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Boltiag.-We hear that a rather ludi- crous event occurred at the door ofthe par ish church yesterday morning. A gallant young Lothario had rendered himself the uncontrolled master of gay lady's heart, and with the consent of tho parents each, the day which was to unite twofond lovers in one flesh and bone was eventually fixed upon. Yesterday they drove to the church. there to seal their yows the lady high with hopes of matrimonial felicity. But the youth, instead ofapproaching the altar of Hymen, sat down in an adjoining pew, and stated to his friends, to the utter as- tonishment of the bridal party, that he had lately changed his views with regard to, matrimony. Luckily the intended bride was of strong nerves, and instead of falling into fainting fit, as many in her situation would have done, she mustered up all her courage, and urged both within the church and without under the porch, and through the place d'0rmes, her claims upon his af- fections, and stung his conscience with re- morse in the contemplation of his perfidi- ous conduct, should he now refuse to make her his welded wife. Such an appeal to his honor, and urged in the strongest lan- guage of which female eloquence conld make use in such cases, was too powerful to be refused, and our Lolhario, most gall lantly taking the lady by the hand. declar- ed himself ready for the sacrifice, and in a moment after was kneeling by her side at the altar, where the matrimonial benedic- ton was pronounced in due form,

 Montreal Gazette.

 

 Not long ago store keeper in Vermont. who was furious anti-mason. had his little store very much infested with rats, which he was in the habit of calling 'd--d ma-| sons He one day told his son, young lad. to set traps and catch some masons. which he accordingly did, and caught sev-| era, leach time informing his father that heS had caught smasoii.' Atlength he caught a mole iil his trap. and run to lis father, cry ing out. I've caught an anti-mason. - - Caught an anti-mason,' muttered the fa- ther, what do you mean. you little ras- calr Why, replied the boy the other animals l caught had eyes, and you called them nsGsoas--the one have just caught is blindI--he cannot see, and le must be an anti-mGs0n. '--B0stoa AtlGs.