AN IMPOUNDING EMBROGLIO.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1847, 22 May 1888, Page 3

AN IMPOUNDING EMBROGLIO.

The possession of lands and floolis and herds does not always conduce to the pleasure and peace of the owners. On Thursday morning, as a Gore Borough magnate wa3 engaged daesslns: himself, he ventured, like Wobuchadoezzir of old, to look out upon his possessions. The sigh* that mot his g?zi was not satisfactory, for there he saw a fl)ck of his neighbour's s^eep grcz'og upon his own fat pastures. To summons a trasty henchman and diepatch the sheep to the pound was the trork of a momenf, and on they moved. But now the owner of the sheep -an ex 1 municipal imgnate— appearß npon the scene— whip in band, spectacles on nose, and dog at f. ot, in search of his lost ahoep, and determined on a rescue. Seeing trouble brewing, the municipal magnate roehas cut, siippera oo feet and dressinggown concealing his shapely person, to protest against the Illegal reicao. Opprobloui epithe'B, like fhot and Bhull, are exchanged between the opposing foroes. Spectacles ueti his dog to turn the sheep home inafeid of pouad-wprd. Dressinggown throws stones at the dog. 4< Love me, love my dop," oxolaimß SpectarLs, and uses hia whip on his enemy's shoulders. Drrs3ing-gown gets mad, and returns right and left banders, ema^hlng Sppo'aoles' spectacles, and hurting Spectacles' face. Shoop meanwhile have turned back home full swing, guided by the ever faithful Tray, and with mutual maledictions and threats combined, the combatant) rotire. Clearly the Millennium has not yet reaohed as far bb Gore. —"Standard."