con. T ducted by 3Ir T. Skellon, and yesterday's pro- ceediags testified to the high scholastic attain. m at ment of his pupils. Tie programme was to diversified and most enjoyable. A start was nc made shortly after mid-day, when, in the fia ...

... be he ildon's (SPeOIAL REPoRT,) 3n''f Shildon's nineteenth annual horticultural and I Iindustrial fete, which still stands unrivalled in proportionsand popularity in the county, washeld on Saturday in the Vicarage fields, kindly again placed at the society's disposal by their eeteeimed President, the Vicar (Rev. Horatio Spurrier, ?? The preparatious of every kind were on the inually complete ...