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TEN BY. "WOEKING MEN'S CLUB.—An exhibition of curiosities, Works of art. &d., took place at these rooms on Thursday evening week, and proved a great success, considering it Was the first attempt at anything of the kind that has taken place there. Amongst the exhibitors were Miss Smealey, C. Allen, Esq, Dr Dyster, J. J. Clarke, Esq., Mr R. Mathias, and several others. During the evening several songs were sung by Mr Ward, accompanied an the pianoforte by Miss Smedley, and by Mr W. Gibbs, accompanied by Miss A. Gibbs. We believe that the I idea of an exhibition of this kind is due to Mr Clarke, I of Waterwynch, who was elected on the committee at the last half yearly meeting, and has since been made Vice-chairman. SAUNDERSFOOT.—PETTY SESSIONS, OCTOBER 23. 1866. -Before Dr. Dvster, H. Sunders, g-q, R-v. T H. Dunn, and Capt. Child, Richard Badham and John Waters were charged by Mr J. Cadraan with violating the rules of the Shipping Colliery. On the 3rd of October, the foreman on descending the mine found the I slide' damaged. On inquiring of the two boys, who were 'hitchers.' one of them represented that the descending 'tram.' which Carried some timber, had touched the 'knocker,' and given the signal for hoisting to the engineman at the Pit's mouth before the trim was in a proper position to move. Some days afterwards, Badbam confessed that Waters had proposed to him to have an idle day by stopping the pit, and on Badham inquiring how it was to be done, said, 'oh, you give two knocks' being the 1 appointed signal for hoisting the loaded tram. The boys were the only persons at the bottom of the sbaft at I this time. The engineer swore that, to the best of his 1 belief, he received the usual signal of the three knocks, and started the engine, which produced the (Lunage. He swore that it was impossible that the loose timber in the tram (as suggested by the defendants) could have accidentally touched the 'knocker' and started the engine. The defendants met the case by a general denial, but were convicted and sentenced to six weeks' imprison- iBent with hard labour. Thomas Cale was summoned | for an assault on John Hughes. Pleaded guilty. It 1 appeared that for some time past, a gang of lads and i young men have been in the habit of watching for per- | sons in a state of drunkenness, and assaulting them, sometimes in a very brutal manner. Of this gang the -defendant was one, and his assault on Hughes was very violent and totally unprovoked. Ordered one months' imprisonment, with hard labour, and to pay S-s 6d costs. ■ Thomas James was summoned for using threatening language to his brother, David James. Defendant did Hot appear, and a warrant was issued against him. PHACTICAL JOKING —The age of practical joking is happily passed; an age when persons of shallow minds could by their perverted ideas of fun, cause an immense amount of annoyance: an age when comfort, happiness, safety of limb, and even life were practically disregarded, and when the most disastrous consequences attended the exercise of the mischievous propensities of the practical joker. But though practical joking as an institooshun' (as Artemus Ward would have said) has passed away, yet from time to time some silly blockhead, who had been asleep while the world kep.t moving, would suddenly vrake up and play off one of those miserable apologies for Wit, thinking it was 'quite the thing.' Within the last Week some such blockhead or numbskull has, according jg to our theory, waked up and played off two upon persons I in the village of Saundersfoot. The fir.-t was upon an | innkeeper, who received a letter stating that four or five | masters of vessels, then lying at, Milford, would be at 1 Saundersfoot on a certain day, and desiring that a first- 1 rate dinner be provided for their entertainment. As the 1 2lames were given, and the vessels known to he at Mil- 1 ford at the time, the order was taken bonajide, the repast I provided in a liberal manner, and too late the innkeeper | found himself the victim of a hoax. The second was of 1 a far more serious nature. A letter purporting tocrJme I. from a nurse, was sent to another resident, stating that his wife's mother and sitter, living at Pembroke Dock, g had been attacked by cholera: that she the nurse had been sitting up with them all night, and if he wished to J! see them alive he must come off immediately. The state of the wife on the receipt or such fearfai intelligence, can see them alive he must come off immediately. The state of the wife on the receipt or such fearfai intelligence, can be better imagined than described. As soon as possible ( they started for Pembroke Dock, and on their arrival I found that so far from being in the I pains of death,' they | v;ere in the enjoyment of very good health. The revul- g sion of feeling at the pleasing surprise was of course almost as dangerous as the reception of the bad news had been. Now that nothing serious was caused by this dastardly outraye is a tribute to the good sense of the parsons sought to be hoaxed, and no thanks are due to the player-off of the joke that it was not otherwise. The first practical joke may have been played by simply a ■weak-minded ass, but it required the brains of a fool, aided 1 by a desperately wicked heart, to conceive the second, < and a frightfully malignant disposition to carry it out. 1 We only hope, for the sake of society, the party or parties jg f?uilty of such a despicable act will be found out, and § their names held up to the scorn they so richly deserve, i

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