27 APRIL 1901, Page 15

VILLAGE SAYINGS.

[TO THE EDITOR OF Tin "SpEcrsTon.."3 SIR,—Perhaps the following unconscious mot of may house- keeper may come into this class. On a recent important occasion she brought in the document which I was to fill up, with the words "Here's the Ascension Paper, Sir." This curious elongation of a familiar word struck me as oddly suggestive of the great Day of Reckoning !—I am, Sir, &c., LEWIS Lusa.