Other Novelties
In the last week of January, a bullock belonging to Mr. Parks, not relishing the order for a certain period of solitary confinement, determined to show his contempt of prison discipline by cooly releasing himself, and pro tempore, performing the duties of a public executioner by depriving of life a number of innocent sheep.
A Plucky Bantum - Anyone who was fond of a little mimic sport might have been gratified by witnessing the antics of a pugilistic bantum belonging to the late Mr. G. G. Gray at Stratford (now White-rock) place. This tiny combattant, at the slightest indignity offered either to himself or his female companions would turn round and face his assailant, - be he man or monkey, when, with neck extended and comb erect, he would commence an onslaught with his spurs that was really quite surprising. Should his antagonist show any symptoms of declining the contest, he would crow with a gusto that was equally amusing.
Clothes not to be worn. - Said the St. Leonards Gazette of the 16th of May, "We have it on private authority that in the neighborhood(sic) of Guestling, a few days ago, a man was seen going about in a state of primitive nature, under an impression that he had come by his clothes honestly, and was therefore determined not to wear them.
The Weaker Vessel. In the third week of July an itinerant fish-cart having run foul of a travelling fruit stall, Fish cart contended that Fruit-Stall "ought to look out for himself, 'cos he vos de weaker wessel".
The Magdalen Schools
On the 2nd of January, the children of the St Mary Magdalen schools, together with their parents and friends, partook of tea provided for them in the school-room.
Railway Notes
The London, Brighton and South-Railway Company at the commencement of the year presented a weeks wages to each of the men in their employ in consideration of their good conduct, and in consequence of the Company's lines all the year last passed.
By the 1st of March, the electric wire of the same railway company was completed to St. Leonards.
In the following month, the same Company put some new and powerful engines on for traffic, by which means an acceleration of trains was promised and performed.
