THE HUNTLY PRESS. PUBLISHED WEEKLY AT 1 P.M. Notes and Comments.

Huntly Press and District Gazette, Volume 2, Issue 48, 26 September 1913, Page 2

THE HUNTLY PRESS. PUBLISHED WEEKLY AT 1 P.M. Notes and Comments.

j . l In season and out oj is : season,-the conscious * humorist must exhibit ic his talent, and no occasion is toe ! serious to stop the flow. “He “ j lisp 'd in numbers, for the nuin- \ bers t ame, ” was the biographer’s j excuse tor Ovid’s poetry. He could not help it any more than c raid Aim ■ a Ward who. when on his death-bed, crackow his last joke by offering l«» present t;otl*e then Prince of Wales —his pan ra in i! Tl is is merely the : ui oxpia ion, In order that an accurate description ra igl it he obtained of the dresses worn at the Oddfellow.-’ B;:!i. tickets were applied from the PRES' office for the ladies to describe tiiptr toilette- upon. A mere mini? a very feeble creature at this sort of work, while llio ladies, even if ..hey a. n>t expert or pro p ■ - ionn'i dressmakers, always »w wluii they Well, j pears that one or two of the iE | wrong sex got hold of some 1 m exhibition of penmanship or | show that they could crack a j joke,forwarded descripti >-.is which ; arc now printed. One, prej samabl’. " i a lady, but written , states was ** i iron, trimmed with barb wire • net ' ' Were the ladies so cold, or so oblivious to the • chip .; of the unn who found j thru: • unapproachable that he ! felt bound t* Mironicle the fact : in ir-mi” hu n or? A gentleman, evidently young and innocent, ; ! ih - him-cif as the possessor I .f ” i pretty smile for all girls.” • What a general smile that must j lie ! and how .broad must its ! Great ‘E I Hie girl;, ♦.*;,* c Mated when told of I this g : n.-rms twisting of the j Matures in th hr behalf; “each ! i . >!;for a smile for herself —not • ; but fr.ru young man ; so Fiat the V ung gentlem .n in j cm -RiLi -in - mile an 1 • mil-* and : h• ~ distant admirer skill. How in • m m t> be J cribi i by . - j frien lto seiE that ho got more I . l | himself, and not another, wrote fills the bili. A third states that j he ware “ a dark suite (hie) which blended well \vi h hi- ginger .hair, pink tie, white boots, and I purple s >x." So rely, this young man must have fallen heir to a rainbow, or to the historical coat N of many c hours, or robbed F >lom >n of ilio c*>lour scheme that | caused the lily to hide its ; diminished head! Another writes -but the four are suffiI cientto show that there are still i spontaneous humorists in our _ | midst, and that, though the age of sopiiist-crs and economists has i given tin - go >d-byo to that r>t* ! chivalry* “the salt of literature” I h.vs not quite died out, since ; there are in Huntly young men | able to provide the occasional i joke that goes so far to improve a I comic paper! Need readers be j assured that the above are I genuine and spontaneous out- | bursts -quips and cranks created, ! thrown oft’, and bequeathed to ] posterity as. an everlasting i• • cy,<>n r pt < whi h the tinj born millions, after due maslicai lion,dige 4 ion andabsorption,may • exclaim--’ 4 Truly, th ro icrs in--1 telieofcu-il giants in them days!” : With the dcpariuru of Mr Clark, I Tin? the band is once more wiihouta conductor -a j regrettable position i.i j tiA sD - view of the splendid | progress it has made of late. A i Town Baud is a very necessary ! institution, and its maintenance | is a fair charge on the public who enji>y the musical fare it s > often | provides. The bandsmen tliomI selves give their time and their ■ | services gratuitously, and it is | unreasonable to expect them to ! provide the money required for j • the Band’s upkeep. That the j public appreciate its services! which are requisitioned on all I occasions, and that they are ; prepared L> contribute generously towards its support, were proved little over a year ago when something like one hand'-ed pounds were subscribed bv Vpeople of Huntly in m i r te provide those instrum-m •. - Fiat were said to be my.'hiy required. Very little expenditure in the way of instruments mmusic is necessary al Fd juncture; but that the services of a capable e> • duel >r nay !>c ac aired, sum • remuneration mas! be forthcoming as a r.-t.iluer. Otherwise, tin con In • a will, naturally and inevitably, seize the first opp irtunity of promotion | that may be offered, and the band again will ho left without a conductor. No man, no matter how enthusiastic he may be, or how groat is Ids interest in the musical progress of those under his baton, can afford to neglect opportune :

ties, so that, unless some honorarium attaches to an onerous office, the chances are that vacancies in the con.!:'-..d:orship 11 ’" ' as they usually .!•>, at a time when a change is most an lemrablo. Hence, the members of the ban !. by invoking pmbl: ■ a--istanc towards the guarantee for a stated even, it small, salary, by electing a citizens’ committer', and by asking the help U the Town Board, are pr-ling on , >\ i m lines that will meet with a gpimrou- - upps >rt. No > ■ wis fch< project moored than r-ne public spirited citizen promised an annual subscription of five n mads, and.no doubt, other citizens, in emulation of s > good and example, will caalrilnte ac ■ u-.lin ;• to ft : ■' ' r • the. townspeople there is no occasion for apology, the recommendation being but the forerunner of that practical support which Huntly people give sfreely, so willingly, and--so constantly.