MR POOLAMEY GETS MARRIED.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), 21 May 1881, Page 4

MR POOLAMEY GETS MARRIED.

Mr Poolamey was married. Not having the exact change with him when the ceremony was solemnised, he told the minister that he would send it around by a friend. A few days ago Mr Poolamey, in some unaccountable manner, obtained a sdols. note, and, inclosing it in an envelope, sent it to tho minister by a tried and trusted friend.

On the way the friend stepped into a beer saloon. There he met several acquaintances, and told them where he. was going " What! A fiver for a minister for making a man unhappy for life ? Pshaw !" ejaculated M'Sweezy. Heister thought so himself, and said that 4dols. ought to be enough. He spent Idol, in treating.

This made the crowd think, and one of them suggested that 3dols. would be sufficient for ten minutes work.

Heister spent another dollar with the boys.

" Now, see here!" said M'Sweezy, " the ministers aro making entirely too much money nowadays. L think two dollars ought to be enough for any man. They know the whole thing by heart, and all they have to do is to sling it out. It's moved and seconded that we send him two dollars. Carried."

Heister spent another dollar, and then Bald he must really go. «> As he was about starting out a happy idea struck M'Sweezy. He had a counterfeit two-dollar note, and suggested that it be sent to the minister. All hands agreed, and the good money was squandered in beer. Then the bad bill was duly mailed to the " owner of the gospel mill."

That night the minister's servant girl was arrested for passing counterfeit money. Mr Poolamey has also been arrested, and he will probably spend bis honoymoon in jail. The friends who put up the job point at him in derision, and say it's a shame that a man should get married if he can't afford to pay for the luxury.—N.Y. Dispatch.