RESULTS OF CONVIVIALITY.

Globe, Volume II, Issue 104, 30 September 1874, Page 3

RESULTS OF CONVIVIALITY.

A most unforfcuate exchange of property is reported to have occurred here recently, says the Pleasant Creek News , as a consequence of the joviality of two residents of this district. They had been spending the day at Stawell, in the transaction of business, and when evening came passed a few hours in social intercourse. The night was far advanced when they left the hotel they had chosen as a rendezvous, and when they mounted their horses at the door the animals were more intelligent than their masters, who, as they separated, allowed their steeds to choose the road. The nags were used to this work, and one cantered off towards Great Western, while the other trotted soberly on towards another outlying centre of settlement. Unfortunately, in the dark each had mounted the other’s horse, and when the spouse of Mr B rose on hearing the well-known sound of old Surefoot’s hoof, and went to admit her husband, she found a stranger. Her trouble was in no way lessened when she found that A. was unable to explain, and in fact fell fast asleep in a chair as soon as he entered the house. Meanwhile B. fared even worse. He jogged along on his friend’s pony until he reached the latter’s residence, and pulled up in due course before the door. Mrs A., however, as a lady of spirit, felt it incumbent upon her to punish drunkenness in her spouse, and before her supposed husband had time to notice that he was in a strange country she belabored him soundly with a stout switch. He roared lustily, and became almost sober by the time that his assailant discovered her mistake, and mingled her apologies with inquiries for her missing lord. Messrs A. and B. have since arranged that they will never again ride horses of the same color when coming to Stawell to spend the evening.