NOTIONS.

Grey River Argus, Volume XIII, Issue 1612, 4 October 1873, Page 2

NOTIONS.

Th 6 Grey Literary Society advertised for "a secretary and librarian, his duties being to open room at nine a.m. and close at eleven p.m.; to be there every day from four to five p.m. : on three days, Tuesday,- Thursday, -and Saturday>~from. eight |Pften p.m. ; to^conduct jcorresponden'ce; to catalogue all°b'boks ; to. keep iawardand-outward-eatries .oLie r ceptand^eiivSHSs^f l^7pT>rßalcal§, &c.;to keep up^lesi and arrange them every day-; to- sweep owt the-room-eoery morning ; to washand scrub it weekly ; to light fires and^jcwp wp'fi^i^plies of coals ; to light the'^gai^eyeryiiiight; to run messages,— arid "allfoi ESO a year. 0, most/generous^committeA ! r Once .upon. a time, a Scotchman re^ a mouni^n .of > snuff. ,f.Th^,'ihoiiglft.;lw, was a handsome,} donation. But aa his friend had bestowed sormuchjhe imagined he might; giye? .fiiepfs PP^ ■$& 'M^jkwg* So Sandy in than|angriiim the bestowal of '* a picfte >wttlK'* T T£s}iyd committee has demanded so much'for so little, tbat one, expects it will be requiring :■• 'a ; pickle > utfs% : -'^H "* » %s **** aireadyiimposed .jjpp^i^ijii:.' [oß] dHtiesfof tile charwomaniaii^^ew^ndVpp^^ (bably^flie; ]■$& -Jis^d to.i'dpjth© r6h oli v eep. r^fe^wpul^jaqfc, be unreaaoriableltoo f to j make^ rhipo ;-, .carry to the abode«i"of / the^Society.'sT!menibij(rft the latest novels and periodicals upon their arrival by' Yeach • Mailyr and dgo-ti after ■ them- when the wives"andf daughters and male and:rfemale r -.frfends had read them. And if Mrs sp-and-sa happened to call at the Hbrary' r whiist' r &^^ for an airing, the Sec. ougtif s%©*, be*ccmpeired't^.hold^baby fprha^an-hour-orao whilst 'mamma magazines or glanced at theynew^apers. Goldsmith wrote of a pars"o^nt#fi(|<was " passing rich with forty po^ss^ar.j' But the revd. gent lived in another age and in another 'la^d;iithauMJ^estland,. n^hei».^iidge^is* hard ; to :get ; at;;L52 a r »year; witH good bwrd and lodging, and^eyen at that deems herself dealt within; a- very'' niggardly spirit. tThe)Secretary,!ini,qvie3tipn 7 wflLhave tcj^be f an almost :(• j universal f [geniu^i'.jpJßLisjjaccqmplishments mußt.j;range.iifromfitUe .■P^a^p the scrubbing-brush, from the duties, of a' message-boy to%ose f of' U ll We^#. If he should be bVVrwheinied at the mountain pf ; lab,prs;,he can picture to bis mind's eye -the' stupendous - and glorious_pile madeTbyirfiffy :gdldett)sov:er6igtia, 7: iand he will at once take heart..qf grace, dissatisfaction will vanisb^atffif|st touch of the magician's or^m^^^^ wand, and he will exclaim in JhilißßaS^f hearts— l, the . sc£ijbbe|',Cfi^ Greymontt 'Xiiterary ' SpcietV? am.'lihe luckiest dog alive.. . ,- /t5 « , : anii iiniim^d>djf L2Q00.? This ia-.|att> item ,[frpnv the d^ajy of die hapless homipide, J^., ,W. ; Wal^ill, representingonlya year's transactions. It points a; moral,) and r might .weU: adorn JJ}e f tale^ of aDumas^or^aßal^ac^ Gambling blighted many,.a"jbrig^^and' promising young life .ere j 4t..4esii ( pj;ed Wardill, and yet there are fewi-who^^^^takei^arnrng/in^ Once the thirst for, gaming seizes a man properly > it,? will;; hpld;i him v with^ajgrasp more tenacious and terrible rthan rthe grip ' of the^ devil fish. AO'nßtfie(ivoyage of a = steamer^from'iMelbourfle ! to re- : 'cently'a r pai;ty of^b'o'dkmakers playedipoker . and unlimited 100 upon a coffitifcSntaining *a ; corpse. ; no;rdoubtothatfoQiey "would have' done simiiarly> ! had^the'Cb'fßli held the remains^of. their fathers and mothers? r ' 'Their'f6'elmgs f were dead. The A lay Gerilian r has'- left* 1 franco. . Well,, that ilis,^newsio£ s&mejgravity. A German is not very ill-looking under ib'r^in'ary^ciridumstan^p^ But':heHfflElt ■K'a" v^ been' the perfection r 6f ! iigKiies's to-fhe "FrencKman.' ! Memory' 'is fl 6ti th# r wjnaje .rather a t blessing than' a r clarsej "''Brit'she the Contrary to; the {Frenchman when' put^infe'piay ! -ljy line^Bip^^f^a German soldier- He^whiapered-ol' feelaii jandjptHerjkin^ett^jpllaces; now and -agafarapoke ofTena," but "b"filylira r fafist tone. A statae oftwictory has been unveiled in Berlin, as a lasting monument 'ofthe prbwessof r 6e'Tjnany and^tho abasement .of .France. image I^expect'ixi hear' bl; the^nveiiing^ w^the statue of'.Reye^gej'rltt^Paris.^.^Be that set up or^ not, 5 there have Been' fi millions .such erectedanthebospms^,of,,the Fjanks. And this is a tihristiatL.'agei 'AnHithese cpuritries are in the f rojitlraiiS;pi^^^i. tion. c^hey are merely jtating^breathTfor the despera,te;icotifbctiwi.ich must come "erer^lmanyl) years: Li:Men A are:i ( ltrange creatures, truly. 'i>Fight, fight, fight, as long as the world last. Indeed, I'm not ? sjure tf tfie ; ,ung^aXsipus!;inclinatiipn will leave } the.m with'lihe, yitatibreathi > '"Gbuld lf tt^e BSrpnsing"if, Inihe pale'realnfof ' sHiaSs, " the ghpsily squadrbnl'f blight out'tKe'feuflß unfin^he ; d"nere f ?; i

We bear .of .entertainments and enter, tainments. '■'" Almost' eve^^rade and profe'ssjon has/m some occasion had, a special :feU in l hdn6r of 'it IJ B\iV- there is'ble ' gloomy exception.. 5 | We neyei; get "hewa 1 of an undertaKers festival. 1 "How is this ? I. Ij ,knqw c thas, .use ? is, :seponjd}.natnre, $ <»nd Lthat accordinglj: the nicn Ifhose harvests are fathered {n;cofflns" r ought' fcW'be^sß&i^- ; whatfrgr^ver 'than ; nien >: who follow lively occupational 'I But_ ey.en, .the; gyaye-diggflr jSings.-andj^eigraye-wprin is jai^to^e a merry r sort of fellqw. -W^hy should the 'worshippers <<tf l 1)e aloHefin^fie i world ? There is a tittie for- everything. A: time iov, coflSn-making. yA titne^for "funerals and soleranjvisagea. But tfim two tirnesjshould ;not j ffiQßonoli^e auwß time. XetthesUiidertajEeragQ'in and be 0 !, j?% at least onoe a*year/' Let v them li have a picnitf'on^thß anniversary of the/day]when moat trade was done bythe^er^pm ottiieStyx. They . need f nbt v^6u%age: ; tWeit; wonted customs' too' "tajachi'^ 'Ttibr fbi^lity of the te^fl^ be / i» J ,t^^me|e,ry,wheise.the saddest appearances prosented^einaelves. ■Gravea^would^do-for^a^iLqj^nd^j'^nlT would serve ? as, .tables. { ?. Instead of the wines and beers i'*6f 'ordinary mortajg, black; dranghits might be*jjrtbibed^.aa»i|& blind organ-grinder niight furniaffiJra* mtisioHforl'a' dance'amdn^ith'eilong^^ank grass and weeds springing from the mouldering wrecks <&lfier&Uty. Fashion is wondrously, fickle. - Sh^can even rival fortune* iii'tha't respett?^TfSe have been fashions and fashions. ■%fii :religiori has,be.eß q«itWniJfa3hiJoi^b,lftT|6!b a lung time. There is, however, a chapgj getting in. sere.wa3nanifedtation of ft, ? t -?£i on , fol k~invite one another to fashidnaWp*ayer%e&^^

do to social evening parties. This is ;a copy of one of the cards sent :— " Mr and Miss ■■ .. , .propose ;(D.yO*"ta ; bold-ya; Bible ie^dmgion:^- 1^- Bvening,vat- 7.30; o'clock, when the company of friends is requested. :, Rev. ii. fcoU'^tilaii)- 'to "9. r 3o: ' Mdmirig 1 dress." Instead of cakes, .and wine. a ßibles [are handM round J bia trays. Spiritual aliment is «übstituted^for cprppralsr It, is quite riglitHhat'ttie' sttyle of "costume should be \ prescribed. If this were not done, strange vagaries might be indulged in. Some might appear, in ball dress; some might beWtafcy to f ddff mVordiuary business ga^mjente appeW ance iff evening' gowns"; •tottd" waggish creature might array himself as if for a bail masque, and do the ,rp&s_of .Lucifer. And though the Devil isisiud to- quote Scripture, it would not 'look well to-see-him, Bible in hand, reading amongßt a lot ffi SoSinpffiiifuitis, vmasctthneVand

Enrvai is a dreadful #ing. what to do withbne's-self is an unbearable evil. Some .mortals afflicted Tiyith v this ( may^*dnml«^t&)B^bl^v-Sa? a sioillar'opdritidii^'updn i ! cither -people j 1 some there be who go and get drunk ; and.;jtojiie iseek "cefijger;.at ;i ;th'ef] altar, of Hymen. There is a certain Maori gentleman^ jn^^nkjnown . Jto_.notorietyj, . .whose, name'ls "' P'ufukutu. Mr P. has -been, attacked with ennui, says news^froni' Cambridge, r and in order tp- .cure himself he &wate^y'Mf^|ielotiously,iancl •with malice aforethought, kiU v and „sla*y r another Pakeha. "Who is to h.d.'his' .victim, has not transpired ; but one would think his object would, best . .be. gainedj if t he, selected a "Ju*d^e; c a"'Mmißter" of the Crown, or, say, Jhe^Gpprppr,...l^don't. knfewiieth^thisVchap'ladheres^toi'the good old Maori custom of cannibalism or not ; but if he be true to thecinsidndte^ofi his race, a judicial banquet, Vl or a ministerial or a gubernatorial,^ ought? ito | be more satisfactory toJbassstdmacn? than one made off a farmer or a squatter. Which The foUowii^ailV^rtisemeht^a^peare^ in a Ballarat journal :— " Frebilock— Richafd|6n.-cQn- the iJ6th ,iTuly^ "Mr, Picl^oii.iaSrangedia 'iife^' pal^hiership between Mr Richard Frebilock, of Dean, and Oceana, secondfldatightßr Samuel Richardson, of Devil's Creek, at the.resideuce of^the.Jatter.", That ( mar-. riage'is a tdpic never 1 s't&le biit always nefw" is evident from t he :> thousand and; brie waya_constantiy.,being-invented~to-de-signateiit.; -/ Mpre.changeß- are j rung upon it th^could be pfpducftdjbythe most ez4 tensive peal of bells -existing. Mr Frebilock is obviously iaiman!withran original turn of mind. He is plainly a Mow who is not t cbnteht ! to -pursue' a cefftlih -trick ( because thousands have gone, along, it. All praiseWtiimi' l iJh^re'w over much of the follow-the-leadernata-w in thfthuman animal generalfy, , . .Cupid ( forfeiid. that the "life partnership" "may be dissolved in thendivorce^ cdurt.' .''Maytthe 1 -partners compfeh'end the 1 btisineW 1 in 1 which 1 they are engaged, and.alwaysjya^efe^."^^? manner of accompiishing.the'encls iii yifew. The locality of the ; nuptials 'bodes ill;' 4f there be aught ie a name. ill .,Can,.any i tlung, good come from' a place "called after the father of eyU,?< ; : { (i -;. r.\-;'.l .;;.;.•:..;.

A'ybuT^-iady possessed of ! som'e 'cherry stones thrown. away yl by; the .Prince of Wales. exclaims'T-..: ..,...;,,;.{ ,-, : - : , _-- : .\\- ■_■• •■.\<y l " Let Parliament abolish j>; -Churches, andistatesj and thrones: Wi^reyerentchabd-FUpoUsh? »: „j;.gtili,j stilly ,my]chferry. stones ! ; < Jiwli-..A'jplod-^-.a'piece of orange: peel-^ I'J otfl ..^,An 7 endiOfa ; cigarT-jii \!«V";.il--:- r: -' f .Once. trod on iby a princely heelj'.' 4,i))HQWjheautifpl!they arelV ■>.<-> .*■.:..» .-■•'< v; 1 have just concluded the perusaL of the proceedings of Royalty Jn England for a brief period. I have.leatnt that her Majesty then took a walk ; that the Prince of Wafes rode in such-and-such a park today ; v that:; his, youngest scion caught the miumps last night ; that such-and-sucHT a7jfortunate ; wight J yesterday dined with (; her Majesty, arid' took i milk' and sugar in his coffee in the drawing-room afterwards. And I have taken from the casket, where it hapjlain |or ; years, a, piece of apple' peeling pared off % Prince Alfred's own hand during his splendid tour of the Australasian '^Colonies. And I am.stipremely happy^in-gazing-upon it. de.'.i '■■*: 'h'-ys^-yy'- *v! ! DIdGBNBS: ' '