JUBILEE JOGGINS
•« Vanity Fair" of July 23, after announcing that tho subject of Its next cartoon will bo the Archbishop of Canterbury, gives a carte oa of a young man well known In th r a colony, with the follow - iix* niti"e : " Mnn of the Day No. CCJLXXXHI— Mr Henry Etßest Schlesinger Ber.z >n.— Not many years ago pn acqu'slcivo Jewish man came from Himburg whose narns was Schlesingcr He manufactured iron m the Midland Counties, made money, and, reverting to a tradition that his family had once been oiled Berzmi, changed his name to Bei.zcn nnd married. Remaning for many years without children, ho adopted a daughter, bnt subsequently to this he was blessed with a son, who has lived to inherit from him a largo fortuue, and to e*rn from the booKmakers of the Turf the tile of 'Jabileo Juggins.' Mr Ber.z>n was born one and-twenty years ago, and, having propitiously attained his ra^j >rity before the Derby, he oelebrated the occasion by hunching himself as a plunger m support of the Bitlsh Turf. He waa at once taken up by the noble sportsmen ffho devote themselves to that form of service to their country, and ho h»a con. trlved Bince to plurgi ln a way that excites the admiration nnd wonder of tbe boldest traders m betting. But Mr Berz n is much more Bhrowd than tny bookmaker could be got to believe, and so far he has prospered ra'ghtiiy. Ho has moreover some good poraora' qualities He is rich, perhaps t_> the exUnt of a quarter of a million, he is goodnatured, he dresses often and dlspendiously, ho is devoted to the fair sex, he iB fond of all manly pports and exercises, he is f .lrly educated, a good linguist, and a man who h_s never been to break his word. Moreover, he drives a coach, and he is generally believed to have been specially Bent by Providence to tide racing men over the bad times. His ambit im ia to end aa a Tory member of Parliament.— Jehu Junior."
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1668, 21 September 1887, Page 3
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