ONE THING AND ANOTHER.

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume 4, Issue 385, 30 March 1880, Page 3

ONE THING AND ANOTHER.

(Collated from our Exchanges.)

A Danbury young man offended one of the lady clerks in a fancy goods store at a party a few evenings ago. A day or two later he went into tho store and inquired if she had "'gentlemen's

gloves.' She answered, "yes.", "I want to get a pair," he said. "Who are they for ?" she asked, looking him straight in the eyes. "Why—for me," he gasped, turning scarlet under the insinuation in hei\ inquiry. — Danbiuy Neivs. y Yesterday afternoon, Dr Irving, the President of the Canterbury Bekeepers' Association, gave n practical illuotration of the process of jiauist'erriuij a swarm of bees from an- old hive to- one of the modern bar framed structures. At three o'clock a 1 considerable, number of people had assembled in the public gardens, some of the country visitors having come from Titriaru. ."-'The. weather being favorable,;'Dr -.Irving promptly decided upon adopting' the driving process instead of using chloroform, in order that the demonstation might be of greater practical value to country visitors. The box hive, which had been kindly supplied by Mr Armstrong, was a very heavy, one, and the very large amount of young bees and brood comb well illustrated the generally observed results of the, present season. In the driving process, the old hive had to be turned upside down, and an empty box inverted upon it. Then by drumming upon the sides of the hive, the bees are frightened, and induced to leave the combs, and take refuge in the upper box The presence of so many young bees, however rendered the experiment only partially successful. The elder bees ascended quickly, but a large number of the younger ones clung tenaciously to the combs. This, notwithstanding the transfer, was successfully effected, and the sheets of heavily laden comb were duly transferred to bar frames. At the same time, some of the combs were deprived of their contained honey by the use of the ingeniously simple Abbott slinger, and indeed every possible detail was demonstrated and carefully explained, the transfer being thus made a really valuable means of education in apriculture. All present seemed to be much pleased, and Dr Irving certainly had the satisfaction of knowing that his efforts for the extension of bee-keeping had been fully appreciated.

There are many newspaper ventures now-adays (writes Atticus in the Leader). Not a sect but has its particular journal, not an industry but owns a newspaper affiliated to its interests. Perhaps, however, the •' Bailway Times " may be held to mark a new era in literature. A copy of this paper is now lying before me. It contains the latest news of home and foreign politics, the money market, Parliamentary debates, and theatrical and musical events. It is printed in the train running between New York and San Francisco. News is telegraphed from different parts ,of the to certain stationson the, line, aijd these are collected by the editorial staff attached, to the train; A printing, press works in a carriage set apart for.it, and the traveller has his newspaper every morning at breakfast during each day of his week's journey. I should like to heal" Dr. Richardson discourse upon the " ex,- k , pectation of life " which'the editors and printers of this journal would have. Newspaper work is exhausting enough at any time, but I should' say that, performed in a vibrating railway ear,, it would speedily nrnke itself seriously felt;; But the' greedy public • -.wants its news, and bo gets it. The more you give'thatinsatiate monster the more he wants. :

With the exception of sonic late crops of barley, harvesting, in this district is now ne.irly over, and the farmers are to be congratulated on tho long spoil of fine weather they have liiid. which has enabled tlViii'tn get in thi-ir nops in prime coiiditwn. The threshing machines niv now all hard at woik, and the yield, it smything, is turning t.ut Letter than wsis cNpoc till, especially 'in barley, one or two crops threshing "out over severity bushels ; to the acre. .With wheat and <uts tin--O'icld docs not exceed the estiniatid uvi-rnge. The grain, is not coming in as fast as would lie expected considering the quantity there is in the district. Most of the principal farmers however, are holding back for better prices especially in oats.

Man and wife are evidently not always one. The other day the Hawke's Day Herald published the following announcement.— J. M. Tabuteau, Collector of Customs at the port of Napier, has resigned on a well earned pension, after serving some twenty-five year's in the Customs Department." Next day however, the following paragraph appeared in the same journal:—" Mrs Tabuteau requests us to state that it is not true that Tabuteau has resigned his office of Collector of Customs. Our information was derived directly from Mr Tabuteau."

The tight costume, now the prevailing fashion amongst the ladies, conies in for a good many sarcastic remarks at the hands of the male portion of the population. At a soiree lately a charming young girl had on such a tightfitting robe that she had no room for a pocket, not even for her lace, pocket-hand-kerchief. Some say, we know with what truth, that when dresses are made so tight a very dainty little pocket is made in the shoe to admit a few shillings for the evening, hut how the fair wearer is to get at it is a problem we are unable to solve, seeing that when attired in a " tieback" costume ,she cannot sit down, much less stoop to get money out of her shoe.

There is a village in New Hampshire which has produced twenty-six editors. It was in allusion to this circumstance that a pious deacon remarked : " Yes, there are twenty-six of 'em, but as they've all left the town 1 reckon the Lord won't lay it up agin us."„.

A gorgeous English swell'leading a dog enquired at a railroad 'station :

'* Must — I aw —take a ticket for a puppy ?" The bewildered cldrk regarded him for a moment aud then replied : No, sir ; you can go as an ordinary 'person." . •