Bulletin Paragraphs.

Gisborne Times, Volume X, Issue 1051, 19 November 1903, Page 3

Bulletin Paragraphs.

A strange sight on far north South Australian tracKs lately, has been two yvaggons, carting mine supplies, and drawn by 11U donkeys. A team of 55 donkeys takes up considerable hut so far, even two. teams of that size don’t seem to have crowded anything else out... By the .way;, dry and dusty Broken liill used to get most of its supplies of beer by uonkey-team before the railway .was -built;* wherefore the woolly d gger came to look upon the despised ass much more affectionately tnan usual. (Jne leading citizen boasts that he cannot remember when he was sober last. He drinks all day, and sits, up working in liis office most of the night, occasionally taking the air for a breather and yarn with the constable on beat. Recently he staggered into the editorial department of a local newspaper, and between hiccups, begged to ‘’‘have it kept out of tne newspaper. A scrutiny, of the polce court reports showed that he was the victim of hallucination, as his arrest for drunkenness was pure imagination on his part. To humor him they promised to “ keep it out.” . Dr Leeper, the great boss of 'trinity College, Melbourne, once caught his most frisky medical student dangling the house skeleton from the top' story for the amusement of the public below. The grand old man was shocked, and made two remarks. One, in a deep bass voice, was : “ What do you mean, sir, by taking such liberties with what was once the abode of an immortal soul . The other, in a still more terrible tone, was : “ And aren’t you aware,' Fooler, that those bones cost live Curious remark by SvM. Herald . “ Since 1878, Canada has not really known bad times.” At that rate, the good times began in 1889. And it was in 1879 that a very heavy protective tariff was imposed in oanada. It wasn't federation brought the good times ; federation began in 1807, and the bad times still remained. It wasn’t the Pacific Railway—that wasn't open till 1880. the good times in Canada, by the Freetrade paper’s showing,- )cgan with the year of high Protection, and there have been good times and high I Protection ever since.